2020 Men's PSA World Tour Finals

PSA World Tour Finals
PSA World Tour Finals
2nd Men's PSA World Tour Finals
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Venue	Mall of Arabia
Date(s)	28 Sep.–3 Oct. 2020
	Website; worldtourfinals.com
Prize money	$185,000
Results
Champion	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)
Runner-up	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
Semi-finalists	Ali Farag (EGY); Joel Makin (WAL)
← 2019	2021 →

The 2020 CIB Men's PSA World Series Finals was the men's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $185,000). The top 8 players in the 2019–20 PSA World Tour are qualified for the event. The event took place at Mall of Arabia, Cairo in Egypt from 28 September–3 October 2020.

It's the second edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the PSA renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals. CIB remains as the title sponsor.

Karim Abdel Gawad was the defending champion but was beaten in the Final to Marwan El Shorbagy. Marwan won the Final 3–0 (11–6, 11–5, 11–3) (47min) in his only second World Tour Finals appearance.^[1]

PSA World Ranking Points[edit]

PSA also awards points towards World Ranking. Points are awarded as follows:

PSA World Tour Finals		Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Winner	Runner up	3/4	Round-Robin Match Win	Undefeated bonus
World Tour Finals	$185,000	1000	550	200	150	150

Match points distribution[edit]

Points towards the standings are awarded when the following scores:

Match score	Points
2–0 win	4 points
2–1 win	3 points
1–2 loss	1 point
0–2 loss	0 point

Qualification & Seeds[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Top eight players at 2019–20 PSA World Tour standings qualifies to Finals.

World Championship
177.5	1st Round	290	2nd Round
475	3rd Round	780	Quarterfinalist
1270	Semifinalist	2090	Runner-up
3175	Winner

Platinum
152.5	1st Round	250	2nd Round
410	3rd Round	675	Quarterfinalist
1100	Semifinalist	1810	Runner-up
2750	Winner

Gold
160	1st Round	260	2nd Round
430	Quarterfinalist	700	Semifinalist
1150	Runner-up	1750	Winner

Silver
112.5	1st Round	182.5	2nd Round
300	Quarterfinalist	490	Semifinalist
805	Runner-up	1225	Winner

Bronze
80	1st Round	130	2nd Round
215	Quarterfinalist	350	Semifinalist
575	Runner-up	875	Winner

Top 16 Men's PSA World Tour Standings 2019–20^[2]
Rank	Player	Tournaments Played	CHN	FRA	USA	USA	EGY	QAT	ENG	USA	USA	USA	CAN	USA	ENG	Total Points
Rank	Player	Tournaments Played														Total Points
1	Mohamed El Shorbagy‡	8	1750	–	1750	1810	–	780	1150	2750	–	–	–	675	1750	12415
2	Ali Farag	6	1150	–	–	2750	1810	–	–	1100	–	–	–	2750	1150	10710
3	Tarek Momen	8	–	–	1150	1100	250	3175	–	1810	–	–	1225	1100	700	10510
4	Paul Coll	8	–	1225	–	675	1100	2090	700	675	–	–	805	1810	–	9080
5	Karim Abdel Gawad	7	–	–	–	675	2750	475	1750	1100	–	–	–	1100	260	8110
6	Marwan El Shorbagy	10	700	–	700	250	675	1270	430	250	–	300	–	250	700	5525
7	Diego Elías	9	–	–	–	1100	250	780	260	250	–	1225	490	675	430	5460
8	Joel Makin	10	–	805	430	410	1100	475	430	675	–	–	300	410	160	5195
9	Simon Rösner	8	–	300	260	675	250	1270	–	675	–	–	–	675	260	4365
10	Saurav Ghosal	9	700	–	–	250	410	475	430	410	575	–	–	250	430	3930
11	Fares Dessouky	7	–	300	–	250	675	475	–	–	875	–	–	250	430	3255
12	Mazen Hesham	9	430	–	–	410	410	290	430	250	–	–	300	410	160	3090
13	Grégoire Marche	9	–	490	–	410	410	177.5	–	410	350	182.5	–	250	160	2840
14	Mathieu Castagnet	9	–	300	260	250	–	290	260	250	–	–	490	410	260	2770
15	Zahed Salem	8	–	490	–	410	250	780	–	250	130	182.5	–	250	–	2742.5
16	Omar Mosaad	8	430	–	–	250	250	475	–	250	350	–	–	410	260	2675

Bold – Players qualified for the Finals
(*) – Winners of Platinum's tournaments automatically qualifies for Finals.
(‡) – Mohamed ElShorbay opts out to not play due to personal reasons. ^[3]

Seeds[edit]

Group stage results[edit]

Times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00). To the best of three games.

Group A[edit]

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
28 September	18:45	Ali Farag (EGY)	Simon Rösner (GER)	12–10, 11–6
28 September	20:15	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–9, 3–11, 5–11
29 September	20:15	Ali Farag (EGY)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	8–11, 11–4, 8–11
29 September	21:45	Diego Elías (PER)	Simon Rösner (GER)	11–8, 9–11, 6–11
30 September	20:15	Ali Farag (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	14–16, 11–5, 11–3
1 October	18:45	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Simon Rösner (GER)	13–11, 11–8

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	3	2	1	69	77	−8	8^[a]	Advancing to Semifinals
2	Ali Farag (EGY)	3	2	1	86	66	+20	8^[a]	Advancing to Semifinals
3	Diego Elías (PER)	3	1	2	81	85	−4	5
4	Simon Rösner (GER)	3	1	2	65	73	−8	3

Source: PSA World Tour Finals
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: Gawad (11–8, 4–11, 11–8) Farag

Group B[edit]

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
28 September	21:45	Tarek Momen (EGY)	Joel Makin (WAL)	5–11, 11–6, 9–11
29 September	20:30	Paul Coll (NZL)	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	6–11, 5–11
30 September	18:45	Tarek Momen (EGY)	Paul Coll (NZL)	9–11, 8–11
30 September	21:45	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Joel Makin (WAL)	11–8, 11–6
1 October	20:15	Tarek Momen (EGY)	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	11–8, 11–3
1 October	21:45	Paul Coll (NZL)	Joel Makin (WAL)	3–11, 5–11

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	3	2	1	55	47	+8	8	Advancing to Semifinals
2	Joel Makin (WAL)	3	2	1	64	55	+9	7	Advancing to Semifinals
3	Tarek Momen (EGY)	3	1	2	64	61	+3	5
4	Paul Coll (NZL)	3	1	2	41	61	−20	4

Source: PSA World Tour Finals

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi finals (2 October)					Final (3 October)

4	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	11	11

7	Joel Makin (WAL)	9	8
					4	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	6	5	3

					5	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	11	11	11
5	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	11	7	12

1	Ali Farag (EGY)	9	11	10

Semifinal[edit]

To the best of three games.

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
2 October	19:15	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Joel Makin (WAL)	11–9, 11–8
2 October	20:30	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Ali Farag (EGY)	11–9, 7–11, 12–10

Final[edit]

To the best of five games.

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
3 October	20:00	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	6–11, 5–11, 3–11

2020 Men's PSA World Tour Finals winner
Marwan El Shorbagy First title

References[edit]

^ "World Tour Finals: ElShorbagy Lifts Men's Title". psaworldtour.com. 3 October 2020.
^ PSA Men's World Tour Standings
^ "World's Best Squash Players to Line up at Mall of Arabia for CIB PSA World Tour Finals". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

External links[edit]

[table_hth_FAR0.94298805340332-4] Head-to-head: Gawad (11–8, 4–11, 11–8) Farag

[1] "World Tour Finals: ElShorbagy Lifts Men's Title". psaworldtour.com. 3 October 2020.

[2] PSA Men's World Tour Standings

[3] "World's Best Squash Players to Line up at Mall of Arabia for CIB PSA World Tour Finals". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

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PSA World Ranking Points[edit]

Match points distribution[edit]

Qualification & Seeds[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Group stage results[edit]

Group A[edit]

Standings[edit]

Group B[edit]

Standings[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Semifinal[edit]

Final[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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