[3] Jasmine Hutton (Eng) 3-0 [2] Nele Gilis (Bel) 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 (42m)
[2] Aly Abou Eleinen (Egy) 3-0 [1] Youssef Soliman (Egy) 11-5, 11-8, 11-5 (51m)
Jasmine Hutton and Aly Abou Eleinen have been crowned the Sportwerk Hamburg Open 2026 champions after defeating Nele Gilis and Youssef Soliman on finals day in Hamburg.
Victory for Hutton landed the Englishwoman the biggest title of her career so far, with the World No.14’s greatest success on the PSA Squash Tour prior to lifting the Bronze-level crown coming at the Copper-level event, the Calgary Squash Week Open, in 2025.
Hutton didn’t drop a single game on her way to scooping the title in Hamburg, playing at a high intensity throughout which saw her axe top seed Salma Hany in the semi finals yesterday. The 27-year-old extended those tactics into today’s final, which helped her claim an emphatic 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 win for the 10th title of her career.
“Nele is an incredible player. She’s so gutsy. I just knew it was going to be a fight. We played each other at European’s last year and I think it was a 76-minute battle 3-2. I was 2-0 up and I went 3-2 down so I just had that in my mind that I really didn’t want to do that again. All credit to her, she’s such an amazing player,” she said.
“Winning my first Bronze-level title is really cool! It’s been a big goal of mine to get a big title. I wanted to hit a step up from the Coppers this year and really try and progress and win a Silver or a Bronze so I’m really happy to have done it here.
“It’s been a real confidence boost beating some of those girls ahead of me and I can just go into Grasshopper with a bit more of a free mind with no pressure and see how far I can go!”
In the men’s title decider, Eleinen prevailed in the all-Egyptian battle with Soliman to secure his first piece of silverware this season.
Eleinen, who was runner-up at the Karachi Open earlier this year, made it back-to-back victories over his compatriot on the PSA Squash Tour to lift his second Bronze title.
World No.12 Soliman came into today’s final off the back of two lengthy matches, with his semi-final clash with Baptiste Masotti going beyond 100 minutes. Eleinen took full advantage of the enduring tussles Soliman faced, controlling the rallies and moving his opponent around the court to notch a 11-5, 11-8, 11-5 win to land his fourth Tour crown.
“Youssef is one of the closest people to me on Tour. We’re sharing a room actually this tournament and we’re basically sleeping next to each other!” he said afterwards. “But Youssef’s been a training partner in Egypt for a while, we hang out a lot. I know he’s returning back from injury and to be playing at this level is just the start.
“I’ve been waiting for this title for a while now. I’ve had lots of heartbreaks. I came close in Pakistan, and then had a bad start in El Gouna, but I’m now working with Karim Darwish for a couple of months and he’s done it all. It’s helping me through the mental part. I pretty much speak to him every day to try and get my mind together. I’m glad to get it done and hopefully I can finish the season strong.”
The next stop on the PSA Squash Tour will be the Grasshopper Cup 2026, which takes place from 21st to 26th April at Zurich Hauptbahnhof.
