2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship

2024 Men's World Championship
2024 Men's World Championship
45th PSA Men's World Squash Championship
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Venue	National Museum of Egyptian Civilization; Palm Hills Club
Date(s)	9–18 May 2024
	Website; https://worldsquashchamps.com/
Category	PSA World Championships
Prize money	$565,000
Results
Champion	Diego Elías
Runner-up	Mostafa Asal
Semi-finalists	Ali Farag ; Paul Coll
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The 2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2024 men's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Cairo, Egypt from 9 to 18 May 2024. It was the six time that Cairo host the PSA World Championships after 1985, 1999, 2006, 2016 & 2022 editions.^[1]

The top four seeds progressed to the semi-finals, where third seed Diego Elías defeated the defending champion Ali Farag and fourth seed Mostafa Asal knocked out second seed Paul Coll.^[2] Elías then defeated Asal in the final.

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	$565,000	3175	2090	1270	780	475	290	177.5

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)		% breakdown	Prize money (Total: $565,000)
Winner	(1)	16%	$90,400
Runner-up	(1)	10%	$56,500
3/4	(2)	6%	$33,900
5/8	(4)	3.50%	$19,775
9/16	(8)	2%	$11,300
17/32	(16)	1%	$5,650
33/64	(32)	0.50%	$2,825

Venues

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

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization	Palm Hills Club

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization Palm Hills Club 2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship (Cairo Giza)

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

01.

Ali Farag (semi finals)

02.

Paul Coll (semi finals)

03.

Diego Elías (champion)

04.

Mostafa Asal (runner-up)

05.

Karim Abdel Gawad (Quarter finals)

06.

Mazen Hesham (Quarter finals)

07.

Mohamed El Shorbagy (Quarter finals)

08.

Tarek Momen (Quarter finals)

09.

Marwan El Shorbagy (Third Round)

10.

Joel Makin (Third Round)

11.

Victor Crouin (Third Round)

12.

Youssef Soliman (Third Round)

13.

Baptiste Masotti (First round)

14.

Aly Abou Eleinen (Second round)

15.

Miguel Á Rodríguez (First round)

16.

Youssef Ibrahim (Third Round)

Draw and results

Key

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

Finals

Semi finals							Final

1	Ali Farag	5	8	11	7

3	Diego Elías	11	11	7	11
							3	Diego Elías	11	11	12

							4	Mostafa Asal	6	5	10
4	Mostafa Asal	11	11	8	3	12

2	Paul Coll	7	6	11	11	10

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round						Third Round						Quarter finals

1	Ali Farag	8	11	11	11
	Todd Harrity	11	3	1	5		1	Ali Farag	11	11	11
	Greg Lobban	11	11	11				Greg Lobban	5	6	6
WC	Mazen Gamal	2	4	4									1	Ali Farag	11	11	11
	Rui Soares	11	11	5	8	11								Leandro Romiglio	6	3	3
Q	Moustafa El Sirty	8	8	11	11	8		Rui Soares	4	5	8
	Leandro Romiglio	12	11	11				Leandro Romiglio	11	11	11
15	Miguel Á Rodríguez	10	7	7															1	Ali Farag	11	11	11
11	Victor Crouin	11	11	10	11														8	Tarek Momen	3	8	6
	Andrew Douglas	7	4	12	5		11	Victor Crouin	7	11	13	12
	Simon Herbert	11	11	12				Simon Herbert	11	3	11	10
	Henry Leung	8	9	10									11	Victor Crouin	11	8	2	1
	Karim El Hammamy	6	11	11	4	9							8	Tarek Momen	7	11	11	11
	Addeen Idrakie	11	9	8	11	11		Addeen Idrakie	1	4	7
	George Parker	3	5	6			8	Tarek Momen	11	11	11
8	Tarek Momen	11	11	11

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third Round						Quarter finals

5	Karim Abdel Gawad	11	11	11
	Timothy Brownell	8	3	7			5	Karim Abdel Gawad	11	11	11
	Rory Stewart	11	11	11				Rory Stewart	5	6	7
	Yannick Wilhelmi	7	4	6										5	Karim Abdel Gawad	9	11	11	11
	Dimitri Steinmann	11	11	6	11										Dimitri Steinmann	11	8	8	9
	Mohamed ElSherbini	4	5	11	3			Dimitri Steinmann	11	11	11	3	14
	Sébastien Bonmalais	6	11	1	13		14	Aly Abou Eleinen	13	8	7	11	12
14	Aly Abou Eleinen	11	9	11	15															5	Karim Abdel Gawad	5	1	6
16	Youssef Ibrahim	11	11	14																3	Diego Elías	11	11	11
	Shahjahan Khan	2	9	12			16	Youssef Ibrahim	10	9	11	13	13
	Ibrahim Elkabbani	11	10	6	11	2		Juan Camilo Vargas	12	11	5	11	11
	Juan Camilo Vargas	5	12	11	8	11								16	Youssef Ibrahim	2	3	2
	Iker Pajares	11	12	11										3	Diego Elías	11	11	11
	Tom Walsh	5	10	7				Iker Pajares	4	5	4
	Abdulla Al-Tamimi	2	3	6			3	Diego Elías	11	11	11
3	Diego Elías	11	11	11

Bottom half

Section 3

First round							Second round					Third Round						Quarter finals

4	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11
	Bernat Jaume	9	8	7			4	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11
	Nicolas Müller	11	11	5	11			Nicolas Müller	2	3	4
	Hamza Khan	9	6	11	6							4	Mostafa Asal	11	11	9	11
	Curtis Malik	11	5	11	3	12						10	Joel Makin	2	4	11	9
	Mohamed Abouelghar	5	11	3	11	10		Curtis Malik	11	5	7
	Raphael Kandra	4	7	6			10	Joel Makin	13	11	11
10	Joel Makin	11	11	11														4	Mostafa Asal	11	2	11	11
12	Youssef Soliman	11	11	11														6	Mazen Hesham	4	11	8	3
	Omar Mosaad	7	8	7			12	Youssef Soliman	11	11	11
	Yahya Elnawasany	14	11	11	11			Yahya Elnawasany	2	7	5
Q	Joseph White	16	5	6	6							12	Youssef Soliman	7	3	7
	Grégoire Marche	7	10	11								6	Mazen Hesham	11	11	11
	Lucas Serme	11	12	13				Lucas Serme	8	10	8
	Farkas Balázs	12	5	2			6	Mazen Hesham	11	12	11
6	Mazen Hesham	14	11	11

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third Round						Quarter finals

7	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	12
Q	Martin Švec	4	4	10	7	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	4
	Ramit Tandon	11	11	11		Ramit Tandon	8	3^rtd.
	Faraz Khan	1	3	3						7	Mohamed El Shorbagy	8	11	11	11
	David Baillargeon	8	8	7						9	Marwan El Shorbagy	11	5	7	9
	Fares Dessouky	11	11	11		Fares Dessouky	6	5	6
	Auguste Dussourd	2	8	9	9	Marwan El Shorbagy	11	11	11
9	Marwan El Shorbagy	11	11	11												7	Mohamed El Shorbagy	12	6	2
13	Baptiste Masotti	9	8	5												2	Paul Coll	14	11	11
	Eain Yow	11	11	11		Eain Yow	11	11	11
Q	Ryūnosuke Tsukue	11	11	11	Q	Ryūnosuke Tsukue	1	5	9
Q	Spencer Lovejoy	5	4	7							Eain Yow	9	4	6
	César Salazar	16	9	3						2	Paul Coll	11	11	11
	Leonel Cárdenas	18	11	11		Leonel Cárdenas	6	5	4
	Alex Lau	1	5	5	2	Paul Coll	11	11	11
2	Paul Coll	11	11	11

Schedule

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

Abbreviations:

NMEC - National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
PHC - Palm Hills Club (glass court & courts 1, 2, 3, 4)

Round 1

Thursday, 9 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
9 May	PHC, Court 1	12:45	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Shahjahan Khan (USA)	11–2, 11–9, 14–12
9 May	PHC, Court 2	12:45	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)	11–4, 11–5, 6–11, 11–3
9 May	PHC, Court 3	12:45	Karim El Hammamy (EGY)	Addeen Idrakie (MYS)	11–6, 9–11, 8–11, 11–4, 11–9
9 May	PHC, Court 4	12:45	Rui Soares (POR)	Moustafa El Sirty (EGY)	11–8, 11–8, 5–11, 8–11, 11–8
9 May	PHC, Court 1	14:15	Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY)	Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)	5–11, 12–10, 11–6, 8–11, 11–2
9 May	PHC, Court 2	14:15	Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA)	Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY)	11–6, 9–11, 11–1, 15–13
9 May	PHC, Court 3	14:15	George Parker (ENG)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–3, 11–5, 11–6
9 May	PHC, Court 4	14:15	Leandro Romiglio (ARG)	Miguel Á Rodríguez (COL)	12–10, 11–7, 11–7
9 May	PHC, Court 2	16:00	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Timothy Brownell (USA)	11–8, 11–3, 11–7
9 May	PHC, Court 4	16:00	Victor Crouin (FRA)	Andrew Douglas (USA)	11–7, 11–4, 10–12, 11–5
9 May	PHC, Court 1	16:45	Iker Pajares (ESP)	Tom Walsh (ENG)	11–5, 12–10, 11–7
9 May	PHC, Court 3	16:45	Greg Lobban (SCO)	Mazen Gamal (EGY)	11–2, 11–4, 11–4
9 May	PHC, Court 2	17:30	Rory Stewart (SCO)	Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI)	11–7, 11–4, 11–6
9 May	PHC, Court 4	17:30	Simon Herbert (ENG)	Henry Leung (HKG)	11–8, 11–9, 12–10
9 May	PHC, Glass Court	20:15	Ali Farag (EGY)	Todd Harrity (USA)	8–11, 11–3, 11–1, 11–5
9 May	PHC, Glass Court	21:45	Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–2, 11–3, 11–6

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Friday, 10 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
10 May	PHC, Court 1	12:45	David Baillargeon (CAN)	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	11–8, 11–7, 11–7
10 May	PHC, Court 2	12:45	Ryūnosuke Tsukue (JPN)	Spencer Lovejoy (USA)	11–5, 11–4, 11–7
10 May	PHC, Court 3	12:45	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	Omar Mosaad (EGY)	11–7, 11–8, 11–7
10 May	PHC, Court 4	12:45	Yahya Elnawasany (EGY)	Joseph White (AUS)	14–16, 11–5, 11–6, 11–6
10 May	PHC, Court 1	14:15	Auguste Dussourd (FRA)	Marwan El Shorbagy (ENG)	11–2, 11–8, 11–9
10 May	PHC, Court 2	14:15	Baptiste Masotti (FRA)	Eain Yow (MYS)	11–9, 11–8, 11–5
10 May	PHC, Court 3	14:15	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	Lucas Serme (FRA)	11–7, 12–10, 13–11
10 May	PHC, Court 4	14:15	Raphael Kandra (GER)	Joel Makin (WAL)	11–4, 11–7, 11–6
10 May	PHC, Court 2	16:00	Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG)	Martin Švec (CZE)	11–4, 11–4, 12–10
10 May	PHC, Court 4	16:00	Curtis Malik (ENG)	Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)	11–5, 5–11, 11–3, 3–11, 12–10
10 May	PHC, Court 1	16:45	César Salazar (MEX)	Leonel Cárdenas (MEX)	18–16, 11–9, 11–3
10 May	PHC, Court 3	16:45	Farkas Balázs (HUN)	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	14–12, 11–5, 11–2
10 May	PHC, Court 2	17:30	Ramit Tandon (IND)	Faraz Khan (USA)	11–1, 11–3, 11–3
10 May	PHC, Court 4	17:30	Nicolas Müller (SUI)	Hamza Khan (PAK)	11–9, 11–6, 5–11, 11–6
10 May	PHC, Glass Court	20:15	Alex Lau (HKG)	Paul Coll (NZL)	11–1, 11–5, 11–5
10 May	PHC, Glass Court	21:45	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Bernat Jaume (ESP)	11–9, 11–8, 11–7

Round 2

Saturday, 11 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
11 May	PHC, Court 2	12:45	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)	10–12, 9–11, 11–5, 13–11, 13–11
11 May	PHC, Court 3	12:45	Rui Soares (POR)	Leandro Romiglio (ARG)	11–4, 11–5, 11–8
11 May	PHC, Court 2	14:15	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY)	11–13, 11–8, 11–7, 3–11, 14–12
11 May	PHC, Court 3	14:15	Victor Crouin (FRA)	Simon Herbert (ENG)	7–11, 11–3, 13–11, 12–10
11 May	PHC, Court 2	16:45	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Rory Stewart (SCO)	11–5, 11–6, 11–7
11 May	PHC, Court 3	16:45	Addeen Idrakie (MYS)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–1, 11–4, 11–7
11 May	PHC, Glass Court	20:15	Ali Farag (EGY)	Greg Lobban (SCO)	11–5, 11–6, 11–6
11 May	PHC, Glass Court	21:45	Iker Pajares (ESP)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–4, 11–5, 11–4

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Sunday, 12 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
12 May	PHC, Court 2	12:45	Curtis Malik (ENG)	Joel Makin (WAL)	13–11, 11–5, 11–7
12 May	PHC, Court 3	12:45	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	Yahya Elnawasany (EGY)	11–2, 11–7, 11–5
12 May	PHC, Court 2	14:15	Eain Yow (MYS)	Ryūnosuke Tsukue (JPN)	11–1, 11–5, 11–9
12 May	PHC, Court 3	14:15	Lucas Serme (FRA)	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	11–8, 12–10, 11–8
12 May	PHC, Court 2	16:45	Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG)	Ramit Tandon (IND)	11–8, 4–3 ret.
12 May	PHC, Court 3	16:45	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Marwan El Shorbagy (ENG)	11–6, 11–5, 11–6
12 May	PHC, Glass Court	20:15	Leonel Cárdenas (MEX)	Paul Coll (NZL)	11–6, 11–5, 11–4
12 May	PHC, Glass Court	21:45	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Nicolas Müller (SUI)	11–2, 11–3, 11–4

Round 3

Monday, 13 & Tuesday 14 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
13 May	Court NMEC	19:45	Ali Farag (EGY)	Leandro Romiglio (ARG)	11–6, 11–3, 11–3
13 May	PHC, Glass Court	20:15	Victor Crouin (FRA)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	7–11, 11–8, 11–2, 11–1
13 May	Court NMEC	21:15	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–2, 11–3, 11–2
13 May	PHC, Glass Court	21:45	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	9–11, 11–8, 11–8, 11–9
14 May	Court NMEC	19:45	Eain Yow (MYS)	Paul Coll (NZL)	11–9, 11–4, 11–6
14 May	PHC, Glass Court	20:15	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	11–7, 11–3, 11–7
14 May	Court NMEC	21:15	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Joel Makin (WAL)	11–2, 11–4, 9–11, 11–9
14 May	PHC, Glass Court	21:45	Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG)	Marwan El Shorbagy (ENG)	8–11, 11–5, 11–7, 11–9

Quarter-finals

Wednesday, 15 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
15 May	PHC, Glass Court	20:00	Mohamed El Shorbagy (ENG)	Paul Coll (NZL)	14–12, 11–6, 11–2
15 May	Court NMEC	20:15	Ali Farag (EGY)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–3, 11–8, 11–6
15 May	PHC, Glass Court	20:45	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	11–4, 2–11, 11–8, 11–3
15 May	Court NMEC	21:45	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–5, 11–1, 11–6

Semi-finals

Friday, 17 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
17 May	Court NMEC	Following women's semi-final 1	Ali Farag (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	5–11, 8–11, 11–7, 7–11
17 May	Court NMEC	Following women's semi-final 2	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Paul Coll (NZL)	11–7, 11–6, 8–11, 3–11, 12–10

Final

Saturday, 18 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
18 May	Court NMEC	Following women's final	Diego Elías (PER)	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	11–6, 11–5, 12–10

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2024 PSA Men's World Championship. A total of 24 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 17 players.

	EGY	PER	NZL	ENG	FRA	SUI	MYS	ARG	WAL	SCO	COL	MEX	ESP	IND	JPN	USA	HKG	AUS	CAN	CZE	HUN	PAK	QAT	POR	Total
Final	1	1	0																						2
Semi-final	2	1	1	0																					4
Quarter-final	5	1	1	1	0																				8
Round 3	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0															16
Round 2	10	4	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0									32
Total	17	6	1	1	5	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	64

References

^ "Egypt To Host 2023-24 CIB PSA World Championships In May". psaworldtour.com. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^ "Semi-Finals: Upsets aplenty as the finalists are decided". World Squash Champs. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

Preceded by Chicago (USA) 2023	PSA World Championships Cairo (Egypt) 2024	Succeeded by TBA 2025

[1] "Egypt To Host 2023-24 CIB PSA World Championships In May". psaworldtour.com. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

[2] "Semi-Finals: Upsets aplenty as the finalists are decided". World Squash Champs. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

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