PSA Masters

PSA Masters
Details
Event name	PSA Masters
Location	New Delhi India (2009-2011),; Hamilton Bermuda (2005-2006),; Doha Qatar (2002-2004),; Egypt (2000-2001)
	Website; www.punjlloydpsamasters.com
PSA World Tour
Category	World Series Platinum
Prize money	$165,000
Most recent champion(s)	James Willstrop
Current	PSA Masters 2011

Last updated April 30, 2019

The PSA Masters is a prestigious squash tournament which is one of the premier events 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.

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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.

Results

Men's

Year	Location	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
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	No competition
2006	Hamilton	Amr Shabana	Peter Nicol	9–11, 11–6, 11–7, 2–11, 11–8
2005	Hamilton	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	Cairo	Peter Nicol	Jonathon Power	15–13, 15–7, 15–6

Women's

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
2011	No competition
2010	Jenny Duncalf	Kasey Brown	11–5, 11–4, 11–4

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World Open	World Open (2011)
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Finals	PSA World Series Finals (2011)
International 70	Hurghada International (2011)
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