Motor City Open 2013

Motor City Open 2013
	14th Motor City Open
Details
Location	Detroit United States
Venue	Birmingham Athletic Club
PSA World Tour
	Website; themotorcityopen.com
Category	World Tour International 70
Prize money	$70,000
Year	World Tour 2013
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Last updated October 01, 2019

The 2013 Motor City Open is an International 70 tournament of the PSA World Tour. The event took place at the Birmingham Athletic Club in Detroit in the United States from the 26th of January to the 29th January, 2013. Amr Shabana won his first Motor City Open title, beating Karim Darwish in the final.

The Motor City Open is an annual international squash championship held in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The tournament is hosted and organized by the Birmingham Athletic Club, a private club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and has been held each year since 1999, with the exception of 2008, when the event was moved from November to the following January.

Detroit is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest American city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County. The municipality of Detroit had a 2017 estimated population of 673,104, making it the 23rd-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music and as a repository for art, architecture and design.

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City. Most of the country is located contiguously in North America between Canada and Mexico.

Prize money and ranking points

For 2013, the prize purse was $70,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:^[1]

Prize Money Motor City Open (2013)
Event	W	F	SF	QF	1R
Points (PSA)	1225	805	490	300	175
Prize money	$12,350	$8,450	$5,525	$3,410	$1,950

Seeds

Mohamed El Shorbagy (Semifinals)
Karim Darwish (Final)
Omar Mosaad (Semifinals)
Amr Shabana (Champion)

Draw and results

First round						Quarter finals						Semi finals							Final

1	Mohd El Shorbagy	11	11	11
Q	Abdullah Al Muzayen	9	6	5		1	Mohd El Shorbagy	5	11	11	14
	Ong Beng Hee	6	14	11	12		Ong Beng Hee	11	9	6	12
Q	Ryan Cuskelly	11	12	7	10							1	Mohd El Shorbagy	11	5	11	7
	Miguel Á. Rodriguez	12	11	11	14							4	Amr Shabana	13	11	6	11
Q	Mathieu Castagnet	14	0	6	12		Miguel Á. Rodriguez	6	7	3
	Nicolas Müller	9	8	7		4	Amr Shabana	11	11	11
4	Amr Shabana	11	11	11															4	Amr Shabana	11	2
3	Omar Mosaad	15	11	11															2	Karim Darwish	4	6	rtd
Q	Marwan El Shorbagy	13	3	7		3	Omar Mosaad	11	11	11
	Saurav Ghosal	6	11	11	11		Saurav Ghosal	6	8	8
	Alan Clyne	11	7	2	3							3	Omar Mosaad	12	11	11	6	5
	Stephen Coppinger	11	11	11								2	Karim Darwish	14	8	8	11	11
	Hisham Ashour	3	7	2			Stephen Coppinger	5	4	11	3
	Olli Tuominen	3	3	7		2	Karim Darwish	11	11	6	11
2	Karim Darwish	11	11	11

^[2]

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References

↑ "World series Prize Money" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
↑ http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/TournamentDetails/0,,13121~2031,00.html

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[1] "World series Prize Money" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

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World Championship	World Championship (2013)
World Series	Tournament of Champions (2013) North American Open (2013) Kuwait PSA Cup (2013) British Open (2013) United States Open (2013) Qatar Classic (2013) Hong Kong Open (2013)
Finals	PSA World Series Finals (2013)
International 70	Motor City Open (2013) Swedish Open (2013) Abierto Mexicano de Raquetas (2013) Netsuite Open (2013)
International 50	Canary Wharf Classic (2013) Kuala Lumpur Open (2013) Colombian Open (2013) Malaysian Open (2013) Macau Open (2013) Sky Open (2013) Alwatan & Asnan International (2013)