2018–19 PSA World Tour

2018–19 PSA World Tour
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Achievements
Dates	August 2018–July 2019
Categories	World Championship: Men's/Women's; World Tour Finals: Men's/Women's; PSA Challenger Tour; WSF & PSA Satellite Tour
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World Number 1	Men : Mohamed El Shorbagy; Women : Nour El Sherbini
World Champion	Men : ; Women :
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The PSA World Tour 2018 is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2017 squash season. It's the 4th PSA season since the merger of PSA and WSA associations in 2015.

The most important tournaments in the series are the Men's and Women's PSA World Championship. The tour also features two circuits of regular events - PSA World Tour (formerly PSA World Series), which feature the highest prize money and the best fields; and PSA Challenger Tour with prize money ranging $5,500–$30,000. In the middle of the year, the PSA World Tour tour is concluded by the Men's and Women's PSA World Series Finals in Dubai, the World Series-ending championships for the top 8 rated players. Players' performances in the tour are rated by World Rankings for men and women.

Starting in August 2018, PSA revamped its professional tour structure in two individual circuits; PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour. ^[1]

PSA World Tour (formerly PSA World Series) will comprise most important tournaments in prize money ($50,000–$1,000,000) for more experienced and higher-ranked players, including PSA World Championships and PSA World Tour Finals, labelled as following:

PSA World Tour Platinum — 48-player draws — $169,000
PSA World Tour Gold — 24-player draws — $120,500
PSA World Tour Silver — 24-player draws — $88,000
PSA World Tour Bronze — 24-player draws — $51,250

PSA Challenger Tour tournaments will offer a $5,500–$30,000 prize-money, ideal circuit for less-experienced and upcoming players, that will include the following tiers:

PSA Challenger Tour 30 — $28,000
PSA Challenger Tour 20 — $18,000
PSA Challenger Tour 10 — $11,000
PSA Challenger Tour 5 — $5,500

Further, PSA will implement some rules changes like the removing of qualification rounds among others. Also will grant 7 PSA World Championship wildcards every year to the best seven players in the PSA Challenger Tour ranking. Additionally, PSA and WSF will jointly manage PSA Satellite Tour, a circuit for amateur or junior players who aim to become professional player.

2018–19 PSA Calendar

Key

PSA Tiers (until July 2018)

World Championship
World Series
PSA 100
PSA 70
PSA 50
PSA 25/35
PSA 5/10/15

PSA Tiers (starting 1 August 2018)

World Championship
World Tour Platinum
World Tour Gold
World Tour Silver
World Tour Bronze
Challenger Tour 30
Challenger Tour 20
Challenger Tour 10/5

August

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000 Women : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	1–5 August	Rex Hedrick 11–4, 12–10, 11–5	Dimitri Steinmann	Sébastien Bonmalais Mohd Syafiq Kamal	Joshua Larkin Evan Williams Luke Jones Ryunosuke Tsukue
	1–5 August	Low Wee Wern 11–6, 11–9, 10–12, 11–6	Hana Ramadan	Rachel Arnold Tong Tsz Wing	Sarah Cardwell Christine Nunn Ho Tze-Lok Ooi Kah Yan
Growthpoint SA Open Pretoria, South Africa Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000 Women : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	6–11 August	Mohamed ElSherbini 7–11, 11–7, 11–3, 11–8	Mazen Gamal	Baptiste Masotti Rui Soares	Blessing Muhwati Christo Potgieter Yannik Omlor Jean-Pierre Brits
	6–11 August	Farida Mohamed 11–9, 13–11, 11–4	Menna Nasser	Alexa Pienaar Milnay Louw	Cheyna Tucker Lauren Siddall Jennifer Preece Linda Shannon
Tarra KIA Bega Open Bega, Australia Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	8–12 August	Rex Hedrick 11–5, 7–11, 11–4, 11–9	Joshua Larkin	Dimitri Steinmann Rhys Dowling	Alex Eustace Bryan Lim Tze Kang Scott Galloway Luke Jones
Squash Melbourne Open Melbourne, Australia Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500 Women : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	10–12 August	Christophe André 11–4, 12–10, 11–1	Evan Williams	Elvinn Keo Nicholas Calvert	Thomas Calvert Ryan Pasqual Zac Millar Tim Cowell
	10–12 August	Vanessa Chu 8–11, 11–9, 11–7, 9–11, 11–5	Christine Nunn	Sarah Cardwell Ooi Kah Yan	Anna Serme Jessica Turnbull Aika Azman Casey Jane Owen
City of Greater Shepparton International Shepparton, Australia Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	23–26 August	Dimitri Steinmann 3–11, 11–9, 11–5, 11–7	Evan Williams	Naoki Hayashi Robin Gadola	Asyraf Azan Alex Eustace Rohan Toole Abdelrahman Abdelkhalek
Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	27–30 August	Shehab Essam 11–2, 11–4, 11–3	Miko Äijänen	Adam Auckland Balázs Farkas	Jami Äijänen Owain Taylor Mark Fuller Brian Byrne
Roberts & Morrow North Coast Open (QE) Coffs Harbour, Australia Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500 Women : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	30 Aug.–2 Sep.	Dimitri Steinmann 10–12, 11–5, 11–6, 11–2	Evan Williams	Nicholas Calvert Asyraf Azan	Rohan Toole Alex Eustace Naoki Hayashi Robin Gadola
	30 Aug.–2 Sep.	Christine Nunn 11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 5–11, 11–7	Sarah Cardwell	Jessica Turnbull Tamika Hunt	Shehana Vithana Selena Shaikh Taylor Flavell Courtney Mather

(QE): 2019 PSA World Squash Championships Qualifying Event.

September

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Open International de Nantes Nantes, France Men : PSA Challenger 30 $28,000 - Draw	4–9 September	Declan James 2–11, 11–9, 5–11, 11–9, 11–9	James Willstrop	Zahed Salem Baptiste Masotti	George Parker Olli Tuominen Grégoire Marche Lucas Serme
Open International de Nantes Nantes, France Women : PSA Challenger 20 $18,000 - Draw	4–9 September	Nele Gilis 4–11, 11–6, 6–11, 12–10, 11–6	Emily Whitlock	Fiona Moverley Lucy Turmel	Julianne Courtice Nadine Shahin Tinne Gilis Alexandra Fuller
J.P. Morgan China Squash Open Shanghai, China Men : PSA World Tour Gold $120,500 - Draw Women : PSA World Tour Gold $120,500 - Draw	5–9 September	Mohamed Abouelghar 11–8, 11–8, 11–8	Paul Coll	Saurav Ghosal Simon Rösner	Grégory Gaultier Abdulla Al-Tamimi Joel Makin Raphael Kandra
	5–9 September	Raneem El Weleily 11–5, 8–11, 11–6, 11–5	Camille Serme	Nour El Sherbini Nour El Tayeb	Nicol David Sarah-Jane Perry Nouran Gohar Joshna Chinappa
Pharmasyntez Russian Open Moscow, Russia Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	6–9 September	Jami Äijänen 11–8, 11–7, 10–12, 11–7	Stuart MacGregor	Martin Švec Sajad Zareian	Anthony Graham Miko Äijänen Mohammad Kashani Miles Jenkins
Pakistan Chief of the Air Staff International Islamabad, Pakistan Men : PSA Challenger 30 $28,000 - Draw	10–14 September	Youssef Soliman 11–13, 11–13, 11–7, 11–6, 11–6	Leo Au	Nafiizwan Adnan Tayyab Aslam	Asim Khan Omar Abdel Meguid Mazen Gamal Mostafa Asal
Pakistan International Tournament Women's Islamabad, Pakistan Women : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	10–14 September	Rowan Elaraby 11–5, 11–8, 11–7	Nada Abbas	Tong Tsz Wing Farida Mohamed	Menna Hamed Tessa ter Sluis Madina Zafar Faiza Zafar
Sportwerk Open Hamburg, Germany Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	11–15 September	Youssef Ibrahim 11–9, 11–9, 11–9	Bernat Jaume	Edmon López Jan Van Den Herrewegen	Abhay Singh Brian Byrne Baptiste Masotti Valentin Rapp
Remeo Open Helsinki, Finland Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	12–16 September	Mahesh Mangaonkar 11–6, 13–15, 14–12, 11–9	Olli Tuominen	Charlie Lee Iker Pajares	Rui Soares Miko Äijänen Carlos Cornes Martin Švec
Queclink HKFC International Hong Kong, China Men : PSA Challenger 30 $28,000 - Draw Women : PSA Challenger 30 $28,000 - Draw	18–22 September	Max Lee 11–4, 11–5, 11–6	Leo Au	Youssef Soliman Tsz Fung Yip	Nafiizwan Adnan George Parker Harinder Pal Sandhu Peter Creed
		Annie Au 11–8, 11–7, 11–6	Hania El Hammamy	Rachel Arnold Mayar Hany	Danielle Letourneau Coline Aumard Amanda Landers-Murphy Zeina Mickawy
Nash Cup London, Canada Men : PSA Challenger 10 $12,000		Alfredo Ávila 8–11, 11–3, 7–11, 12–10, 11–2	Christopher Binnie	Vikram Malhotra Mostafa Asal	Jesús Camacho Charles Sharpes Andrew Schnell Shawn Delierre
Beijing Squash Challenge Beijing, China Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	19–22 September	Henry Leung 11–7, 14–12, 11–7	Chi Him Wong	Khaled Labib Elvinn Keo	Valentino Bong Sandeep Ramachandran Darosham Khan Ravi Dixit
Madeira Island Open (QE) Funchal, Portugal Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	19–23 September	Todd Harrity 10–12, 11–5, 11–9, 11–3	Joshua Masters	Mahesh Mangaonkar Valentin Rapp	Cláudio Pinto Rui Soares Abhay Singh Emyr Evans
Nash Cup London, Canada Women : PSA Challenger 20 $18,000	19–23 September	Emily Whitlock 11–9, 13–11, 11–5	Samantha Cornett	Nadine Shahin Milou van der Heijden	Haley Mendez Julianne Courtice Mélissa Alvès Olivia Fiechter
Kiva Club Open Santa Fe, United States Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	20–23 September	Aditya Jagtap 11–7, 4–11, 14–12, 11–8	Faraz Khan	Babatunde Ajagbe Shahjahan Khan	Hugo Varela Mario Yáñez Micah Franklin Édgar Ramírez
Aspin Kemp & Associates Aspin Cup Charlottetown, Canada Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	25–29 September	Vikram Malhotra 11–3, 11–9, 9–11, 11–9	Mostafa Asal	Alfredo Ávila Cameron Seth	Michael McCue Reiko Peter Kristian Frost Henrik Mustonen
Wakefield PSA Open The Plains, United States Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	25–29 September	Juan Camilo Vargas 8–11, 11–5, 12–10, 9–11, 11–9	Shahjahan Khan	Christopher Binnie Mario Yáñez	Reuben Phillips Mark Broekman Leandro Romiglio Dylan Cunningham
Oracle Netsuite Open San Francisco, United States Men: PSA World Tour Gold $118,000 - Draw	27 Sep.–2 Oct.	Ali Farag 11–9, 13–11, 4–11, 11–9	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier Karim Abdel Gawad	Tarek Momen Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Simon Rösner Diego Elías
Oracle Netsuite Open San Francisco, United States Women: PSA World Tour Silver $88,000 - Draw	27 Sep.–2 Oct.	Sarah-Jane Perry 11–9, 11–7, 9–11, 7–11, 11–7	Raneem El Weleily	Laura Massaro Annie Au	Camille Serme Nicol David Joelle King Alison Waters

(QE): 2019 PSA World Squash Championships Qualifying Event.

October

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Texas Open Men's Squash Championships Houston, United States Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	3–7 October	Vikram Malhotra 11–6, 2–11, 5–11, 15–13, 11–1	Daniel Mekbib	Shahjahan Khan Jesús Camacho	Reuben Phillips Hugo Varela Leonel Cárdenas Ramit Tandon
FMC International Squash Championship Lahore, Pakistan Men : PSA Challenger 20 $18,000	8–12 October	Youssef Soliman 8–11, 11–6, 11–8, 9–11, 11–8	Ivan Yuen	Tayyab Aslam Farhan Mehboob	Asim Khan Auguste Dussourd Mazen Gamal Israr Ahmed
FS Investments U.S. Open Philadelphia, United States Men : PSA World Tour Platinum $169,000 - Draw Women : PSA World Tour Platinum $169,000 - Draw	6–13 October	Mohamed El Shorbagy 8–11, 11–8, 6–11, 11–8, 11–4	Simon Rösner	Paul Coll Ali Farag	Tarek Momen Grégory Gaultier Mohamed Abouelghar Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
	6–13 October	Raneem El Weleily 11–6, 11–9, 11–8	Nour El Sherbini	Tesni Evans Camille Serme	Sarah-Jane Perry Amanda Sobhy Laura Massaro Yathreb Adel
Big Head Wines White Oaks Court Classic Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	10–13 October	Daniel Mekbib 11–8, 2–11, 11–8, 11–6	Shawn Delierre	Mario Yáñez Michael McCue	Nick Sachvie Reiko Peter Cameron Seth Andrew Schnell
Punjab International Men's Championship Lahore, Pakistan Men : PSA Challenger 20 $18,000	13–17 October
Punjab International Women's Championship Lahore, Pakistan Women : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	13–17 October
Channel VAS Championships at St George's Hill Weybridge, England Men : PSA World Tour Gold $106,000 - Draw	16–21 October
Walker & Dunlop/Hussain Family Chicago Open Vernon Hills, United States Men : PSA Challenger 30 $28,000	17–21 October
Cleveland Skating Club Open Shaker Heights, United States Men : PSA Challenger 20 $18,000	17–21 October
Q Open Gold Coast, Australia Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500 Women : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	18–21 October
	18–21 October
Carol Weymuller Open Brooklyn Heights, United States Women : PSA World Tour Bronze $51,250 - Draw	17–22 October
6th Open Provence Chateau-Arnoux Château-Arnoux, France Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	24–27 October
WLJ Capital Boston Open Boston, United States Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	24–28 October
Pacific Toyota Cairns International Cairns, Australia Men : PSA Challenger 5 $5,500	25–28 October
Qatar Classic Doha, Qatar Men : PSA World Tour Platinum $177,750 - Draw	27 Oct.–2 Nov.
CIB Wadi Degla Squash Tournament Cairo, Egypt Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000 Women : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	29 Oct.–2 Nov.
	29 Oct.–2 Nov.
Jericho Open Vancouver, Canada Men : PSA Challenger 10 $11,000	30 Oct.–3 Nov.

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Statistical information

The players/nations are sorted by:

Total number of titles;
Cumulated importance of those titles;
Alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Until July 2018

World Championship
World Series
PSA 100
PSA 70
PSA 50
PSA 25/35
PSA 5/10/15

Starting 1 August 2018

World Championship
World Tour Platinum
World Tour Gold
World Tour Silver
World Tour Bronze
Challenger Tour 30
Challenger Tour 20
Challenger Tour 10/5

Titles won by player (men's)

Total	Player	Platinum	Gold	Challenger 30	Challenger 20	Challenger 10	Challenger 5
2	Youssef Soliman (EGY)			●	●
2	Rex Hedrick (AUS)					●●
2	Vikram Malhotra (IND)					●●
2	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)						●●
1	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	●
1	Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)		●
1	Ali Farag (EGY)		●
1	Declan James (ENG)			●
1	Max Lee (HKG)			●
1	Alfredo Ávila (MEX)					●
1	Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)					●
1	Todd Harrity (USA)					●
1	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)					●
1	Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)					●
1	Jami Äijänen (FIN)						●
1	Christophe André (FRA)						●
1	Shehab Essam (EGY)						●
1	Aditya Jagtap (IND)						●
1	Henry Leung (HKG)						●
1	Daniel Mekbib (CZE)						●
1	Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)						●

Titles won by nation (men's)

Total	Nation	Platinum	Gold	Challenger 30	Challenger 20	Challenger 10	Challenger 5
8	Egypt (EGY)	●	●●	●	●	●●	●
4	India (IND)					●●●	●
2	Hong Kong (HKG)			●			●
2	Australia (AUS)					●●
2	Switzerland (SUI)						●●
1	England (ENG)			●
1	Mexico (MEX)					●
1	United States (USA)					●
1	Colombia (COL)						●
1	Czech Republic (CZE)						●
1	Finland (FIN)						●
1	France (FRA)						●

Titles won by player (women's)

Total	Player	Platinum	Gold	Silver	Challenger 30	Challenger 20	Challenger 10	Challenger 5
2	Raneem El Weleily (EGY)	●	●
1	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)			●
1	Annie Au (HKG)				●
1	Nele Gilis (BEL)					●
1	Emily Whitlock (ENG)					●
1	Rowan Elaraby (EGY)						●
1	Low Wee Wern (MYS)						●
1	Vanessa Chu (HKG)							●
1	Farida Mohamed (EGY)							●
1	Christine Nunn (AUS)							●

Titles won by nation (women's)

Total	Nation	Platinum	Gold	Silver	Challenger 30	Challenger 20	Challenger 10	Challenger 5
4	Egypt (EGY)	●	●				●	●
2	England (ENG)			●		●
2	Hong Kong (HKG)				●			●
1	Belgium (BEL)					●
1	Malaysia (MYS)						●
1	Australia (AUS)							●

Current world top 10 players

Rankings as of December 2017

Men's world ranking

PSA Men's World Rankings, of December 2017^[4]
Rank	Player	Tournaments	Points	Average
1	Grégory Gaultier (FRA)	11	16,505	1,651
2	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	12	14,710	1,429
3	Ali Farag (EGY)	12	12,650	1,209
4	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	11	10,590	1,040
5	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	13	8,225	761
6	Nick Matthew (ENG)	10	7,560	756
7	Tarek Momen (EGY)	14	8,645	724
8	Paul Coll (NZL)	13	6,705	608
9	Simon Rösner (GER)	12	6,235	571
10	James Willstrop (ENG)	12	5,905	554

Women's world ranking

PSA Women's World Rankings, of December 2017^[5]
Rank	Player	Tournaments	Points	Average
1	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	8	12,605	1,576
2	Raneem El Weleily (EGY)	8	9,730	1,216
3	Camille Serme (FRA)	8	8,470	1,059
4	Laura Massaro (ENG)	9	8,390	1,049
5	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	8	6,340	793
6	Nicol David (MAS)	9	6,275	738
7	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	9	5,890	713
8	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	10	5,650	656
9	Joelle King (NZL)	10	4,950	571
10	Alison Waters (ENG)	10	4,250	492

References

↑ "PSA Unveil New Tour Structure for Professional Squash and Announce Initiative with WSF". psaworldtour.com. 27 March 2018.
↑ "PSA Calendar". PSA.
↑ "2018 World Squash Calendar". Squash Site.
↑ "Current PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. PSA World Tour, Inc.
↑ "Current PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. WSA World Tour, Inc.

External links

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[1] "PSA Unveil New Tour Structure for Professional Squash and Announce Initiative with WSF". psaworldtour.com. 27 March 2018.

[2] "PSA Calendar". PSA.

[3] "2018 World Squash Calendar". Squash Site.

[PSARankingsCurrent-4] "Current PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. PSA World Tour, Inc.

[WSARankingsCurrent-5] "Current PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. WSA World Tour, Inc.