2008 Windy City Open Squash Tournament

The 27th annual Windy City Open Squash Championships will be held February 28 - March 3, 2008. As always, the event will feature outstanding professional and club squash. Although the professional event will not be held on the glass court in Cathedral Hall this year (due to a late withdrawal of a major sponsor), the Tournament Committee is excited about this year's event.

The professional part of the event this year will feature both men and women. For the first time in many years we will host an $11,000 Women’s International Professional Tournament as well as a $10,000 Professional Squash Association closed satellite event that will feature the top players residing in the U.S. Come see the best in the U.S.—including our Club Pro’s Mark Heather and Joe Russell... don't miss the action. The Men’s Pro tournament will be a draw of 16 and the finals will conclude on Monday, March 3. The Women’s draw is also a round of 16 and finishes on Sunday, March 2.

The amateur (club player) event is one of three skill level tournaments selected to be part of the "Regional Skill Level Series" to debut in Chicago, Portland and New York City as part of a US Squash pilot program of regional qualifier events. This year, the winners of each division at each Regional Skill Level Series tournament will earn free entry into the US Squash Skill Level Championships, being held at Yale University, April 10-13, 2008. While participation in one of these regional tournaments, which are part of the US Squash Regional Skill Level Series, is not required for entry into the Skill Level Nationals, these tournaments are the best opportunity to meet the strongest competition prior to the nationals. In future seasons, these Regional Skill Level Series tournaments will evolve into a Qualifying Series for entry into the Nationals, requiring players to compete in at least one Regional event before competing in the US Squash Skill Level Championships.

In previous years the Windy City Open was capped at 200 amateur entries. This year, with the addition of the Lakeshore Athletic Club as a co-host of the tournament, we are expecting to handle 300 hundred entries. All amateur events include a consolation draw. All participants in the amateur draw will be required to members of the U.S. Squash Association.

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View the 2007 Results
Ron Beck reports from Chicago
Framboise Gommendy reports from Chicago

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