2006 Men's World Open Squash Championship

The 2006 Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place just in front of the pyramids in Cairo in Egypt from 1 September to 6 September 2006. David Palmer won his second World Open title, defeating Grégory Gaultier in the final.

Men's World Open 2006
28th PSA World Squash Championship
Location Cairo, Egypt
Date(s)September 1–6, 2006
Website
www.squashsite.co.uk/world_open_2006.htm
PSA World Tour
CategoryPSA World Open
Prize money$152,500
Results
Champion David Palmer
Runner-up Grégory Gaultier
Semi-finalists Amr Shabana
Thierry Lincou
← 2005 2007 →

Ranking points

In 2006, the points breakdown were as follows:

World Open (2006)
Event W F SF QF 2R 1R
Points (PSA) 2187,5 1437,5 875 531,25 312,5 156,25

Seeds
  1. Amr Shabana (Semifinals)
  2. David Palmer (Champion)
  3. Thierry Lincou (Semifinals)
  4. James Willstrop (First Round)
  5. Anthony Ricketts (Quarterfinals)
  6. Peter Nicol (Quarterfinals)
  7. Nick Matthew (Second Round)
  8. Grégory Gaultier (Final)
  9. Karim Darwish (First Round)
  10. Lee Beachill (Second Round)
  11. John White (Second Round)
  12. Mohd Azlan Iskandar (First Round)
  13. Ong Beng Hee (Second Round)
  14. Olli Tuominen (Second Round)
  15. Stewart Boswell (Second Round)
  16. Adrian Grant (Second Round)

Draws & Results
First round Second round Quarter finals Semi finals
1 Amr Shabana 11 5 11 11
Q Peter Barker 7 11 4 6 1 Amr Shabana 11 5 11 13
Mohammed Abbas 11 11 5 13 Mohammed Abbas 6 11 9 11
12 Mohd Azlan Iskandar 8 5 11 13 1 Amr Shabana 11 11 11
7 Nick Matthew 13 11 11 Wael El Hindi 5 7 5
Alex Gough 11 3 3 7 Nick Matthew 8 11 4 11 10
9 Karim Darwish 11 3 5 10 Wael El Hindi 11 4 11 2 12
Wael El Hindi 5 11 11 12 1 Amr Shabana 5 7 11 9
4 James Willstrop w/o 8 Grégory Gaultier 11 11 2 11
Ramy Ashour Ramy Ashour 11 10 6 11 11
10 Lee Beachill 11 11 11 10 Lee Beachill 4 12 11 8 5
Q Borja Golán 7 5 7 Ramy Ashour 11 9 2
8 Grégory Gaultier 11 11 11 8 Grégory Gaultier 13 11 11
Q Tarek Momen 6 5 6 8 Grégory Gaultier 11 11 11 Final
11 John White 11 11 7 8 11 11 John White 3 6 8
Q Laurens Jan Anjema 6 6 11 11 8 8 Grégory Gaultier 11 11 9 14 2
Q Hisham Ashour 9 5 8 2 David Palmer 9 9 11 16 11
15 Stewart Boswell 11 11 11 15 Stewart Boswell 11 10 7 2
Graham Ryding 4 11 9 11 10 6 Peter Nicol 7 12 11 11
6 Peter Nicol 11 5 11 9 12 6 Peter Nicol 6 11 9 6
Shahier Razik 11 9 11 7 12 3 Thierry Lincou 11 5 11 11
14 Olli Tuominen 8 11 5 11 14 14 Olli Tuominen 10 11 3 8
Q Alister Walker 11 7 2 6 3 Thierry Lincou 12 9 11 11
3 Thierry Lincou 4 11 11 11 3 Thierry Lincou 2 10 12 5
Q Davide Bianchetti 11 8 5 11 5 2 David Palmer 11 12 10 11
16 Adrian Grant 7 11 11 9 11 16 Adrian Grant 6 11 6 8
WC Omar Mosaad 7 5 13 3 5 Anthony Ricketts 11 9 11 11
5 Anthony Ricketts 11 11 11 11 5 Anthony Ricketts 11 3 6 7
Cameron Pilley 5 7 3 2 David Palmer 9 11 11 11
13 Ong Beng Hee 11 11 11 13 Ong Beng Hee 12 8 8
Q Aamir Atlas Khan 4 3 1 2 David Palmer 14 11 11
2 David Palmer 11 11 11

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See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-08-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Preceded by
Hong Kong
2005		 PSA World Open
Egypt (Cairo)
2006		 Succeeded by
Bermuda (Hamilton)
2007
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