2021–22 PSA World Tour
| 2021–22 PSA World Tour | |
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| Details | |
| Event name | PSA World Tour 2021–22 |
| Dates | August 2021 – July 2022 |
| 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 :  Ali FaragWomen : Nouran Gohar |
| World Champion | Men: Ali Farag Women: Nour El Sherbini |
The 2021–22 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2021–22 squash season. It's the 7th PSA season since the merger of PSA and WSA associations in 2015.
The most important tournaments in the series are the PSA World Championship for Men's and Women's. 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 (usually in June), 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 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 — $165,000
- PSA World Tour Gold — 24-player draws — $97,500–$100,000
- PSA World Tour Silver — 24-player draws — $67,500–$70,000
- PSA World Tour Bronze — 24-player draws — $45,000–$47,500
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
- PSA Challenger Tour 3 — $3,000 (starting August 2020)
Prize money/ranking points breakdown
PSA World Tour events also have a separate World Tour ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Tour event. The top eight players at the end of the calendar year are then eligible to play in the PSA World Tour Finals.
Ranking points vary according to tournament tier being awarded as follows:
| PSA World Tour | Ranking Points | ||||||||
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| Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/48 |
| Platinum | $165,000 | 19188 points | 2750 | 1810 | 1100 | 675 | 410 | 250 | 152.5 |
| Gold | $97,500–$100,000 | 10660 points | 1750 | 1150 | 700 | 430 | 260 | 160 | |
| Silver | $67,500–$70,000 | 7470 points | 1225 | 805 | 490 | 300 | 182.5 | 112.5 | |
| Bronze | $47,500–$50,000 | 5330 points | 875 | 575 | 350 | 215 | 130 | 80 | |
| PSA World Tour Finals | Ranking Points | ||||||||
| Rank | Prize Money US$ | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | Round-Robin Match Win | Undefeated bonus | |||
| World Tour Finals | $185,000 | 1000 | 550 | 200 | 150 | 150 | |||
| PSA Challenger Tour | Ranking Points | ||||||||
| Rank | Prize Money US$ | 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 |
Calendar
Key
| World Championship |
| World Tour Platinum |
| World Tour Gold |
| World Tour Silver |
| World Tour Bronze |
| Challenger Tour 3/5/10/20/30 |
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
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 Ch. / PSA Finals |
Platinum | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Challenger 30 | Challenger 20 | Challenger 10 | Challenger 5 | Challenger 3 |
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| 7 | Moustafa El Sirty (EGY) |
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| 7 |  Nick Wall (ENG) |
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| 6 | Ali Farag (EGY) |
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| 6 | Curtis Malik (ENG) |
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| 5 |  Paul Coll (NZL) |
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| 4 |  Diego Elías (PER) |
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| 3 | Mostafa Asal (EGY) |
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| 3 |  Victor Crouin (FRA) |
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| 3 | Auguste Dussourd (FRA) |
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| 3 |  Ivan Yuen (MYS) |
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| 3 |  David Baillargeon (CAN) |
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| 3 | Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) |
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| 3 |  Balázs Farkas (HUN) |
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| 3 |  Asim Khan (PAK) |
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| 3 |  Rory Stewart (SCO) |
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| 3 |  Leandro Romiglio (ARG) |
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| 3 |  Alfredo Ávila (MEX) |
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| 3 |  Edmon López (ESP) |
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| 3 | Sam Todd (ENG) |
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| 3 |  Ryūnosuke Tsukue (JPN) |
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| 3 | Lwamba Chileshe (NZL) |
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| 2 |  Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT) |
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| 2 | Leonel Cárdenas (MEX) |
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| 2 |  Andrew Douglas (USA) |
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| 2 | Nathan Lake (ENG) |
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| 2 | Charlie Lee (ENG) |
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| 2 |  Ronald Palomino (COL) |
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| 2 | Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA) |
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| 2 |  Rex Hedrick (AUS) |
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| 2 | Arturo Salazar (MEX) |
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| 2 |  Velavan Senthilkumar (IND) |
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| 2 | Abhay Singh (IND) |
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| 2 | Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) |
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| 2 | Yassin ElShafei (EGY) |
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| 2 | Iván Pérez (ESP) |
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| 2 | Sandeep Ramachandran (IND) |
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| 2 | Simon Herbert (ENG) |
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| 2 | James Peach (ENG) |
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| 2 | Rhys Dowling (AUS) |
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| 2 |  Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) |
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| 2 |  Alireza Shameli (IRI) |
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| 2 | Tom Walsh (ENG) |
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| 1 | Fares Dessouky (EGY) |
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| 1 |  Joel Makin (WAL) |
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| 1 | Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) |
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| 1 | Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) |
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| 1 | Saurav Ghosal (IND) |
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| 1 | Greg Lobban (SCO) |
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| 1 | Adrian Waller (ENG) |
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| 1 | Karim El Hammamy (EGY) |
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| 1 |  Nicolas Müller (SUI) |
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| 1 | James Willstrop (ENG) |
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| 1 | Tayyab Aslam (PAK) |
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| 1 | Benjamin Aubert (FRA) |
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| 1 | Timothy Brownell (USA) |
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| 1 | Richie Fallows (ENG) |
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| 1 | Mazen Gamal (EGY) |
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| 1 | Nasir Iqbal (PAK) |
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| 1 | Bernat Jaume (ESP) |
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| 1 | Joe Lee (ENG) |
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| 1 |  Guilherme Melo (BRA) |
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| 1 | Iker Pajares (ESP) |
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| 1 | Marwan Tarek (EGY) |
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| 1 | Robert Downer (ENG) |
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| 1 | Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY) |
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| 1 |  Josué Enríquez (GUA) |
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| 1 | Aly Hussein (EGY) |
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| 1 |  Harley Lam (HKG) |
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| 1 | Farhan Mehboob (PAK) |
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| 1 |  Daniel Mekbib (CZE) |
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| 1 | Darren Rahul Pragasam (MYS) |
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| 1 |  Aqeel Rehman (AUT) |
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| 1 | Nick Sachvie (CAN) |
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| 1 |  Rui Soares (POR) |
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| 1 | Chi Him Wong (HKG) |
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| 1 |  Valeriy Fedoruk (UKR) |
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| 1 | Alejandro Enríquez (GUA) |
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| 1 | Diego Gobbi (BRA) |
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| 1 | Tang Ming Hong (HKG) |
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| 1 | Stuart MacGregor (ENG) |
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| 1 | Miguel Pujol (ARG) |
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| 1 | Ben Smith (ENG) |
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| 1 | Martin Švec (CZE) |
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| 1 |  Vladislav Titov (RUS) |
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| 1 | Bryan Lim Tze Kang (MYS) |
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| 1 |  Dewald van Niekerk (RSA) |
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| 1 | Hugo Varela (ESP) |
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| 1 | Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI) |
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| 1 | Hafiz Zhafri (MYS) |
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Titles won by nation (men's)
| Total | Nation | World Ch. / PSA Finals |
Platinum | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Challenger 30 | Challenger 20 | Challenger 10 | Challenger 5 | Challenger 3 |
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| 33 | England (ENG) |
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| 29 | Egypt (EGY) |
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| 9 | France (FRA) |
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| 8 | New Zealand (NZL) |
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| 8 | Spain (ESP) |
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| 7 | India (IND) |
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| 7 | Mexico (MEX) |
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| 6 | Pakistan (PAK) |
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| 6 | Malaysia (MYS) |
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| 4 | Peru (PER) |
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| 4 | Scotland (SCO) |
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| 4 | Colombia (COL) |
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| 4 | Canada (CAN) |
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| 4 | Argentina (ARG) |
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| 4 | Australia (AUS) |
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| 3 | United States (USA) |
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| 3 | Hungary (HUN) |
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| 3 | Japan (JPN) |
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| 3 | Hong Kong (HKG) |
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| 2 | Qatar (QAT) |
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| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) |
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| 2 | Brazil (BRA) |
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| 2 | Czech Republic (CZE) |
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| 2 | Guatemala (GUA) |
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| 2 | Iran (IRI) |
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| 2 | Israel (ISR) |
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| 1 | Wales (WAL) |
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| 1 | Austria (AUT) |
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| 1 | Portugal (POR) |
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| 1 | Russia (RUS) |
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| 1 | South Africa (RSA) |
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| 1 | Ukraine (UKR) |
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Titles won by player (women's)
| Total | Player | World Ch. / PSA Finals |
Platinum | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Challenger 30 | Challenger 20 | Challenger 10 | Challenger 5 | Challenger 3 |
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| 7 | Nouran Gohar (EGY) |
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| 5 | Nour El Sherbini (EGY) |
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| 5 | Satomi Watanabe (JPN) |
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| 4 | Georgina Kennedy (ENG) |
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| 4 | Lily Taylor (ENG) |
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| 3 | Hania El Hammamy (EGY) |
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| 3 | Aifa Azman (MYS) |
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| 3 | Grace Gear (ENG) |
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| 3 | Georgia Adderley (SCO) |
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| 3 | Akari Midorikawa (JPN) |
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| 2 |  Tinne Gilis (BEL) |
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| 2 | Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY) |
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| 2 | Lucy Beecroft (ENG) |
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| 2 | Jasmine Hutton (ENG) |
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| 2 | Tanvi Khanna (IND) |
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| 2 | Chan Sin Yuk (HKG) |
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| 2 | Cindy Merlo (SUI) |
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| 2 | Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) |
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| 2 | Marta Domínguez (ESP) |
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| 2 | Alison Thomson (SCO) |
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| 2 | Varvara Esina (RUS) |
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| 1 | Amanda Sobhy (USA) |
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| 1 | Joelle King (NZL) |
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| 1 | Rowan Elaraby (EGY) |
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| 1 | Farida Mohamed (EGY) |
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| 1 | Nada Abbas (EGY) |
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| 1 | Hana Moataz (EGY) |
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| 1 | Hana Ramadan (EGY) |
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| 1 | Ho Tze-Lok (HKG) |
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| 1 | Emily Whitlock (WAL) |
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| 1 | Aira Azman (MYS) |
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| 1 | Rachel Arnold (MYS) |
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| 1 | Kenzy Ayman (EGY) |
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| 1 | Salma El Tayeb (EGY) |
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| 1 | Olivia Fiechter (USA) |
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| 1 | Alexandra Fuller (RSA) |
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| 1 | Rachael Grinham (AUS) |
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| 1 | Danielle Letourneau (CAN) |
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| 1 | Lucy Turmel (ENG) |
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| 1 | Nour Heikal (EGY) |
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| 1 | Rana Ismail (EGY) |
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| 1 | Wen Li Lai (MYS) |
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| 1 | Katie Malliff (ENG) |
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| 1 | Alicia Mead (ENG) |
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| 1 | Saran Nghiem (ENG) |
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| 1 | Akanksha Salunkhe (IND) |
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| 1 |  Milou van der Heijden (NED) |
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| 1 | Chan Yiwen (MYS) |
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| 1 | Zeina Zein (EGY) |
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| 1 | Alesya Aleshina (RUS) |
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| 1 |  Saskia Beinhard (GER) |
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| 1 | Erin Classen (AUS) |
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| 1 | Hannah Chukwu (HUN) |
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| 1 | Lana Harrison (NZL) |
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| 1 | Marina Stefanoni (USA) |
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| 1 | Laura Tovar (COL) |
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| 1 | Toby Tse (HKG) |
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| 1 | Céline Walser (SUI) |
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| 1 | Cheyna Wood (RSA) |
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Titles won by nation (women's)
| Total | Nation | World Ch. / PSA Finals |
Platinum | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Challenger 30 | Challenger 20 | Challenger 10 | Challenger 5 | Challenger 3 |
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| 27 | Egypt (EGY) |
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| 18 | England (ENG) |
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| 8 | Japan (JPN) |
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| 7 | Malaysia (MYS) |
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| 6 | Hong Kong (HKG) |
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| 5 | Scotland (SCO) |
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| 3 | United States (USA) |
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| 3 | India (IND) |
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| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) |
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| 2 | New Zealand (NZL) |
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| 2 | Belgium (BEL) |
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| 2 | South Africa (RSA) |
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| 2 | Spain (ESP) |
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| 1 | Wales (WAL) |
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| 1 | Canada (CAN) |
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| 1 | Netherlands (NED) |
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| 1 | Colombia (COL) |
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| 1 | Hungary (HUN) |
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World Championship qualifiers
Winners of a select group of PSA Challenger Tour tournaments chosen by PSA receive a wildcard for the Men's and Women's World Championships. The qualified players are:
| Player | Date | Tournament | Tier |
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| Balázs Farkas (HUN) |
5 March 2022 | Odense Open | PSA Challenger Tour 10 |
| Alexandra Fuller (RSA) |
5 March 2022 | Odense Open | PSA Challenger Tour 10 |
| Leandro Romiglio (ARG) |
20 March 2022 | PSA Val-de-Reuil Normandie | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| Katie Malliff (ENG) |
20 March 2022 | PSA Val-de-Reuil Normandie | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY) |
9 April 2022 | University of Birmingham Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| Satomi Watanabe (JPN) |
9 April 2022 | University of Birmingham Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) |
7 May 2022 | Bermuda Open | PSA Challenger Tour 10 |
| Kenzy Ayman (EGY) |
7 May 2022 | Bermuda Open | PSA Challenger Tour 10 |
Comebacks
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 2021–22 season:
Current world top 10 players
Men's world ranking
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Women's world ranking
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See also
- 2021–22 PSA World Tour Finals
- 2022 Men's PSA World Tour Finals
- 2022 Women's PSA World Tour Finals
- 2022 in squash
References
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- ^ "PSA Calendar". PSA World Tour.
- ^ "2022 World Squash Calendar". SquashSite. 19 December 2021.
- ^ "2022 World Squash Calendar". Squash Info.
- ^ "El Tayeb Makes Triumphant Return Following Pregnancy". PSA World Tour. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Gregory Gaultier Announces Retirement". PSA World Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Alison Waters Announces Retirement". PSA World Tour. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Coline Aumard to Retire at End of Season". PSA World Tour. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "England's Tom Richards announces retirement from PSA World Tour". PSA World Tour. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Camille Serme Announces Retirement". PSA World Tour. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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