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2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship

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2023 Men's World Championship
44th PSA Men's World Squash Championship
LocationUnited States Chicago, United States
VenueUniversity Club of Chicago
Chicago Union Station
Date(s)3–11 May 2023
Website
https://worldsquashchamps.com/
CategoryPSA World Championships
Prize money$500,000
Results
ChampionEgypt Ali Farag
Runner-upEgypt Karim Abdel Gawad
Semi-finalistsEngland Mohamed El Shorbagy
Egypt Mostafa Asal
← 2022 2024 →

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

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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

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Total prize money for the tournament is $1,000,000, $500,000 per gender. This is about a 10% 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

Venues

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University Club of Chicago and Chicago Union Station in Chicago are the two venues that hosted the competition.

University Club of Chicago Chicago Union Station
2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship is located in Chicago metropolitan area
University Club of Chicago
University Club of Chicago
Chicago Union Station
Chicago Union Station
2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship (Chicago metropolitan area)

Seeds

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Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw and results

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Key

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  • rtd. = Retired
  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Host wild card
  • w/o = Walkover

Finals

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Semi finals Final
              
1 Egypt Mostafa Asal 5 8 13 2
4 Egypt Ali Farag 11 11 11 11
4 Egypt Ali Farag 12 11 11
Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad 10 6 6
3 England Mohamed El Shorbagy 12 5 11 8 7
Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad 10 11 7 11 11
2023 Men's PSA World Squash Championship winner
Egypt
Ali Farag
Fourth title

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third Round Quarter finals
1 Egypt Mostafa Asal 11 11 12
Argentina Leandro Romiglio 5 5 10 1 Egypt Mostafa Asal 8 11 11 8 11
Hungary Balázs Farkas 6 5 9 Egypt Omar Mosaad 11 4 6 11 8
Egypt Omar Mosaad 11 11 11 1 Egypt Mostafa Asal 12 11 9 11
Scotland Rory Stewart 11 11 12 11 Wales Joel Makin 10 6 11 5
Q France Edwin Clain 7 7 10 Scotland Rory Stewart 6 6 5
Mexico César Salazar 3 2r 11 Wales Joel Makin 11 11 11
11 Wales Joel Makin 11 4 1 Egypt Mostafa Asal 11 3 11 5 12
9 Egypt Mazen Hesham 11 11 11 9 Egypt Mazen Hesham 9 11 6 11 10
France Lucas Serme 5 4 4 9 Egypt Mazen Hesham 11 11 11
Hong Kong Alex Lau 11 11 7 8 Egypt Karim El Hammamy 5 3 7
Egypt Karim El Hammamy 13 5 11 11 9 Egypt Mazen Hesham 11 8 11 11
England Nick Wall 6 6 10 Egypt Aly Abou Eleinen 9 11 9 7
Egypt Aly Abou Eleinen 11 11 12 Egypt Aly Abou Eleinen 12 11 1 11 11
Spain Bernat Jaume 6 5 4 8 France Victor Crouin 14 7 11 4 9
8 France Victor Crouin 11 11 11

Section 2

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First round Second round Third Round Quarter finals
5 New Zealand Paul Coll 11 11 11
United States Faraz Khan 7 2 9 5 New Zealand Paul Coll 12 11 11
Colombia Juan Camilo Vargas 12 11 11 Colombia Juan Camilo Vargas 10 6 9
India Mahesh Mangaonkar 10 8 5 5 New Zealand Paul Coll 11 11 13
England Patrick Rooney 11 11 11 13 Colombia Miguel Á Rodríguez 8 5 11
Q Malaysia Ivan Yuen 9 5 8 England Patrick Rooney 11 5 6 6
United States Todd Harrity 8 7 6 13 Colombia Miguel Á Rodríguez 8 11 11 11
13 Colombia Miguel Á Rodríguez 11 11 11 5 New Zealand Paul Coll 3 11 2 4
15 France Grégoire Marche 11 11 11 4 Egypt Ali Farag 11 5 11 11
Egypt Mohamed ElSherbini 6 6 5 15 France Grégoire Marche 12 9 3 3
England Nathan Lake 11 11 11 11 11 England Nathan Lake 10 11 11 11
Q England Curtis Malik 9 13 13 4 9 England Nathan Lake 9 1 11 3
Netherlands Rowan Damming 3 4 5 4 Egypt Ali Farag 11 11 9 11
England Adrian Waller 11 11 11 England Adrian Waller 6 7 5
India Ramit Tandon 12 4 3 4 Egypt Ali Farag 11 11 11
4 Egypt Ali Farag 14 11 11

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third Round Quarter finals
3 England Mohamed El Shorbagy 11 11 11
United States Timothy Brownell 7 9 7 3 England Mohamed El Shorbagy 4 11 11 11
Malaysia Eain Yow 11 11 11 Malaysia Eain Yow 11 7 6 9
Q India Abhay Singh 2 5 6 3 England Mohamed El Shorbagy 11 11 11
Egypt Youssef Ibrahim 11 11 11 Egypt Youssef Ibrahim 7 9 9
Q England Simon Herbert 8 4 5 Egypt Youssef Ibrahim 11 8 13 11
Scotland Greg Lobban 11 11 11 Scotland Greg Lobban 6 11 11 7
14 Switzerland Nicolas Müller 2 6 9 3 England Mohamed El Shorbagy 11 9 13 8 11
10 Egypt Fares Dessouky 11 11 11 7 Egypt Tarek Momen 8 11 11 11 3
Canada David Baillargeon 8 7 6 10 Egypt Fares Dessouky 9 11 3 7
England George Parker 6 10 9 Q Egypt Mohamed Abouelghar 11 6 11 11
Q Egypt Mohamed Abouelghar 11 12 11 Q Egypt Mohamed Abouelghar 11 11 10 11 6
France Sébastien Bonmalais 11 4 11 2 9 7 Egypt Tarek Momen 4 13 12 9 11
Mexico Leonel Cárdenas 9 11 4 11 11 Mexico Leonel Cárdenas 11 5 12 3 2
England Charlie Lee 13 6 10 7 Egypt Tarek Momen 9 11 10 11 11
7 Egypt Tarek Momen 15 11 12

Section 4

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First round Second round Third Round Quarter finals
6 Egypt Marwan El Shorbagy 12 7 11 11
United States Shahjahan Khan 10 11 9 8 6 Egypt Marwan El Shorbagy 11 12 8 11
Portugal Rui Soares 6 8 6 France Auguste Dussourd 6 10 11 7
France Auguste Dussourd 11 11 11 6 Egypt Marwan El Shorbagy 7 3 9
Spain Iker Pajares 6 8 2 Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad 11 11 11
Switzerland Dimitri Steinmann 11 11 11 Switzerland Dimitri Steinmann 5 10 3
Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad 11 11 11 Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad 11 12 11
12 Egypt Youssef Soliman 7 7 7 Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad 11 13 14
16 India Saurav Ghosal 5 11 11 11 11 2 Peru Diego Elías 5 11 12
Egypt Yahya Elnawasany 11 6 13 6 3 16 India Saurav Ghosal 11 13 11
Hong Kong Henry Leung 11 11 9 9 15 Hong Kong Henry Leung 1 11 9
England James Willstrop 6 7 11 11 13 16 India Saurav Ghosal 11 11 6 3 10
WC United States Andrew Douglas 8 7 11 2 Peru Diego Elías 9 4 11 11 12
France Baptiste Masotti 11 11 13 France Baptiste Masotti 5 7 4
Germany Raphael Kandra 9 7 4 2 Peru Diego Elías 11 11 11
2 Peru Diego Elías 11 11 11

Schedule

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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

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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  Alex Lau (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  Eain Yow (MYS)  Abhay Singh (IND) 11–2, 11–5, 11–6

Round 2

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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)  Eain Yow (MYS) 4–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–9

Round 3

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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

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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

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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

Final

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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

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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.

Egypt
EGY
England
ENG
New Zealand
NZL
Peru
PER
Colombia
COL
India
IND
Wales
WAL
France
FRA
Scotland
SCO
Hong Kong
HKG
Malaysia
MYS
Mexico
MEX
Switzerland
SUI
United States
USA
Spain
ESP
Argentina
ARG
Canada
CAN
Germany
GER
Hungary
HUN
Netherlands
NED
Portugal
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PSA World Squash Championships - History: Previous Winners". psaworldtour.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 World Championship draws". PSA. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. ^ "FINALS : Sherbini and Farag retain titles". World Squash. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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