2019 Men's PSA World Tour Finals

PSA World Tour Finals
1st Men's PSA World Tour Finals
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Venue	Mall of Arabia
Date	9–14 June 2019
Website worldtourfinals.com
Prize money	$160,000
Results
Champion	Karim Abdel Gawad  (EGY)
Runner-up	Mohamed Abouelghar  (EGY)
Semi-finalists	Tarek Momen  (EGY)   Mohamed El Shorbagy  (EGY)
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The 2019 CIB Men's PSA World Series Finals was the men's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $160,000). The top 8 players in the 2018–19 PSA World Tour are qualified for the event. The event took place at Mall of Arabia, Cairo in Egypt from 9–14 June 2019.

It was the first edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the PSA renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals. CIB sponsored the event.

Mohamed El Shorbagy 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 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. ^[1]

PSA World Ranking Points

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	$160,000	1000	550	200	150	150

Match points distribution

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

Qualification

Top eight players at 2018–19 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 2018–19 [2]
Rank	Player	Tournaments Played	CHN	USA	USA	ENG	QAT	QAT	HKG	PAK	EGY	IND	USA	USA	USA	USA	CAN	ENG	SUI	NED	MAC	EGY	ENG	ENG	GUA	Total Points
1	Ali Farag *	12	–	1750	1100	1150	2750	–	1810	–	1810	–	2750	–	–	3175	–	–	430	1750	–	2750	–	1810	–	23035
2	Mohamed El Shorbagy *	13	–	1150	2750	260	675	–	2750	–	675	–	1810	–	–	1270	–	700	1750	1150	–	675	–	2750	–	18365
3	Tarek Momen	12	–	430	675	1750	1100	–	1100	–	1100	1225	1100	–	–	2090	–	1150	1150	–	–	1100	–	–	–	13970
4	Karim Abdel Gawad *	13	–	700	410	700	675	–	675	875	2750	–	1100	–	–	177.5	–	–	700	700	–	1810	–	1100	–	12372.5
5	Paul Coll	13	1150	–	1100	430	675	–	675	–	1100	–	675	–	–	780	805	1750	–	430	–	675	–	1100	–	11345
6	Simon Rösner	13	700	430	1810	–	1810	–	1100	–	675	–	675	–	–	1270	–	260	430	700	–	675	–	675	–	11210
7	Diego Elías	15	–	430	250	700	1100	–	410	575	410	–	675	805	–	177.5	1225	–	–	–	875	410	–	250	575	8867.5
8	Mohamed Abouelghar	13	1750	–	675	–	250	–	675	–	675	–	250	1225	–	475	490	–	700	260	–	250	–	675	–	8350
9	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	14	260	430	675	–	250	–	675	–	250	–	250	300	–	780	–	–	430	430	–	410	–	675	875	6690
10	Saurav Ghosal	14	700	260	410	430	410	–	250	–	675	300	410	–	–	780	–	–	430	–	215	410	–	250	–	5930
11	Omar Mosaad	15	260	–	410	260	250	575	250	–	410	182.5	675	300	–	177.5	–	–	–	–	575	410	130	410	–	5275
12	Marwan El Shorbagy	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	182.5	250	490	–	780	490	260	–	430	–	675	875	410	–	4842.5
13	Joel Makin	13	430	160	410	430	675	–	250	–	–	–	250	–	–	475	–	430	260	260	–	410	–	250	–	4690
14	Tom Richards	15	260	–	250	430	410	–	410	–	250	182.5	250	–	–	290	300	260	–	160	–	250	130	250	–	4082.5
15	Grégoire Marche	13	–	260	152.5	–	152.5	–	250	–	410	–	410	–	875	290	–	160	160	260	–	250	–	410	–	4040
16	Fares Dessouky	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	805	410	–	–	475	–	430	–	–	–	1100	130	410	–	3760

Bold – Players qualified for the final
(*) – Winners of Platinum's tournaments automatically qualifies for Finals.

Seeds

1. Ali Farag
2. Mohamed El Shorbagy
3. Tarek Momen
4. Karim Abdel Gawad
5. Paul Coll
6. Simon Rösner
7. Diego Elías
8. Mohamed Abouelghar

Group stage results

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

Group A

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
9 June	21:30	Ali Farag  (EGY)	Mohamed Abouelghar  (EGY)	12–10, 11–9
10 June	19:30	Karim Abdel Gawad  (EGY)	Paul Coll  (NZL)	11–5, 13–11
11 June	19:30	Ali Farag  (EGY)	Karim Abdel Gawad  (EGY)	9–11, 8–11
11 June	20:30	Paul Coll  (NZL)	Mohamed Abouelghar  (EGY)	3–11, 6–11
12 June	20:30	Ali Farag  (EGY)	Paul Coll  (NZL)	9–11, 12–10, 11–9
12 June	21:30	Karim Abdel Gawad  (EGY)	Mohamed Abouelghar  (EGY)	9–11, 3–11

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohamed Abouelghar  (EGY)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	8 [a]	Advancing to Semifinals
2	Karim Abdel Gawad  (EGY)	3	2	1	4	2	+2	8 [a]
3	Ali Farag  (EGY)	3	2	1	4	3	+1	7
4	Paul Coll  (NZL)	3	0	3	1	6	−5	1

Source: PSA World Tour Finals
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: Abouelghar (11–9, 11–3) Gawad

Group B

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
9 June	19:30	Mohamed El Shorbagy  (EGY)	Diego Elías  (PER)	6–11, 11–3, 17–15
9 June	20:30	Tarek Momen  (EGY)	Simon Rösner  (GER)	6–11, 11–3, 11–8
10 June	20:30	Simon Rösner  (GER)	Diego Elías  (PER)	11–5, 8–11, 9–11
10 June	21:30	Mohamed El Shorbagy  (EGY)	Tarek Momen  (EGY)	11–9, 5–11, 11–6
11 June	21:30	Mohamed El Shorbagy  (EGY)	Simon Rösner  (GER)	11–9, 11–4
12 June	19:30	Tarek Momen  (EGY)	Diego Elías  (PER)	11–2, 4–11, 11–8

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohamed El Shorbagy  (EGY)	3	3	0	6	2	+4	10	Advancing to Semifinals
2	Tarek Momen  (EGY)	3	2	1	5	4	+1	7
3	Diego Elías  (PER)	3	1	2	4	5	−1	5
4	Simon Rösner  (GER)	3	0	3	2	6	−4	2

Source: PSA World Tour Finals

Knockout stage

	Semi finals (13 June)									Final (14 June)
	8	Mohamed Abouelghar  (EGY)	9	11	11
	3	Tarek Momen  (EGY)	11	5	8
										8	Mohamed Abouelghar  (EGY)	10	6	11	11	10
										4	Karim Abdel Gawad  (EGY)	12	11	5	8	12
	2	Mohamed El Shorbagy  (EGY)	8	2
	4	Karim Abdel Gawad  (EGY)	11	11

2019 Men's PSA World Tour Finals winner
Karim Abdel Gawad First title

Semifinal

To the best of three games.

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
13 June	19:45	Mohamed El Shorbagy  (EGY)	Karim Abdel Gawad  (EGY)	8–11, 2–11
13 June	21:15	Mohamed Abouelghar  (EGY)	Tarek Momen  (EGY)	9–11, 11–5, 11–8

Final

To the best of five games.

Date	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
14 June	21:00	Mohamed Abouelghar  (EGY)	Karim Abdel Gawad  (EGY)	10–12, 6–11, 11–5, 11–8, 10–12

See also

• 2019 Women's PSA World Tour Finals
• 2018–19 PSA World Tour Finals
• PSA World Tour Finals
• 2018–19 PSA World Tour

References

1. "World Tour Finals: Finals Day - As It Happens". psaworldtour.com. 14 June 2019.
2. PSA Men's World Tour Standings

External links

• PSA World Tour Finals at PSA website
• PSA World Tour Finals official website