Qatar Classic Final: The Stats & How to Watch Live

The destination of the men’s QTerminals Qatar Classic trophy will be decided tonight when World No.1 Ali Farag takes on World No.2 Diego Elias at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex.

You can watch all the action from 18:00 (GMT+3) live on SQUASHTV as well on the channels of PSA’s broadcast partners.

You can also keep up with the live scores from the event here.

Here’s the Order of Play for tonight

(All times are local GMT+3)

Ali Farag v Diego Elias

Both Farag and Elias come into today’s title decider having already tasted success at the Qatar Classic, with the former lifting the trophy in 2018 and 2020, while the latter marked his maiden Platinum title with victory in Doha back in 2021.

Both men have also recovered from disappointing exits at last year’s tournament. Farag has put a round three defeat to Colombia’s Miguel Rodriguez behind him, while Elias made it to the quarter-finals before falling to the experienced Tarek Momen.

The target for Elias is now to ignore the form book coming into today’s match if he is to overcome the World No.1 and lift the trophy – he has won just three of 22 matches against Farag and has won just one of their previous 17 matches.

That last victory for Elias came after just two minutes of last year’s U.S. Open final, in which Farag was forced to retire due to injury, meaning he hasn’t beaten Farag since the 2017 El Gouna International in a match that wasn’t cut short.

That El Gouna win and Elias’s other victory over Farag – a 3-2 win at the 2016 NetSuite Open – both came on the traditional plaster courts, meaning Farag has a virtually flawless record against Elias on the glass, with that U.S. Open retirement the only time he has failed to beat the Peruvian on a glass court.

Elias has spent slightly less time on court this week with 174 minutes of action under his belt, comprising wins over Auguste Dussourd, Youssef Soliman, World Championship runner-up Karim Abdel Gawad and surprise semi-finalist Mazen Hesham.

Farag, meanwhile, has been on court for 193 minutes, beating compatriots Mohamed Abouelghar, Fares Dessouky and Momen before seeing off Welshman Joel Makin in the last four.

While Elias lost to Farag in the first Platinum final of the season – the Paris Squash event two weeks ago today – he outplayed the Egyptian in the opening game and will look to hit his marks quickly once again in Doha as he looks to finally get the better of Farag.

Squash fans, make sure you tune in to SQUASHTV tonight to watch the action – you do not want to miss this.