2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship explained

2024 Women's World Championship
Number:39
Series:PSA Women's World Squash Championship
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Venue:National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Palm Hills Club
Dates:9–18 May 2024
Website:https://worldsquashchamps.com/
Category:PSA World Championships
Prize Money:$565,000
Champion: Nouran Gohar
Runner-Up: Nour El Sherbini
Semi-Finalists: Olivia Weaver
Hania El Hammamy
Prev:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship will be the 2024 women's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event will take place in Cairo, Egypt from 9 to 18 May 2024. It was the fourth time that Cairo will host the PSA World Championships after 2014, 2019–20 & 2022 editions.[1]

Top seed Nour El Sherbini and third seed Nouran Gohar met in the final for the fourth consecutive championship. El Sherbini defeated Olivia Weaver in the semi-final, while second seed Hania El Hammamy was eliminated by Gohar.[2] Gohar finally gained revenge on El Sherbini, winning the final to record her first World Championship crown.

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 $1,130,000, $565,000 per gender. This is about a 1.5% prize fund increase from previous World Championships (2022–23; $550,000 per gender).

Position (num. of players)% breakdownPrize money
(Total: $565,000)
Winneralign=center (1)align=center 16%align=center $90,400
Runner-upalign=center (1)align=center 10%align=center $56,500
3/4align=center (2)align=center 6%align=center $33,900
5/8align=center (4)align=center 3.50%align=center $19,775
9/16align=center (8)align=center 2%align=center $11,300
17/32align=center (16)align=center 1%align=center $5,650
33/64align=center (32)align=center 0.50%align=center $2,825

Venues

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Palm Hills Club in Cairo are the two venues that hoste the competition.

Seeds

See also: 1 and 1. Nour El Sherbini (runner-up)

See also: 2 and 4. Hania El Hammamy (semi finals)

See also: 3 and 2. Nouran Gohar (champion)

See also: 4 and 3. Nele Gilis (Third Round)

See also: 5 and 2. Nour El Tayeb (Quarter finals)

See also: 6 and 1. Georgina Kennedy (Third Round)

See also: 7 and 3. Tinne Gilis (Quarter finals)

See also: 8 and 4. Olivia Weaver (semi finals)

See also: 9 and 4. Rowan Elaraby (Quarter finals)

See also: 10 and 4. Salma Hany (Third Round)

See also: 11 and 3. Amina Orfi (Third Round)

See also: 12 and 1. Sabrina Sobhy (Third Round)

See also: 13 and 2. Satomi Watanabe (Third Round)

See also: 14 and 2. Sivasangari Subramaniam (Third Round)

See also: 15 and 3. Sarah-Jane Perry (Third Round)

See also: 16 and 1. Nada Abbas (First round)

Draw and results

Key

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Schedule

Times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00). To the best of five games.

Abbreviations:

Round 1

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
9 May , Court 1 12:00 11–6, 11–4, 11–0
9 May PHC, Court 2 12:00 11–7, 11–3, 11–6
9 May PHC, Court 3 12:00 11–13, 11–7, 11–8, 11–7
9 May PHC, Court 4 12:00 6–11, 9–11, 11–7, 11–7, 11–7
9 May PHC, Court 1 13:30 4–11, 11–7, 11–9, 12–14, 11–7
9 May PHC, Court 2 13:30 11–6, 12–10, 11–5
9 May PHC, Court 3 13:30 11–4, 11–3, 11–2
9 May PHC, Court 4 13:30 11–8, 11–7, 11–9
9 May PHC, Court 1 16:00 13–11, 7–11, 11–8, 11–8
9 May PHC, Court 3 16:00 11–4, 11–1, 11–1
9 May PHC, Court 2 16:45 11–5, 11–4, 11–13, 9–11, 11–7
9 May PHC, Court 4 16:45 11–5, 5–11, 11–3, 11–5
9 May PHC, Court 1 17:30 5–11, 9–11, 12–10, 11–9, 11–8
9 May PHC, Court 3 17:30 11–7, 11–7, 7–11, 11–8
9 May PHC, Glass Court 19:30 11–7, 9–11, 11–4, 11–6
9 May PHC, Glass Court 21:00 11–0, 11–4, 11–4
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DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
10 May PHC, Court 1 12:00 12–10, 6–11, 11–8, 2–11, 11–8
10 May PHC, Court 2 12:00 11–7, 11–4, 11–6
10 May PHC, Court 3 12:00 11–5, 5–11, 11–8, 11–7
10 May PHC, Court 4 12:00 10–12, 11–7, 12–10, 11–7
10 May PHC, Court 1 13:30 11–6, 11–8, 11–8
10 May PHC, Court 2 13:30 11–6, 11–4, 11–5
10 May PHC, Court 3 13:30 11–3, 11–4, 11–2
10 May PHC, Court 4 13:30 14–12, 13–11, 11–8
10 May PHC, Court 1 16:00 11–9, 11–3, 6–11, 11–4
10 May PHC, Court 3 16:00 11–3, 11–5, 10–12, 11–5
10 May PHC, Court 2 16:45 11–9, 11–5, 11–7
10 May PHC, Court 4 16:45 11–4, 11–9, 10–12, 11–9
10 May PHC, Court 1 17:30 11–5, 9–11, 11–2, 11–9
10 May PHC, Court 3 17:30 11–8, 11–8, 10–12, 14–12
10 May PHC, Glass Court 19:30 11–2, 11–2, 11–1
10 May PHC, Glass Court 21:00 11–4, 11–6, 11–5

Round 2

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
11 May PHC, Court 2 12:00 11–6, 11–4, 11–9
11 May PHC, Court 3 12:00 6–11, 11–7, 11–4, 11–8
11 May PHC, Court 2 13:30 11–7, 9–11, 11–7, 11–9
11 May PHC, Court 3 13:30 11–6, 11–6, 11–3
11 May PHC, Court 2 16:00 11–5, 11–5, 3–11, 11–5
11 May PHC, Court 3 16:00 11–2, 11–3, 11–2
11 May PHC, Glass Court 19:30 11–3, 11–7, 3–11, 11–7
11 May PHC, Glass Court 21:00 11–5, 11–3, 11–1
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DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
12 May PHC, Court 2 12:00 11–4, 11–6, 11–1
12 May PHC, Court 3 12:00 11–3, 11–2, 11–3
12 May PHC, Court 2 13:30 11–6, 11–7, 11–6
12 May PHC, Court 3 13:00 13–11, 11–4, 11–2
12 May PHC, Court 2 16:00 11–5, 11–4, 11–5
12 May PHC, Court 3 16:00 11–6, 11–3, 11–6
12 May PHC, Glass Court 19:30 11–4, 9–11, 11–6, 11–2
12 May PHC, Glass Court 21:00 11–3, 11–4, 11–7

Round 3

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
13 May Court NMEC 19:00 11–8, 11–7, 7–11, 11–5
13 May PHC, Glass Court 19:30 11–9, 11–5, 11–9
13 May Court NMEC 20:30 11–5, 12–10, 11–8
13 May PHC, Glass Court 21:00 11–7, 11–7, 11–7
14 May Court NMEC 19:00 11–3, 11–4, 11–1
14 May PHC, Glass Court 19:30 11–7, 12–10, 11–9
14 May Court NMEC 20:30 15–13, 11–6, 11–5
14 May PHC, Glass Court 21:00 7–11, 5–11, 11–4, 11–4, 11–7

Quarter-finals

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
15 May Court NMEC 19:30 11–9, 11–6, 3–11, 11–3
15 May Court NMEC 21:00 11–2, 11–8, 11–5
16 May Court NMEC 19:30 11–3, 7–11, 11–4, 11–9
16 May Court NMEC 20:15 4–11, 11–6, 6–11, 7–11

Semi-finals

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score
17 May Court NMEC 19:30 7–11, 11–5, 6–11, 11–5, 11–5
17 May Court NMEC 21:00 12–14, 11–2, 11–5, 11–7

Final

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2024 PSA Men's World Championship. A total of 15 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 23 players.


EGY
USA
BEL
ENG
MYS
JPN
FRA
HKG
WAL
ESP
CAN
AUS
FIN
LAT
SCO		Total
Final2 0 2
Semi-final3 1 0 4
Quarter-final6 1 1 0 8
Round 38 2 2 2 1 1 0 16
Round 215 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 32
Total23 4 2 8 6 1 3 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 64

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PSA World Squash Championships - History: Previous Winners. psaworldtour.com . 8 May 2024. 8 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Semi-Finals : Upsets aplienty as the finalists are decided . World Squash Champs . 17 May 2024 . 18 May 2024.

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