2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship
| 2023 Men's World Championship | |||
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| 44th PSA Men's World Squash Championship | |||
| Location | United States Chicago, United States | ||
| Venue | University Club of Chicago Chicago Union Station | ||
| Date(s) | 3–11 May 2023 | ||
| Website https://worldsquashchamps.com/ | |||
| Category | PSA World Championships | ||
| Prize money | $500,000 | ||
| Results | |||
| File:Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champion | Egypt Ali Farag | ||
| File:Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runner-up | Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad | ||
| File:Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Semi-finalists | England Mohamed El Shorbagy Egypt Mostafa Asal | ||
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The 2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2023 men's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Chicago, United States from 3 to 11 May 2023. It was the third time that Chicago hosted the PSA World Championships after 2018–19 & 2020–21 editions.[1][2] Seeded Nº3 Ali Farag defeated unseeded Karim Abdel Gawad for the World Championship title. Gawad became the first unseeded player to reach the final since Rodney Martin in 1991. It was Farag's fourth World Championship title, having previously won in 2019, 2021 and 2022.[3]
World ranking points/prize money
PSA also awards points towards World ranking. Points are awarded as follows:
| PSA World Squash Championships | Ranking Points | |||||||
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| Rank | Prize Money US$ | 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
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
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 | ||
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| File:University Club - Feb 2017.jpg | File:Chicago Union Station.jpg | ||
2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship is located in Chicago metropolitan area University Club of Chicago Chicago Union Station 2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship (Chicago metropolitan area) | |||
Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
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Draw and results
Key
- rtd. = Retired
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Host wild card
- w/o = Walkover
Finals
| 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 |
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| Egypt Ali Farag Fourth title |
Top half
Section 1
| 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
Bottom half
Section 3
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Section 4
Schedule
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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Round 2
Round 3
Quarter-finals
| Date | Court | Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
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| 8 May | CUS, Glass Court | 18:30 | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Asal (EGY) | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mazen Hesham (EGY) | 11–9, 3–11, 11–6, 5–11, 12–10 |
| 8 May | CUS, Glass Court | 21:00 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Coll (NZL) | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ali Farag (EGY) | 11–3, 5–11, 11–2, 11–4 |
| 9 May | CUS, Glass Court | 18:30 | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | File:Flag of Peru.svg Diego Elías (PER) | 11–5, 13–11, 14–12 |
| 9 May | CUS, Glass Court | 21:00 | File:Flag of England.svg Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG) | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Tarek Momen (EGY) | 11–8, 9–11, 13–11, 8–11, 11–3 |
Semi-finals
| Date | Court | Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
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| 10 May | CUS, Glass Court | Following women's semi-final 1 | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Asal (EGY) | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ali Farag (EGY) | 11–5, 11–8, 11–13, 11–2 |
| 10 May | CUS, Glass Court | Following women's semi-final 2 | File:Flag of England.svg Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG) | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 10–12, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–7 |
Final
| Date | Court | Time | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
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| 11 May | CUS, Glass Court | Following women's final | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ali Farag (EGY) | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) | 12–10, 11–6, 11–6 |
Representation
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 | |
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| 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
References
- ↑ "PSA World Squash Championships - History: Previous Winners". psaworldtour.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ↑ "2023 World Championship draws". PSA. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ↑ "FINALS : Sherbini and Farag retain titles". World Squash. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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