The 2012 Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 2012

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, which serves as the individual world championship for

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players. The event took place in

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from 7-14 December 2012.

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 second World Championship title, defeating

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in the final.

Prize money and ranking points

For 2012, the prize purse was $ 325,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

Seeds

Draw and results

Finals

Top Half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom Half

Section 1

Section 2

References

External links

World Squash Championship 2012 website
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