The 2016–17 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the

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(PSA) for the 2016 squash season. It's the 2nd PSA season since the merger of PSA and WSA associations in 2015. The most important tournaments in the series is the Men's World Championship and the

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. The tour features three categories of regular events,

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, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, International and Challenger. In the middle of the year, the

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tour is concluded by the Men's PSA World Series Finals and the Women's PSA World Series Finals in

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, the end of the world series season for the top 8 rated players. Players performances in the tour are rated by the Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings.

Calendar

Categories: International tournaments and more.

Key

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

Statistical information

The players/nations are sorted by: # Total number of titles; # Cumulated importance of those titles; # Alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Titles won by player (men's)

Titles won by nation (men's)

Titles won by player (women's)

Titles won by nation (women's)

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2016 season: *

Laurens Jan Anjema Laurens Jan Anjema (born 1 December 1982 in The Hague) is a former professional squash player from the Netherlands. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9, after breaking the top 20 in January 2008. Career overview Laurens Jan An ...

(born 1 December 1982 in

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) joined the pro tour in 1999, reached the singles no. 9 spot in 2010. He won 12

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titles including the

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against

Omar Mosaad Omar Mosaad Abouzid (born March 17, 1988, in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3 in 2016. Career overview After a promising junior career in which he won U17 and U19 Brit ...

and the Bluenose Classic against

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. He reached in 2010 the final of the

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