2022 PSA Men's World Squash Championship explained

The 2022 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2022 men's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Cairo, Egypt from 13 to 22 May 2022. It was the fifth time that Cairo host the PSA World Championships after 1985, 1999, 2006 & 2016 editions.^[1]

Egyptian Ali Farag won the World title for the third time.^[2]

World ranking points/prize money

PSA also awards points towards World ranking. Points are awarded as follows:

Prize money breakdown

Total prize money for the tournament is $1,100,000, $550,000 per gender. This is about a 9% prize fund increase from previous World Championships (2020–21; $500,000 per gender).

Position (num. of players)		% breakdown	Prize money (Total: $550,000)
Winner	align=center	(1)	align=center	16%	align=center	$88,000
Runner-up	align=center	(1)	align=center	10%	align=center	$55,000
3/4	align=center	(2)	align=center	6%	align=center	$33,000
5/8	align=center	(4)	align=center	3.50%	align=center	$19,250
9/16	align=center	(8)	align=center	2.10%	align=center	$11,550
17/32	align=center	(16)	align=center	1.20%	align=center	$6,600
33/64	align=center	(32)	align=center	0.75%	align=center	$4,125

Seeds

See also: 1 and 1. Paul Coll (semi finals)

See also: 2 and 4. Ali Farag (champion)

See also: 3 and 2. Mohamed El Shorbagy (finals)

See also: 4 and 3. Mostafa Asal (semi finals)

See also: 5 and 3. Diego Elías (quarter finals)

See also: 6 and 1. Tarek Momen (quarter finals)

See also: 7 and 4. Marwan El Shorbagy (quarter finals)

See also: 8 and 2. Fares Dessouky (quarter finals)

See also: 9 and 1. Joel Makin (third round)

See also: 10 and 1. Mazen Hesham (third round)

See also: 11 and 4. Youssef Ibrahim (third round)

See also: 12 and 2. Karim Abdel Gawad (third round)

See also: 13 and 2. Grégoire Marche (third round)

See also: 14 and 4. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (first round)

See also: 15 and 3. Youssef Soliman (third round)

See also: 16 and 3. Saurav Ghosal (third round)

Draw and results

Key

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

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Schedule

Times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00). To the best of five games.

Round 1

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
13 May	Court 1	12:45			11–4, 11–2, 11–2
13 May	Court 2	12:45			11–4, 11–7, 6–11, 9–11, 11–3
13 May	Court 3	12:45			11–9, 11–6, 7–11, 11–9
13 May	Court 1	14:15			11–6, 11–3, 11–4
13 May	Court 2	14:15			11–4, 11–4, 11–6
13 May	Court 3	14:15			11–6, 9–11, 11–5, 11–5
13 May	Court 1	16:00			15–13, 11–6, 11–9
13 May	Court 2	16:45			11–8, 11–4, 11–2
13 May	Court 3	16:45			11–9, 11–7, 11–7
13 May	Court 1	17:30			5–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–5
13 May	Court 2	18:15			11–6, 11–6, 11–5
13 May	Court 3	18:15			11–9, 11–9, 9–11, 11–4
13 May	Court 1	19:00			11–9, 11–2, 11–5
13 May	Court 2	19:00			11–6, 12–10, 9–7rtd.
13 May	Glass Court	19:30			11–5, 11–3, 11–8
13 May	Glass Court	21:00			11–8, 11–2, 11–6

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Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
14 May	Court 1	12:45			11–4, 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 11–2
14 May	Court 2	12:45			11–9, 11–6, 11–8
14 May	Court 3	12:45			11–4, 11–9, 6–11, 11–7
14 May	Court 1	14:15			11–7, 11–4, 11–4
14 May	Court 2	14:15			11–4, 8–11, 11–6, 11–3
14 May	Court 3	14:15			11–7, 11–4, 11–3
14 May	Court 1	16:00			2–0rtd.
14 May	Court 2	16:45			11–6, 5–11, 11–9, 4–11, 11–6
14 May	Court 3	16:45			11–5, 11–7, 11–4
14 May	Court 1	17:30			8–11, 11–6, 11–5, 11–5
14 May	Court 2	18:15			11–7, 11–6, 11–5
14 May	Court 3	18:15			7–11, 11–9, 11–6, 8–11, 11–8
14 May	Court 1	19:00			5–11, 9–11, 11–4, 11–9, 11–4
14 May	Court 2	19:00			9–11, 12–10, 11–3, 11–5
14 May	Glass Court	19:30			11–8, 11–5, 11–8
14 May	Glass Court	21:00			11–7, 11–5, 11–6

Round 2

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
15 May	Court 1	14:45			11–6, 9–11, 11–3, 11–4
15 May	Court 2	14:45			15–13, 9–11, 11–7, 11–8
15 May	Court 3	14:45			11–9, 11–5, 11–8
15 May	Court 1	16:45			11–8, 11–5, 11–6
15 May	Court 2	16:45			11–8, 11–3, 11–6
15 May	Court 3	16:45			11–7, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8
15 May	Glass Court	19:30			11–5, 11–3, 11–9
15 May	Glass Court	21:00			11–6, 11–4, 11–5
16 May	Court 1	14:45			11–9, 11–3, 11–7
16 May	Court 2	14:45			11–7, 11–5, 11–3
16 May	Court 3	14:45			11–8, 11–8, 11–7
16 May	Court 1	16:45			8–11, 11–4, 11–9, 14–12
16 May	Court 2	16:45			11–4, 11–4, 11–6
16 May	Court 3	16:45			10–12, 7–11, 11–9, 11–2, 11–7
16 May	Glass Court	19:30			13–11, 11–1, 11–9
16 May	Glass Court	21:00			11–5, 11–3, 11–4

Round 3

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
17 May	Court Museum	19:30			11–5, 11–0, 11–6
17 May	Glass Court	19:30			11–6, 14–16, 11–8, 11–7
17 May	Court Museum	21:00			11–3, 11–4, 6–0rtd.
17 May	Glass Court	21:00			8–11, 11–9, 11–2, 11–7
18 May	Court Museum	19:30			11–3, 11–1, 11–2
18 May	Glass Court	19:30			11–4, 11–2, 11–3
18 May	Court Museum	21:00			11–2, 11–7, 11–3
18 May	Glass Court	21:00			11–8, 11–8, 16–14

Quarter-finals

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
19 May	Court Museum	19:30			11–8, 13–11, 10–12, 2–11, 11–9
19 May	Court Museum	21:00			11–1, 12–10, 12–10
20 May	Court Museum	19:30			11–7, 11–5, 11–7
20 May	Court Museum	21:00			9–11, 11–4, 11–7, 11–7

Semi-finals

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
21 May	Court Museum	Following women's semi-final 1			11–4, 8–11, 10–12, 11–8, 11–7
21 May	Court Museum	Following women's semi-final 2			8–11, 11–8, 11–8, 6–11, 11–9

Final

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2022 PSA Men's World Championship. A total of 19 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 20 players.

	EGY	NZL	PER	FRA	IND	SUI	WAL	USA	ENG	COL	HKG	MEX	GER	QAT	ESP	MAS	SCO	ARG	CAN	HUN	JPN	PAK	POR	Total
Final	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Round 3	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Round 2	13	1	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
Total	20	1	1	6	3	2	1	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	64

See also

• World Squash Championships
• 2022 PSA Women's World Squash Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 World Champs for Cairo. psaworldtour.com . 17 April 2022 . 17 April 2022 .
2. Web site: Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag win PSA World Championship titles . World Squash Federation . 26 May 2022 . 3 May 2023.