2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship explained

2023 Men's World Championship
Number:44
Series:PSA Men's World Squash Championship
Location: Chicago, United States
Venue:University Club of Chicago
Chicago Union Station
Dates:3–11 May 2023
Website:https://worldsquashchamps.com/
Category:PSA World Championships
Prize Money:$500,000
Champion: Ali Farag
Runner-Up: Karim Abdel Gawad
Semi-Finalists: Mohamed El Shorbagy
Mostafa Asal
Prev:2022
Next: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

PSA also awards points towards World ranking. Points are awarded as follows:

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)% breakdownPrize money
(Total: $500,000)
Winneralign=center (1)align=center 16%align=center $80,000
Runner-upalign=center (1)align=center 10%align=center $50,000
3/4align=center (2)align=center 6%align=center $30,000
5/8align=center (4)align=center 3.50%align=center $17,500
9/16align=center (8)align=center 2%align=center $10,000
17/32align=center (16)align=center 1%align=center $5,000
33/64align=center (32)align=center 0.50%align=center $2,500

Venues

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

Seeds

See also: 1 and 1. Mostafa Asal (semi finals)

See also: 2 and 4. Diego Elías (quarter finals)

See also: 3 and 3. Mohamed El Shorbagy (semi finals)

See also: 4 and 2. Ali Farag (champion)

See also: 5 and 2. Paul Coll (quarter finals)

See also: 6 and 4. Marwan El Shorbagy (third round)

See also: 7 and 3. Tarek Momen (quarter finals)

See also: 8 and 1. Victor Crouin (second round)

See also: 9 and 1. Mazen Hesham (quarter finals)

See also: 10 and 3. Fares Dessouky (second round)

See also: 11 and 1. Joel Makin (third round)

See also: 12 and 4. Youssef Soliman (first round)

See also: 13 and 2. Miguel Á Rodríguez (third round)

See also: 14 and 3. Nicolas Müller (first round)

See also: 15 and 2. Grégoire Marche (second round)

See also: 16 and 4. Saurav Ghosal (third round)

Draw and results

Key

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Schedule

Times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00). To the best of five games.

Abbreviations:

Round 1

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
3 May , Court 1 12:30 11–6, 11–6, 11–5
3 May UCC, Court 2 12:30 13–11, 5–11, 11–7, 11–8
3 May UCC, Court 1 13:15 11–9, 11–13, 11–13, 11–4, 11–9
3 May UCC, Court 2 13:15 11–5, 11–4, 11–4
3 May UCC, Court 3 13:15 11–6, 11–5, 11–4
3 May UCC, Court 3 14:00 11–6, 11–6, 12–10
3 May UCC, Court 1 16:30 12–10, 11–8, 11–5
3 May UCC, Court 2 16:30 11–8, 11–7, 11–6
3 May UCC, Court 1 17:15 11–7, 11–2, 11–9
3 May UCC, Court 2 17:15 11–9, 11–5, 11–8
3 May UCC, Court 3 17:15 11–7, 11–7, 12–10
3 May UCC, Court 2 18:00 11–3, 11–4, 11–5
3 May UCC, Court 3 18:00 11–6, 11–5, 11–9
3 May UCC, Court 1 18:45 11–5, 11–5, 12–10
3 May UCC, Court 1 19:30 14–12, 11–4, 11–3
3 May UCC, Court 3 19:30 11–3, 4–2r.
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DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
4 May UCC, Court 1 12:45 9–11, 11–4, 4–11, 11–2, 11–9
4 May UCC, Court 2 14:45 11–6, 12–10, 11–9
4 May UCC, Court 1 13:15 15–13, 11–6, 12–10
4 May UCC, Court 2 13:15 11–8, 11–7, 11–6
4 May UCC, Court 3 13:15 11–8, 11–4, 11–5
4 May UCC, Court 3 14:00 11–2, 11–6, 11–9
4 May UCC, Court 1 16:30 11–6, 11–8, 11–6
4 May UCC, Court 2 16:30 11–8, 11–7, 13–11
4 May UCC, Court 1 17:15 11–9, 11–7, 11–4
4 May UCC, Court 2 17:15 5–11, 11–6, 11–13, 11–6, 11–3
4 May UCC, Court 3 17:15 11–6, 11–8, 11–2
4 May UCC, Court 2 18:00 11–6, 11–7, 9–11, 9–11, 15–13
4 May UCC, Court 3 18:00 11–7, 11–7, 11–7
4 May UCC, Court 1 18:45 12–10, 7–11, 11–9, 11–8
4 May UCC, Court 1 19:30 11–7, 11–9, 11–7
4 May UCC, Court 3 19:30 11–2, 11–5, 11–6

Round 2

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
5 May CUS, Glass Court 12:45 11–6, 11–7, 11–5
5 May UCC, Court 1 13:30 11–1, 13–11, 11–9
5 May UCC, Court 2 13:30 11–5, 12–10, 11–3
5 May UCC, Court 3 13:30 11–6, 8–11, 13–11, 11–7
5 May UCC, Court 1 14:15 11–6, 12–10, 8–11, 11–7
5 May UCC, Court 2 14:15 11–9, 6–11, 11–3, 11–7
5 May UCC, Court 3 14:15 9–11, 11–5, 10–12, 11–3, 11–2
5 May CUS, Glass Court 14:45 11–5, 11–7, 11–4
5 May UCC, Court 1 17:30 12–14, 11–7, 1–11, 11–4, 11–9
5 May UCC, Court 2 17:30 11–5, 11–3, 11–7
5 May UCC, Court 3 17:30 11–6, 11–6, 11–5
5 May UCC, Court 1 18:15 12–10, 11–6, 11–9
5 May UCC, Court 2 18:15 10–12, 11–9, 11–3, 11–3
5 May UCC, Court 3 18:15 8–11, 11–5, 11–6, 11–6
5 May CUS, Glass Court 18:30 8–11, 11–4, 11–6, 8–11, 11–8
5 May CUS, Glass Court 21:00 4–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–9

Round 3

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
6 May CUS, Glass Court 12:45 11–9, 11–1, 9–11, 11–3
6 May CUS, Glass Court 14:45 11–8, 11–5, 13–11
6 May CUS, Glass Court 18:30 12–10, 11–6, 9–11, 11–5
6 May CUS, Glass Court 21:00 11–9, 8–11, 11–9, 11–7
7 May CUS, Glass Court 12:45 11–7, 11–9, 11–9
7 May CUS, Glass Court 14:45 4–11, 13–11, 12–10, 9–11, 11–6
7 May CUS, Glass Court 17:30 9–11, 4–11, 11–6, 11–3, 12–10
7 May CUS, Glass Court 20:00 11–7, 11–3, 11–9

Quarter-finals

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
8 May CUS, Glass Court 18:30 11–9, 3–11, 11–6, 5–11, 12–10
8 May CUS, Glass Court 21:00 11–3, 5–11, 11–2, 11–4
9 May CUS, Glass Court 18:30 11–5, 13–11, 14–12
9 May CUS, Glass Court 21:00 11–8, 9–11, 13–11, 8–11, 11–3

Semi-finals

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
10 May CUS, Glass Court Following women's semi-final 1 11–5, 11–8, 11–13, 11–2
10 May CUS, Glass Court Following women's semi-final 2 10–12, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–7

Final

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.


EGY
ENG
NZL
PER
COL
IND
WAL
FRA
SCO
HKG
MYS
MEX
SUI
USA
ESP
ARG
CAN
GER
HUN
NED
POR		Total
Final2 0 2
3 1 0 4
5 1 1 1 0 8
Round 39 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 16
Round 212 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 32
Total15 10 1 1 2 1 1 7 2 2 2 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 64

See also

Notes and References

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

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