2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship

2023 Women's World Championship
2023 Women's World Championship
38th PSA Women's World Squash Championship
Location	Chicago, United States
Venue	University Club of Chicago; Chicago Union Station
Date(s)	3–11 May 2023
	Website; https://worldsquashchamps.com/
Category	PSA World Championships
Prize money	$500,000
Results
Champion	Nour El Sherbini
Runner-up	Nouran Gohar
Semi-finalists	Hania El Hammamy ; Joelle King
← 2022	2024 →

The 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship was the 2023 women'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 3 to 11 May 2023. It was the third time that Chicago hosted the PSA World Championships after 2018–19 & 2020–21 editions.^[1]^[2]

Top seeds Nº1 Nouran Gohar and N2º Nour El Sherbini met in the final, marking the 14th Gohar–El Sherbini PSA series final. El Sherbini who led the head to head in finals 10–3 won her seventh World Championship title (and fifth in a row). Gohar continues to look for an elusive first World Championship title after losing in 2021 and 2022 (both vs. El Sherbini).^[3]

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	$550,000	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 about a 1% prize fund decrease from previous World Championships (2021–22; $550,000 per gender).

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

Venues

University Club of Chicago and Chicago Union Station in Chicago are the two venues that will host the competition.

University Club of Chicago	Chicago Union Station

University Club of Chicago Chicago Union Station 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship (Chicago metropolitan area)

Seeds

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

01.

Nouran Gohar (runner-up)

02.

Nour El Sherbini (champion)

03.

Hania El Hammamy (semi finals)

04.

Joelle King (semi finals)

05.

Amanda Sobhy (quarter finals)

06.

Nour El Tayeb (quarter finals)

07.

Olivia Fiechter (third round)

08.

Rowan Elaraby (third round)

09.

Sarah-Jane Perry (third round)

10.

Georgina Kennedy (quarter finals)

11.

Nele Gilis (quarter finals)

12.

Tinne Gilis (third round)

13.

Olivia Clyne (second round)

14.

Salma Hany (third round)

15.

Tesni Evans (third round)

16.

Sabrina Sobhy (third round)

Draw and results

Key

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

Finals

Semi finals							Final

1	Nouran Gohar	6	12	11	9	14

3	Hania El Hammamy	11	10	9	11	12
							1	Nouran Gohar	6	4	10

							2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	12
4	Joelle King	8	6	11	4

2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	6	11

2023 Women's PSA World Squash Championship winner
Nour El Sherbini Seventh title

Top half

Section 1

First round						Second round						Third Round					Quarter finals

1	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11
	Nour Aboulmakarim	4	4	3		1	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11
	Fayrouz Aboelkheir	11	11	11			Fayrouz Aboelkheir	4	9	2
Q	Marta Domínguez	4	3	4								1	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11
	Salma El Tayeb	6	6	4								12	Tinne Gilis	6	4	7
	Satomi Watanabe	11	11	11			Satomi Watanabe	6	5	7
	Cristina Gómez	2	0	7		12	Tinne Gilis	11	11	11
12	Tinne Gilis	11	11	11													1	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11
16	Sabrina Sobhy	11	11	11													6	Nour El Tayeb	5	6	5
	Tong Tsz Wing	7	3	4		16	Sabrina Sobhy	11	11	12
	Hana Ramadan	11	11	5	11		Hana Ramadan	5	6	10
	Rachel Arnold	6	5	11	7							16	Sabrina Sobhy	10	10	6
	Jasmine Hutton	11	11	5	11							6	Nour El Tayeb	12	12	11
	Alexandra Fuller	7	7	11	5		Jasmine Hutton	3	11	6	4
	Sana Ibrahim	7	11	10	9	6	Nour El Tayeb	11	7	11	11
6	Nour El Tayeb	11	2	12	11

Section 2

First round							Second round						Third Round							Quarter finals

5	Amanda Sobhy	11	11	11
	Tomato Ho	2	3	5			5	Amanda Sobhy	11	11	11
	Hollie Naughton	5	11	11	10	11		Hollie Naughton	4	5	3
	Jana Shiha	11	7	5	12	6							5	Amanda Sobhy	11	11	11
	Chan Sin Yuk	3	8	12									14	Salma Hany	6	5	3
	Georgia Adderley	11	11	14				Georgia Adderley	7	1	4
Q	Malak Khafagy	11	4	7			14	Salma Hany	11	11	11
14	Salma Hany	13	11	11																5	Amanda Sobhy	4	6	5
13	Olivia Clyne	12	11	11																3	Hania El Hammamy	11	11	11
	Joshna Chinappa	10	7	5			13	Olivia Clyne	9	3	11	6
	Ineta Mackeviča	6	6	3				Amina Orfi	11	11	7	11
	Amina Orfi	11	11	11										Amina Orfi	5	5	11	11	9
	Farida Mohamed	8	12	12	11								3	Hania El Hammamy	11	11	5	7	11
Q	Ainaa Amani	11	10	10	9			Farida Mohamed	15	11	6	7
	Kenzy Ayman	1	9	7			3	Hania El Hammamy	17	8	11	11
3	Hania El Hammamy	11	11	11

Bottom half

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third Round							Quarter finals

4	Joelle King	11	11	11
	Énora Villard	8	4	2			4	Joelle King	11	11	11
	Zeina Mickawy	7	10	7				Lucy Beecroft	5	8	7
	Lucy Beecroft	11	12	11										4	Joelle King	11	11	14
	Aifa Azman	11	11	11										15	Tesni Evans	8	4	12
WC	Caroline Fouts	9	7	5				Aifa Azman	11	4	11	9	11
	Katie Malliff	6	4	5			15	Tesni Evans	5	11	5	11	13
15	Tesni Evans	11	11	11																	4	Joelle King	11	11	11
11	Nele Gilis	11	11	11																	11	Nele Gilis	9	8	7
Q	Zeina Zein	6	4	3			11	Nele Gilis	12	12	11
	Mélissa Alves	9	11	8	11	11		Mélissa Alves	10	10	8
Q	Aira Azman	11	5	11	4	2								11	Nele Gilis	9	13	11	9	11
	Lee Ka Yi	12	12	9	6									7	Olivia Fiechter	11	11	7	11	8
	Yathreb Adel	10	14	11	11			Yathreb Adel	9	7	5^r
	Nada Abbas	7	3	4			7	Olivia Fiechter	11	11	7
7	Olivia Fiechter	11	11	11

Section 4

First round							Second round					Third Round					Quarter finals

8	Rowan Elaraby	11	11	11
	Grace Gear	5	4	4			8	Rowan Elaraby	11	11	11
	Marina Stefanoni	4	4	15	3			Sivasangari Subramaniam	9	5	2
	Sivasangari Subramaniam	11	11	13	11							8	Rowan Elaraby	8	7	4
	Lucy Turmel	5	11	11	11							10	Georgina Kennedy	11	11	11
	Mariam Metwally	11	6	8	6			Lucy Turmel	3	2	4
	Emily Whitlock	5	4	8			10	Georgina Kennedy	11	11	11
10	Georgina Kennedy	11	11	11													10	Georgina Kennedy	7	2	4
9	Sarah-Jane Perry	11	10	11	9	11											2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	11
	Nadine Shahin	5	12	8	11	8	9	Sarah-Jane Perry	11	11	11
	Millie Tomlinson	11	5	8	7			Nicole Bunyan	9	6	6
	Nicole Bunyan	4	11	11	11							9	Sarah-Jane Perry	3	4	6
	Marie Stephan	11	11	8	11	11						2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	11
Q	Yasshmita Jadishkumar	13	4	11	7	8		Marie Stephan	8	3	6
	Hana Moataz	4	2	6			2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	11
2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	11

Schedule

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

Abbreviations:

UCC - University Club of Chicago
CUS - Chicago Union Station.

Round 1

Wednesday, 3 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
3 May	UCC, Court 1	11:00	Hana Ramadan (EGY)	Rachel Arnold (MYS)	11–6, 11–5, 5–11, 11–7
3 May	UCC, Court 2	11:00	Salma El Tayeb (EGY)	Satomi Watanabe (JPN)	11–6, 11–6, 11–4
3 May	UCC, Court 1	11:45	Sabrina Sobhy (USA)	Tong Tsz Wing (HKG)	11–7, 11–3, 11–4
3 May	UCC, Court 2	11:45	Cristina Gómez (ESP)	Tinne Gilis (BEL)	11–2, 11–0, 11–7
3 May	UCC, Court 3	11:45	Jasmine Hutton (ENG)	Alexandra Fuller (RSA)	11–7, 11–7, 5–11, 11–5
3 May	UCC, Court 3	12:30	Sana Ibrahim (EGY)	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	11–7, 2–11, 12–10, 11–9
3 May	UCC, Court 1	14:00	Kenzy Ayman (EGY)	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	11–1, 11–9, 11–7
3 May	UCC, Court 2	14:00	Chan Sin Yuk (HKG)	Georgia Adderley (SCO)	11–3, 11–8, 14–12
3 May	UCC, Court 1	14:45	Farida Mohamed (EGY)	Ainaa Amani (MYS)	8–11, 12–10, 12–10, 11–9
3 May	UCC, Court 2	14:45	Malak Khafagy (EGY)	Salma Hany (EGY)	13–11, 11–4, 11–7
3 May	UCC, Court 3	14:45	Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY)	Marta Domínguez (ESP)	11–4, 11–3, 11–4
3 May	UCC, Court 3	16:30	Hollie Naughton (CAN)	Jana Shiha (EGY)	5–11, 11–7, 11–5, 10–12, 11–6
3 May	UCC, Court 1	18:00	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY)	11–4, 11–4, 11–3
3 May	UCC, Court 2	18:45	Ineta Mackeviča (LAT)	Amina Orfi (EGY)	11–6, 11–6, 11–3
3 May	UCC, Court 3	18:45	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	Tomato Ho (HKG)	11–2, 11–3, 11–5
3 May	UCC, Court 2	19:30	Olivia Clyne (USA)	Joshna Chinappa (IND)	12–10, 11–7, 11–5

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Thursday, 4 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
4 May	UCC, Court 1	11:00	Zeina Mickawy (EGY)	Lucy Beecroft (ENG)	11–7, 12–10, 11–7
4 May	UCC, Court 2	11:00	Millie Tomlinson (ENG)	Nicole Bunyan (CAN)	4–11, 11–5, 11–8, 11–7
4 May	UCC, Court 1	11:45	Joelle King (NZL)	Énora Villard (FRA)	11–8, 11–4, 11–2
4 May	UCC, Court 2	11:45	Emily Whitlock (WAL)	Georgina Kennedy (ENG)	11–5, 11–4, 11–8
4 May	UCC, Court 3	11:45	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	Nadine Shahin (EGY)	11–5, 10–12, 11–8, 9–11, 11–8
4 May	UCC, Court 3	12:30	Aifa Azman (MYS)	Caroline Fouts (USA)	11–9, 11–7, 11–5
4 May	UCC, Court 1	14:00	Lee Ka Yi (HKG)	Yathreb Adel (EGY)	10–12, 14–12, 11–9, 11–6
4 May	UCC, Court 2	14:00	Marie Stephan (FRA)	Yasshmita Jadishkumar (MYS)	11–13, 11–4, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8
4 May	UCC, Court 1	14:45	Hana Moataz (EGY)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11–4, 11–2, 11–6
4 May	UCC, Court 2	14:45	Lucy Turmel (ENG)	Mariam Metwally (EGY)	5–11, 11–6, 11–8, 11–6
4 May	UCC, Court 3	14:45	Katie Malliff (ENG)	Tesni Evans (WAL)	11–6, 11–4, 11–5
4 May	UCC, Court 3	16:30	Rowan Elaraby (EGY)	Grace Gear (ENG)	11–5, 11–4, 11–4
4 May	UCC, Court 1	18:00	Nada Abbas (EGY)	Olivia Fiechter (USA)	11–7, 11–3, 11–4
4 May	UCC, Court 2	18:45	Mélissa Alves (FRA)	Aira Azman (MYS)	9–11, 11–5, 8–11, 11–4, 11–2
4 May	UCC, Court 3	18:45	Marina Stefanoni (USA)	Sivasangari Subramaniam (MYS)	11–4, 11–4, 13–15, 11–3
4 May	UCC, Court 2	19:30	Nele Gilis (BEL)	Zeina Zein (EGY)	11–6, 11–4, 11–3

Round 2

Friday, 5 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
5 May	CUS, Glass Court	12:00	Marie Stephan (FRA)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11–8, 11–3, 11–6
5 May	UCC, Court 1	12:00	Sabrina Sobhy (USA)	Hana Ramadan (EGY)	11–5, 11–6, 12–10
5 May	UCC, Court 2	12:00	Satomi Watanabe (JPN)	Tinne Gilis (BEL)	11–6, 11–5, 11–7
5 May	UCC, Court 3	12:00	Jasmine Hutton (ENG)	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	11–3, 7–11, 11–6, 11–4
5 May	UCC, Court 1	12:45	Farida Mohamed (EGY)	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	17–15, 8–11, 11–6, 11–7
5 May	UCC, Court 2	12:45	Georgia Adderley (SCO)	Salma Hany (EGY)	11–7, 11–1, 11–4
5 May	UCC, Court 3	12:45	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	Nicole Bunyan (CAN)	11–9, 11–6, 11–6
5 May	CUS, Glass Court	14:00	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY)	11–4, 11–9, 11–2
5 May	UCC, Court 1	16:00	Joelle King (NZL)	Lucy Beecroft (ENG)	11–5, 11–8, 11–7
5 May	UCC, Court 2	16:00	Lucy Turmel (ENG)	Georgina Kennedy (ENG)	11–3, 11–2, 11–4
5 May	UCC, Court 3	16:00	Aifa Azman (MYS)	Tesni Evans (WAL)	5–11, 11–4, 5–11, 11–9, 13–11
5 May	UCC, Court 1	16:45	Yathreb Adel (EGY)	Olivia Fiechter (USA)	11–9, 11–7, 7–5
5 May	UCC, Court 2	16:45	Nele Gilis (BEL)	Mélissa Alves (FRA)	12–10, 12–10, 11–8
5 May	UCC, Court 3	16:45	Rowan Elaraby (EGY)	Sivasangari Subramaniam (MYS)	11–9, 11–5, 11–2
5 May	CUS, Glass Court	17:30	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	Hollie Naughton (CAN)	11–4, 11–5, 11–3
5 May	CUS, Glass Court	20:00	Olivia Clyne (USA)	Amina Orfi (EGY)	11–9, 11–3, 7–11, 11–6

Round 3

Saturday, 6 & Sunday 7 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
6 May	CUS, Glass Court	12:00	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Tinne Gilis (BEL)	11–6, 11–4, 11–7
6 May	CUS, Glass Court	14:00	Sabrina Sobhy (USA)	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	12–10, 12–10, 11–6
6 May	CUS, Glass Court	17:30	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	Salma Hany (EGY)	11–6, 11–5, 11–3
6 May	CUS, Glass Court	20:00	Amina Orfi (EGY)	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	11–5, 11–5, 5–11, 7–11, 11–9
7 May	CUS, Glass Court	12:00	Rowan Elaraby (EGY)	Georgina Kennedy (ENG)	11–8, 11–7, 11–4
7 May	CUS, Glass Court	14:00	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11–3, 11–4, 11–6
7 May	CUS, Glass Court	16:30	Joelle King (NZL)	Tesni Evans (WAL)	11–8, 11–4, 14–12
7 May	CUS, Glass Court	19:00	Nele Gilis (BEL)	Olivia Fiechter (USA)	9–11, 13–11, 11–7, 9–11, 11–8

Quarter-finals

Monday, 8 & Tuesday 9 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
8 May	CUS, Glass Court	17:30	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	11–5, 11–6, 11–5
8 May	CUS, Glass Court	20:00	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	11–4, 11–6, 11–5
9 May	CUS, Glass Court	17:30	Georgina Kennedy (ENG)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11–7, 11–2, 11–4
9 May	CUS, Glass Court	20:00	Joelle King (NZL)	Nele Gilis (BEL)	11–9, 11–8, 11–7

Semi-finals

Wednesday, 10 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
10 May	CUS, Glass Court	17:30	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	6–11, 12–10, 11–9, 9–11, 14–12
10 May	CUS, Glass Court	20:00	Joelle King (NZL)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11–8, 11–6, 6–11, 11–4

Final

Thursday, 11 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
11 May	CUS, Glass Court	19:00	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11–6, 11–4, 12–10

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2023 PSA Women's World Championship. A total of 16 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 24 players.

	EGY	NZL	ENG	USA	BEL	WAL	MYS	FRA	CAN	JPN	SCO	HKG	ESP	IND	LAT	RSA	Total
Final	2	0															2
Semi-final	3	1	0														4
Quarter-final	4	1	1	1	1	0											8
Round 3	7	1	2	3	2	1	0										16
Round 2	11	1	5	4	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0					32
Total	24	1	8	6	2	2	6	3	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	64

References

^ "PSA World Squash Championships - History: Previous Winners". psaworldtour.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ "2023 World Championship draws". PSA. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^ "FINALS : Sherbini and Farag retain titles". World Squash. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

Preceded by Cairo (Egypt) 2022	PSA World Championships Chicago (USA) 2023	Succeeded by Cairo (Egypt) 2024

[1] "PSA World Squash Championships - History: Previous Winners". psaworldtour.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[2] "2023 World Championship draws". PSA. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[3] "FINALS : Sherbini and Farag retain titles". World Squash. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

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