The 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship was the 2023 women's edition of the

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, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in

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from 3 to 11 May 2023. It was the third time that Chicago hosted the PSA World Championships after 2018–19 &

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editions. Top seeds Nº1 Nouran Gohar and N2º

Nour El Sherbini Nour El Sherbini ( ar, نور الشربيني; born 1 November 1995) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She is a six time World champion and became the youngest woman to win the Women's World Championship (2015). In 2016, she retained h ...

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

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and

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(both vs. El Sherbini).

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 $1,000,000, $500,000 per gender. This is about a 1% prize fund decrease from previous World Championships (2021–22; $550,000 per gender).

Venues

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and Chicago Union Station in

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are the two venues that will host the competition.

Seeds

Nouran Gohar ''(runner-up)''

''(champion)''

Hania El Hammamy Hania El Hammamy (born 1 September 2000 in Cairo) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She became a top seed in women's junior squash rankings at the age of 16. As of January 2022, she is ranked number 3 in the world. Biography El Hamma ...

''(semi finals)''

Joelle King Joelle King (born 30 September 1988) is a professional squash player who represents New Zealand. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014. Early life King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the ...

''(semi finals)'' Amanda Sobhy ''(quarter finals)'' Nour El Tayeb ''(quarter finals)'' Olivia Fiechter ''(third round)''

Rowan Elaraby Rowan Reda Araby or Rowan Elaraby (born 29 July 2000 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian professional squash player. As of April 2022, she was ranked number 8 in the world. Araby won the 2022 Carol Weimoller Women's Squash Championship, after defeating ...

''(third round)''

Sarah-Jane Perry Sarah-Jane Perry (born 15 May 1990 in Birmingham) is a professional squash player who represents England and Great Britain. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in July 2020. Education Perry was educated at Kenilworth School ...

''(third round)''

Georgina Kennedy Georgina Kennedy (born 3 April 1997) is an English professional squash player. In August 2022, ranked number 8 in the world, she became the first Englishwoman to win a Commonwealth Games squash singles title. In September 2023, Kennedy achieved ...

''(quarter finals)''

Nele Gilis Nele Gilis, (born 20 February 1996 in Belgium) is a professional squash player who represents Belgium. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in 2020. Career overview As a junior, Gilis had significant success and became well-es ...

''(quarter finals)''

Tinne Gilis Tinne Gilis (born 29 October 1997 in Mol) is a Belgian professional squash player. As of May 2022, she reached a career high ranking of number 13 in the world ''In the World'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded i ...

''(third round)'' Olivia Clyne ''(second round)''

Salma Hany Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed ( ar, سلمى هاني إبراهيم أحمد; born August 5, 1996, in Egypt) is an Egyptian professional squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racqu ...

''(third round)''

Tesni Evans Tesni Evans (born 15 October 1992 in Cardiff) is a professional squash player who represents Wales and is a five time Welsh national squash champion. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No.9 in November 2018, becoming the highest-ra ...

''(third round)''

Sabrina Sobhy Sabrina Sobhy, (born December 30, 1996 in Long Island) is a professional squash player who represents the United States. She reached a career high world ranking of World No. 15 in November 2022. Sobhy is class of 2019 at Harvard University havin ...

''(third round'')

Draw and results

Key

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

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

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

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Round 2

Round 3

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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.

References

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World ranking points/prize money

Prize money breakdown

Venues

Seeds

Draw and results

Key

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Schedule

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Representation

See also

References