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2009 PSA World Tour

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Event name
  
PSA World Tour 2009

World Champion
  
Amr Shabana

Tournaments
  
120

Player of the year
  
Karim Darwish

Categories
  
PSA World Championship PSA World Series (8) PSA World Series Finals PSA Stars (over 2&1/2) (16) PSA Stars (under 2&1/2) (94)

World Number 1
  
Karim Darwish (11 months) Grégory Gaultier (1 month)

The PSA World Tour 2009 is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2009 squash season. The most important tournament in the series is the World Open held in Kuwait. The tour features three categories of regular events, Super Series, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, Stars Tournament and Challenger.

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Super Series

Prize money: $92,500 and more

Stars

Prize money: between $25,000 (2&1/2 Stars) and $50,000 (5 Stars)

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2009 season:

  • John White (born 15 June 1973 in Mount Isa, Australia) joined the pro tour in 1991, reached the world no. 1 ranking in March 2004. Keeping the spot for two months. In 2002, he was runner-up at both the World Open against David Palmer and the British Open against Peter Nicol. He also has won major tournaments as the PSA Masters, the Davenport Virginia North American Open, the Motor City Open and the Irish Open. He retired in January after competing a last time in the Tournament of Champions.
  • Lee Beachill (born 28 November 1977 in Pontefract, England) joined the pro tour in 1998, reached the world no. 1 ranking in October 2004. Keeping the spot for three months. In 2004, he was runner-up of the World Open against Thierry Lincou. He won 8 PSA World Tour titles including the US Open twice and the Qatar Classic. He announced his retirement in February.
  • Shahid Zaman (born 12 August 1982 in Quetta, Pakistan) joined the pro tour in 1998, reached the singles no. 14 spot in July 2005. He won 5 PSA World Tour titles including a Pakistan Circuit in 2004 and CAOS International in 2005. He retired after competing in the Atlanta Open in May 2009.

    • References

    2009 PSA World Tour Wikipedia
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