2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship

Women's World Championship 2016
33rd PSA Women's World Squash Championship
Location	El Gouna, Egypt
Date(s)	April 7–14, 2017
Category	World Championships
Prize money	$ 165,000
Results
Champion	Nour El Sherbini
Runner-up	Raneem El Weleily
Semi-finalists	Camille Serme Nouran Gohar
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The 2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2016 World Championships, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players.

It was originally scheduled to take place in Malaysia. ^[1] In January 2017, El Gouna was selected as the championships' replacement host, with the tournament scheduled to take place alongside the men's annual El Gouna Squash Open between 7 and 14 April 2017 inclusive. ^[2] It is the third time in four editions the tournament has been held after its designated year.

Prize money and ranking points

For 2016, the prize purse was $165,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows: ^[3]

Prize Money World Championship (2016)

Event	W	F	SF	QF	2R	1R
Points (PSA)	2890	1900	1155	700	410	205
Prize money	$26,647.50	$16,302.00	$10,032.00	$5,956.50	$3,526.87	$2,076.93

Seeds

1. Nour El Sherbini (champion)
2. Camille Serme (semifinals)
3. Raneem El Weleily (final)
4. Nouran Gohar (semifinals)
5. Laura Massaro (quarterfinals)
6. Nicol David (quarterfinals)
7. Sarah-Jane Perry (quarterfinals)
8. Alison Waters (second round)
9. Joelle King (second round)
10. Annie Au (second round)
11. Nour El Tayeb (second round)
12. Joshna Chinappa (quarterfinals)
13. Emily Whitlock (second round)
14. Victoria Lust (second round)
15. Donna Urquhart (first round)
16. Tesni Evans (second round)

Draw and results

	First round									Second round									Quarter finals									Semi finals
	1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
	Q	S. Cornett	2	4	6					1	N. El Sherbini	13	11	11
	Q	R. Grinham	6	5	7					16	Tesni Evans	11	4	4
	16	Tesni Evans	11	11	11														1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	12
	14	Victoria Lust	11	11	11														7	S-J Perry	6	3	10
	WC	Zeina Mickawy	6	3	7					14	Victoria Lust	8	11	6	7
	Q	Fiona Moverley	4	8	4					7	S-J Perry	11	7	11	11
	7	S-J Perry	11	11	11																							1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	13	11
	6	Nicol David	11	12	11																							4	Nouran Gohar	4	4	15	9
		D. P. Karthik	9	10	6					6	Nicol David	12	11	13
	Q	Rowan Elaraby	2	8	12					10	Annie Au	10	4	11
	10	Annie Au	11	11	14														6	Nicol David	6	5	9
	11	Nour El Tayeb	11	11	11														4	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11
	Q	H. El Hammamy	5	6	9					11	Nour El Tayeb	8	10	9														Final
		Nadine Shahin	4	6	5					4	Nouran Gohar	11	12	11
	4	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11																							1	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
	3	R. El Weleily	13	11	11																							3	R. El Weleily	8	9	9
		Jenny Duncalf	11	7	5					3	R. El Weleily	11	11	11
		O. Blatchford	12	11	9	10	11				O. Blatchford	5	6	1
	15	Donna Urquhart	10	9	11	12	8												3	R. El Weleily	8	11	12	11
	9	Joelle King	11	11	11														5	Laura Massaro	11	8	10	6
		Heba El Torky	6	7	6					9	Joelle King	7	8	11	11
		M. Metwally	7	7	3					5	Laura Massaro	11	11	5	13
	5	Laura Massaro	11	11	11																							3	R. El Weleily	11	2	12	11
	8	Alison Waters	11	6	11	11																						2	Camille Serme	6	11	10	5
	Q	Hana Ramadan	8	11	6	5				8	Alison Waters	5	11	11	8	9
	Q	M. Kobayashi	11	8	10					12	J. Chinappa	11	7	9	11	11
	12	J. Chinappa	13	11	12														12	J. Chinappa	6	12	7	11	3
	13	E. Whitlock	11	11	11														2	Camille Serme	11	10	11	8	11
	Q	Coline Aumard	6	8	9					13	E. Whitlock	4	6	5
		S. Hany Ibrahim	6	5	8					2	Camille Serme	11	11	11
	2	Camille Serme	11	11	11

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See also

• World Championship
• 2016 Men's World Open Squash Championship

References

1. "SquashSite Squash News". squashsite.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
2. "El-Gouna to host PSA Women's World Squash Championship". Daily News Egypt. Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
3. "PSA Tour Rule Book" (PDF). PSA. pp. 6, 59, 73. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
4. "PSA WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 - Main Draw". PSA. Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
5. "El Gouna International 2017". Squash Site. Archived from the original on 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2017-04-06.

External links

• cWorld Championship 2016 website

Preceded by Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) 2015

Women's World Championships Egypt (El Gouna) 2016

Succeeded by England (Manchester) 2017