2012 Men's World Open Squash Championship

The 2012 Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 2012 World Championship, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Doha in Qatar from 7-14 December 2012. Ramy Ashour won his second World Championship title, defeating Mohamed El Shorbagy in the final.

Prize money and ranking points
For 2012, the prize purse was $ 325,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

Seeds
• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Willstrop (semifinals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Matthew (semifinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Grégory Gaultier (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇬 Karim Darwish (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇬 Ramy Ashour (champion)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Barker (third round)

• # 🇪🇬 Amr Shabana (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇬 Mohamed El Shorbagy (final)

• # Laurens Jan Anjema (second round)

• # 🇪🇬 Omar Mosaad (third round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daryl Selby (third round)

• # Alister Walker (third round)

• # 🇪🇬 Tarek Momen (third round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Richards (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Borja Golán (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Cameron Pilley (third round)