|
2008 Men's World Open Squash Championship
The 2008 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 in the Manchester in England from 11 to 19 October 2008. Ramy Ashour Ramy Mohamed Ashour (born September 30, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt), known as Ramy Ashour (), is a retired professional squash player from Egypt, widely regarded as one of the best squash players in the history of the sport. He became the youngest pla ... won his first World Open title, defeating Karim Darwish in the final. Ranking points In 2008, the points breakdown were as follows: Seeds Draws and results Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 1 Section 2 See also * World Open * 2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship References External links World Squash 2008 Official Website {{Men's World Open Squash World Squash Championships W W 2008 in English sport Squash tournaments in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Grant (squash Player)
Adrian Grant (born 6 October 1980 in London, United Kingdom) is a professional squash player from England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in August 2009. Grant finished as the runner-up at the British National Squash Championships in 2009 (losing in the final to Nick Matthew Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a c ...). References External links * * * 1980 births Living people English male squash players Sportspeople from London Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in squash {{England-squash-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisham Ashour
Hisham Mohamed Ashour (born May 29, 1982 in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He is the older brother of Ramy Ashour Ramy Mohamed Ashour (born September 30, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt), known as Ramy Ashour (), is a retired professional squash player from Egypt, widely regarded as one of the best squash players in the history of the sport. He became the youngest pla .... He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 11 in February 2012. References External links * * * * Egyptian male squash players Living people 1982 births Sportspeople from Cairo 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Richards (squash Player)
Tom Richards (born 10 July 1986 in Guildford) is a retired Professional Squash player on the PSA World Tour who represented England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b .... He reached a career-high World ranking of No. 12, where he remained for just under a year. He won a total of 6 PSA Titles. At the age of 25, Richards was a member of the England Elite squad and a full England International, winning the European Team Championships in 2012, 2016 and 2019. Richards was part of the England Squash set-up since the age of 9 having started playing at the age of 3. He was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renan Lavigne
Renan Lavigne (born 1 November 1974 in Longjumeau) is a professional squash player from France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... Career statistics Listed below. PSA Titles (9) All Results for Renan Lavigne in PSA World's Tour tournament PSA Tour Finals (Runner-Up) (6) External links PSA player profile* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lavigne, Renan French male squash players 1974 births Living people Competitors at the 2009 World Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amr Swelim
Amr Swelim (born June 7, 1984) is a professional squash player who represents Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re .... He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 39 in December 2009. References External links * * Italian male squash players Living people 1984 births Sportspeople from Cairo {{Italy-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Salazar
Arturo Israel Salazar Martínez (born January 3, 1988), known as Arturo Salazar, is a professional squash player who represented Mexico. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 36 in January 2011. He won two Golds and a Bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games, in the Doubles, Team and Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' .... His twin brother César Orlando Salazar Martínez is also a professional squash player. References External links * * 1988 births Living people Mexican male squash players Pan American Games medalists in squash Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Squash players at the 2011 Pan American Games Squash players at the 2015 Pan American Games Squash player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Mosaad
Omar Mosaad Abouzid (born March 17, 1988 in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3 in 2016. Career overview After a promising junior career in which he won U17 and U19 British Junior Open titles and reached the World Junior Championship final in 2006, Omar Mosaad quickly established his senior credentials by going on to win eight PSA World Tour titles from 20 final appearances - and celebrating a career-high world No 3 ranking in June 2016. After joining the PSA in 2005, the tall and imposing Cairo-based Egyptian reached his first Tour final the following year in Iran where he won the FAJR International in Tehran. Success in 2008 earned him the PSA Young Player of the Year Award at the end of the year. But Mosaad began to make his elite breakthrough in 2010: In his first two events of the year he picked up two Tour titles in the USA - firstly the new Kig Open in Los Angeles, then the Racquet Club Invi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Kenny
Liam Kenny (born 2 November 1977 in Perth, Western Australia) is a professional squash player who represented Ireland by having dual residency in both Australia as well as Ireland. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 31 in April 2007. Awards Liam Kenny was a 6 times Irish National Champion in 2001 and in 2004 to 2008. He also represents the Irish national team for the European Team Championship from 2001 to 2008 as well as the World Team Championship in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. In 2018, he won a World Masters The World Masters, known for sponsorship reasons as the Mita/Sky World Masters, was a snooker tournament held between 13 and 26 January 1991. Conceived by promoter Barry Hearn, the tournament had a similar format to the Grand Slam (tennis), Gran ... title (40+ division). References External links * * Irish male squash players Living people 1977 births Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia {{Ireland-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Delierre
Shawn Adam Delierre (born May 25, 1982) is a professional squash player who represents Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 35 in March 2013. He has played in three of the longest four PSA squash matches ever. References External links * archive 3 * * * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Montreal Canadian male squash players Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in squash Squash players at the 2007 Pan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borja Golán
Borja Golán (born 6 January 1983 in Santiago de Compostela) is a Spanish retired professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in April 2014. Career overview In August 2009, in the Colombian Open final, Borja suffered serious injury to his right knee which kept him out of action for six months. He reached the top ten World Ranking the month following the tournament. About three years later, in 2013, he succeeded to climb back into the top 10. In November, he reached the semi-final of the Qatar Classic winning in quarter-final against the seed No. 1 Grégory Gaultier in a tense and controversial match. And in December, he was runner-up of the Hong Kong Open against Nick Matthew, his first PSA World Series final. He announced his retirement in May 2023. Major World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Rösner
Simon Rösner (born 5 November 1987 in Würzburg) is a German former professional squash player. He broke the Top 10 in the PSA World Rankings for the first time in November 2014, going on to become the highest-ranked male German player of all time. Rosner subsequently reached a world ranking of No. 6 matching Germany's Sabine Schone's career-high world ranking of No. 6 in June 2015. Rosner broke into the world Top 5 in June 2018 and Top 3 in December 2018 making him the highest-ever-ranked German player. Career overview In October 2012, Rosner won the Santiago Squash Open against Cameron Pilley in the final. In 2013, in what was referred to as the battle of the giants, he beat Omar Mosaad in 5 games in the North American Open to reach the quarter-finals of a World Series tournament for the second time. In the same year, he was silver medalist of the World Games in Cali and won the Alwatan and Asnan International, a PSA International 50 tournament, in Kuwait defeating Borja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
