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2019 Men's PSA World Tour Finals

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PSA World Tour Finals
1st Men's PSA World Tour Finals
LocationEgypt Cairo, Egypt
VenueMall of Arabia
Date(s)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

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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

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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

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Qualification

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Top eight players at 2018–19 PSA World Tour standings qualifies to Finals.


Top 16 Men's PSA World Tour Standings 2018–19[2]
Rank Player Tournaments
Played
CHN
China
USA
United States
USA
United States
ENG
England
QAT
Qatar
QAT
Qatar
HKG
Hong Kong
PAK
Pakistan
EGY
Egypt
IND
India
USA
United States
USA
United States
USA
United States
USA
United States
CAN
Canada
ENG
England
SUI
Switzerland
NED
Netherlands
MAC
Macau
EGY
Egypt
ENG
England
ENG
England
GUA
Guatemala
Total
Points
 
1 Egypt Ali Farag* 12 1750 1100 1150 2750 1810 1810 2750 3175 430 1750 2750 1810 23035
2 Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy* 13 1150 2750 260 675 2750 675 1810 1270 700 1750 1150 675 2750 18365
3 Egypt Tarek Momen 12 430 675 1750 1100 1100 1100 1225 1100 2090 1150 1150 1100 13970
4 Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad* 13 700 410 700 675 675 875 2750 1100 177.5 700 700 1810 1100 12372.5
5 New Zealand Paul Coll 13 1150 1100 430 675 675 1100 675 780 805 1750 430 675 1100 11345
6 Germany Simon Rösner 13 700 430 1810 1810 1100 675 675 1270 260 430 700 675 675 11210
7 Peru Diego Elías 15 430 250 700 1100 410 575 410 675 805 177.5 1225 875 410 250 575 8867.5
8 Egypt Mohamed Abouelghar 13 1750 675 250 675 675 250 1225 475 490 700 260 250 675 8350
9 Colombia Miguel Ángel Rodríguez 14 260 430 675 250 675 250 250 300 780 430 430 410 675 875 6690
10 India Saurav Ghosal 14 700 260 410 430 410 250 675 300 410 780 430 215 410 250 5930
11 Egypt Omar Mosaad 15 260 410 260 250 575 250 410 182.5 675 300 177.5 575 410 130 410 5275
12 Egypt Marwan El Shorbagy 10 182.5 250 490 780 490 260 430 675 875 410 4842.5
13 Wales Joel Makin 13 430 160 410 430 675 250 250 475 430 260 260 410 250 4690
14 England Tom Richards 15 260 250 430 410 410 250 182.5 250 290 300 260 160 250 130 250 4082.5
15 France Grégoire Marche 13 260 152.5 152.5 250 410 410 875 290 160 160 260 250 410 4040
16 Egypt 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

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Group stage results

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

Group A

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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

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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. ^ a b Head-to-head: Abouelghar (11–9, 11–3) Gawad

Group B

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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

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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

Knockout stage

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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
Egypt
Karim Abdel Gawad
First title

Semifinal

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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

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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

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References

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