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The PSA World Tour 2012 is the international
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tour organised circuit organized by the
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(PSA) for the 2012
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season. The most important tournament in the series is the
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held in
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in
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. The tour features three categories of regular events,
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, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, International and Challenger. The Tour is concluded by the PSA World Series Finals, the end of season championship for the top 8 rated players.


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Prize money: $115,000 and more


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Prize money: between $25,000 and $114,999


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Year end world top 10 players


Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the
PSA World Rankings The Men's Squash World Rankings are the official world rankings for men's squash. The ranking is to rate the performance lvee of male professional squash players. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in men's sq ...
top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2012 season: *
Thierry Lincou Thierry Lincou (born 2 April 1976, in La Réunion) is a retired professional squash player from France. He reached the World No. 1 ranking in January 2004. That year, Lincou won the World Open title, the Hong Kong Open and the Super Series Fi ...
(born 2 April 1976 in the
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) joined the pro tour in 1994, became the first French squash player to be ranked world no. 1 spot in 2004 and win the World Open in 2004. Keeping the spot for a whole year in 2004. He won 17
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titles including Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open in 2004 and two times the Bluenose Classic. He was one of only five players to have maintained themselves in the top 10 without interruption for 10 years at the
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. He retired in August after win the Bluenose Classic. *
Mohd Azlan Iskandar Mohamad Azlan bin Iskandar (born 1 June 1982, in Kuching, Sarawak), known as Mohd Azlan Iskandar, is a Malaysian former squash player. He has reached the World No. 10 ranking and won the Kuala Lumpur Open and the Malaysian Open. Early life ...
(born 1 June 1982 in
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) joined the pro tour in 2000, reached the singles no. 10 spot in 2011. He won 13
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titles including Malaysian Open and the Cannon Kirk Irish Open. He retired in July after competing a last time in the
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. * Mohammed Abbas (born 24 December 1980 in
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,
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) joined the pro tour in 1998, reached the singles no. 13 spot in April 2007. He won 4
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titles including
Kuala Lumpur Open Kuala is a town and administrative district of Langkat Regency in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. It borders Selesai to the north, Salapian to the west, and Sei Bingai to the south and east. Most people in Kuala are Javanese people, with a significa ...
in 2007. He retired after losing in the first round of the Qatar World Open in December 2012. * Davide Bianchetti (born 8 March 1977 in
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) joined the pro tour in 1996, reached the singles no. 24 spot in October 2004. He won 10
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. In 2003, he reached the quarter final of the World Open. He retired in December after competing a last time in the Prague Open.


See also

* WSA World Tour 2012 *
PSA World Series The PSA World Series (formerly known as the PSA Super Series) was a series of men's and women's squash tournaments which were part of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour for the squash season. The tournaments were some of the ...
*
PSA World Rankings The Men's Squash World Rankings are the official world rankings for men's squash. The ranking is to rate the performance lvee of male professional squash players. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in men's sq ...
* PSA World Series Finals * PSA World Open


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