# 2020 Men's PSA World Tour Finals

The 2020 CIB Men's PSA World Series Finals was the men's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $185,000). 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.
It's 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.
Karim Abdel Gawad was the defending champion but was beaten in the Final to Marwan El Shorbagy. Marwan won the Final 3–0 (11–6, 11–5, 11–3) (47min) in his only second World Tour Finals appearance.

## PSA World Ranking Points

PSA also awards points towards World Ranking. Points are awarded as follows:
| PSA World Tour Finals | PSA World Tour Finals | Ranking Points | Ranking Points | Ranking Points | Ranking Points | Ranking Points | 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 win | 4 points |
| 2–1 win | 3 points |
| 1–2 loss | 1 point |
| 0–2 loss | 0 point |

## Qualification & Seeds
### Qualification

Top eight players at 2019–20 PSA World Tour standings qualifies to Finals.
World Championship :
| 177.5 | 1st Round | 290 | 2nd Round |
| 475 | 3rd Round | 780 | Quarterfinalist |
| 1270 | Semifinalist | 2090 | Runner-up |
| 3175 | Winner | | |
Platinum :
| 152.5 | 1st Round | 250 | 2nd Round |
| 410 | 3rd Round | 675 | Quarterfinalist |
| 1100 | Semifinalist | 1810 | Runner-up |
| 2750 | Winner | | |
Gold :
| 160 | 1st Round | 260 | 2nd Round |
| 430 | Quarterfinalist | 700 | Semifinalist |
| 1150 | Runner-up | 1750 | Winner |
Silver :
| 112.5 | 1st Round | 182.5 | 2nd Round |
| 300 | Quarterfinalist | 490 | Semifinalist |
| 805 | Runner-up | 1225 | Winner |
Bronze :
| 80 | 1st Round | 130 | 2nd Round |
| 215 | Quarterfinalist | 350 | Semifinalist |
| 575 | Runner-up | 875 | Winner |
Top 16 Men's PSA World Tour Standings 2019–20 :
| Rank | Player | Tournaments Played | CHN | FRA | USA | USA | EGY | QAT | ENG | USA | USA | USA | CAN | USA | ENG | Total Points |
| 1 | Mohamed El Shorbagy‡ | 8 | 1750 | – | 1750 | 1810 | – | 780 | 1150 | 2750 | – | – | – | 675 | 1750 | 12415 |
| 2 | Ali Farag | 6 | 1150 | – | – | 2750 | 1810 | – | – | 1100 | – | – | – | 2750 | 1150 | 10710 |
| 3 | Tarek Momen | 8 | – | – | 1150 | 1100 | 250 | 3175 | – | 1810 | – | – | 1225 | 1100 | 700 | 10510 |
| 4 | Paul Coll | 8 | – | 1225 | – | 675 | 1100 | 2090 | 700 | 675 | – | – | 805 | 1810 | – | 9080 |
| 5 | Karim Abdel Gawad | 7 | – | – | – | 675 | 2750 | 475 | 1750 | 1100 | – | – | – | 1100 | 260 | 8110 |
| 6 | Marwan El Shorbagy | 10 | 700 | – | 700 | 250 | 675 | 1270 | 430 | 250 | – | 300 | – | 250 | 700 | 5525 |
| 7 | Diego Elías | 9 | – | – | – | 1100 | 250 | 780 | 260 | 250 | – | 1225 | 490 | 675 | 430 | 5460 |
| 8 | Joel Makin | 10 | – | 805 | 430 | 410 | 1100 | 475 | 430 | 675 | – | – | 300 | 410 | 160 | 5195 |
| 9 | Simon Rösner | 8 | – | 300 | 260 | 675 | 250 | 1270 | – | 675 | – | – | – | 675 | 260 | 4365 |
| 10 | Saurav Ghosal | 9 | 700 | – | – | 250 | 410 | 475 | 430 | 410 | 575 | – | – | 250 | 430 | 3930 |
| 11 | Fares Dessouky | 7 | – | 300 | – | 250 | 675 | 475 | – | – | 875 | – | – | 250 | 430 | 3255 |
| 12 | Mazen Hesham | 9 | 430 | – | – | 410 | 410 | 290 | 430 | 250 | – | – | 300 | 410 | 160 | 3090 |
| 13 | Grégoire Marche | 9 | – | 490 | – | 410 | 410 | 177.5 | – | 410 | 350 | 182.5 | – | 250 | 160 | 2840 |
| 14 | Mathieu Castagnet | 9 | – | 300 | 260 | 250 | – | 290 | 260 | 250 | – | – | 490 | 410 | 260 | 2770 |
| 15 | Zahed Salem | 8 | – | 490 | – | 410 | 250 | 780 | – | 250 | 130 | 182.5 | – | 250 | – | 2742.5 |
| 16 | Omar Mosaad | 8 | 430 | – | – | 250 | 250 | 475 | – | 250 | 350 | – | – | 410 | 260 | 2675 |
Bold – Players qualified for the Finals (*) – Winners of Platinum's tournaments automatically qualifies for Finals. (‡) – Mohamed ElShorbay opts out to not play for personal reasons.

### Seeds

* Ali Farag
* Tarek Momen
* Paul Coll
* Karim Abdel Gawad
* Marwan El Shorbagy
* Diego Elías
* Joel Makin
* Simon Rösner

## 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 September | 18:45 | Ali Farag (EGY) | Simon Rösner (GER) | 12–10, 11–6 |
| 28 September | 20:15 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | Diego Elías (PER) | 11–9, 3–11, 5–11 |
| 29 September | 20:15 | Ali Farag (EGY) | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 8–11, 11–4, 8–11 |
| 29 September | 21:45 | Diego Elías (PER) | Simon Rösner (GER) | 11–8, 9–11, 6–11 |
| 30 September | 20:15 | Ali Farag (EGY) | Diego Elías (PER) | 14–16, 11–5, 11–3 |
| 1 October | 18:45 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | Simon Rösner (GER) | 13–11, 11–8 |

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 77 | −8 | 8 | Advancing to Semifinals |
| 2 | Ali Farag (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 66 | +20 | 8 | Advancing to Semifinals |
| 3 | Diego Elías (PER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 85 | −4 | 5 | |
| 4 | Simon Rösner (GER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 73 | −8 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Gawad (11–8, 4–11, 11–8) Farag

### Group B

| Date | Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
| 28 September | 21:45 | Tarek Momen (EGY) | Joel Makin (WAL) | 5–11, 11–6, 9–11 |
| 29 September | 20:30 | Paul Coll (NZL) | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | 6–11, 5–11 |
| 30 September | 18:45 | Tarek Momen (EGY) | Paul Coll (NZL) | 9–11, 8–11 |
| 30 September | 21:45 | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | Joel Makin (WAL) | 11–8, 11–6 |
| 1 October | 20:15 | Tarek Momen (EGY) | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | 11–8, 11–3 |
| 1 October | 21:45 | Paul Coll (NZL) | Joel Makin (WAL) | 3–11, 5–11 |

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 8 | Advancing to Semifinals |
| 2 | Joel Makin (WAL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 7 | Advancing to Semifinals |
| 3 | Tarek Momen (EGY) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 5 | |
| 4 | Paul Coll (NZL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 4 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi finals (2 October) | Semi finals (2 October) | Semi finals (2 October) | Semi finals (2 October) | Semi finals (2 October) | Final (3 October) | Final (3 October) | Final (3 October) | Final (3 October) | Final (3 October) |
| 4 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Joel Makin (WAL) | 9 | 8 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Joel Makin (WAL) | 9 | 8 | | 4 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | 5 | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 5 | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | 11 | 7 | 12 | 5 | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 1 | Ali Farag (EGY) | 9 | 11 | 10 | | | | | |

### Semifinal

To the best of three games.
| Date | Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
| 2 October | 19:15 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | Joel Makin (WAL) | 11–9, 11–8 |
| 2 October | 20:30 | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | Ali Farag (EGY) | 11–9, 7–11, 12–10 |

### Final

To the best of five games.
| Date | Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
| 3 October | 20:00 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) | 6–11, 5–11, 3–11 |
* 2020 Men's PSA World Tour Finals winner
* Marwan El Shorbagy First title