2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals

The 2020 CIB Women's PSA World Series Finals was be the second women's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $185,000) after the renaming of PSA World Series. The top 8 players in the 2019–20 PSA World Tour are qualified for the event. The event took place at Mall of Arabia, Cairo in Egypt from 28 September–3 October 2020.

PSA World Tour Finals
2nd Women's PSA World Tour Finals
Location Cairo, Egypt
VenueMall of Arabia
Date(s)28 Sep.–3 Oct. 2020
Website
worldtourfinals.com
Prize money$185,000
Results
Champion Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
Runner-up Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
Semi-finalists Joelle King (NZL)
 Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
← 2019 2021 →

It was be the second edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the PSA renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals. CIB remains as the title sponsor.

Defending champion Raneem El Weleily could not defend last year title as she announced its retirement on 25 June 2020. Hania El Hammamy won its first PSA Finals in his first Finals appearance after defeating compatriot Nour El Tayeb 3–2 in the Final. El Hammamy went 2–0 down, but managed to turn it around to win 3–2.[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 $185,000 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 Women's World Tour Standings 2019–20[2]
Rank Player Tournaments
Played		 CHN
 FRA
 USA
 USA
 EGY
 USA
 USA
 USA
 USA
 USA
 EGY
 Total
Points
 
1 Nour El Sherbini 4 – – – – 3175 1810 – – – 2750 1810 9545
2 Raneem El Weleily‡ 7 1150 – 1750 1100 2090 675 – – – 1810 675 9250
3 Nour El Tayeb 9 1750 – 1150 1810 780 410 575 875 – 250 1100 8700
4 Nouran Gohar 7 700 – – 2750 1270 1100 875 – – 1100 410 8205
5 Camille Serme 8 – 1225 700 1100 780 2750 350 – – 675 410 7990
6 Hania El Hammamy 8 700 490 – 410 1270 410 – – 350 410 2750 6790
7 Sarah-Jane Perry 9 – 490 430 675 780 675 – 575 575 1100 1100 6400
8 Amanda Sobhy 9 – 805 430 675 177.5 250 130 – 875 675 675 4692.5
9 Joelle King 9 430 – 430 410 780 1100 350 350 – 250 250 4350
10 Salma Hany 9 430 – 260 410 475 675 215 130 – 410 250 3255
11 Olivia Blatchford Clyne 9 – 300 260 250 290 410 – 215 350 675 410 3160
12 Joshna Chinappa 8 – – 700 410 475 410 130 350 – 250 250 2975
13 Yathreb Adel 7 430 – – 410 475 410 130 – – 410 410 2675
14 Rowan Elaraby 6 – – – 675 290 250 – – 215 675 410 2515
15 Nadine Shahin 8 430 182.5 – 250 290 250 – 130 – 410 410 2352.5
16 Nele Gilis 9 – 182.5 260 250 290 250 80 – 215 410 410 2347.5

Bold – Players qualified for the Finals
(*) – Winners of Platinum's tournaments automatically qualifies for Finals.
(‡) – Announced retirement from squash on 25 June 2020.

Seeds
  1. Nour El Sherbini
  2. Nour El Tayeb
  3. Nouran Gohar
  4. Camille Serme
  5. Hania El Hammamy
  6. Sarah-Jane Perry
  7. Amanda Sobhy
  8. Joelle King

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
28 September18:00 Nour El Sherbini (EGY) Joelle King (NZL)11–9, 11–1
28 September19:30 Nouran Gohar (EGY) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)11–7, 12–10
29 September19:30 Nour El Sherbini (EGY) Nouran Gohar (EGY)11–6, 11–7
29 September21:00 Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) Joelle King (NZL)7–11, 13–11, 8–11
30 September21:00 Nour El Sherbini (EGY) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)11–7, 12–10
1 October18:00 Nouran Gohar (EGY) Joelle King (NZL)10–12, 7–11

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nour El Sherbini (EGY) 3 3 0 67 40 +27 12 Advancing to Semifinals
2  Joelle King (NZL) 3 2 1 66 67 −1 7
3  Nouran Gohar (EGY) 3 1 2 53 62 −9 4
4  Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 3 0 3 62 79 −17 1
Source: PSA World Tour Finals

Group B
Date Time Player 1 Player 2 Score
28 September21:00 Nour El Tayeb (EGY) Amanda Sobhy (USA)11–5, 11–5
29 September18:00 Camille Serme (FRA) Hania El Hammamy (EGY)11–9, 10–12, 7–11
30 September18:00 Nour El Tayeb (EGY) Camille Serme (FRA)8–11, 5–11
30 September19:30 Hania El Hammamy (EGY) Amanda Sobhy (USA)12–10, 11–8
1 October19:30 Nour El Tayeb (EGY) Hania El Hammamy (EGY)8–11, 11–3, 11–7
1 October21:00 Camille Serme (FRA) Amanda Sobhy (USA)9–11, 5–11

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hania El Hammamy (EGY) 3 2 1 76 76 0 8 Advancing to Semifinals
2  Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 3 2 1 65 53 +12 7
3  Camille Serme (FRA) 3 1 2 64 67 −3 5
4  Amanda Sobhy (USA) 3 1 2 50 59 −9 4
Source: PSA World Tour Finals

Knockout stage
Semi finals (2 October) Final (3 October)
              
1  Nour El Sherbini (EGY) 11 6 3
2  Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 5 11 11
2  Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 11 11 9 4 3
5  Hania El Hammamy (EGY) 9 9 11 11 11
5  Hania El Hammamy (EGY) 18 11 11
8  Joelle King (NZL) 20 8 2

Semifinal

To the best of three games.

Date Time Player 1 Player 2 Score
2 October18:30 Nour El Sherbini (EGY) Nour El Tayeb (EGY)11–5, 6–11, 3–11
2 October19:45 Hania El Hammamy (EGY) Joelle King (NZL)18–20, 11–8, 11–2

Final

To the best of five games.

Date Time Player 1 Player 2 Score
3 October19:00 Nour El Tayeb (EGY) Hania El Hammamy (EGY)11–9, 11–9, 9–11, 4–11, 3–11


2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals winner

Hania El Hammamy
First title

References
  1. "World Tour Finals: El Hammamy Comes Back from 2-0 Down to Beat El Tayeb". psaworldtour.com. 3 October 2020.
  2. PSA Women's World Tour Standings

See also
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