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Men's Windy City Open 2014

squash tournament held in Chicago United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ15636046 ↗
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The Men's Windy City Open 2014 is the men's edition of the 2014 Windy City Open, which is a PSA World Series event Gold (prize money: $115 000 ). The event took place at the University Club of Chicago in the United States from 26 February to 3 March. Grégory Gaultier won his first Windy City Open trophy, beating Ramy Ashour in the final.

Prize money and ranking points

For 2014, the prize purse was $115,000.

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The public source identifies “Men's Windy City Open 2014” as squash tournament held in Chicago United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Men's, Windy and City.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Men's, Windy and City providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Men's Windy City Open 2014” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.