HISTORY

The Super Series Finals, Grand Prix Finals, World Series Finals, World Tour Finals …

The World Tour Finals is the end of season championship which sees the top eight point-scoring players qualify for the end of season playoffs.

The eight players compete in two groups of four and play a round robin to determine the semi-finalists. The competition then becomes a knock-out competition to determine the  champions.

The men’s event started in 1993, and after two editions in Switzerland moved to the UK – mostly London – until 2013. From 1998 to 2006 the WISPA Grand Prix Finals provided the same format for the top eight women players, hosted in Hurghada, Doha and Hyderabad. The events were combined into the World Series Finals for 2011.

Up until the 2019 Finals, qualification was based on performances in the top tier events – known as “Super Series” and more recently “World Series” – with the top eight points earners in these events qualifying.

From 2019 qualification – and the name – was changed, with points earned in all World Tour events counting, and winners of the World Champs and World Series events qualifying automatically. Ranking points were also on offer for the first time.

YEAR* VENUE(S) MEN'S CHAMPION WOMEN'S CHAMPION NOTES
2022 Cairo Mostafa Asal (Egy) Nour El Sherbini (Egy) World Tour Finals ↓
2021 Cairo Mostafa Asal (Egy) Nouran Gohar (Egy)
2020 Cairo Marwan ElShorbagy (Egy) Hania El Hammamy (Egy)
2019 Cairo Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) Raneem El Welily (Egy)
2018 Dubai Mohamed ElShorbagy (Egy) Nour El Sherbini (Egy) World Series Finals ↓
2017 Dubai Mohamed ElShorbagy (Egy) Laura Massaro (Eng)
2016 Dubai Gregory Gaultier (Fra) Laura Massaro (Eng)
2015 not held
2014 Richmond USA Ramy Ashour (Egy)
2013 not held
2012 Queens Club Amr Shabana (Egy) Nicol David (Mas)
2011 Queens Club Amr Shabana (Egy) Nicol David (Mas)
2010 Queens Club Shabana/Matthew Duncalf/Massaro finals not played
2009 Queens Club Gregory Gaultier (Fra) Super Series Finals ↓
2008 Broadgate Gregory Gaultier (Fra)
2007 Manchester Ramy Ashour (Egy)
2006 Broadgate / Hyderabad Anthony Ricketts (Aus) Nicol David (Mas)
2005 Broadgate Jonathon Power (Can)
2004 Broadgate / Doha Thierry Lincou (Fra) Cassie Jackman (Eng) Grand Prix Finals ↓
2003 Broadgate / Doha Jonathon Power (Can) Carol Owens (Nzl)
2002 Broadgate / Doha David Palmer (Aus) Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Aus)
2001 Broadgate / Hurghada Peter Nicol (Sco) Sarah Fitz-Gerald (Aus)
2000 Broadgate / Hurghada Peter Nicol (Sco) Carol Owens (Aus)
1999 Broadgate / Hurghada Peter Nicol (Sco) Michelle Martin (Aus)
1998 Hatfield / Hurghada Jansher Khan (Pak) Michelle Martin (Aus)
1997 Hatfield England Jansher Khan (Pak)
1996 Hatfield England Del Harris (Eng)
1995 not held
1994 Vitis Switzerland Jansher Khan (Pak)
1993 Vitis Switzerland Jansher Khan (Pak)

*YEAR represents the year in which the finals were played

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