2012 PSA World Tour
The PSA World Tour 2012 is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association for the 2012 squash season. The most important tournament in the series is the World Championship held in Doha in Qatar. The tour features three categories of regular events, World Series, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, International and Challenger. The Tour is concluded by the PSA World Series Finals, the end of season championship for the top 8 rated players.
2012 Calendar
Key
World Championship">World Open (squash)">World Championship
World Series">PSA World Series">World Series
Prize money: $115,000 and more| Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
Tournament of Champions 2012 New York City, United StatesWorld Series Gold $115,000 - Draw | 20–26 January 2012 |  Nick Matthew8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 | James Willstrop |  Grégory Gaultier Daryl Selby |  Amr Shabana Peter Barker Mohamed El Shorbagy Marwan El Shorbagy |
| North American Open 2012 Richmond, Virginia, United States World Series Gold $115,000 - Draw | 19–25 February 2012 | James Willstrop 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 | Ramy Ashour | Grégory Gaultier Nick Matthew | Karim Darwish Amr Shabana Simon Rösner Karim Abdel Gawad |
| El Gouna International 2012 El Gouna, Egypt World Series Gold $115,000 - Draw | 8–13 April 2012 | Ramy Ashour 12-10, 11-5, 5-2 rtd | James Willstrop | Nick Matthew Karim Darwish | Grégory Gaultier Mohamed El Shorbagy Laurens Jan Anjema Hisham Mohd Ashour |
| British Open 2012 London, England World Series Platinum $150,000 - Draw | 14–20 May 2012 | Nick Matthew 11-9, 11-4, 11-8 | Ramy Ashour | James Willstrop Peter Barker | Grégory Gaultier Amr Shabana Mohamed El Shorbagy Laurens Jan Anjema |
| US Open 2012 Philadelphia, United States World Series Gold $115,000 - Draw | 5–12 October 2012 | Ramy Ashour 11-4, 11-9, 11-9 | Grégory Gaultier | James Willstrop Nick Matthew | Karim Darwish Peter Barker Amr Shabana Mohamed El Shorbagy |
Hong Kong Open 2012 Hong Kong, ChinaWorld Series Platinum $150,000 - Draw | 27–2 December 2012 | Ramy Ashour 11-8, 3-11, 11-7, 11-6 | James Willstrop | Nick Matthew Karim Darwish | Grégory Gaultier Peter Barker Amr Shabana Borja Golán |
| Final tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Round Robin |
| PSA World Series Finals 2012 Queen's Club, London, England PSA World Series Finals $110,000 - Draw | 2–6 January 2013 | Amr Shabana 4-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 | Nick Matthew | James Willstrop Grégory Gaultier | Mohd El Shorbagy Karim Darwish Peter Barker Simon Rösner |
International
Prize money: between $25,000 and $114,999January
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Year end world top 10 players
Retirements
Following is a list of notable players who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2012 season:- Thierry Lincou joined the pro tour in 1994, became the first French squash player to be ranked world no. 1 spot in 2004 and win the World Open in 2004. Keeping the spot for a whole year in 2004. He won 17 PSA World Tour titles including Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open in 2004 and two times the Bluenose Classic. He was one of only five players to have maintained themselves in the top 10 without interruption for 10 years at the PSA World Tour. He retired in August after win the Bluenose Classic.
- Mohd Azlan Iskandar joined the pro tour in 2000, reached the singles no. 10 spot in 2011. He won 13 PSA World Tour titles including Malysian Open and the Cannon Kirk Irish Open. He retired in July after competing a last time in the Kuala Lumpur Open.
- Mohammed Abbas joined the pro tour in 1998, reached the singles no. 13 spot in April 2007. He won 4 PSA World Tour titles including Kuala Lumpur Open in 2007. He retired after losing in the first round of the Qatar World Open in December 2012.
- Davide Bianchetti joined the pro tour in 1996, reached the singles no. 24 spot in October 2004. He won 10 PSA World Tour. In 2003, he reached the quarter final of the World Open. He retired in December after competing a last time in the Prague Open.