2020–21 PSA Men's World Squash Championship

2020–21 Men's World Championship
2020–21 Men's World Championship
42nd PSA Men's World Squash Championship
Location	Chicago, United States
Venue	University Club of Chicago
Date(s)	14–22 July 2021
	Website; https://worldsquashchamps.com/
Category	PSA World Championships
Prize money	$500,000
Results
Champion	Ali Farag
Runner-up	Mohamed El Shorbagy
Semi-finalists	Tarek Momen; Paul Coll
← 2019–20	2022 →

The 2020–21 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2020–21 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 14 to 22 July 2021. It was the second time that Chicago hosted the PSA World Championships after 2018–19 edition.^[1]

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	$500,000	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 a 7,65% prize fund increase from previous World Championships (2019–20, $335,000 Men's/$430,000 Women's) that were held separately.

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

Seeds

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

01.

Ali Farag (champion)

02.

Mohamed El Shorbagy (runner-up)

03.

Tarek Momen (semifinals)

04.

Paul Coll (semifinals)

05.

Marwan El Shorbagy (quarterfinals)

06.

Karim Abdel Gawad (quarterfinals)

07.

Fares Dessouky (quarterfinals)

08.

Diego Elías (quarterfinals)

09.

Joel Makin (third round)

10.

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (third round)

11.

Mohamed Abouelghar (third round)

12.

Saurav Ghosal (third round)

13.

Grégoire Marche (third round)

14.

Mazen Hesham (second round)

15.

Omar Mosaad (second round)

16.

James Willstrop (first round)

Draw and results

Key

r = Retired

Finals

Semi finals							Final

1	Ali Farag	10	11	12	5	11

3	Tarek Momen	12	5	10	11	8
							1	Ali Farag	7	12	11	11

							2	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	10	9	4
4	Paul Coll	5	3	11	8

2	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	4	11

2020–21 Men's PSA World Squash Championship winner
Ali Farag Second title

Top half

Section 1

First round						Second round						Third Round					Quarter finals

1	Ali Farag	11	11	11
WC	Faraz Khan	3	2	7		1	Ali Farag	11	11	11
	Eain Yow	11	8	11	11		Eain Yow	6	9	5
	Adrian Waller	6	11	9	5							1	Ali Farag	11	11	11
	Dimitri Steinmann	11	7	11	11							10	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	3	5	5
	Todd Harrity	8	11	7	6		Dimitri Steinmann	9	7	4
	Aditya Jagtap	2	11	4	3	10	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	11	11	11
10	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	11	3	11	11												1	Ali Farag	7	11	11	11
15	Omar Mosaad	11	11	11													8	Diego Elías	11	7	9	4
	Syed Azlan Amjad	2	4	3		15	Omar Mosaad	11	11	4	6
	Ramit Tandon	11	9	6			George Parker	13	3	11	11
	George Parker	13	11	11									George Parker	6	11	4
	Mathieu Castagnet	11	11	11								8	Diego Elías	11	13	11
	Leonel Cárdenas	7	3	7			Mathieu Castagnet	4	6	4
	Ivan Yuen	9	4	4		8	Diego Elías	11	11	11
8	Diego Elías	11	11	11

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third Round						Quarter finals

5	Marwan El Shorbagy	11	14	11
	Henry Leung	7	10	7			5	Marwan El Shorbagy	9	11	11	9	11
	Mohamed ElSherbini	11	11	11				Mohamed ElSherbini	11	6	4	11	4
	Christopher Gordon	3	6	9										5	Marwan El Shorbagy	8	11	11	11
	Alex Lau	2	4	11	5									13	Grégoire Marche	11	4	3	9
	Nicolas Müller	11	11	7	11			Nicolas Müller	6	7	11	7
	Vikram Malhotra	4	5	4			13	Grégoire Marche	11	11	8	11
13	Grégoire Marche	11	11	11																5	Marwan El Shorbagy	11	8	5	11
16	James Willstrop	11	11	9	10															3	Tarek Momen	4	11	11	13
	Youssef Ibrahim	13	8	11	12			Youssef Ibrahim	11	11	13
	Alan Clyne	11	11	6	4	7		Shahjahan Khan	8	5	11
	Shahjahan Khan	4	6	11	11	11									Youssef Ibrahim	2	9	8
	Declan James	11	8	5	9									3	Tarek Momen	11	11	11
	Youssef Soliman	5	11	11	11			Youssef Soliman	7	11	7	5
	Asim Khan	11	5	2	5		3	Tarek Momen	11	4	11	11
3	Tarek Momen	6	11	11	11

Bottom half

Section 3

First round						Second round							Third Round						Quarter finals

4	Paul Coll	11	11	11
	Tayyab Aslam	2	5	2		4	Paul Coll	11	11	11
	Nathan Lake	9	13	10			Victor Crouin	7	8	8
	Victor Crouin	11	15	12									4	Paul Coll	11	7	11	11
	Raphael Kandra	11	11	11									12	Saurav Ghosal	3	11	5	5
	Alfredo Ávila	8	8	4			Raphael Kandra	8	3	5
WC	Aly Hussein	1	5	5		12	Saurav Ghosal	11	11	11
12	Saurav Ghosal	11	11	11															4	Paul Coll	7	8	11	11	11
14	Mazen Hesham	11	11	11															6	Karim Abdel Gawad	11	11	9	4	6
	Max Lee	4	2	6		14	Mazen Hesham	11	11	4	1	6
	Baptiste Masotti	11	9	11	12		Baptiste Masotti	9	9	11	11	11
	Bernat Jaume	5	11	6	10									Baptiste Masotti	11	0	7	4
	Mohd Syafiq Kamal	4	5	3									6	Karim Abdel Gawad	8	11	11	11
	Borja Golán	11	11	11			Borja Golán	9	9	9
	Sébastien Bonmalais	11	7	15		6	Karim Abdel Gawad	11	11	11
6	Karim Abdel Gawad	13	11	17

Section 4

First round							Second round					Third Round						Quarter finals

7	Fares Dessouky	6	11	11	11
	Greg Lobban	11	5	6	3		7	Fares Dessouky	11	11	11
	Mahesh Mangaonkar	12	7	11	9	3		Ryosei Kobayashi	6	8	7
	Ryosei Kobayashi	10	11	8	11	11						7	Fares Dessouky	11	11	11	12
	Lucas Serme	11	12	9	5							11	Mohamed Abouelghar	6	13	7	10
	Arturo Salazar	7	14	11	11			Arturo Salazar	7	5	4
	Karim El Hammamy	7	5	8			11	Mohamed Abouelghar	11	11	11
11	Mohamed Abouelghar	11	11	11														7	Fares Dessouky	6	7	5
9	Joel Makin	11	12	11														2	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	11
	Abdulla Al-Tamimi	3	10	6			9	Joel Makin	11	11	11
	Iker Pajares	9	6	7^r				Grégory Gaultier	4	8	0
	Grégory Gaultier	11	11	7								9	Joel Makin	4	7	7
	Chris Hanson	1	3	8								2	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	11
	Patrick Rooney	11	11	11				Patrick Rooney	7	6	7
	Yip Tsz Fung	6	5	5			2	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	11
2	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	11

Schedule

Times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00). To the best of five games.

Round 1

Wednesday, 14 July

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
14 July	Glass Court	12:15	Alan Clyne (SCO)	Shahjahan Khan (USA)	11–4, 11–6, 6–11, 4–11, 7–11
14 July	Court 1	12:15	Omar Mosaad (EGY)	Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT)	11–2, 11–4, 11–3
14 July	Court 2	12:15	Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)	Christopher Gordon (USA)	11–3, 11–6, 11–9
14 July	Court 3	12:15	James Willstrop (ENG)	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	13–13, 11–8, 9–11, 10–12
14 July	Glass Court	14:15	Asim Khan (PAK)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–6, 5–11, 2–11, 5–11
14 July	Court 1	14:15	Ramit Tandon (IND)	George Parker (ENG)	11–13, 9–11, 6–11
14 July	Court 2	14:15	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Henry Leung (HKG)	11–7, 14–12, 11–7
14 July	Court 3	14:15	Declan James (ENG)	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	11–5, 8–11, 5–11, 9–11
14 July	Court 1	16:15	Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)	Leonel Cárdenas (MEX)	11–7, 11–3, 11–7
14 July	Court 2	14:15	Alex Lau (HKG)	Nicolas Müller (SUI)	2–11, 4–11, 11–7, 5–11
14 July	Court 3	14:15	Aditya Jagtap (IND)	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (COL)	2–11, 11–3, 4–11, 3–11
14 July	Glass Court	17:45	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	Todd Harrity (USA)	11–8, 7–11, 11–7, 11–6
14 July	Court 1	18:15	Ivan Yuen (MYS)	Diego Elías (PER)	9–11, 4–11, 4–11
14 July	Court 2	18:15	Vikram Malhotra (IND)	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	4–11, 5–11, 4–11
14 July	Court 3	18:15	Eain Yow (MYS)	Adrian Waller (ENG)	11–6, 8–11, 11–9, 11–5
14 July	Glass Court	19:45	Ali Farag (EGY)	Faraz Khan (USA)	11–3, 11–2, 11–7

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Thursday, 15 July

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
15 July	Glass Court	12:15	Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	11–13, 7–11, 15–17
15 July	Court 1	12:15	Raphael Kandra (GER)	Alfredo Ávila (MEX)	11–8, 11–8, 11–4
15 July	Court 2	12:15	Lucas Serme (FRA)	Arturo Salazar (MEX)	11–7, 12–14, 9–11, 5–11
15 July	Court 3	12:15	Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MYS)	Borja Golán (ESP)	4–11, 5–11, 3–11
15 July	Glass Court	14:15	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Greg Lobban (SCO)	6–11, 11–5, 11–6, 11–3
15 July	Court 1	14:15	Aly Hussein (EGY)	Saurav Ghosal (IND)	1–11, 5–11, 5–11
15 July	Court 2	14:15	Karim El Hammamy (EGY)	Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)	7–11, 5–11, 8–11
15 July	Court 3	14:15	Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)	Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN)	12–10, 7–11, 11–8, 9–11, 3–11
15 July	Court 1	16:15	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	Max Lee (HKG)	11–4, 11–2, 11–6
15 July	Court 2	16:15	Joel Makin (WAL)	Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT)	11–3, 12–10, 11–6
15 July	Court 3	16:15	Nathan Lake (ENG)	Victor Crouin (FRA)	9–11, 13–15, 10–12
15 July	Glass Court	17:45	Paul Coll (NZL)	Tayyab Aslam (PAK)	11–2, 11–5, 11–2
15 July	Court 1	18:15	Baptiste Masotti (FRA)	Bernat Jaume (ESP)	11–5, 9–11, 11–6, 12–10
15 July	Court 2	18:15	Iker Pajares (ESP)	Grégory Gaultier (FRA)	9–11, 6–11, 7–7^r
15 July	Court 3	18:15	Chris Hanson (USA)	Patrick Rooney (ENG)	1–11, 3–11, 8–11
15 July	Glass Court	19:45	Yip Tsz Fung (HKG)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	6–11, 5–11, 5–11

Round 2

Friday, 16 July

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
16 July	Glass Court	12:15	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	7–11, 11–4, 7–11, 5–11
16 July	Court 1	12:15	Omar Mosaad (EGY)	George Parker (ENG)	11–13, 11–3, 4–11, 6–11
16 July	Court 2	12:15	Nicolas Müller (SUI)	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	6–11, 7–11, 11–8, 7–11
16 July	Court 3	12:15	Borja Golán (ESP)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	9–11, 9–11, 9–11
16 July	Glass Court	14:15	Paul Coll (NZL)	Victor Crouin (FRA)	11–7, 11–8, 11–8
16 July	Court 1	14:15	Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)	Diego Elías (PER)	4–11, 6–11, 4–11
16 July	Court 2	14:15	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)	9–11, 11–6, 11–4, 9–11, 11–4
16 July	Court 3	14:15	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN)	11–6, 11–8, 11–7
16 July	Court 1	16:15	Raphael Kandra (GER)	Saurav Ghosal (IND)	8–11, 3–11, 5–11
16 July	Court 2	16:15	Arturo Salazar (MEX)	Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)	7–11, 5–11, 4–11
16 July	Court 3	16:15	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Shahjahan Khan (USA)	11–8, 11–5, 13–11
16 July	Glass Court	17:45	Ali Farag (EGY)	Eain Yow (MYS)	11–6, 11–9, 11–5
16 July	Court 1	18:15	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	Baptiste Masotti (FRA)	11–9, 11–9, 4–11, 1–11, 6–11
16 July	Court 2	18:15	Joel Makin (WAL)	Grégory Gaultier (FRA)	11–4, 11–8, 11–0
16 July	Court 3	18:15	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (COL)	9–11, 7–11, 4–11
16 July	Glass Court	19:45	Patrick Rooney (ENG)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	7–11, 6–11, 7–11

Round 3

Saturday, 17 & Sunday 18 July

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
17 July	Glass Court	12:15	George Parker (ENG)	Diego Elías (PER)	6–11, 11–13, 4–11
17 July	Glass Court	14:15	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	8–11, 11–4, 11–3, 11–9
17 July	Glass Court	17:45	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	2–11, 9–11, 8–11
17 July	Glass Court	20:00	Ali Farag (EGY)	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (COL)	11–3, 11–5, 11–5
18 July	Glass Court	12:15	Paul Coll (NZL)	Saurav Ghosal (IND)	11–3, 7–11, 11–5, 11–5
18 July	Glass Court	14:15	Baptiste Masotti (FRA)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	11–8, 0–11, 7–11, 4–11
18 July	Glass Court	17:45	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)	11–6, 11–13, 11–7, 12–10
18 July	Glass Court	20:00	Joel Makin (WAL)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	4–11, 7–11, 7–11

Quarter-finals

Monday, 19 & Tuesday 20 July

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
19 July	Glass Court	17:45	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–4, 8–11, 5–11, 11–13
19 July	Glass Court	20:00	Ali Farag (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	7–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–4
20 July	Glass Court	17:45	Paul Coll (NZL)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	7–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–4, 11–6
20 July	Glass Court	20:00	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	6–11, 7–11, 5–11

Semi-finals

Wednesday, 21 July

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
21 July	Glass Court	Following women's semi-final 1	Ali Farag (EGY)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	10–12, 11–5, 12–10, 5–11, 11–8
21 July	Glass Court	Following women's semi-final 2	Paul Coll (NZL)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	5–11, 3–11, 11–4, 8–11

Final

Thursday, 22 July

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
22 July	Glass Court	Following women's final	Ali Farag (EGY)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	7–11, 12–10, 11–9, 11–4

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2020–21 PSA Men's World Championship. A total of 19 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most numerous nation with 14 players.

	EGY	FRA	ENG	IND	USA	HKG	MAS	MEX	ESP	PAK	QAT	SCO	SUI	COL	GER	JPN	NZL	PER	WAL	Total
Final	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semi-final	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Quarter-final	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8
Round 3	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	16
Round 2	12	5	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	32
Total	14	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	64

References

^ "Chicago to Host PSA Squash World Championships presented by The Walter Family in July". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

Preceded by Doha (Qatar) 2019–20	PSA World Championships Chicago (USA) 2020–21	Succeeded by Cairo (Egypt) 2022

[1] "Chicago to Host PSA Squash World Championships presented by The Walter Family in July". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

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