2019–20 PSA World Tour
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| 2019–20 PSA World Tour | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Event name | PSA World Tour 2019–20 |
| Dates | August 2019 – July 2020 |
| Categories | World Championship: Men's/Women's World Tour Finals: Men's/Women's PSA Challenger Tour WSF & PSA Satellite Tour |
| Website PSA World Tour | |
| Achievements | |
| World Number 1 | Men : Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy Women : Egypt Nouran Gohar |
| World Champion | Men: Egypt Tarek Momen Women: Egypt Nour El Sherbini |
The 2019–20 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2019–20 squash season. It's the 5th PSA season since the merger of PSA and WSA associations in 2015. The most important tournaments in the series are the Men's and Women's PSA World Championship. The tour also features two circuits of regular events - PSA World Tour (formerly PSA World Series), which feature the highest prize money and the best fields; and PSA Challenger Tour with prize money ranging $5,500–$30,000. In the middle of the year, the PSA World Tour tour is concluded by the Men's and Women's PSA World Tour Finals in Cairo, the season-ending championships for the top 8 rated players from World Tour level tournaments.
Overview
PSA World Tour changes
Starting in August 2018, PSA revamped its professional tour structure in two individual circuits; PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour.[1] PSA World Tour (formerly PSA World Series) will comprise most important tournaments in prize money ($50,000–$1,000,000) for more experienced and higher-ranked players, including PSA World Championships and PSA World Tour Finals, labelled as following:
- PSA World Tour Platinum — 48-player draws — $180,500
- PSA World Tour Gold — 24-player draws — $100,000
- PSA World Tour Silver — 24-player draws — $73,500
- PSA World Tour Bronze — 24-player draws — $51,250
PSA Challenger Tour tournaments will offer a $6,000–$30,000 prize-money, ideal circuit for less-experienced and upcoming players, that will include the following tiers:
- PSA Challenger Tour 30 — $30,000
- PSA Challenger Tour 20 — $20,000
- PSA Challenger Tour 10 — $12,000
- PSA Challenger Tour 5 — $6,000
Further, PSA will implement some rule changes like the removing of qualification rounds among others. Also PSA will grant 7 World Championship wildcards for winners of selected PSA Challenger Tour chosen by PSA. Additionally, PSA and WSF will jointly manage PSA Satellite Tour, a circuit for amateur or junior players who aim to become professionals.
Prize money/ranking points breakdown
PSA World Tour events also have a separate World Tour ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Tour event. The top eight players at the end of the calendar year are then eligible to play in the PSA World Tour Finals. Ranking points vary according to tournament tier being awarded as follows:
| PSA World Tour | Ranking Points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/48 |
| Platinum | $180,500–$250,000 | 19188 points | 2750 | 1810 | 1100 | 675 | 410 | 250 | 152.5 |
| Gold | $100,000–$121,000 | 10660 points | 1750 | 1150 | 700 | 430 | 260 | 160 | |
| Silver | $73,500–$79,500 | 7470 points | 1225 | 805 | 490 | 300 | 182.5 | 112.5 | |
| Bronze | $51,250–$56,500 | 5330 points | 875 | 575 | 350 | 215 | 130 | 80 | |
| PSA World Tour Finals | Ranking Points | ||||||||
| Rank | Prize Money US$ | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | Round-Robin Match Win | Undefeated bonus | |||
| World Tour Finals | $160,000 | 1000 | 550 | 200 | 150 | 150 | |||
| PSA Challenger Tour | Ranking Points | ||||||||
| Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/48 |
| Challenger Tour 30 | $30,000 | 3194 points | 525 | 345 | 210 | 130 | 78 | 47.5 | |
| Challenger Tour 20 | $20,000 | 2112 points | 350 | 230 | 140 | 85 | 51 | 31.5 | |
| Challenger Tour 10 | $12,000 | 1218 points | 200 | 130 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 18 | |
| Challenger Tour 5 | $6,000 | 609 points | 100 | 65 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 9 | |
| PSA World Championships | Ranking Points | ||||||||
| Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/64 |
| PSA World Championships | $500,000 | 25045 points | 3175 | 2090 | 1270 | 780 | 475 | 290 | 177.5 |
World Tour halts
In mid-March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic, The Professional Squash Association was forced to suspend the PSA Tour (World Tour, Challenger Tour and WSF & PSA Satellite Tour) until May.[2] Then, the Tour suspension experienced new extensions first until July and later until September.[3][4] PSA Tour return is expected to September 2020.
Calendar
Key
| World Championship |
| World Tour Platinum |
| World Tour Gold |
| World Tour Silver |
| World Tour Bronze |
| Challenger Tour 5/10/20/30 |
August
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September
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October
November
December
January
February
March
April
| Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States Houston, United States Women : Challenger 30 24 players - $30,000 |
1–5 April | Events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] | |||
United States Rochester, United States Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 | |||||
Australia Deagon, Australia Women : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000 |
3–6 April | ||||
United States Louisville, United States Men : Challenger 10 16 players - $12,000 |
7–10 April | ||||
British Virgin Islands Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands Men : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 |
7–11 April | ||||
United States Philadelphia, United States Men : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 |
8–12 April | ||||
Egypt El Gouna, Egypt Men : World Tour Platinum 48 players - $196,500 −−−−−− Women : World Tour Platinum 48 players - $196,500 |
8–17 April | ||||
Canada Vernon, Canada Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
15–19 April | ||||
United States Cincinnati, United States Men : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 | |||||
India Indore, India Men : Challenger 5 32 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
18–21 April | ||||
Malaysia Bukit Jalil, Malaysia Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
20–23 April | ||||
South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
20–24 April | ||||
Peru Lima, Peru Men : World Tour Gold 24 players - $52,000 |
20–25 April | ||||
Republic of Ireland Dublin, Republic of Ireland Men : Challenger 20 24 players - $20,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 20 24 players - $20,000 |
21–25 April | ||||
Switzerland Kriens, Switzerland −−−−−− Men : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 | |||||
United States Madison, United States Men : Challenger 10 16 players - $12,000 |
22–25 April | ||||
United States Richmond, United States Women : Challenger 10 16 players - $12,000 | |||||
India Chennai, India Men : Challenger 5 32 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
26–29 April | ||||
South Africa Cape Town, South Africa Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : WSF/PSA Satellite 16 players - $1,000 |
27 Apr.–1 May | ||||
United States New York City, United States Men : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 |
29 Apr.–3 May | ||||
May
| Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
India Trivandrum, India Men : Challenger 5 32 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
2–6 May | Events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3] | |||
France Clermont-Ferrand, France Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
6–9 May | ||||
England Manchester, England Men : World Tour Silver 24 players - $78,500 −−−−−− Women : World Tour Silver 24 players - $78,500 |
6–10 May | ||||
United States Long Island City, NY, United States Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 | |||||
Republic of Ireland Galway, Republic of Ireland Men : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 |
12–16 May | ||||
England Manchester, England Women : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 |
13–17 May | ||||
France Mulhouse, France Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 | |||||
England London, England Men : World Tour Bronze 24 players - $51,250 |
17–22 May | ||||
Andorra La Massana, Andorra Men : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
26–30 May | ||||
Argentina Resistencia, Argentina Men : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 |
26–30 May | ||||
England Hull, England Men : World Tour Platinum 48 players - $177,500 −−−−−− Women : World Tour Platinum 48 players - $177,500 |
25–31 May | ||||
Australia Kalgoorlie, Australia Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000 |
30 May–1 Jun. | ||||
June
| Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
2–5 June | Events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3] | |||
England Tunbridge Wells, England Men : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000 |
3–6 June | ||||
India Pune, India Men : Challenger 5 32 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
13–16 June | ||||
Austria Salzburg, Austria Men : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000 |
17–20 June | ||||
United States Port Chester, United States Men : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000 |
22–25 June | ||||
Australia Bendigo, Australia Men : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000 |
24–28 June | ||||
July
| Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia Wheelers Hill, Australia Men : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000 |
1–5 July | Events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4] | |||
India Noida, India Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
11–15 July | ||||
Australia Shepparton, Australia Men : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 −−−−−− Women : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 |
29 Jul.–2 Aug. | ||||
PSA World Tour Finals
Due to play on 15–20 June 2020, the World Tour Finals were postponed to 28 September–3 October due to COVID-19 pandemic.
| Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIB PSA World Tour Finals Egypt Cairo, Egypt Men : World Tour Finals 8 players - $185,000 - Draw −−−−−− Women : World Tour Finals 8 players - $185,000 - Draw |
28 Sep.–3 Oct. | Egypt Marwan El Shorbagy 11–6, 11–5, 11–3 (1st PSA Finals title) (11th PSA title) |
Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad | Egypt Ali Farag Wales Joel Makin |
Egypt Tarek Momen Peru Diego Elías Germany Simon Rösner New Zealand Paul Coll |
| Egypt Hania El Hammamy 9–11, 9–11, 11–9, 11–4, 11–3 (1st PSA Finals title) (6th PSA title) |
Egypt Nour El Tayeb | New Zealand Joelle King Egypt Nour El Sherbini |
France Camille Serme Egypt Nouran Gohar United States Amanda Sobhy England Sarah-Jane Perry |
Statistical information
The players/nations are sorted by:
- Total number of titles;
- Cumulated importance of those titles;
- Alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key
| World Championship |
| World Tour Platinum |
| World Tour Gold |
| World Tour Silver |
| World Tour Bronze |
| Challenger Tour 5/10/20/30 |
Titles won by player (men's)
Titles won by nation (men's)
Titles won by player (women's)
Titles won by nation (women's)
| Total | Nation | World Ch. / PSA Finals |
Platinum | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Challenger 30 |
Challenger 20 |
Challenger 10 |
Challenger 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (EGY) | ●● | ●●● | ●● | ●● | ●● | ●●●●●● | |||
| 8 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA) | ● | ● | ● | ●●● | ●● | ||||
| 6 | File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (MYS) | ● | ● | ●●●● | ||||||
| 5 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (CAN) | ●● | ●● | ● | ||||||
| 4 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (HKG) | ● | ●●● | |||||||
| 3 | File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA) | ● | ● | ● | ||||||
| 3 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (AUS) | ● | ●● | |||||||
| 1 | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (MEX) | ● | ||||||||
| 1 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED) | ● | ||||||||
| 1 | File:Flag of England.svg England (ENG) | ● | ||||||||
| 1 | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (PAK) | ● |
World Championship qualifiers
Winners of a select group of PSA Challenger Tour tournaments chosen by PSA receive a wildcard for the Men's and Women's World Championships. The qualified players were:
| Player | Date | Tournament | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Egypt.svg Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) | 10 August 2019 | Growthpoint S.A. Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| File:Flag of Egypt.svg Menna Hamed (EGY) | 10 August 2019 | Growthpoint S.A. Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| File:Flag of Austria.svg Aqeel Rehman (AUT) | 10 August 2019 | Russian Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg Reeham Sedky (USA) | 10 August 2019 | Russian Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN) | 25 August 2019 | North Coast Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Aifa Azman (MYS) | 25 August 2019 | North Coast Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| File:Flag of India.svg Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND) | 27 August 2019 | HCL SRFI Indian Tour – Delhi Leg | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
World and Continental championships
National championships
These are the winners of the most relevant 2019–2020 national squash championships.
Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2019–20 season:
- Hong Kong Annie Au[24]
- Hong Kong Leo Au[25]
- Hong Kong Joey Chan[26]
- Canada Samantha Cornett[27]
- Australia Ryan Cuskelly[28]
- Egypt Raneem El Weleily [29]
- England Victoria Lust[30]
- Egypt Omar Abdel Meguid[31]
- Australia Cameron Pilley[32]
- England Chris Simpson[33]
See also
References
- ↑ "PSA Unveil New Tour Structure for Professional Squash and Announce Initiative with WSF". psaworldtour.com. 27 March 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "PSA Tour Suspended Until End of April Due to COVID-19". psaworldtour.com. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "PSA Announce Tour Suspension Extended Until July Due to COVID-19". psaworldtour.com. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "PSA Announce Tour Suspension Extended Until Mid-August Due to COVID-19". psaworldtour.com. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ↑ "PSA Calendar". PSA.
- ↑ "2019 World Squash Calendar". Squash Site.
- ↑ "Postponement of U19 Team & U19 Individual Championships April 2020 The Netherlands". europeansquash.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ↑ "President update". europeansquash.com. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ↑ "Under 15/17 Team European Championships 2020". europeansquash.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "World University Squash Champs 2020 Cancelled". worldsquash.org. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑ "WSF World Juniors 2020 : Cancelled". worldsquash.org. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ↑ "Squash Canada Announces Provisional Plans for Re-scheduled 2020 Canadian Championships". squash.ca. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ↑ "Comunidad del Squash en Colombia". squashcolombia.org.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Senior DM afvikles til efteråret (National Squash Championship will be held in the autumn)". dansksquash.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 22 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Elnökségi döntések az Országos Bajnokságokról". squash.hu (in Hungarian). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Tutti i Campionati Italiani sono riprogrammati a partire dal mese di settembre 2020" (PDF). federsquash.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Turneringsoversikt". squash.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Postponed – SGSquash National Championships 2020". sgsquash.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "CDESK MSR V SQUASHI 2020 BOLI ZRUŠENÉ! (National Squash Championship 2020 cancelled!)". squashtour.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Squash SA update on Covid-19". squashsa.co.za. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ↑ "Svenska Mästarna 2020 korade!". Svenska Squashförbundet (in svenska). 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ↑ "ABBRUCH Schweizer Meisterschaften 2020 (Swiss Squash Championships 2020 cancelled)". squash.ch (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "US Squash Extends Suspension of Accredited Competition and Continues Postponement of National Championships". ussquash.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ↑ "Annie Au Announces Retirement from Professional Squash". psaworldtour.com. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "Leo Au Announces Retirement". psaworldtour.com. June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ↑ "Hong Kong squash stars Leo Au and Joey Chan quit". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ↑ "Cornett Discusses Retirement and Plans for the Future". psaworldtour.com. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ↑ "Cuskelly Announces Retirement". psaworldtour.com. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ↑ "World No.1 Raneem El Welily Announces Immediate Retirement From Squash". psaworldtour.com. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ↑ "Victoria Lust Announces Retirement From Professional Squash". psaworldtour.com. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑ "Omar Abdel Meguid Retires From Squash". psaworldtour.com. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ↑ "Pilley announces retirement from squash". psaworldtour.com. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ↑ "Chris Simpson Announces His Retirement From Professional Squash". psaworldtour.com. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.