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PSA Masters | |
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Details | |
Event name | PSA Masters |
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Website www | |
Men's PSA World Tour | |
Category | World Series Platinum |
Prize money | $165,000 |
Most recent champion(s) | James Willstrop |
Current | PSA Masters 2011 |
The PSA Masters is a squash tournament on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour. It is the only PSA World Tour event which is open exclusively to the top 32 players in the world rankings, and is part of the PSA World Series.
From 2000-01, the event was held in Egypt. It then moved to Qatar from 2002-04, and to Bermuda from 2005-06. The event was not held in 2007-08, and was then staged in New Delhi, India in 2009-2011. [1]
Since 2005, the draw for the event has featured 32 men. Prior to that, it featured 16 players. The 2010 tournament had a women's event.
Year | Location | Champion | Runner-up | Score in final |
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2011 | New Delhi | James Willstrop | Grégory Gaultier | 19-21, 11-8, 11-4, 6-1 |
2010 | Nick Matthew | James Willstrop | 11–8, 11–7, 11–8, | |
2009 | Ramy Ashour | Nick Matthew | 11–6, 9–11, 11–9, 11–9 | |
2008 | No competition | |||
2007 | ||||
2006 | Hamilton | Amr Shabana | Peter Nicol | 9–11, 11–6, 11–7, 2–11, 11–8 |
2005 | Jonathon Power | Lee Beachill | 11–7, 11–4, 11–2 | |
2004 | Doha | Peter Nicol | David Palmer | 15–4, 15–7, 10–15, 15–8 |
2003 | John White | Thierry Lincou | 15–8, 17–15, 17–16 | |
2002 | Jonathon Power | Stewart Boswell | 15–10, 15–7, 8–15, 15–13 | |
2001 | Cairo | Jonathon Power | David Palmer | 15–9, 15–13, 15–9 |
2000 | Peter Nicol | Jonathon Power | 15–13, 15–7, 15–6 |
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score in final |
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2011 | No competition | ||
2010 | Jenny Duncalf | Kasey Brown | 11–5, 11–4, 11–4 |
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