Squash tournament in Chicago
The 2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2023 men's edition of the World Squash Championships , which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Chicago , United States from 3 to 11 May 2023. It was the third time that Chicago hosted the PSA World Championships after 2018–19 & 2020–21 editions.[1] [2]
Seeded Nº3 Ali Farag defeated unseeded Karim Abdel Gawad for the World Championship title. Gawad became the first unseeded player to reach the final since Rodney Martin in 1991 . It was Farag's fourth World Championship title, having previously won in 2019, 2021 and 2022.[3]
World ranking points/prize money [ edit ] PSA also awards points towards World ranking. Points are awarded as follows:
PSA World Squash Championships Ranking Points Rank Prize Money US$ Winner Runner up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 World Squash Championships $550,000 3175 2090 1270 780 475 290 177.5
Prize money breakdown [ edit ] Total prize money for the tournament is $1,000,000, $500,000 per gender. This is about a 1% prize fund decrease from previous World Championships (2021–22; $550,000 per gender).
Position (num. of players) % breakdown Prize money(Total: $500,000) Winner (1) 16% $80,000 Runner-up (1) 10% $50,000 3/4 (2) 6% $30,000 5/8 (4) 3.50% $17,500 9/16 (8) 2% $10,000 17/32 (16) 1% $5,000 33/64 (32) 0.50% $2,500
University Club of Chicago and Chicago Union Station in Chicago are the two venues that hosted the competition.
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Draw and results [ edit ] rtd. = Retired Q = Qualifier WC = Host wild card w/o = Walkover 2023 Men's PSA World Squash Championship winner Ali Farag Fourth title
Top half [ edit ] Section 1 [ edit ] Section 2 [ edit ] Bottom half [ edit ] Section 3 [ edit ] Section 4 [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00) . To the best of five games.
Abbreviations:
UCC - University Club of Chicago CUS - Chicago Union Station. Round 1 [ edit ] Wednesday, 3 May
Date Court Time Player 1 Player 2 Score 3 May UCC , Court 1 12:30 Grégoire Marche (FRA ) Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY ) 11–6, 11–6, 11–5 3 May UCC, Court 2 12:30 Lau Tsz Kwan (HKG ) Karim El Hammamy (EGY ) 13–11, 5–11, 11–7, 11–8 3 May UCC, Court 1 13:15 Nathan Lake (ENG ) Curtis Malik (ENG ) 11–9, 11–13, 11–13, 11–4, 11–9 3 May UCC, Court 2 13:15 Mazen Hesham (EGY ) Lucas Serme (FRA ) 11–5, 11–4, 11–4 3 May UCC, Court 3 13:15 Bernat Jaume (ESP ) Victor Crouin (FRA ) 11–6, 11–5, 11–4 3 May UCC, Court 3 14:00 Nick Wall (ENG ) Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY ) 11–6, 11–6, 12–10 3 May UCC, Court 1 16:30 Juan Camilo Vargas (COL ) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND ) 12–10, 11–8, 11–5 3 May UCC, Court 2 16:30 Todd Harrity (USA ) Miguel Á Rodríguez (COL ) 11–8, 11–7, 11–6 3 May UCC, Court 1 17:15 Paul Coll (NZL ) Faraz Khan (USA ) 11–7, 11–2, 11–9 3 May UCC, Court 2 17:15 Patrick Rooney (ENG ) Ivan Yuen (MYS ) 11–9, 11–5, 11–8 3 May UCC, Court 3 17:15 Rory Stewart (SCO ) Edwin Clain (FRA ) 11–7, 11–7, 12–10 3 May UCC, Court 2 18:00 Rowan Damming (NED ) Adrian Waller (ENG ) 11–3, 11–4, 11–5 3 May UCC, Court 3 18:00 Balázs Farkas (HUN ) Omar Mosaad (EGY ) 11–6, 11–5, 11–9 3 May UCC, Court 1 18:45 Mostafa Asal (EGY ) Leandro Romiglio (ARG ) 11–5, 11–5, 12–10 3 May UCC, Court 1 19:30 Ramit Tandon (IND ) Ali Farag (EGY ) 14–12, 11–4, 11–3 3 May UCC, Court 3 19:30 César Salazar (MEX ) Joel Makin (WAL ) 11–3, 4–2r.
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Thursday, 4 May
Date Court Time Player 1 Player 2 Score 4 May UCC, Court 1 12:45 Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA ) Leonel Cárdenas (MEX ) 9–11, 11–4, 4–11, 11–2, 11–9 4 May UCC, Court 2 14:45 George Parker (ENG ) Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY ) 11–6, 12–10, 11–9 4 May UCC, Court 1 13:15 Charlie Lee (ENG ) Tarek Momen (EGY ) 15–13, 11–6, 12–10 4 May UCC, Court 2 13:15 Fares Dessouky (EGY ) David Baillargeon (CAN ) 11–8, 11–7, 11–6 4 May UCC, Court 3 13:15 Youssef Ibrahim (EGY ) Simon Herbert (ENG ) 11–8, 11–4, 11–5 4 May UCC, Court 3 14:00 Greg Lobban (SCO ) Nicolas Müller (SUI ) 11–2, 11–6, 11–9 4 May UCC, Court 1 16:30 Rui Soares (POR ) Auguste Dussourd (FRA ) 11–6, 11–8, 11–6 4 May UCC, Court 2 16:30 Andrew Douglas (USA ) Baptiste Masotti (FRA ) 11–8, 11–7, 13–11 4 May UCC, Court 1 17:15 Raphael Kandra (GER ) Diego Elías (PER ) 11–9, 11–7, 11–4 4 May UCC, Court 2 17:15 Saurav Ghosal (IND ) Yahya Elnawasany (EGY ) 5–11, 11–6, 11–13, 11–6, 11–3 4 May UCC, Court 3 17:15 Iker Pajares (ESP ) Dimitri Steinmann (SUI ) 11–6, 11–8, 11–2 4 May UCC, Court 2 18:00 Henry Leung (HKG ) James Willstrop (ENG ) 11–6, 11–7, 9–11, 9–11, 15–13 4 May UCC, Court 3 18:00 Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY ) Youssef Soliman (EGY ) 11–7, 11–7, 11–7 4 May UCC, Court 1 18:45 Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY ) Shahjahan Khan (USA ) 12–10, 7–11, 11–9, 11–8 4 May UCC, Court 1 19:30 Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG ) Timothy Brownell (USA ) 11–7, 11–9, 11–7 4 May UCC, Court 3 19:30 Ng Eain Yow (MYS ) Abhay Singh (IND ) 11–2, 11–5, 11–6
Round 2 [ edit ] Friday, 5 May
Date Court Time Player 1 Player 2 Score 5 May CUS, Glass Court 12:45 Adrian Waller (ENG ) Ali Farag (EGY ) 11–6, 11–7, 11–5 5 May UCC, Court 1 13:30 Saurav Ghosal (IND ) Henry Leung (HKG ) 11–1, 13–11, 11–9 5 May UCC, Court 2 13:30 Dimitri Steinmann (SUI ) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY ) 11–5, 12–10, 11–3 5 May UCC, Court 3 13:30 Youssef Ibrahim (EGY ) Greg Lobban (SCO ) 11–6, 8–11, 13–11, 11–7 5 May UCC, Court 1 14:15 Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY ) Auguste Dussourd (FRA ) 11–6, 12–10, 8–11, 11–7 5 May UCC, Court 2 14:15 Fares Dessouky (EGY ) Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY ) 11–9, 6–11, 11–3, 11–7 5 May UCC, Court 3 14:15 Leonel Cárdenas (MEX ) Tarek Momen (EGY ) 9–11, 11–5, 10–12, 11–3, 11–2 5 May CUS, Glass Court 14:45 Baptiste Masotti (FRA ) Diego Elías (PER ) 11–5, 11–7, 11–4 5 May UCC, Court 1 17:30 Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY ) Victor Crouin (FRA ) 12–14, 11–7, 1–11, 11–4, 11–9 5 May UCC, Court 2 17:30 Mazen Hesham (EGY ) Karim El Hammamy (EGY ) 11–5, 11–3, 11–7 5 May UCC, Court 3 17:30 Rory Stewart (SCO ) Joel Makin (WAL ) 11–6, 11–6, 11–5 5 May UCC, Court 1 18:15 Paul Coll (NZL ) Juan Camilo Vargas (COL ) 12–10, 11–6, 11–9 5 May UCC, Court 2 18:15 Grégoire Marche (FRA ) Nathan Lake (ENG ) 10–12, 11–9, 11–3, 11–3 5 May UCC, Court 3 18:15 Patrick Rooney (ENG ) Miguel Á Rodríguez (COL ) 8–11, 11–5, 11–6, 11–6 5 May CUS, Glass Court 18:30 Mostafa Asal (EGY ) Omar Mosaad (EGY ) 8–11, 11–4, 11–6, 8–11, 11–8 5 May CUS, Glass Court 21:00 Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG ) Ng Eain Yow (MYS ) 4–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–9
Round 3 [ edit ] Saturday, 6 & Sunday 7 May
Date Court Time Player 1 Player 2 Score 6 May CUS, Glass Court 12:45 Nathan Lake (ENG ) Ali Farag (EGY ) 11–9, 11–1, 9–11, 11–3 6 May CUS, Glass Court 14:45 Paul Coll (NZL ) Miguel Á Rodríguez (COL ) 11–8, 11–5, 13–11 6 May CUS, Glass Court 18:30 Mostafa Asal (EGY ) Joel Makin (WAL ) 12–10, 11–6, 9–11, 11–5 6 May CUS, Glass Court 21:00 Mazen Hesham (EGY ) Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY ) 11–9, 8–11, 11–9, 11–7 7 May CUS, Glass Court 12:45 Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG ) Youssef Ibrahim (EGY ) 11–7, 11–9, 11–9 7 May CUS, Glass Court 14:45 Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY ) Tarek Momen (EGY ) 4–11, 13–11, 12–10, 9–11, 11–6 7 May CUS, Glass Court 17:30 Saurav Ghosal (IND ) Diego Elías (PER ) 9–11, 4–11, 11–6, 11–3, 12–10 7 May CUS, Glass Court 20:00 Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY ) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY ) 11–7, 11–3, 11–9
Quarter-finals [ edit ] Monday, 8 & Tuesday 9 May
Date Court Time Player 1 Player 2 Score 8 May CUS, Glass Court 18:30 Mostafa Asal (EGY ) Mazen Hesham (EGY ) 11–9, 3–11, 11–6, 5–11, 12–10 8 May CUS, Glass Court 21:00 Paul Coll (NZL ) Ali Farag (EGY ) 11–3, 5–11, 11–2, 11–4 9 May CUS, Glass Court 18:30 Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY ) Diego Elías (PER ) 11–5, 13–11, 14–12 9 May CUS, Glass Court 21:00 Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG ) Tarek Momen (EGY ) 11–8, 9–11, 13–11, 8–11, 11–3
Semi-finals [ edit ] Wednesday, 10 May
Date Court Time Player 1 Player 2 Score 10 May CUS, Glass Court Following women's semi-final 1 Mostafa Asal (EGY ) Ali Farag (EGY ) 11–5, 11–8, 11–13, 11–2 10 May CUS, Glass Court Following women's semi-final 2 Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG ) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY ) 10–12, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–7
Thursday, 11 May
Date Court Time Player 1 Player 2 Score 11 May CUS, Glass Court Following women's final Ali Farag (EGY ) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY ) 12–10, 11–6, 11–6
Representation [ edit ] This table shows the number of players by country in the 2023 PSA Men's World Championship. A total of 21 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 15 players.
EGY ENG NZL PER COL IND WAL FRA SCO HKG MYS MEX SUI USA ESP ARG CAN GER HUN NED POR Total Final 2 0 2 Semi-final 3 1 0 4 Quarter-final 5 1 1 1 0 8 Round 3 9 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 16 Round 2 12 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 32 Total 15 10 1 1 2 1 1 7 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 64
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