2019 Men's PSA World Tour Finals

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.

PSA World Tour Finals
1st Men's PSA World Tour Finals
Location 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)
 2018 2020 

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 win4 points
2–1 win3 points
1–2 loss1 point
0–2 loss0 point

Qualification & Seeds

Qualification

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
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

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 June21:30 Ali Farag (EGY) Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)12–10, 11–9
10 June19:30 Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) Paul Coll (NZL)11–5, 13–11
11 June19:30 Ali Farag (EGY) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)9–11, 8–11
11 June20:30 Paul Coll (NZL) Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)3–11, 6–11
12 June20:30 Ali Farag (EGY) Paul Coll (NZL)9–11, 12–10, 11–9
12 June21:30 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[lower-alpha 1] Advancing to Semifinals
2  Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) 3 2 1 4 2 +2 8[lower-alpha 1]
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 June19:30 Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) Diego Elías (PER)6–11, 11–3, 17–15
9 June20:30 Tarek Momen (EGY) Simon Rösner (GER)6–11, 11–3, 11–8
10 June20:30 Simon Rösner (GER) Diego Elías (PER)11–5, 8–11, 9–11
10 June21:30 Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) Tarek Momen (EGY)11–9, 5–11, 11–6
11 June21:30 Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) Simon Rösner (GER)11–9, 11–4
12 June19:30 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

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 June19:45 Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)8–11, 2–11
13 June21:15 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 June21:00 Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)10–12, 6–11, 11–5, 11–8, 10–12

References

See also

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