2020–21 PSA World Tour

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.

2020–21 PSA World Tour
Details
Event namePSA World Tour 2020–21
DatesAugust 2020 – July 2021
CategoriesWorld 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 1Men : Mohamed El Shorbagy
Women : Nouran Gohar
World ChampionMen: [[ ]]
Women: [[ ]]

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
TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
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

September
TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
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
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.






[7][8]

Statistical information

The players/nations are sorted by:

  1. Total number of titles;
  2. Cumulated importance of those titles;
  3. 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
champion runner-up champion runner-up
European Individual August 26–29, 2020 –
Prague
 Czech Republic		 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		  [[|]]
[[ ]]/[[ ]]
  [[|]]
[[ ]]/[[ ]]		  [[|]]
[[ ]]/[[ ]]
  [[|]]
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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

See also
  • 2020–21 PSA World Tour Finals
  • 2021 Men's PSA World Tour Finals
  • 2021 Women's PSA World Tour Finals

References
  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.
  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.
  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.
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