Motor City Open (squash)

Motor City Open
Details
Event name Motor City Open
Location United States Bloomfield Hills, Michigan United States
Venue Birmingham Athletic Club
Website
themotorcityopen.com
PSA World Tour
Category International 70
Prize money $70,000
Most recent champion(s) Egypt Ali Farag
Current Motor City Open 2016

The Motor City Open is an annual international squash championship held in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The tournament is hosted and organized by the Birmingham Athletic Club, a private club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and has been held each year since 1999, with the exception of 2008, when the event was moved from November to the following January.[1]

The Motor City Open is usually scheduled immediately to follow the Tournament of Champions held in New York City. The tournament takes place over six days. The first two days consist of a qualifying competition, where 16 competitors compete for four places in the main draw. After the qualification rounds, the four qualifiers join the 12 exempt players in the main draw.

In addition to the main draw, the Motor City Open also features a pro-am doubles competition and a clinic for juniors conducted by the professionals. The event also conducts a silent auction to raise funds for charity. In recent years, this charity has been the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.[2]

Past results

Listed below are the results from the Motor City Open:[3]

Year Champion Runner-up Score in final
1999 England Peter Marshall Australia David Palmer 15–10, 15–7, 15–12
2000 Australia David Palmer Wales Alex Gough 12–15, 15–10, 15–11, 15–10
2001 Netherlands Tommy Berden Canada Stefan Casteleyn 10-15, 15-12, 15-11, 12-15, 15-12
2002 England Nick Taylor Canada Graham Ryding 15–6, 12–15, 15–9, 15–9
2003 Canada Jonathon Power France Thierry Lincou 15–11, 12–15, 15–10, 15–4
2004 France Grégory Gaultier Finland Olli Tuominen 11–4, 11–10 (2–0), 3–11, 11–3
2005 Canada Jonathon Power Scotland John White 11–2, 11–7, 11–6
2006 Scotland John White Republic of Ireland Liam Kenny 11–3, 11–4, 11–6
2007 Finland Olli Tuominen Australia Stewart Boswell 11–7, 11–6, 11–2
2008 No competition
2009 Spain Borja Golan England Adrian Grant 10–12, 11–9, 11–5, 14–12
2010 Egypt Karim Darwish Malaysia Mohd Azlan Iskandar 11–3, 11–7, 11–4
2011 Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy Egypt Omar Mosaad 8-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5
2012 Malaysia Ong Beng Hee Egypt Hisham Ashour 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
2013 Egypt Amr Shabana Egypt Karim Darwish 11-4, 2-6 rtd
2014 Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy England Peter Barker 8-11, 12-14, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7
2015 Colombia Miguel Ángel Rodriguez South Africa Stephen Coppinger 9-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3
2016 Egypt Ali Farag England Nick Matthew 11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7

References

  1. ↑ King, R. J. "Motor City Open". Detroit's Premier Business Journal. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to the Motor City Open". Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Past Champions". Retrieved 26 February 2010.
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