US Open 2005 (Squash)

The 2005 US Open took place November 4-8, 2005 in Boston , Massachusetts , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2005/06 and was endowed with US $ 50,000. It belonged to the category 5 star . The women's squash tournament was part of the WSA World Tour 2005/06 and was endowed with $ 24,000. It belonged to the WSA Silver 15 category .

Defending champion in the men's category was Lee Beachill , who also won the tournament for the second time this year. In the final he prevailed against David Palmer with 11: 7, 9:11, 8:11, 11: 1 and 11: 8. Natalie Grinham won the women's title after beating Vicky Botwright in the final 9: 7, 9:10, 9: 3 and 9: 4. Last year's winner Natalie Grainger withdrew her participation shortly before the start due to an injury.

The fields of participation in the men's and women's competition consisted of 16 players each, the eight best players were each seeded. Wildcards were not given.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Jonathon Power Quarter finals 02.  David Palmer final 03.  Lee Beachill victory 04th  Anthony Ricketts Semifinals

No. player Round reached 05.  John White Quarter finals 06th  Nick Matthew Semifinals 07th  Graham Ryding Quarter finals 08th.  Shahid Zaman 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	J. Power	11	11	11
	C. Pilley	6th	4th	5					1	J. Power	11	10	11	9	2r
	S. Boswell	9	14th	11	7th				6th	N. Matthew	6th	12	3	11	6th
6th	N. Matthew	11	16	8th	11													6th	N. Matthew	2	11	11	3	10
8th	S. Zaman	4th	10	11	6th													3	L. Beachill	11	9	9	11	12
	B. Ball	11	12	8th	11					B. Ball	6th	4th	2
	W. El Hindi	4th	11	8th	4th				3	L. Beachill	11	11	11
3	L. Beachill	11	4th	11	11																						3	L. Beachill	11	9	8th	11	11
4th	A. Ricketts	6th	11	11	11																						2	D. Palmer	7th	11	11	1	8th
	LJ Anjema	11	5	7th	6th				4th	A. Ricketts	11	11	11
	R. Lavigne	11	6th	8th	13	8th			7th	G. Ryding	6th	5	6th
7th	G. Ryding	8th	11	11	11	11												4th	A. Ricketts	11	11	9	11	9
5	J. White	11	11	14th														2	D. Palmer	13	9	11	9	11
	D. Jenson	5	5	12					5	J. White	4th	8th	9
	J. Kneipp	5	5	10					2	D. Palmer	11	11	11
2	D. Palmer	11	11	12

Ladies

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Natalie Grinham victory 02.  Vicky Botwright final 03.  Omneya Abdel Kawy Semifinals 04th  Shelley Kitchen Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Fiona Geaves Quarter finals 06th  Sharon Wee Quarter finals 07th  Latasha Khan 1 round 08th.  Natalie Grainger retreat

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	N. Grinham	9	9	9
Q	R. Reta	0	5	1					1	N. Grinham	9	9	9
LL	S. Pierrepont	9	9	5	4th					E. Kheirallah	7th	3	1
	E. Kheirallah	10	2	9	9													1	N. Grinham	9	9	9
5	F. Geaves	5	9	9	9													4th	S. Kitchen	5	7th	1
	R. Botwright	9	2	2	6th				5	F. Geaves	9	5	6th	5
Q	M. Manetta	3	1	7th					4th	S. Kitchen	2	9	9	9
4th	S. Kitchen	9	9	9																							1	N. Grinham	9	9	9	9
3	OA Kawy	9	9	9																							2	V. Botwright	7th	10	3	4th
Q	L. Briggs	8th	7th	6th					3	OA Kawy	9	9	10
	M. Martin	3	9	9	9					M. Martin	1	3	8th
7th	L. Khan	9	5	4th	6th													3	OA Kawy	0	5	3
6th	S. Wee	9	9	2	9													2	V. Botwright	9	9	9
Q	N. Fernandes	2	2	9	4th				6th	S. Wee	2	2	4th
	A. Pittock	3	3	3					2	V. Botwright	9	9	9
2	V. Botwright	9	9	9

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matthew Marathon Ends Boswell's Boston Hopes. In: squashinfo.com. November 5, 2005, accessed December 3, 2019 .