2016–17 PSA World Tour
2016–17 PSA World Tour | |
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Details | |
Event name | 2016–17 PSA World Tour |
Dates | August 2016–July 2017 |
Categories | World Championship: Men's/Women's World Series 16–17 World Series Finals: Men's/Women's PSA International 25/35/50/70/100 PSA Challenger 5/10/15 |
Website PSA World Tour | |
Achievements | |
World Number 1 | Men : Mohamed El Shorbagy (12 months) Women : Nour El Sherbini (8 months) Laura Massaro (4 months) |
World Champion | Men : Karim Abdel Gawad Women : Nour El Sherbini |
The 2016–17 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2016 squash season. It's the 2nd PSA season since the merger of PSA and WSA associations in 2015. The most important tournaments in the series is the Men's World Championship and the Women's World Championship. The tour features three categories of regular events, World Series, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, International and Challenger.[1] In the middle of the year, the PSA World Series tour is concluded by the Men's PSA World Series Finals and the Women's PSA World Series Finals in Dubai, the end of the world series season for the top 8 rated players. Players performances in the tour are rated by the Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings.
Calendar
Categories: International tournaments and more.
Key
World Championship |
World Series |
PSA 100 |
PSA 70 |
PSA 50 |
PSA 25/35 |
PSA 5/10/15 |
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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South Australian Open Adelaide, Australia Men : PSA 5 16 players - $5,000 Women : PSA 5 16 players - $5,000 |
5–8 July | Harinder Pal Sandhu 11–8, 12–10, 11–4 |
Rhys Dowling | Piëdro Schweertman Robert Dadds |
Park Jong-myoung Leandro Romiglio Ko Young-jo Thomas Calvert |
Christine Nunn 11–4, 11–6, 11–2 |
Lisa Camilleri | Lee Ka Yi Jessica Turnbull |
Nadeen Kotb Selena Shaikh Tong Tsz Wing Nazihah Hanis | ||
Victorian Open Melbourne, Australia Men : PSA 10 32 players - $10,000 Women : PSA 10 16 players - $10,000 |
12–16 July | Harinder Pal Sandhu 12–14, 11–3, 11–4, 11–7 |
Rex Hedrick | Joshua Larkin Piëdro Schweertman |
Victor Crouin Tang Ming Hong Matthew Hopkin Rhys Dowling |
Liu Tsz Ling 17–15, 11–6, 11–5 |
Amanda Landers-Murphy | Sarah Cardwell Ho Tze-Lok |
Lisa Camilleri Tamika Saxby Vanessa Chu Jessica Turnbull |
Current world top 10 players
Men's world ranking
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Women's world ranking
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Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2016 season:
- Laurens Jan Anjema (born 1 December 1982 in The Hague, Netherlands) joined the pro tour in 1999, reached the singles no. 9 spot in 2010. He won 12 PSA World Tour titles including the Netsuite Open against Omar Mosaad and the Bluenose Classic against Borja Golán. He reached in 2010 the final of the US Open against Wael El Hindi. He retired in July after 15 years on the tour.[5]
See also
- Professional Squash Association (PSA)
- 2015–16 PSA World Series
- 2016–17 PSA World Series
- Men's World Rankings
- Women's World Rankings
- PSA World Series Finals
- PSA World Championship
- 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships
References
- ^ "Tournaments | About". PSA World Tour. Archived from the original on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
- ^ "Calendar". psaworldtour.com.
- ^ "Current PSA World Rankings". PSA World Tour, Inc.
- ^ "Current PSA World Rankings". PSA World Tour, Inc.
- ^ "Laurens Jan Anjema ret5res".