2020–21 PSA World Tour

2020–21 PSA World Tour
Details
Event name	PSA World Tour 2020–21
Dates	August 2020 – July 2021
Categories	World Championship: Men's/Women's; World Tour Finals: Men's/Women's; PSA Challenger Tour; WSF & PSA Satellite Tour
	Website; PSA World Tour
Achievements
World Number 1	Men : Mohamed El Shorbagy ; Women : Nouran Gohar
World Champion	Men: [[ ]]; Women: [[ ]]

The 2020–21 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2020–21 squash season. It's the 6th 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 Tour Finals in Cairo, the season-ending championships for the top 8 rated players from World Tour level tournaments.

Overview

PSA World Tour changes

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 — $180,500
PSA World Tour Gold — 24-player draws — $100,000
PSA World Tour Silver — 24-player draws — $73,500
PSA World Tour Bronze — 24-player draws — $51,250

PSA Challenger Tour tournaments will offer a $6,000–$30,000 prize-money, ideal circuit for less-experienced and upcoming players, that will include the following tiers:

PSA Challenger Tour 30 — $30,000
PSA Challenger Tour 20 — $20,000
PSA Challenger Tour 10 — $12,000
PSA Challenger Tour 5 — $6,000

Prize money/ranking points breakdown

PSA World Tour events also have a separate World Tour ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Tour event. The top eight players at the end of the calendar year are then eligible to play in the PSA World Tour Finals.

Ranking points vary according to tournament tier being awarded as follows:

PSA World Tour			Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Ranking Points	Winner	Runner up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/48
Platinum	$180,500–$250,000	19188 points	2750	1810	1100	675	410	250	152.5
Gold	$100,000–$121,000	10660 points	1750	1150	700	430	260	160
Silver	$73,500–$79,500	7470 points	1225	805	490	300	182.5	112.5
Bronze	$51,250–$56,500	5330 points	875	575	350	215	130	80
PSA World Tour Finals			Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Winner	Runner up	3/4	Round-Robin Match Win	Undefeated bonus
World Tour Finals	$160,000	1000	550	200	150	150
PSA Challenger Tour			Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Ranking Points	Winner	Runner up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/48
Challenger Tour 30	$30,000	3194 points	525	345	210	130	78	47.5
Challenger Tour 20	$20,000	2112 points	350	230	140	85	51	31.5
Challenger Tour 10	$12,000	1218 points	200	130	80	50	30	18
Challenger Tour 5	$6,000	609 points	100	65	40	25	15	9
PSA World Championships			Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Ranking Points	Winner	Runner up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64
PSA World Championships	$500,000	25045 points	3175	2090	1270	780	475	290	177.5

World Tour halts

In mid-March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic, The Professional Squash Association was forced to suspend the PSA Tour (World Tour, Challenger Tour and WSF & PSA Satellite Tour) until May [2]. Then, the Tour suspension experienced new extensions first until July [3] and later until September. [4]

PSA Tour return is expected to September 2020. [5] [6]

Calendar

Key

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

August

Tournament	Date	Champion
~~Squash Melbourne Open~~ Moorabbin, Australia *Men* : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 *Women* : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000	12–16 August	Events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5]
~~Life Time Houston Open~~ Houston, United States *Men* : Challenger 30 24 players - $30,000	13–17 August
~~Necker Mauritius Open~~ Grand-Baie, Mauritius *Men* : World Tour Gold 24 players - $100,000	18–22 August
~~North Coast Open~~ Coffs Harbour, Australia *Men* : Challenger 5 24 players - $6,000 *Women* : Challenger 5 16 players - $6,000	20–23 August
~~Australian Open~~ Bega, Australia *Men* : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000 *Women* : Challenger 10 24 players - $12,000	26–20 August
	26–20 August

September

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-Up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
Annecy Rose Open Seynod, France *Women* : Challenger 20 24 players - $20,000	15–19 September
Manchester Open Manchester, England *Men* : World Tour Silver 24 players - $78,500 *Women* : World Tour Silver 24 players - $78,500	16–22 September
	16–22 September
Colwyn Classic Rhos-on-Sea, Wales *Women* : Challenger 20 24 players - $20,000	21–25 September
PSA World Tour Finals Cairo, Egypt *Men* : World Tour Finals 8 players - $160,000 - Draw *Women* : World Tour Finals 8 players - $160,000 - Draw	28 Sep.–3 Oct.
	28 Sep.–3 Oct.

[7][8]

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

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

Titles won by player (men's)

Total	Player	World Cham.	Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Challenger 30	Challenger 20	Challenger 10	Challenger 5
–	[[\| ]] ()

Titles won by nation (men's)

Total	Nation	World Cham.	Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Challenger 30	Challenger 20	Challenger 10	Challenger 5
–	[[\|]] ( )

Titles won by player (women's)

Total	Player	World Cham.	Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Challenger 30	Challenger 20	Challenger 10	Challenger 5
–	[[\| ]] ()

Titles won by nation (women's)

Total	Nation	World Cham.	Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Challenger 30	Challenger 20	Challenger 10	Challenger 5
–	[[\|]] ( )

World and Continental championships

Event	Date	Venue	Men's		Women's
Event	Date	Venue	champion	runner-up	champion	runner-up
~~European Individual~~	August 26–29, 2020	– Prague Czech Republic	champion	runner-up	champion	runner-up	Cancelled due to COVID-19 in Europe.[9]
~~European Club~~	September 16–19, 2020	– Riccione Italy	Cancelled due to COVID-19 in Europe.[9]
European Junior	December 10–13, 2020	– Eindhoven Netherlands	[[ ]] ()	[[ ]] ()	[[ ]] ()	[[ ]] ()
Women's World Team	December 15–16, 2020	– Kuala Lumpur Malaysia			[[\|]]	[[\|]]
European Team – Division 3	April 14–17, 2021	– Ljubljana Slovenia	[[\|]]	[[\|]]	[[\|]]	[[\|]]
European Team – Division 1 & 2	April 28–May 1, 2021	– Helsinki Finland	[[\|]]	[[\|]]	[[\|]]	[[\|]]
European Under-17	May 6–9, 2021	– Eindhoven Netherlands	[[ ]] ()	[[ ]] ()	[[ ]] ()	[[ ]] ()
World Doubles	July 1–5, 2021	– Gold Coast Australia	[[\|]] [[ ]]/[[ ]]	[[\|]] [[ ]]/[[ ]]	[[\|]] [[ ]]/[[ ]]	[[\|]] [[ ]]/[[ ]]

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2020–21 season:

Current world top 10 players

Men's world ranking

PSA Men's World Rankings, of August 2020 [10]
Rank	Player	Average Points	Move^†
1	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	1804
2	Ali Farag (EGY)	1775
3	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	1346
4	Tarek Momen (EGY)	1326
5	Paul Coll (NZL)	1086
6	Diego Elias (PER)	697
7	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	651
8	Simon Rösner (GER)	634
9	Miguel Rodriguez (COL)	522
10	Joel Makin (WAL)	519

Women's world ranking

PSA Women's World Rankings, of August 2020[11]
Rank	Player	Average Points	Move^†
1	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	1474
2	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	1355
3	Camille Serme (FRA)	1299
4	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	1102
5	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	790
6	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	782
7	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	703
8	Joelle King (NZL)	643
9	Tesni Evans (WAL)	463
10	Joshna Chinappa (IND)	401

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References

"PSA Unveil New Tour Structure for Professional Squash and Announce Initiative with WSF". psaworldtour.com. 27 March 2018.
"PSA Tour Suspended Until End of April Due to COVID-19". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
"PSA Announce Tour Suspension Extended Until July Due to COVID-19". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
"PSA Announce Tour Suspension Extended Until Mid-August Due to COVID-19". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
"PSA Issues Provisional Calendar for Return of PSA Tour". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
"Manchester Open to Kickstart PSA World Tour Return in September". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
"PSA Calendar". PSA.
"2019 World Squash Calendar". Squash Site.
"COVID-19 update". europeansquash.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
"Current PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. PSA World Tour, Inc.
"Current PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. PSA World Tour, Inc.

External links

PSA World Tour

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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 Tour Suspended Until End of April Due to COVID-19". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[3] "PSA Announce Tour Suspension Extended Until July Due to COVID-19". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[4] "PSA Announce Tour Suspension Extended Until Mid-August Due to COVID-19". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[COVID-19-1-5] "PSA Issues Provisional Calendar for Return of PSA Tour". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[6] "Manchester Open to Kickstart PSA World Tour Return in September". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[7] "PSA Calendar". PSA.

[8] "2019 World Squash Calendar". Squash Site.

[INDIVIDUAL-CLUB-9] "COVID-19 update". europeansquash.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

[10] "Current PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. PSA World Tour, Inc.

[11] "Current PSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. PSA World Tour, Inc.