The Professional Squash Association, or simply the PSA, is the governing body for the men's and women's professional squash circuit. The body operates in a similar fashion to the ATP and the WTA for tennis. The PSA's highest professional level, the PSA Squash Tour involves over 250 tournaments annually around the world. Over 1,200 players from five continents and more than 60 countries are registered with the PSA. Rankings are updated weekly based on performances.
Squash Tour PSA Squash Tour comprises the most important tournaments in prize money for more experienced and higher-ranked players, including the World Championship and Tour Finals, labelled as following:
Diamond Tier: 48-player draws for $300,000 Platinum Tier: 48-player draws for $190,000 Gold Tier: 24-player draws for $100,000 Silver Tier: 24-player draws for $75,000 Bronze Tier: 24-player draws for $50,000 Copper Tier: 24-player draws for $25,000
Every year, the top eight performers compete in the PSA Squash Tour Finals. The players are separated into two groups of four, and play a round robin. The top two from each group advance to the semifinals (A1 vs B2; B1 vs A2). The winner of the event is crowned the World Tour champion.
TournamentRanking PointsRankPrize Money US$Ranking PointsWinnerRunner up3/45/89/1617/3233/48World Championship$600,00027683 points350022751400875525321196Diamond$300,00024511 points310020151240 775465284173.5Platinum$190,00017132 points280018201120700420257Gold$100,00011010 points18001170720450270165Silver$75,0008261.5 points1350877.5540337.5202.5124Bronze$50,0005505 points90058536022513582.5Copper$25,0003061 points5003252001257546
Challenger Tour PSA Challenger Tour tournaments are entry point for young and upcoming professionals progressing through to a more international level of competition. It offers $3,000–$30,000 prize money and is the ideal circuit for less-experienced and upcoming players.
PSA Challenger 30 — $30,000 PSA Challenger 20 — $20,000 PSA Challenger 15 — $15,000 PSA Challenger 12 — $12,000 PSA Challenger 9 — $9,000 PSA Challenger 6 — $6,000 PSA Challenger 3 — $3,000
PSA Challenger TourRanking PointsRankPrize money US$Ranking PointsWinnerRunner up3/45/89/1617/3233/48Challenger 30$30,0002814 points5253452101307847.5Challenger 20$20,0001860 points350230140855131.5Challenger 15$15,0001343 points250162.510062.537.522.5Challenger 12$12,0001074 points20013080503018Challenger 9$9,000806 points15097.56037.522.513.5Challenger 6$6,000537 points100654025159Challenger 3$3,000331 points6540251595.5
Satellite Tour PSA Satellite Tour comprises closed national championships or tournaments where entry is restricted to members of an association that promotes the tournament.
Background In January 2013, the PSA announced, along with U.S. Squash, the creation of a new tournament series called the US Pro Squash Series. This tournament series is used to support marketing activities for tournaments in the United States.
In November 2014, the WSA and the PSA announced a historic merger between the two associations. A decision was reached to designate the PSA operate as the governing body for both the women's and men's ranks from 1 January 2015.
On 7 December 2020 the PSA reached an agreement with Dunlop that extends Dunlop's tenure as the provider of official balls and official racquets for the PSA. The extension is three years.
World rankings
Men's rankings
Women's rankings
Current champions
Men's TournamentEditionPlayerWorld Championship2024-25 Mostafa AsalWorld Number 1Current Mostafa AsalWorld Tour Finals2024-25 Joel Makin
Women's TournamentEditionPlayerWorld Championship2024-25 Nour El SherbiniWorld Number 1Current Nouran GoharWorld Tour Finals2024-25 Nouran Gohar
Awards PSA Awards
Video game
A PSA-licensed video game titled PSA World Tour Squash 2015 has been developed by Team6 Game Studios and published by Alternative Software, and was released only in various European countries on 22 May 2015, exclusively for Nintendo's Wii console. The game features the likeness of several professional squash players such as Nick Matthew, Amr Shabana, Grégory Gaultier, Ramy Ashour, and many others, and takes place in many iconic, global squash courts. Players can compete in main World Tour, or set up their own tournaments with using custom player avatars and stats. The game also supports Wii MotionPlus, allowing users an enhanced, real-time squash motion control gameplay experience,Official website and is the last ever game for the console to do so.
See also PSA World Tour records Official Men's Squash World Ranking Official Women's Squash World Ranking World Squash Federation PSA Awards Women's Squash Association
References
External links Official PSA Website PSA World Rankings