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.

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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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