# 2019 Men's PSA World Tour Finals

The 2019 CIB Men's PSA World Series Finals was the men's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $160,000). The top 8 players in the 2018–19 PSA World Tour are qualified for the event. The event took place at Mall of Arabia, Cairo in Egypt from 9–14 June 2019.
It was the first edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the PSA renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals. CIB sponsored the event.
Mohamed El Shorbagy was the defending champion but lost in Semifinals to Karim Abdel Gawad. Gawad won his first PSA Finals title after defeating fellow countryman Mohamed Abouelghar 3–2 in a marathon match (92m). Karim started the match winning first two games 2–0, before Abouelghar equalled it 2–2. Karim Abdel Gawad won the last game 12–10 (3–2) becoming new champion.

## 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 | $160,000 | 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 2018–19 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 2018–19 :
| Rank | Player | Tournaments Played | CHN | USA | USA | ENG | QAT | QAT | HKG | PAK | EGY | IND | USA | USA | USA | USA | CAN | ENG | SUI | NED | MAC | EGY | ENG | ENG | GUA | Total Points |
| 1 | Ali Farag* | 12 | – | 1750 | 1100 | 1150 | 2750 | – | 1810 | – | 1810 | – | 2750 | – | – | 3175 | – | – | 430 | 1750 | – | 2750 | – | 1810 | – | 23035 |
| 2 | Mohamed El Shorbagy* | 13 | – | 1150 | 2750 | 260 | 675 | – | 2750 | – | 675 | – | 1810 | – | – | 1270 | – | 700 | 1750 | 1150 | – | 675 | – | 2750 | – | 18365 |
| 3 | Tarek Momen | 12 | – | 430 | 675 | 1750 | 1100 | – | 1100 | – | 1100 | 1225 | 1100 | – | – | 2090 | – | 1150 | 1150 | – | – | 1100 | – | – | – | 13970 |
| 4 | Karim Abdel Gawad* | 13 | – | 700 | 410 | 700 | 675 | – | 675 | 875 | 2750 | – | 1100 | – | – | 177.5 | – | – | 700 | 700 | – | 1810 | – | 1100 | – | 12372.5 |
| 5 | Paul Coll | 13 | 1150 | – | 1100 | 430 | 675 | – | 675 | – | 1100 | – | 675 | – | – | 780 | 805 | 1750 | – | 430 | – | 675 | – | 1100 | – | 11345 |
| 6 | Simon Rösner | 13 | 700 | 430 | 1810 | – | 1810 | – | 1100 | – | 675 | – | 675 | – | – | 1270 | – | 260 | 430 | 700 | – | 675 | – | 675 | – | 11210 |
| 7 | Diego Elías | 15 | – | 430 | 250 | 700 | 1100 | – | 410 | 575 | 410 | – | 675 | 805 | – | 177.5 | 1225 | – | – | – | 875 | 410 | – | 250 | 575 | 8867.5 |
| 8 | Mohamed Abouelghar | 13 | 1750 | – | 675 | – | 250 | – | 675 | – | 675 | – | 250 | 1225 | – | 475 | 490 | – | 700 | 260 | – | 250 | – | 675 | – | 8350 |
| 9 | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | 14 | 260 | 430 | 675 | – | 250 | – | 675 | – | 250 | – | 250 | 300 | – | 780 | – | – | 430 | 430 | – | 410 | – | 675 | 875 | 6690 |
| 10 | Saurav Ghosal | 14 | 700 | 260 | 410 | 430 | 410 | – | 250 | – | 675 | 300 | 410 | – | – | 780 | – | – | 430 | – | 215 | 410 | – | 250 | – | 5930 |
| 11 | Omar Mosaad | 15 | 260 | – | 410 | 260 | 250 | 575 | 250 | – | 410 | 182.5 | 675 | 300 | – | 177.5 | – | – | – | – | 575 | 410 | 130 | 410 | – | 5275 |
| 12 | Marwan El Shorbagy | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 182.5 | 250 | 490 | – | 780 | 490 | 260 | – | 430 | – | 675 | 875 | 410 | – | 4842.5 |
| 13 | Joel Makin | 13 | 430 | 160 | 410 | 430 | 675 | – | 250 | – | – | – | 250 | – | – | 475 | – | 430 | 260 | 260 | – | 410 | – | 250 | – | 4690 |
| 14 | Tom Richards | 15 | 260 | – | 250 | 430 | 410 | – | 410 | – | 250 | 182.5 | 250 | – | – | 290 | 300 | 260 | – | 160 | – | 250 | 130 | 250 | – | 4082.5 |
| 15 | Grégoire Marche | 13 | – | 260 | 152.5 | – | 152.5 | – | 250 | – | 410 | – | 410 | – | 875 | 290 | – | 160 | 160 | 260 | – | 250 | – | 410 | – | 4040 |
| 16 | Fares Dessouky | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 805 | 410 | – | – | 475 | – | 430 | – | – | – | 1100 | 130 | 410 | – | 3760 |
Bold – Players qualified for the final (*) – Winners of Platinum's tournaments automatically qualifies for Finals.

### Seeds

* Ali Farag
* Mohamed El Shorbagy
* Tarek Momen
* Karim Abdel Gawad
* Paul Coll
* Simon Rösner
* Diego Elías
* Mohamed Abouelghar

## 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 |
| 9 June | 21:30 | Ali Farag (EGY) | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | 12–10, 11–9 |
| 10 June | 19:30 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | Paul Coll (NZL) | 11–5, 13–11 |
| 11 June | 19:30 | Ali Farag (EGY) | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 9–11, 8–11 |
| 11 June | 20:30 | Paul Coll (NZL) | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | 3–11, 6–11 |
| 12 June | 20:30 | Ali Farag (EGY) | Paul Coll (NZL) | 9–11, 12–10, 11–9 |
| 12 June | 21:30 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | 9–11, 3–11 |

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | Advancing to Semifinals |
| 2 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | Advancing to Semifinals |
| 3 | Ali Farag (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Paul Coll (NZL) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Abouelghar (11–9, 11–3) Gawad

### Group B

| Date | Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
| 9 June | 19:30 | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | Diego Elías (PER) | 6–11, 11–3, 17–15 |
| 9 June | 20:30 | Tarek Momen (EGY) | Simon Rösner (GER) | 6–11, 11–3, 11–8 |
| 10 June | 20:30 | Simon Rösner (GER) | Diego Elías (PER) | 11–5, 8–11, 9–11 |
| 10 June | 21:30 | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | Tarek Momen (EGY) | 11–9, 5–11, 11–6 |
| 11 June | 21:30 | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | Simon Rösner (GER) | 11–9, 11–4 |
| 12 June | 19:30 | Tarek Momen (EGY) | Diego Elías (PER) | 11–2, 4–11, 11–8 |

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | Advancing to Semifinals |
| 2 | Tarek Momen (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advancing to Semifinals |
| 3 | Diego Elías (PER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Simon Rösner (GER) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi finals (13 June) | Semi finals (13 June) | Semi finals (13 June) | Semi finals (13 June) | Semi finals (13 June) | Final (14 June) | Final (14 June) | Final (14 June) | Final (14 June) | Final (14 June) | Final (14 June) | Final (14 June) |
| 8 | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | 9 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Tarek Momen (EGY) | 11 | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Tarek Momen (EGY) | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | 10 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| | | | | | 4 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 12 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | 8 | 2 | | 4 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 12 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
* 2019 Men's PSA World Tour Finals winner
* Karim Abdel Gawad First title

### Semifinal

To the best of three games.
| Date | Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
| 13 June | 19:45 | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 8–11, 2–11 |
| 13 June | 21:15 | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | Tarek Momen (EGY) | 9–11, 11–5, 11–8 |

### Final

To the best of five games.
| Date | Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
| 14 June | 21:00 | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 10–12, 6–11, 11–5, 11–8, 10–12 |