Mortgage Choice
 South Australian Open 2004
30 Jul - 01 Aug, Australia, $10k 
Galifi & Martin Claim
Tour Title Debuts

France's Stephane Galifi and Australia's Melissa Martin both claimed their maiden Tour titles in the Mortgage Choice South Australian Open Squash Championships in Somerton Park.

Unseeded Galifi, who also upset the seedings in last month's PNG International in Papua New Guinea to reach the semi-finals, despatched favourite Cameron White in the semi-finals, then beat second-seeded Australian Raj Nanda 15-11 12-15 15-14 15-2 in the final.

It was only the 25-year-old from Rouen's second ever appearance in a PSA Tour final after finishing as runner-up in the Rocafort Open in Spain in January 2000. Whilst Galifi first joined the PSA in 1997, he spent more than two years away from the international circuit before rejoining in May this year.

Like the Frenchman, Melissa Martin is discovering a new vein of form after first joining the WISPA World Tour in 1993. The second-seeded former Miss Vacca, now married to ex-international Brett Martin and based in the US, swept through to the final, only dropping a game in the semi-finals against Japan's Mami Nishio. In the final, the 28-year-old from Adelaide crushed fourth-seeded compatriot Kasey Brown 9-7 9-0 9-0 to secure her first WISPA Tour title in her third final.
 

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MEN'S RESULTS

South Australian Open 2004
30 Jul - 01 Aug, Australia, $5k 
First Round,
Fri 30th		 Quarters,
Sat 31st		 Semis,
Sat 31st		 Final,
Sun 1st
[1] Dianne Desira (Aus)
9/1, 9/2, 9/0
Rachel Smith (Aus)		 Dianne Desira
9/3, 9/1, 9/0
Lisa Camilleri 		Dianne Desira

9/7, 9/0, 10/9

Kasey Brown		 Kasey Brown


9/7, 9/0, 9/0
 

Melissa Martin
[7] Lisa Camilleri (Aus)
9/6, 9/1, 9/1
Daniela Schuman (Ger)
[4] Kasey Brown (Aus)
9/1, 9/0, 9/4
Jemma Saxby (Aus)		 Kasey Brown
9/0, 9/0, 9/0
Aisling Blake
[8] Aisling Blake (Irl)
9/2, 9/4, 2/9, 9/7
Laura Keating (Aus)
Mami Nishio (Jpn)
9/7, 9/4, 9/4
[5] Jacklyn Hawkes (Nzl)		 Mami Nishio
6/9, 9/3, 10/8, 9/3
Karen Kronemeyer 		Mami Nishio


9/2, 3/9, 9/3, 9/0

Melissa Martin
Kylie Lindsay (Nzl)
9/3, 5/9, 7/9, 9/4, 9/6
[3] Karen Kronemeyer (Ned)
[Q] Kylie Doherty (Aus)
6/9, 9/7, 4/9, 9/4, 9/6
[8] Danielle Davis (Aus)		 Kylie Doherty
9/1, 9/2, 9/0
Melissa Martin
Lisa Gray (Aus)
9/1, 9/2, 9/0
[2] Melissa Martin (Aus)
Results

Men's Final:
Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [2] Raj Nanda (AUS) 15-11, 12-15, 15-14, 15-2

Semi-finals:
Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [1] Cameron White (AUS) 15-4, 15-8, 7-15, 14-15, 15-10
[2] Raj Nanda (AUS) bt [3] Timothy Manning (AUS) 15-11, 15-10, 15-10

Quarter-finals:
[1] Cameron White (AUS) bt [5] Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 15-3, 13-15, 15-12, 15-8
Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [Q] Jason Mudge (AUS) 15-7, 15-5, 15-7
[3] Timothy Manning (AUS) bt [Q] Steve Finitsis (AUS) 15-17, 15-9, 17-16, 8-15, 15-9
[2] Raj Nanda (AUS) bt Bradley Hindle (AUS) 15-9, 15-8, 15-12

Men's 1st round:
[1] Cameron White (AUS) bt [Q] James Stout (BER) 15-13, 15-1, 15-8
[5] Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) bt Tom Hoevenaars (NED) 5-15, 15-10, 15-3, 13-15, 15-3
Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [4] Peter Hughes (AUS) 15-9, 15-8, 15-5
[Q] Jason Mudge (AUS) bt [6] Wade Johnstone (AUS) 15-8, 15-6, 15-13
[Q] Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt [8] Mark Price (AUS) 15-8, 17-15, 15-11
[3] Timothy Manning (AUS) bt [Q] Takehide Hota (JPN) 15-9, 15-14, 15-11
Bradley Hindle (AUS) bt [7] Paul Davis (AUS) 17-14, 14-15, 12-15, 17-14, 15-11
[2] Raj Nanda (AUS) bt Simon Carruthers (AUS) 15-11, 15-13, 14-15, 15-11