US Open (Squash)

The glass court at the US Open 2011 at Drexel University

The United States Open , US Open for short , is an annual squash tournament for men and women. It takes place at Drexel University in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and is part of the men's PSA World Series and the women's WSA World Series .

The men's tournament was originally launched in 1954, initially in the American version of the sport of squash, hardball squash . The tournament has only been played in the international squash variant since 1985 and currently belongs to the World Series Gold category , the third highest valuation category . The total prize money is therefore 115,000 US dollars. For the women, the tournament, which has been held since 2010, belongs to the World Series Platinum category with a total prize money of 115,000 US dollars. The editions in 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2006 , 2007 and 2009 also functioned as the Carol Weymuller Open .

With four titles, Peter Nicol is the record winner. In the women's category, Cassie Jackman won the tournament four times.

List of winners

Men's

Since 1985

year	venue	winner	Final opponent	Result
2019	Philadelphia	Ali Farag	Mohamed Elshorbagy	11: 4, 11: 7, 11: 2
2018	Philadelphia	Mohamed Elshorbagy	Simon Rösner	8:11, 11: 8, 6:11, 11: 8, 11: 4
2017	Philadelphia	Ali Farag	Mohamed Elshorbagy	12:10, 11: 9, 11: 8
2016	Philadelphia	Mohamed Elshorbagy	Nick Matthew	10:12, 12:14, 11: 1, 11: 4, 3: 0 task
2015	Philadelphia	Grégory Gaultier	Omar Mosaad	11: 6, 11: 3, 11: 5
2014	Philadelphia	Mohamed Elshorbagy	Amr Shabana	8:11, 11: 9, 11: 3, 11: 3
2013	Philadelphia	Grégory Gaultier	Nick Matthew	11: 4, 11: 5, 11: 5
2012	Philadelphia	Ramy Ashour	Grégory Gaultier	11: 4, 11: 9, 11: 9
2011	Philadelphia	Amr Shabana	Nick Matthew	11: 9, 8:11, 11: 2, 11: 4
2010	Chicago	Wael El Hindi	Laurens Jan Anjema	11: 8, 5:11, 11: 7, 11: 7
2009	Chicago	Amr Shabana	Ramy Ashour	11: 7, 11: 2, 7:11, 12:14, 11: 8
2008	not carried out
2007	New York City	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	11: 7, 11: 4, 11: 7
2006	Boston	Grégory Gaultier	Amr Shabana	11: 5, 7:11, 11: 4, 11: 9
2005	Boston	Lee Beachill	David Palmer	11: 7, 9:11, 8:11, 11: 1, 11: 8
2004	Boston	Lee Beachill	Peter Nicol	11: 8, 11: 9, 11: 9
2003	Boston	Peter Nicol	David Palmer	15:10, 14:15, 15:14, 17:15
2002	Boston	David Palmer	Stewart Boswell	15:13, 15:10, 15:11
2002	Boston	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	15: 7, 15: 5, 15: 6
2000	Boston	Jonathon Power	Simon Parke	15: 3, 11:15, 15:12, 15:12
1999	Boston	Simon Parke	Jonathon Power	15:13, 15: 7, 8:15, 7:15, 15:13
1998	Boston	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	10:15, 15:12, 15:11, 15: 3
1997	Minneapolis	Jonathon Power	Simon Parke	15: 6, 15:10, 15: 9
1996	Minneapolis	Rodney Eyles	Peter Nicol	9:15, 17:15, 15:12, 15:17, 15:12
1995	Providence	Jansher Khan	Simon Parke	15:11, 17:16, 15: 8
1994	Providence	Peter Nicol	Chris Walker	15:13, 15: 9, 13:15, 12:15, 15: 5
1993	Philadelphia	Rodney Eyles	Paul Lord	15: 7, 15:11, 7:15, 15:12
1992	not carried out
1991	New York City	Rodney Martin	Brett Martin	15:11, 15:11, 13:15, 15: 6
1990	Houston	Jansher Khan	Chris Robertson	13:15, 15: 5, 15: 7, 15: 7
1989	Houston	Rodney Martin	Jansher Khan	15: 9, 1:15, 15:12, 15:12
1988	Seattle	Jahangir Khan	Chris Dittmar	15:11, 15: 6, 15:11
1987	New York City	Jansher Khan	Chris Dittmar	15: 7, 11:15, 15: 1, 15: 7
1986	Houston	Stuart Davenport	Ross Norman	16:17, 5:15, 15:10, 15:10, 15:10
1985	San Francisco	Jahangir Khan	Ross Norman	15: 4, 15: 5, 15: 8

Ladies

year	venue	Winner	Final opponent	Result
2019	Philadelphia	Nouran Gohar	Nour El Tayeb	3:11, 8:11, 14:12, 11: 8, 11: 7
2018	Philadelphia	Raneem El Weleily	Nour El Sherbini	11: 6, 11: 9, 11: 8
2017	Philadelphia	Nour El Tayeb	Raneem El Weleily	8:11, 11: 4, 5:11, 11: 7, 11: 7
2016	Philadelphia	Camille Serme	Nour El Sherbini	11: 8, 7:11, 12:10, 11: 9
2015	Philadelphia	Laura Massaro	Nour El Tayeb	11: 6, 9:11, 6:11, 11: 8, 11: 7
2014	Philadelphia	Nicol David	Nour El Sherbini	11: 5, 12:10, 12:10
2013	Philadelphia	Nicol David	Laura Massaro	13:11, 11:13, 7:11, 11: 8, 11: 5
2012	Philadelphia	Nicol David	Raneem El Weleily	14:12, 8:11, 11: 7, 11: 7
2011	Philadelphia	Laura Massaro	Kasey Brown	5:11, 11: 5, 11: 5, 11: 3
2010	Chicago	Vanessa Atkinson	Amanda Sobhy	11: 6, 11: 4, 11: 8
2009	New York City	Jenny Duncalf	Alison Waters	11: 7, 11: 9, 6:11, 11: 9 1
2008	not carried out
2007	New York City	Natalie Grainger	Jenny Duncalf	9: 3, 9: 4, 9: 6 1
2006	New York City	Rachael Grinham	Natalie Grainger	6: 9, 9: 6, 9: 1, 1: 9, 9: 4 1
2005	Boston	Natalie Grinham	Vicky Botwright	9: 7, 9:10, 9: 3, 9: 4
2004	New York City	Natalie Grainger	Linda Elriani	6: 9, 9: 4, 9: 6, 9: 4 1
2003	New York City	Cassie Jackman	Carol Owens	9: 5, 5: 9, 4: 9, 9: 7, 9: 5 1
2002	New York City	Carol Owens	Tania Bailey	9: 7, 9: 1, 10: 8 1
2001	not carried out
2000
1999	Hartford	Cassie Jackman	Michelle Martin	9: 4, 9: 4, 4: 9, 9: 3
1998	Hartford	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	4: 9, 8:10, 9: 3, 9: 1, 9: 6
1997	Minneapolis	Cassie Jackman	Sabine Schöne	9: 4, 9: 4, 9: 6
1996	not carried out
1995
1994	Rhode Island	Suzanne Horner	Vicki Cardwell	9: 3, 9: 0, 9: 2
1993	Philadelphia	Cassie Jackman	Suzanne Horner	9: 5, 9: 5, 9: 5

¹ Acted in parallel as theCarol Weymuller Open

Web links

• The tournament website (English)
• Results of the men on squashinfo.com (English)
• Results of the women on squashinfo.com (English)