The 2019 Men's PSA World Series Finals was the men's edition of the
PSA World Tour Finals
The PSA Squash Tour Finals is the end of season championship of the PSA Squash Tour of male and female professional squash players. The top eight players in the current PSA World Events ranking is qualified for the event.
The eight players compe ...
(Prize money : $160,000). The top 8 players in the
2018–19 PSA World Tour
The 2018–19 PSA World Tour is the international squash (sport), squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2018 squash (sport), squash season. It's the 4th PSA season since the merger of PSA and W ...
are qualified for the event. The event took place at
Mall of Arabia,
Cairo
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in
Egypt
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from 9–14 June 2019.
It was the first edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the
PSA
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renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals.
CIB sponsored the event.
Mohamed El Shorbagy
Mohamed El Shorbagy (, born 12 January 1991) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He represented Egypt from a young age until June 2022, when he switched to represent England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 ...
was the defending champion but lost in Semifinals to Karim Abdel Gawad. Gawad won his first ''PSA Finals'' title after defeating fellow countryman
Mohamed Abouelghar
Mohamed Abouelghar (born 1 October 1993) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 7 in June 2019. As part of the Egypt team, he won the 2019 men's gold medal at the World Team Champi ...
3–2 in a marathon match (92m). Karim started the match winning first two games 2–0, before Abouelghar equalled it 2–2. Karim Abdel Gawad won the last game 12–10 (3–2) becoming new champion.
PSA World Ranking Points
PSA also awards points towards World Ranking. Points are awarded as follows:
Match points distribution
Points towards the standings are awarded when the following scores:
Qualification & Seeds
Qualification
Top eight players at 2018–19 PSA World Tour standings qualifies to Finals.
Seeds
Group stage results
''Times are
Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00)''. ''To the best of three games.''
Group A
Standings
Group B
Standings
Knockout stage
Semifinal
''To the best of three games.''
Final
''To the best of five games.''
See also
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2019 Women's PSA World Tour Finals
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2018–19 PSA World Tour Finals
The 2018–19 PSA World Tour is a series of men's and women's squash (sport), squash tournaments which are part of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Professional Squash Association, PSA World Tour from August 2018 until July 2019. The PSA W ...
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PSA World Tour Finals
The PSA Squash Tour Finals is the end of season championship of the PSA Squash Tour of male and female professional squash players. The top eight players in the current PSA World Events ranking is qualified for the event.
The eight players compe ...
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2018–19 PSA World Tour
The 2018–19 PSA World Tour is the international squash (sport), squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2018 squash (sport), squash season. It's the 4th PSA season since the merger of PSA and W ...
References
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External links
PSA World Tour Finals at PSA websitePSA World Tour Finals official website
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PSA World Tour Finals
The PSA Squash Tour Finals is the end of season championship of the PSA Squash Tour of male and female professional squash players. The top eight players in the current PSA World Events ranking is qualified for the event.
The eight players compe ...
PSA World Tour Finals
The PSA Squash Tour Finals is the end of season championship of the PSA Squash Tour of male and female professional squash players. The top eight players in the current PSA World Events ranking is qualified for the event.
The eight players compe ...