World Squash Championships

The World Squash Championships are squash events for men and women organised by the Professional Squash Association. The men's event was first held in 1976 in London, England and the women's was inaugurated in 1976 in Brisbane, Australia.

Men's World Championship
Details
Event name	PSA Men's World Championship
Men's PSA World Tour
Category	World Championship
Most recent champion(s)	Ali Farag
Current	2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship

Women's World Championship
Details
Event name	PSA Women's World Championship
Women's PSA World Tour
Category	World Championship
Most recent champion(s)	Nour El Sherbini
Current	2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship

Overview

The British Open had for many years been generally considered to be the sport's effective world championship, and this continued to be the case until the World Open (now called World Championship) was established.^{[1] [2]}

The women's World Championship was held once every two years until the early 1990s, when it became an annual event. The men's event has been held every year since 1976, except for a two-year gap in 2000 and 2001 when it was not held due primarily to difficulties in securing sponsorship. In recent years, the men's World Championship has been part of the PSA World Series.^[3]

Results

Men's Finals

Source:^[4]

Year	Location^[5]	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Semifinalists
1976	London	Geoff Hunt	Mohibullah Khan	7–9, 9–4, 8–10, 9–2, 9–2	Qamar Zaman   Gogi Alauddin
1977	Adelaide	Geoff Hunt	Qamar Zaman	9–5, 10–9, 0–9, 9–4	Mohibullah Khan   Gogi Alauddin
1978	No competition
1979	Toronto	Geoff Hunt	Qamar Zaman	9–2, 9–3, 9–2	Mohibullah Khan   Maqsood Ahmed
1980	Adelaide	Geoff Hunt	Qamar Zaman	9–0, 9–3, 9–3	Mohibullah Khan   Hiddy Jahan
1981	Toronto	Jahangir Khan	Geoff Hunt	7–9, 9–1, 9–2, 9–2	Qamar Zaman   Hiddy Jahan
1982	Birmingham	Jahangir Khan	Dean Williams	9–2, 6–9, 9–1, 9–1	Hiddy Jahan   Glen Brumby
1983	Munich^[6]	Jahangir Khan	Chris Dittmar	9–3, 9–6, 9–0	Stuart Davenport   Gamal Awad
1984	Karachi	Jahangir Khan	Qamar Zaman	9–0, 9–3, 9–4	Maqsood Ahmed   Ross Norman
1985	Cairo	Jahangir Khan	Ross Norman	9–4, 4–9, 9–5, 9–1	Glen Brumby   Gawain Briars
1986	Toulouse	Ross Norman	Jahangir Khan	9–5, 9–7, 7–9, 9–1	Chris Dittmar   Chris Robertson
1987	Birmingham	Jansher Khan	Chris Dittmar	9–5, 9–4, 4–9, 9–6	Rodney Martin   Jahangir Khan
1988	Amsterdam	Jahangir Khan	Jansher Khan	9–6, 9–2, 9–2	Chris Dittmar   Ross Norman
1989	Kuala Lumpur	Jansher Khan	Chris Dittmar	7–15, 6–15, 15–4, 15–11, 15–10	Chris Robertson   Jahangir Khan
1990	Toulouse	Jansher Khan	Chris Dittmar	15–8, 17–15, 13–15, 15–5	Chris Robertson   Tristan Nancarrow
1991	Adelaide	Rodney Martin	Jahangir Khan	14–17, 15–9, 15–4, 15–13	Chris Dittmar   Chris Robertson
1992	Johannesburg	Jansher Khan	Chris Dittmar	15–11, 15–9, 10–15, 15–6	Rodney Martin   Austin Adarraga
1993	Karachi	Jansher Khan	Jahangir Khan	14–15, 15–9, 15–5, 15–5	Peter Marshall   Chris Walker
1994	Barcelona	Jansher Khan	Peter Marshall	10–15, 15–11, 15–8, 15–4	Peter Nicol   Rodney Eyles
1995	Nicosia	Jansher Khan	Del Harris	15–10, 17–14, 16–17, 15–8	Anthony Hill   Craig Rowland
1996	Karachi	Jansher Khan	Rodney Eyles	15–13, 17–15, 11–15, 15–3	Peter Nicol   Chris Walker
1997	Petaling Jaya	Rodney Eyles	Peter Nicol	15–11, 15–12, 15–12	Alex Gough   Peter Marshall
1998	Doha	Jonathon Power	Peter Nicol	15–17, 15–7, 15–9, 15–10	Anthony Hill   Stefan Casteleyn
1999	Cairo	Peter Nicol	Ahmed Barada	15–9, 15–13, 15–11	Jonathon Power   Martin Heath
2000	No competition
2001
2002	Antwerp	David Palmer	John White	13–15, 12–15, 15–6, 15–14, 15–11	Peter Nicol   Jonathon Power
2003	Lahore	Amr Shabana	Thierry Lincou	15–14, 9–15, 15–11, 15–7	Joseph Kneipp   Karim Darwish
2004	Doha	Thierry Lincou	Lee Beachill	5–11, 11–2, 2–11, 12–10, 11–8	David Palmer   Graham Ryding
2005	Hong Kong	Amr Shabana	David Palmer	11–6, 11–7, 11–8	Peter Nicol   James Willstrop
2006	Cairo	David Palmer	Grégory Gaultier	9–11, 9–11, 11–9, 16–14, 11–2	Amr Shabana   Thierry Lincou
2007	Hamilton	Amr Shabana	Grégory Gaultier	11–7, 11–4, 11–6	David Palmer   Nick Matthew
2008	Manchester	Ramy Ashour	Karim Darwish	5–11, 11–8, 11–4, 11–5	David Palmer   Amr Shabana
2009	Kuwait	Amr Shabana	Ramy Ashour	11–8, 11–5, 11–5	Grégory Gaultier   James Willstrop
2010	Al-Khobar	Nick Matthew	James Willstrop	8–11, 11–6, 11–2, 11–3	Amr Shabana   Peter Barker
2011	Rotterdam	Nick Matthew	Grégory Gaultier	6–11, 11–9, 11–6, 11–5	Karim Darwish   James Willstrop
2012	Doha	Ramy Ashour	Mohamed El Shorbagy	2–11, 11–6, 11–5, 9–11, 11–8	James Willstrop   Nick Matthew
2013	Manchester	Nick Matthew	Grégory Gaultier	11–9, 11–9, 11–13, 7–11, 11–2	Ramy Ashour   Mohamed El Shorbagy
2014	Doha	Ramy Ashour	Mohamed El Shorbagy	13–11, 7–11, 5–11, 11–5, 14–12	Grégory Gaultier   Nick Matthew
2015	Bellevue^[7]	Grégory Gaultier	Omar Mosaad	11–6, 11–7, 12–10	James Willstrop   Tarek Momen
2016	Cairo	Karim Abdel Gawad	Ramy Ashour	5–11, 11–6, 11–7, 2–1 (retired)	Mohamed El Shorbagy   Grégory Gaultier
2017	Manchester	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Marwan El Shorbagy	11–5, 9–11, 11–7, 9–11, 11–6	Grégory Gaultier   Ali Farag
2018–19	Chicago	Ali Farag	Tarek Momen	11–5, 11–13, 13–11, 11–3	Mohamed El Shorbagy   Simon Rösner
2019–20	Doha	Tarek Momen	Paul Coll	11–8, 11–3, 11–4	Simon Rösner   Marwan El Shorbagy
2020–21	Chicago	Ali Farag	Mohamed El Shorbagy	7–11, 12–10, 11–9, 11–4	Tarek Momen   Paul Coll
2022	Cairo	Ali Farag	Mohamed El Shorbagy	9–11, 11–8, 7–11, 11–9, 11–2	Mostafa Asal   Paul Coll

Women's finals

Source:^[8]

Year	Location^[9]	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Semifinalists
1976	Brisbane	Heather McKay	Marion Jackman	9-2, 9-2, 9-0	Margaret Zachariah   Sue Newman
1979	Sheffield	Heather McKay	Sue Cogswell	6–9, 9–3, 9–1, 9–4	Angela Smith   Vicki Hoffman
1980	No competition
1981	Toronto	Rhonda Thorne	Vicki Cardwell	8–10, 9–4, 9–5, 7–9, 9–7	Angela Smith   Lisa Opie
1982	No competition
1983	Perth	Vicki Cardwell	Rhonda Thorne	9–1, 9–3, 9–4	Susan Devoy   Carin Clonda
1984	No competition
1985	Dublin	Susan Devoy	Lisa Opie	9–4, 9–5, 10–8	Martine Le Moignan   Lucy Soutter
1986	No competition
1987	Auckland	Susan Devoy	Lisa Opie	9–3, 10–8, 9–2	Liz Irving   Vicki Cardwell
1988	No competition
1989	Warmond	Martine Le Moignan	Susan Devoy	4–9, 9–4, 10–8, 10–8	Liz Irving   Sarah Fitz-Gerald
1990	Sydney	Susan Devoy	Martine Le Moignan	9–4, 9–4, 9–4	Danielle Drady   Robyn Lambourne
1991	No competition
1992	Vancouver	Susan Devoy	Michelle Martin	9–4, 9–6, 9–4	Martine Le Moignan   Cassie Jackman
1993	Johannesburg	Michelle Martin	Liz Irving	9–2, 9–2, 9–1	Martine Le Moignan   Sabine Schoene
1994	Saint Peter Port	Michelle Martin	Cassie Jackman	9–1, 9–0, 9–6	Suzanne Horner   Fiona Geaves
1995	Hong Kong	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	8–10, 9–2, 9–6, 9–3	Cassie Jackman   Fiona Geaves
1996	Petaling Jaya	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Cassie Jackman	9–0, 9–3, 9–4	Sue Wright   Liz Irving
1997	Sydney	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	9–5, 5–9, 6–9, 9–2, 9–3	Sue Wright   Carol Owens
1998	Stuttgart	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	10–8, 9–7, 2–9, 3–9, 10–9	Sue Wright   Suzanne Horner
1999	Seattle	Cassie Campion	Michelle Martin	9–6, 9–7, 9–7	Leilani Joyce   Natalie Grainger
2000	Edinburgh	Carol Owens	Leilani Joyce	7–9, 3–9, 10–8, 9–6, 9–1	Natalie Grainger   Sarah Fitzgerald
2001	Melbourne	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Leilani Joyce	9–0, 9–3, 9–2	Carol Owens   Linda Charman-Smith
2002	Doha	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Natalie Pohrer	10–8, 9–3, 7–9, 9–7	Carol Owens   Linda Charman
2003	Hong Kong	Carol Owens	Cassie Jackman	3–9, 9–2, 9–7, 9–3	Vanessa Atkinson   Nicol David
2004	Kuala Lumpur	Vanessa Atkinson	Natalie Grinham	9–1, 9–1, 9–5	Nicol David   Rachael Grinham
2005	Hong Kong	Nicol David	Rachael Grinham	8–10, 9–2, 9–6, 9–7	Vanessa Atkinson   Natalie Grinham
2006	Belfast	Nicol David	Natalie Grinham	1–9, 9–7, 3–9, 9–5, 9–2	Rachael Grinham   Natalie Grainger
2007	Madrid	Rachael Grinham	Natalie Grinham	9–4, 10–8, 9–2	Natalie Grainger   Tania Bailey
2008	Manchester	Nicol David	Vicky Botwright	5–11, 11–1, 11–6, 11–9	Madeline Perry   Jenny Duncalf
2009	Amsterdam	Nicol David	Natalie Grinham	3–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–8	Rachael Grinham   Alison Waters
2010	Sharm El Sheikh	Nicol David	Omneya Abdel Kawy	11–5, 11–8, 11–6	Alison Waters   Camille Serme
2011	Rotterdam	Nicol David	Jenny Duncalf	11–2, 11–5, 11–0	Natalie Grinham   Samantha Terán
2012	Cayman Islands	Nicol David	Laura Massaro	11–6, 11–8, 11–6	Raneem El Weleily   Jenny Duncalf
2013	Penang	Laura Massaro	Nour El Sherbini	11–7, 6–11, 11–9, 5–11, 11–9	Nicol David   Raneem El Weleily
2014	Cairo	Nicol David	Raneem El Weleily	5–11, 11–8, 7–11, 14–12, 11–5	Alison Waters   Omneya Abdel Kawy
2015	Kuala Lumpur	Nour El Sherbini	Laura Massaro	6–11, 4–11, 11–3, 11–5, 11–8	Raneem El Weleily   Nouran Gohar
2016	El Gouna	Nour El Sherbini	Raneem El Weleily	11–8, 11–9, 11–9	Camille Serme   Nouran Gohar
2017	Manchester	Raneem El Weleily	Nour El Sherbini	3–11, 12–10, 11–7, 11–5	Camille Serme   Nour El Tayeb
2018–19	Chicago	Nour El Sherbini	Nour El Tayeb	11–6, 11–5, 10–12, 15–13	Raneem El Weleily   Camille Serme
2019–20	Cairo	Nour El Sherbini	Raneem El Weleily	11–4, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6	Nouran Gohar   Hania El Hammamy
2020–21	Chicago	Nour El Sherbini	Nouran Gohar	11–5, 11–8, 8–11, 11–9	Camille Serme   Amanda Sobhy
2022	Cairo	Nour El Sherbini	Nouran Gohar	7–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–7	Nour El Tayeb   Amanda Sobhy

Note:

• Vicki Hoffman was known as Vicki Cardwell from 1982
• Cassie Jackman was also known as Cassie Campion
• Carol Owens switched nationality in 2001.
• Natalie Pohrer was later known as Natalie Grainger.
• Natalie Grinham represented Netherlands from 2007 onwards.
• The 2013 edition was postponed until March 2014.
• The 2015 edition was postponed until April 2016.
• The 2016 edition was held in April 2017.

Most Finals & Titles

Mens Rank Country Player^[10] Titles Finals 1   Jansher Khan 8 9 2   Jahangir Khan 6 9 3   Geoff Hunt 4 5 4   Amr Shabana 4 4 5   Ramy Ashour 3 5 6   Nick Matthew 3 3 6   Ali Farag 3 3

Womens Rank Country Player Titles Finals 1   Nicol David 8 8 2   Nour El Sherbini 6 8 3   Sarah Fitz-Gerald 5 6 4   Susan Devoy 4 5 5   Michelle Martin 3 7

Medals

Mens (1976 to present)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Pakistan	14	9	14	37
2	Egypt	13	11	15	39
3	Australia	8	9	20	37
4	England	3	4	17	24
5	France	2	5	5	12
6	Scotland	1	3	3	7
7	New Zealand	1	2	4	7
8	Canada	1	0	3	4
9	Germany	0	0	2	2
10	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		43	43	86	172

Womens (1976 to present)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	15	14	19	48
2	Malaysia	8	0	3	11
3	Egypt	7	9	11	27
4	New Zealand	5	3	4	12
5	England	2	11	23	36
6	Guernsey	1	1	3	5
	Netherlands	1	1	3	5
8	France	0	0	5	5
9	United States	0	0	4	4
10	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		39	39	78	156

See also

• World Doubles Squash Championships
• British Open Squash Championships

References

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4. "Men's World Opens" (PDF). Championship Records. World Squash Federation. pp. 1–17. (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
5. "Men's World Opens - 6. Summary of Venues" (PDF). Championship Records. World Squash Federation. pp. 20–21. (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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8. "Women's World Open Championship" (PDF). Championship Records. World Squash Federation. pp. 1–11. (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
9. "Women's World Open Championship - 6. Summary of Venues" (PDF). Championship Records. World Squash Federation. pp. 13–14. (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
10. "Men's World Opens - 6. Summary of Venues" (PDF). Championship Records. World Squash Federation. pp. 20–21. (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

External links

• World Squash Federation website