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2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship
The 2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2024 men's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash (sport), squash players. The event took place in Cairo, Egypt from 9 to 18 May 2024. It was the six time that Cairo host the PSA World Championships after 1985 Men's World Open Squash Championship, 1985, 1999 Men's World Open Squash Championship, 1999, 2006 Men's World Open Squash Championship, 2006, 2016 Men's World Open Squash Championship, 2016 & 2022 PSA Men's World Squash Championship, 2022 editions. The top four seeds progressed to the semi-finals, where third seed Diego Elías defeated the defending champion Ali Farag and fourth seed Mostafa Asal knocked out second seed Paul Coll. Elías then defeated Asal in the final. 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 $1,130,000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of largest cities in the Arab world, the Arab world, and List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is List of largest cities, one of the largest in the world by population with over 22.1 million people. The area that would become Cairo was part of ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis, Egypt, Memphis and Heliopolis (ancient Egypt), Heliopolis are near-by. Located near the Nile Delta, the predecessor settlement was Fustat following the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 next to an existing ancient Roman empire, Roman fortress, Babylon Fortress, Babylon. Subsequently, Cairo was founded by the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid dynasty in 969. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Harrity
Todd Harrity (born September 16, 1990) is a retired American professional squash player who reached a career-high PSA ranking of World No. 34 in February 2022. He is a three-time National Champion, winning in 2015, 2016 and 2019. In 2018, he came out as gay, announcing it on Twitter, thus becoming the first openly gay professional male squash player in the world. At the time he was ranked No. 1 in the United States out of all male squash players. He is class of 2013 at Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ..., and he played number 1 all four years for the Tigers varsity squash team. He won the individual championship during his sophomore season. He led the Tigers to the team national championship during his junior season. Career statistics PSA Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youssef Ibrahim
Youssef Ibrahim (born 2 March 1999) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He reached a career high ranking of 11 in the world during April 2022. Biography While still playing for the Princeton University men's squash team, he beat top seed of the PSA Qatar Classic and former world number one Mohamed El Shorbagy. Ibrahim studied at Princeton University and played as the No. 1 seed for the men's squash team. In August 2019, Ibrahim won his 9th PSA title after securing victory in the South African Open during the 2019–20 PSA World Tour The 2019–20 PSA World Tour is the international squash (sport), squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2019–20 squash (sport), squash season. It's the 5th PSA season since the merger of PSA .... Titles and Finals Major Finals (1) Major tournaments include: * PSA World Championships * PSA World Tour Finals * Top-tier PSA World Tour tournaments (Platinum/World Series/Super Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (squash Player)
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Forero (born December 20, 1985, in Bogotá), known as Miguel Rodríguez, is a professional male squash player who represents Colombia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in June 2015. Early life Rodríguez was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He was introduced to squash at the age of 2 by his father Ángel, a former professional squash player himself. He played primarily at the Club El Nogal in Bógota. Miguel attended the school Calasanz, where he also played football and table tennis. His most significant achievement as a junior was winning the US Junior Open and the Canadian Junior Open in Boys' Under-19 for 2 consecutive seasons (2003 and 2004). Rodríguez then started his professional squash career, and won his first PSA World Tour title in November 2005 at the age of 19. Career overview Rodríguez won the Colombian Open twice, in 2008 and 2010, and was runner-up in 2006 and 2012. Rodriguez won the Pan American Games in 2015 In Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aly Abou Eleinen
Aly Abou Eleinen (born 1 January 2000) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He reached a career high ranking of 10 in the world during May 2025. He won the 2022 Bremer Schlüssel and the 2022 London Open. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Eleinen, Aly Abou 2000 births Living people Egyptian male squash players 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen Squash players from Alexandria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptiste Masotti
Baptiste Masotti (born 5 June 1995) is a French professional squash player. , he was ranked number 23 in the world; his highest career rank was 13, on 29 January 2024. Career Junior career Masotti's father, Jean-Michel Masotti, was also a nationally ranked squash player. Baptiste Masotti took up the sport when he was 11. In his early teens, he also played football in Niort as well as squash. In 2009, after winning bronze in the under-15s division of the , he chose to focus on squash and was selected for the French national under-15s team at the European Championships in May 2009. He attended a boarding school while training at the Squash Academy in La Rochelle, then when he was 16, moved to Aix-en-Provence. He won the national championship in 2010 as an under-15 and 2011 as an under-17. Senior career In 2019, Masotti for the first time played for the French senior team at the WSF World Team Championships. Professional career Masotti debuted in the Professional Squash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youssef Soliman
Youssef Soliman (; born 10 January 1997) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He is a world team champion and reached a career high world ranking of 10 in December 2024. Career Soliman reached a world ranking of World No. 11 in October 2022. He won three titles back to back within a year of turning professional. In May 2023, he was ranked 12 for the 2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship, but lost to former world champion Karim Abdel Gawad in the first round. In December 2023, he was part of the Egyptian team that secured the gold medal at the 2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships in New Zealand. As the number 12 seed at the 2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship he reached the third round before going out to Mazen Hesham Mazen Hesham Al Sabry (; born 29 March 1994 in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He is a two-times world team champion and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in May 2024. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Crouin
Victor Crouin (born 16 June 1999) is a French professional squash (sport), squash player. He reached a career high squash rankings, world ranking of number 7 in March 2022, having won the Open de France de Squash 2022. Biography Crouin graduated from Harvard University in 2022 having played for Harvard's Harvard Crimson men's squash, varsity squash team. In December 2023, Crouin won a bronze medal with France, at the 2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships in New Zealand. After reaching the third round of the 2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship in May, where he lost to Tarek Momen he won another bronze medal with France, at the December 2024 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Hong Kong. In March 2025, Crouin won his 20th PSA title after securing victory in the German Open during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour. Titles and Finals Major Finals (0 wins, 1 loss) Major tournaments include: * PSA World Championships * PSA World Tour Finals * Top-tier PSA World To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Makin
Joel Makin (, born 27 October 1994) is a Welsh professional squash player. He reached a career high ranking of 4 in the world during June 2025. Career Makin was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. He played squash at Aberdare Junior Squash Club under coaches Bob Gould, Clive Roberts and Dave Cope, and represented Wales at Under-13s level in 2007. He left Aberdare at 18 and, forgoing university, trained at West Warwickshire Club under the guidance of Rob Owen until parting ways to become independent. He won the Kent Open in 2017, beating Joshua Masters in straight sets, and the Tring Open in 2018. He reached the semifinals of the men’s singles squash competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, losing out to Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan in the bronze medal match. Makin qualified for the 2018 British Open Squash Championships where he lost in the first round to Mohamed Abouelghar. He beat the world number one, Mohamed El Shorbagy, to reach the quarterfinals of the Channel VAS Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwan El Shorbagy
Marwan Hossam El Shorbagy (born 30 July 1993) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He is a former world team champion and reached his career-high ranking reaching World No. 3 in May 2018, while playing for his native Egypt. He won the World Juniors in 2011 & 2012 and became the third player in history to win the World Junior twice. Career overview He was born and raised in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and started playing squash at the age of eight. In 2010, he joined the PSA as a 17-year-old and became a student at Millfield School in England (where he was coached by Jonah Barrington and Ian Thomas). He is the younger brother of Mohamed El Shorbagy who also plays on the PSA tour and is a former World No. 1. Despite now combining his squash career with that of a student at a University in the UK, 19-year-old El Shorbagy celebrated his world top 30 debut in July. In July 2012 he won his second successive World Junior Open title – to become only the third man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarek Momen
Tarek Momen (born 23 February 1988) is a professional squash player representing Egypt. He is a former World Champion, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3 in February 2019. Career overview A PSA member since 2005, Tarek Momen found time to graduate in Electronic Engineering at the American University in Cairo before devoting himself 100% to the Tour – and first breaking into the top 20 world rankings in August 2010, before celebrating a then career-high No 10 in April 2013. The latest Egyptian to break into the world top ten, Momen reached his first Tour final at the Thessaloniki Open in Greece in March 2006 as a qualifier – upsetting No 2 seed Daryl Selby in the semi-finals before losing out to Spanish favourite Borja Golán in the final. It would be another five years before he would claim his maiden title, at the 2011 Irish Open in Dublin. Unseeded, Momen overcame No 2 seed Olli Tuominen, then third seed Saurav Ghosal before downing Australian fav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
