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2015 Women's World Open Squash Championship

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Women's World Championship 2015
32nd PSA Women's World Squash Championship
LocationMalaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date(s)April 25–30, 2016
CategoryWorld Championships
Prize money$ 185,000
Results
ChampionEgypt Nour El Sherbini
Runner-upEngland Laura Massaro
Semi-finalistsEgypt Raneem El Weleily
Egypt Nouran Gohar
← 2014 Egypt Egypt 2016 →

The 2015 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2015 World Championships, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players.

It was originally scheduled to take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 11 to 18, 2015;[1][2] with less than two weeks' notice, the event was deemed to have been cancelled after the event promoters allegedly cited "security fears" as justification for doing so.[3] In response, Minister of Youth and Sports Khairy Jamaluddin claimed the event's cancellation was down to the promoters' failure to attract sponsorship and accused them of attempting to blackmail the Malaysian government with a demand for event funding (including RM3.5 million ($850,000) for private security arrangements) as a result.[4][5]

Upon settling an agreement with the new event promoters, the PSA confirmed the tournament was rescheduled to take place at the National Squash Centre[6] between 25 and 30 April 2016 inclusive.[7] It is the second time in three editions the tournament has been held after its designated year.[8]

Nour El Sherbini won her first World Championship title, beating Laura Massaro in the final.

Prize money and ranking points

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For 2015, the prize purse was $185,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:[9]

Prize Money World Championship (2015)
Event W F SF QF 2R 1R
Points (PSA) 5300 3630 2150 1150 575 330
Prize money $28,900 $17,680 $10,880 $6,460 $3,825 $2,250

Seeds

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  1. England Laura Massaro (final)
  2. Malaysia Nicol David (quarterfinals)
  3. Egypt Raneem El Weleily (semifinals)
  4. France Camille Serme (quarterfinals)
  5. Egypt Nour El Sherbini (champion)
  6. Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy (quarterfinals)
  7. United States Amanda Sobhy (quarterfinals)
  8. Egypt Nouran Gohar (semifinals)
  9. Egypt Nour El Tayeb (second round)
  10. England Alison Waters (second round)
  11. Hong Kong Annie Au (second round)
  12. New Zealand Joelle King (second round)
  13. England Sarah-Jane Perry (second round)
  14. India Joshna Chinappa (second round)
  15. Malaysia Delia Arnold (second round)
  16. England Jenny Duncalf (first round)

Draw and results

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First round Second round Quarter finals Semi finals
1 England Laura Massaro 9 13 11 11
Q Mexico Samantha Terán 11 11 6 3 1 England Laura Massaro 11 11 11
England Victoria Lust 8 3 5 14 India Joshna Chinappa 3 6 3
14 India Joshna Chinappa 11 11 11 1 England Laura Massaro 11 10 11 11
15 Malaysia Delia Arnold 12 10 12 11 6 Egypt O. Abdel Kawy 3 12 8 7
Q Egypt Mariam Metwally 10 12 10 9 15 Malaysia Delia Arnold 11 8 9 8
England Emily Whitlock 5 9 7 6 Egypt O. Abdel Kawy 9 11 11 11
6 Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy 11 11 11 1 England Laura Massaro 11 7 11 6 12
7 United States Amanda Sobhy 11 11 11 3 Egypt R. El Weleily 2 11 9 11 10
Q New Zealand Megan Craig 4 5 2 7 United States Amanda Sobhy 11 11 4 7 12
Q Hong Kong Liu Tsz-Ling 6 7 3 9 Egypt Nour El Tayeb 0 7 11 11 10
9 Egypt Nour El Tayeb 11 11 11 7 United States Amanda Sobhy 5 11 10 7
12 New Zealand Joelle King 11 11 11 3 Egypt R. El Weleily 11 5 12 11
WC Malaysia Low Wee Wern 9 6 7 12 New Zealand Joelle King 9 5 10 Final
Wales Tesni Evans 5 2 6 3 Egypt R. El Weleily 11 11 12
3 Egypt Raneem El Weleily 11 11 11 1 England Laura Massaro 11 11 3 5 8
4 France Camille Serme 11 11 5 11 5 Egypt Nour El Sherbini 6 4 11 11 11
Q Hong Kong Joey Chan 9 6 11 4 4 France Camille Serme 11 11 11
Q United States Olivia Blatchford 4 6 6 13 England Sarah-Jane Perry 5 7 6
13 England Sarah-Jane Perry 11 11 11 4 France Camille Serme 7 10 11 11 8
16 England Jenny Duncalf 6 7 9 8 Egypt Nouran Gohar 11 12 7 5 11
Q Egypt Nadine Shahin 11 11 11 Q Egypt Nadine Shahin 5 6 4
Q France Coline Aumard 12 6 5 7 8 Egypt Nouran Gohar 11 11 11
8 Egypt Nouran Gohar 10 11 11 11 8 Egypt Nouran Gohar 5 5 5
5 Egypt Nour El Sherbini 11 11 11 5 Egypt Nour El Sherbini 11 11 11
Australia Donna Urquhart 6 6 6 5 Egypt Nour El Sherbini 11 11 6 11
India Dipika Pallikal 8 9 11 11 7 11 Hong Kong Annie Au 5 6 11 3
11 Hong Kong Annie Au 11 11 6 6 11 5 Egypt Nour El Sherbini 14 4 11 11
10 England Alison Waters 13 11 4 11 2 Malaysia Nicol David 12 11 3 7
Egypt Heba El Torky 11 7 11 7 10 England Alison Waters 9 3 5
Australia Rachael Grinham 4 11 11 1 2 2 Malaysia Nicol David 11 11 11
2 Malaysia Nicol David 11 8 8 11 11

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "SquashSite Squash News". squashsite.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
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  4. ^ "KL cancellation leaves players angry as govt blast promoters". Squash Mad. Archived from the original on 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
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  7. ^ "NAZA PSA WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". PSA. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  8. ^ "Women's World Squash Championship set for April date". The Star. Archived from the original on 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  9. ^ "World series Prize Money" (PDF). Wsaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2012-06-29.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "PSA WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 - Main Draw". PSA World Tour. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
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Preceded by Women's World Championship
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

2015
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