2019 Men's PSA World Tour Finals

PSA World Tour Finals
PSA World Tour Finals
1st Men's PSA World Tour Finals
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Venue	Mall 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 →

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

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 win	4 points
2–1 win	3 points
1–2 loss	1 point
0–2 loss	0 point

Qualification & Seeds

Qualification

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

World Championship
177.5	1st Round	290	2nd Round
475	3rd Round	780	Quarterfinalist
1270	Semifinalist	2090	Runner-up
3175	Winner

Platinum
152.5	1st Round	250	2nd Round
410	3rd Round	675	Quarterfinalist
1100	Semifinalist	1810	Runner-up
2750	Winner

Gold
160	1st Round	260	2nd Round
430	Quarterfinalist	700	Semifinalist
1150	Runner-up	1750	Winner

Silver
112.5	1st Round	182.5	2nd Round
300	Quarterfinalist	490	Semifinalist
805	Runner-up	1225	Winner

Bronze
80	1st Round	130	2nd Round
215	Quarterfinalist	350	Semifinalist
575	Runner-up	875	Winner

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
Rank	Player	Tournaments Played																								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 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

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]	Advancing to Semifinals
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:

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

Group B

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

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	Advancing to Semifinals
3	Diego Elías (PER)	3	1	2	4	5	−1	5
4	Simon Rösner (GER)	3	0	3	2	6	−4	2

Source: PSA World Tour Finals

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 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

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

References

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

External links

[table_hth_ABO0.87078565958458-3] Head-to-head: Abouelghar (11–9, 11–3) Gawad

[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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PSA World Ranking Points

Match points distribution

Qualification & Seeds

Qualification

Seeds

Group stage results

Group A

Standings

Group B

Standings

Knockout stage

Semifinal

Final

See also

References

External links