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.

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.

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 TourRanking PointsRankPrize money US$Ranking PointsWinnerRunner up3/45/89/1617/3233/48Platinum$165,00019188 points275018101100675410250152.5Gold$97,500–$100,00010660 points17501150700430260160Silver$67,500–$70,000 7470 points1225 805490300182.5112.5Bronze$47,500–$50,0005330 points 87557535021513080PSA World Tour FinalsRanking PointsRankPrize money US$WinnerRunner up3/4Round-Robin Match WinUndefeated bonusWorld Tour Finals$185,0001000550200150150PSA Challenger TourRanking PointsRankPrize money US$Ranking PointsWinnerRunner up3/45/89/1617/3233/48Challenger Tour 30$30,0003194 points 5253452101307847.5Challenger Tour 20$20,0002112 points 350230140855131.5Challenger Tour 10$12,0001218 points 20013080503018Challenger Tour 5$6,000609 points 100654025159PSA World ChampionshipsRanking PointsRankPrize money US$Ranking PointsWinnerRunner up3/45/89/1617/3233/64PSA World Championships$500,00025045 points317520901270780475290177.5

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. Then, the Tour suspension experienced new extensions first until July and later until September.

PSA Tour return is expected to September 2020.

On 10 September and after a 6-months shut off due to COVID-19, the tour returned to activity with Expression Networks Nolan and Liam's Tournament and Manchester Open.

Calendar

Key

+PSA TiersWorld ChampionshipWorld Tour PlatinumWorld Tour GoldWorld Tour SilverWorld Tour BronzeChallenger Tour 3/5/10/20/30

August

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsSquash Melbourne Open Moorabbin, Australia Men : Challenger 1024 players - $12,000−−−−−− Women : Challenger 1024 players - $12,00012–16 AugustEvents cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemicLife Time Houston Open Houston, United States Men : Challenger 3024 players - $30,00013–17 AugustNecker Mauritius Open Grand-Baie, Mauritius Men : World Tour Gold24 players - $100,00018–22 AugustNorth Coast Open Coffs Harbour, Australia Men : Challenger 524 players - $6,000−−−−−− Women : Challenger 516 players - $6,00020–23 AugustAustralian Open Bega, Australia Men : Challenger 1024 players - $12,000−−−−−− Women : Challenger 1024 players - $12,00026–20 August

September

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsExpression Networks Nolan & Liam's Prague, Czechia Men : Challenger 1024 players - $12,00010–13 September Grégory Gaultier11–5, 11–5, 11–5(41st PSA title) Raphael Kandra Jakub Solnický Valentin Rapp Daniel Mekbib Aqeel Rehman Yannik Omlor Juan Camilo VargasManchester Open Manchester, England Men : World Tour Silver24 players - $85,000−−−−−− Women : World Tour Silver24 players - $85,00016–22 September Mohamed El Shorbagy9–11, 11–8, 11–7, 13–11(42nd PSA title) Karim Abdel Gawad Paul Coll Marwan El Shorbagy Ali Farag Tarek Momen Joel Makin Simon Rösner Nour El Tayeb3–11, 11–8, 11–7, 11–3(11th PSA title) Camille Serme Hania El Hammamy Sarah-Jane Perry Joelle King Amanda Sobhy Tesni Evans Salma HanyOpen National Normand Le Havre, France Men : WSF/PSA Satellite24 players - $2,500−−−−−− Women : WSF/PSA Satellite24 players - $2,50025–27 September Victor Crouin11–9, 6–11, 11–9, 8–11, 14–12 Lucas Serme Auguste Dussourd Edwin Clain Joeri Hapers Vincent Droesbeke Adrien Grondin Johan Bouquet Énora Villard11–5, 12–10, 11–1 Élise Romba Anna Serme Yuna Loaëc Léa Barbeau Ella Gálová Hénora Lanieu Magali BallatorePSA World Tour Finals 2019–20 Cairo, Egypt Men : World Tour Finals8 players - $185,000 - Draw−−−−−− Women : World Tour Finals8 players - $185,000 - Draw28 Sep.–3 Oct. Marwan El Shorbagy11–6, 11–5, 11–3(1st PSA Finals title)(11th PSA title) Karim Abdel Gawad Ali Farag Joel Makin Tarek Momen Diego Elías Simon Rösner Paul Coll Hania El Hammamy9–11, 9–11, 11–9, 11–4, 11–3(1st PSA Finals title)(6th PSA title) Nour El Tayeb Joelle King Nour El Sherbini Camille Serme Nouran Gohar Amanda Sobhy Sarah-Jane Perry

October

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsLes Mirabelles Open Maxéville, France Women : WSF/PSA Satellite16 players - $2,5003–4 October Ambre Allinckx11–7, 14–16, 11–8, 11–7 Ineta Mackeviča Élise Romba Ninon Lemarchand Léa Barbeau Taba Taghavi Ana Munos Mahé Asensi Egyptian Squash Open Cairo, Egypt Men : World Tour Platinum48 players - $270,000−−−−−− Women : World Tour Platinum48 players - $270,00010–17 October Ali Farag11–8, 11–3, 11–4(20th PSA title) Tarek Momen Marwan El Shorbagy Mostafa Asal Paul Coll Diego Elías Mazen Hesham Grégory Gaultier Nour El Sherbini11–9, 11–9, 11–6(22nd PSA title) Nouran Gohar Hania El Hammamy Nour El Tayeb Camille Serme Joshna Chinappa Nele Gilis Salma HanyQSF No.3 Doha, Qatar Men : Challenger 516 players - $6,00018–21 October Syed Azlan Amjad11–3, 11–4, 11–4(1st PSA title) Abdulrahman Al-Malki Waleed Zaman Yousef Farag Hamad Al-Amri Ibrahim Al-Darwish Salem Al-Malki Yousef Al-KubaisiSwiss Open Uster, Switzerland Men : Challenger 532 players - $6,000−−−−−− Women : WSF/PSA Satellite16 players - $1,00028 Oct.–1 Nov. Ryosei Kobayashi11–8, 11–5, 11–7(4th PSA title) Yannick Wilhelmi Yannik Omlor Robert Downer Valentin Rapp Robin Gadola Edwin Clain Cédric Kuchen Cindy Merlo7–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–7 Nadia Pfister Aylin Günsav Saskia Beinhard Leila Hirt Stephanie Müller Katerina Týcová Kate Gadola

November

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsQatar Classic Doha, Qatar Men : World Tour Platinum48 players - $175,0001–7 November Ali Farag11–8, 6–11, 11–9, 11–9(21st PSA title) Paul Coll Tarek Momen Fares Dessouky Youssef Ibrahim Diego Elías Joel Makin Marwan El ShorbagyAustrian Open Salzburg, Austria Men : Challenger 516 players - $6,0005–8 November Balázs Farkas10–12, 14–12, 11–1, 11–5(5th PSA title) Daniel Mekbib Yannik Omlor Aqeel Rehman Jakub Solnický Robin Gadola Valentin Rapp Ondřej Uherka Bærum Open Lysaker, Norway Men : WSF/PSA Satellite24 players - $2,000−−−−−− Women : WSF/PSA Satellite24 players - $2,00013–15 NovemberEvent cancelled due to COVID-19 in Norway PSA 1 Bukit Jalil, Malaysia Men : Challenger 1024 players - $12,000−−−−−− Women : Challenger 1024 players - $12,00018–22 NovemberEvent cancelled due to COVID-19 in MalaysiaLiechtenstein Open Vaduz, Liechtenstein Men : Challenger 1024 players - $12,000−−−−−− Women : Challenger 1016 players - $12,00020–22 November Nicolas Müller11–4, 11–6, 11–6(10th PSA title) Dimitri Steinmann Robin Gadola Yannick Wilhelmi Aqeel Rehman Nils Rösch Miguel Mathis Cédric Kuchen Ambre Allinckx11–6, 11–5, 11–6(1st PSA title) Céline Walser Cindy Merlo Nadia Pfister Cassandra Fitze Jacqueline Peychär Alina Pössl Jasmin Ballmann International Squash Championship Quetta, Pakistan Men : Challenger 1016 players - $12,000−−−−−− Women : Challenger 516 players - $6,00024–28 November Tayyab Aslam11–2, 8–11, 11–3, 11–7(9th PSA title) Asim Khan Amaad Fareed Danish Atlas Khan Nasir Iqbal Zahir Shah Waqas Mehboob Farhan Zaman Amna Fayyaz11–9, 11–8, 11–8(2nd PSA title) Faiza Zafar Moqaddas Ashraf Madina Zafar Noor-ul-Huda Saima Shoukat Anam Mustafa Aziz Rushna Mehboob PSA 2 Bukit Jalil, Malaysia Men : Challenger 1024 players - $12,000−−−−−− Women : Challenger 1024 players - $12,00025–28 NovemberEvent cancelled due to COVID-19 in Malaysia

December