PSA World Tour Finals | |||
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1st Men's PSA World Tour Finals | |||
Location | Cairo, Egypt | ||
Venue | Mall of Arabia | ||
Date(s) | 9–14 June 2019 | ||
Website worldtourfinals | |||
Prize money | $160,000 | ||
Results | |||
Champion | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | ||
Runner-up | Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) | ||
Semi-finalists | Tarek Momen (EGY) Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) | ||
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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.[1]