2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship Explained

Women's World Championship 2016
Number:33
Series:PSA Women's World Squash Championship
Location: El Gouna, Egypt
Dates:April 7–14, 2017
Category:World Championships
Prize Money:$ 165,000
Champion: Nour El Sherbini
Runner-Up: Raneem El Weleily
Semi-Finalists: Camille Serme
Nouran Gohar
Next: 2017

The 2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2016 World Championships, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players.

It was originally scheduled to take place in Malaysia.[1] In January 2017, El Gouna was selected as the championships' replacement host, with the tournament scheduled to take place alongside the men's annual El Gouna Squash Open between 7 and 14 April 2017 inclusive.[2] It is the third time in four editions the tournament has been held after its designated year.

Prize money and ranking points

For 2016, the prize purse was $165,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:[3]

Prize Money World Championship (2016)
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Points (PSA)289019001155700410205
Prize money$26,647.50$16,302.00$10,032.00$5,956.50$3,526.87$2,076.93

Draw and results

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See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SquashSite Squash News . squashsite.tumblr.com . 2017-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161110224930/http://squashsite.tumblr.com/post/93959760243/wsa-strike-three-year-world-championship-deal . 2016-11-10 . live.
  2. Web site: El-Gouna to host PSA Women's World Squash Championship . Daily News Egypt . 2017-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170406024043/http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2017/01/11/el-gouna-host-psa-womens-world-squash-championship/ . 2017-04-06 . live.
  3. News: PSA Tour Rule Book . PSA . 6, 59, 73 . 2017-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161009132559/https://psaworldtour.com/squash/guides/20161005113420_PSATourRuleBook20162017.pdf . 2016-10-09 . live.
  4. Web site: PSA WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 - Main Draw . PSA . 2017-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170406023938/https://psaworldtour.com/tournaments/view/7021?tab=womens_main . 2017-04-06 . live.
  5. Web site: El Gouna International 2017 . Squash Site . 2017-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407145857/http://www.squashsite.co.uk/elgouna/draw.htm . 2017-04-07 . live.