2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship

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]

2023 Men's World Championship
44th PSA Men's World Squash Championship
Location	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
Champion	Ali Farag
Runner-up	Karim Abdel Gawad
Semi-finalists	Mohamed El Shorbagy Mostafa Asal
← 2022 2024 →

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
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
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.

01.   Mostafa Asal (semi finals) 02.   Diego Elías (quarter finals) 03.   Mohamed El Shorbagy (semi finals) 04.   Ali Farag (champion) 05.   Paul Coll (quarter finals) 06.   Marwan El Shorbagy (third round) 07.   Tarek Momen (quarter finals) 08.   Victor Crouin (second round)

09.   Mazen Hesham (quarter finals) 10.   Fares Dessouky (second round) 11.   Joel Makin (third round) 12.   Youssef Soliman (first round) 13.   Miguel Á Rodríguez (third round) 14.   Nicolas Müller (first round) 15.   Grégoire Marche (second round) 16.   Saurav Ghosal (third round)

Draw and results

Key

• rtd. = Retired
• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Host wild card
• w/o = Walkover

Finals

	Semi finals									Final
	1	Mostafa Asal	5	8	13	2
	4	Ali Farag	11	11	11	11
										4	Ali Farag	12	11	11
											Karim Abdel Gawad	10	6	6
	3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	12	5	11	8	7
		Karim Abdel Gawad	10	11	7	11	11

2023 Men's PSA World Squash Championship winner
Ali Farag Fourth title

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third Round									Quarter finals
	1	Mostafa Asal	11	11	12
		Leandro Romiglio	5	5	10					1	Mostafa Asal	8	11	11	8	11
		Balázs Farkas	6	5	9						Omar Mosaad	11	4	6	11	8
		Omar Mosaad	11	11	11														1	Mostafa Asal	12	11	9	11
		Rory Stewart	11	11	12														11	Joel Makin	10	6	11	5
	Q	Edwin Clain	7	7	10						Rory Stewart	6	6	5
		César Salazar	3	2r						11	Joel Makin	11	11	11
	11	Joel Makin	11	4																								1	Mostafa Asal	11	3	11	5	12
	9	Mazen Hesham	11	11	11																							9	Mazen Hesham	9	11	6	11	10
		Lucas Serme	5	4	4					9	Mazen Hesham	11	11	11
		Alex Lau	11	11	7	8					Karim El Hammamy	5	3	7
		Karim El Hammamy	13	5	11	11													9	Mazen Hesham	11	8	11	11
		Nick Wall	6	6	10															Aly Abou Eleinen	9	11	9	7
		Aly Abou Eleinen	11	11	12						Aly Abou Eleinen	12	11	1	11	11
		Bernat Jaume	6	5	4					8	Victor Crouin	14	7	11	4	9
	8	Victor Crouin	11	11	11

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third Round									Quarter finals
	5	Paul Coll	11	11	11
		Faraz Khan	7	2	9					5	Paul Coll	12	11	11
		Juan Camilo Vargas	12	11	11						Juan Camilo Vargas	10	6	9
		Mahesh Mangaonkar	10	8	5														5	Paul Coll	11	11	13
		Patrick Rooney	11	11	11														13	Miguel Á Rodríguez	8	5	11
	Q	Ivan Yuen	9	5	8						Patrick Rooney	11	5	6	6
		Todd Harrity	8	7	6					13	Miguel Á Rodríguez	8	11	11	11
	13	Miguel Á Rodríguez	11	11	11																							5	Paul Coll	3	11	2	4
	15	Grégoire Marche	11	11	11																							4	Ali Farag	11	5	11	11
		Mohamed ElSherbini	6	6	5					15	Grégoire Marche	12	9	3	3
		Nathan Lake	11	11	11	11	11				Nathan Lake	10	11	11	11
	Q	Curtis Malik	9	13	13	4	9													Nathan Lake	9	1	11	3
		Rowan Damming	3	4	5														4	Ali Farag	11	11	9	11
		Adrian Waller	11	11	11						Adrian Waller	6	7	5
		Ramit Tandon	12	4	3					4	Ali Farag	11	11	11
	4	Ali Farag	14	11	11

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third Round									Quarter finals
	3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	11
		Timothy Brownell	7	9	7					3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	4	11	11	11
		Eain Yow	11	11	11						Eain Yow	11	7	6	9
	Q	Abhay Singh	2	5	6														3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	11
		Youssef Ibrahim	11	11	11															Youssef Ibrahim	7	9	9
	Q	Simon Herbert	8	4	5						Youssef Ibrahim	11	8	13	11
		Greg Lobban	11	11	11						Greg Lobban	6	11	11	7
	14	Nicolas Müller	2	6	9																							3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	9	13	8	11
	10	Fares Dessouky	11	11	11																							7	Tarek Momen	8	11	11	11	3
		David Baillargeon	8	7	6					10	Fares Dessouky	9	11	3	7
		George Parker	6	10	9					Q	Mohamed Abouelghar	11	6	11	11
	Q	Mohamed Abouelghar	11	12	11														Q	Mohamed Abouelghar	11	11	10	11	6
		Sébastien Bonmalais	11	4	11	2	9												7	Tarek Momen	4	13	12	9	11
		Leonel Cárdenas	9	11	4	11	11				Leonel Cárdenas	11	5	12	3	2
		Charlie Lee	13	6	10					7	Tarek Momen	9	11	10	11	11
	7	Tarek Momen	15	11	12

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third Round									Quarter finals
	6	Marwan El Shorbagy	12	7	11	11
		Shahjahan Khan	10	11	9	8				6	Marwan El Shorbagy	11	12	8	11
		Rui Soares	6	8	6						Auguste Dussourd	6	10	11	7
		Auguste Dussourd	11	11	11														6	Marwan El Shorbagy	7	3	9
		Iker Pajares	6	8	2															Karim Abdel Gawad	11	11	11
		Dimitri Steinmann	11	11	11						Dimitri Steinmann	5	10	3
		Karim Abdel Gawad	11	11	11						Karim Abdel Gawad	11	12	11
	12	Youssef Soliman	7	7	7																								Karim Abdel Gawad	11	13	14
	16	Saurav Ghosal	5	11	11	11	11																					2	Diego Elías	5	11	12
		Yahya Elnawasany	11	6	13	6	3			16	Saurav Ghosal	11	13	11
		Henry Leung	11	11	9	9	15				Henry Leung	1	11	9
		James Willstrop	6	7	11	11	13												16	Saurav Ghosal	11	11	6	3	10
	WC	Andrew Douglas	8	7	11														2	Diego Elías	9	4	11	11	12
		Baptiste Masotti	11	11	13						Baptiste Masotti	5	7	4
		Raphael Kandra	9	7	4					2	Diego Elías	11	11	11
	2	Diego Elías	11	11	11

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

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
3 May	UCC, Court 1	12:30	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)	11–6, 11–6, 11–5
3 May	UCC, Court 2	12:30	Alex Lau (HKG)	Karim El Hammamy (EGY)	13–11, 5–11, 11–7, 11–8
3 May	UCC, Court 1	13:15	Nathan Lake (ENG)	Curtis Malik (ENG)	11–9, 11–13, 11–13, 11–4, 11–9
3 May	UCC, Court 2	13:15	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	Lucas Serme (FRA)	11–5, 11–4, 11–4
3 May	UCC, Court 3	13:15	Bernat Jaume (ESP)	Victor Crouin (FRA)	11–6, 11–5, 11–4
3 May	UCC, Court 3	14:00	Nick Wall (ENG)	Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY)	11–6, 11–6, 12–10
3 May	UCC, Court 1	16:30	Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)	Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)	12–10, 11–8, 11–5
3 May	UCC, Court 2	16:30	Todd Harrity (USA)	Miguel Á Rodríguez (COL)	11–8, 11–7, 11–6
3 May	UCC, Court 1	17:15	Paul Coll (NZL)	Faraz Khan (USA)	11–7, 11–2, 11–9
3 May	UCC, Court 2	17:15	Patrick Rooney (ENG)	Ivan Yuen (MYS)	11–9, 11–5, 11–8
3 May	UCC, Court 3	17:15	Rory Stewart (SCO)	Edwin Clain (FRA)	11–7, 11–7, 12–10
3 May	UCC, Court 2	18:00	Rowan Damming (NED)	Adrian Waller (ENG)	11–3, 11–4, 11–5
3 May	UCC, Court 3	18:00	Balázs Farkas (HUN)	Omar Mosaad (EGY)	11–6, 11–5, 11–9
3 May	UCC, Court 1	18:45	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Leandro Romiglio (ARG)	11–5, 11–5, 12–10
3 May	UCC, Court 1	19:30	Ramit Tandon (IND)	Ali Farag (EGY)	14–12, 11–4, 11–3
3 May	UCC, Court 3	19:30	César Salazar (MEX)	Joel Makin (WAL)	11–3, 4–2r.

Wednesday, 3 May

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Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
4 May	UCC, Court 1	12:45	Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA)	Leonel Cárdenas (MEX)	9–11, 11–4, 4–11, 11–2, 11–9
4 May	UCC, Court 2	14:45	George Parker (ENG)	Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)	11–6, 12–10, 11–9
4 May	UCC, Court 1	13:15	Charlie Lee (ENG)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	15–13, 11–6, 12–10
4 May	UCC, Court 2	13:15	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	David Baillargeon (CAN)	11–8, 11–7, 11–6
4 May	UCC, Court 3	13:15	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Simon Herbert (ENG)	11–8, 11–4, 11–5
4 May	UCC, Court 3	14:00	Greg Lobban (SCO)	Nicolas Müller (SUI)	11–2, 11–6, 11–9
4 May	UCC, Court 1	16:30	Rui Soares (POR)	Auguste Dussourd (FRA)	11–6, 11–8, 11–6
4 May	UCC, Court 2	16:30	Andrew Douglas (USA)	Baptiste Masotti (FRA)	11–8, 11–7, 13–11
4 May	UCC, Court 1	17:15	Raphael Kandra (GER)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–9, 11–7, 11–4
4 May	UCC, Court 2	17:15	Saurav Ghosal (IND)	Yahya Elnawasany (EGY)	5–11, 11–6, 11–13, 11–6, 11–3
4 May	UCC, Court 3	17:15	Iker Pajares (ESP)	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	11–6, 11–8, 11–2
4 May	UCC, Court 2	18:00	Henry Leung (HKG)	James Willstrop (ENG)	11–6, 11–7, 9–11, 9–11, 15–13
4 May	UCC, Court 3	18:00	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	11–7, 11–7, 11–7
4 May	UCC, Court 1	18:45	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Shahjahan Khan (USA)	12–10, 7–11, 11–9, 11–8
4 May	UCC, Court 1	19:30	Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG)	Timothy Brownell (USA)	11–7, 11–9, 11–7
4 May	UCC, Court 3	19:30	Eain Yow (MYS)	Abhay Singh (IND)	11–2, 11–5, 11–6

Thursday, 4 May

Round 2

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
5 May	CUS, Glass Court	12:45	Adrian Waller (ENG)	Ali Farag (EGY)	11–6, 11–7, 11–5
5 May	UCC, Court 1	13:30	Saurav Ghosal (IND)	Henry Leung (HKG)	11–1, 13–11, 11–9
5 May	UCC, Court 2	13:30	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	11–5, 12–10, 11–3
5 May	UCC, Court 3	13:30	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Greg Lobban (SCO)	11–6, 8–11, 13–11, 11–7
5 May	UCC, Court 1	14:15	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Auguste Dussourd (FRA)	11–6, 12–10, 8–11, 11–7
5 May	UCC, Court 2	14:15	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)	11–9, 6–11, 11–3, 11–7
5 May	UCC, Court 3	14:15	Leonel Cárdenas (MEX)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	9–11, 11–5, 10–12, 11–3, 11–2
5 May	CUS, Glass Court	14:45	Baptiste Masotti (FRA)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–5, 11–7, 11–4
5 May	UCC, Court 1	17:30	Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY)	Victor Crouin (FRA)	12–14, 11–7, 1–11, 11–4, 11–9
5 May	UCC, Court 2	17:30	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	Karim El Hammamy (EGY)	11–5, 11–3, 11–7
5 May	UCC, Court 3	17:30	Rory Stewart (SCO)	Joel Makin (WAL)	11–6, 11–6, 11–5
5 May	UCC, Court 1	18:15	Paul Coll (NZL)	Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)	12–10, 11–6, 11–9
5 May	UCC, Court 2	18:15	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	Nathan Lake (ENG)	10–12, 11–9, 11–3, 11–3
5 May	UCC, Court 3	18:15	Patrick Rooney (ENG)	Miguel Á Rodríguez (COL)	8–11, 11–5, 11–6, 11–6
5 May	CUS, Glass Court	18:30	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Omar Mosaad (EGY)	8–11, 11–4, 11–6, 8–11, 11–8
5 May	CUS, Glass Court	21:00	Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG)	Eain Yow (MYS)	4–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–9

Friday, 5 May

Round 3

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
6 May	CUS, Glass Court	12:45	Nathan Lake (ENG)	Ali Farag (EGY)	11–9, 11–1, 9–11, 11–3
6 May	CUS, Glass Court	14:45	Paul Coll (NZL)	Miguel Á Rodríguez (COL)	11–8, 11–5, 13–11
6 May	CUS, Glass Court	18:30	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Joel Makin (WAL)	12–10, 11–6, 9–11, 11–5
6 May	CUS, Glass Court	21:00	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY)	11–9, 8–11, 11–9, 11–7
7 May	CUS, Glass Court	12:45	Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG)	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	11–7, 11–9, 11–9
7 May	CUS, Glass Court	14:45	Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	4–11, 13–11, 12–10, 9–11, 11–6
7 May	CUS, Glass Court	17:30	Saurav Ghosal (IND)	Diego Elías (PER)	9–11, 4–11, 11–6, 11–3, 12–10
7 May	CUS, Glass Court	20:00	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	11–7, 11–3, 11–9

Saturday, 6 & Sunday 7 May

Quarter-finals

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
8 May	CUS, Glass Court	18:30	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	11–9, 3–11, 11–6, 5–11, 12–10
8 May	CUS, Glass Court	21:00	Paul Coll (NZL)	Ali Farag (EGY)	11–3, 5–11, 11–2, 11–4
9 May	CUS, Glass Court	18:30	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–5, 13–11, 14–12
9 May	CUS, Glass Court	21:00	Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–8, 9–11, 13–11, 8–11, 11–3

Monday, 8 & Tuesday 9 May

Semi-finals

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
10 May	CUS, Glass Court	Following women's semi-final 1	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Ali Farag (EGY)	11–5, 11–8, 11–13, 11–2
10 May	CUS, Glass Court	Following women's semi-final 2	Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	10–12, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–7

Wednesday, 10 May

Final

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
11 May	CUS, Glass Court	Following women's final	Ali Farag (EGY)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	12–10, 11–6, 11–6

Thursday, 11 May

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
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

• World Squash Championships
• 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship

References

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

Preceded by Cairo (Egypt) 2022	PSA World Championships Chicago (USA) 2023	Succeeded by Cairo (Egypt) 2024