The 2016–17 PSA World Tour is the international
squash tour organised circuit organized by the
Professional Squash Association
The Professional Squash Association, or simply the PSA, is the governing body for the men's and women's professional Squash (sport), squash circuit. The body operates in a similar fashion to the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP and the ...
(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
Women's World Championship
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History
Cora Livingston defeated Hazel Parker in 1906. Though the contest was for the Featherweight Championship, from that point she ...
. The tour features three categories of regular events,
World Series
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, which feature the highest prize money and the best fields, International and Challenger. In the middle of the year, the
PSA World Series
The PSA World Series (formerly known as the PSA Super Series) was a series of men's and women's squash tournaments which were part of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour for the squash season. The tournaments were some of the ...
tour is concluded by the
Men's PSA World Series Finals and the
Women's PSA World Series Finals in
Dubai
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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:
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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
The Hague
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,
Netherlands
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) joined the pro tour in 1999, reached the singles no. 9 spot in 2010. He won 12
PSA World Tour Sports competitions that are a recurring series of events or races, but do not constitute a sports league.
Series
Sports
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titles including the
Netsuite Open
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Pas ...
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
Borja Golán
Borja Golán (born 6 January 1983 in Santiago de Compostela) is a Spanish retired professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in April 2014.
Career overview
In August 2009, in the Colombian Open final, Bor ...
. He reached in 2010 the final of the
US Open U.S. Open or US Open are open championship sporting tournaments that are hosted in the United States and in which anyone, especially amateur and professional, or American and non-American, may compete. The term may also be applied to non-sporting ev ...
against
Wael El Hindi
Wael Hatem El-Hendy (; born June 25, 1980, in Giza) is a professional squash player who represented Egypt. A Professional Squash Association (PSA) member since 1999, Wael El Hindi has long been regarded as one of Egypt's most talented players & ...
. He retired in July after 15 years on the tour.
See also
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Professional Squash Association
The Professional Squash Association, or simply the PSA, is the governing body for the men's and women's professional Squash (sport), squash circuit. The body operates in a similar fashion to the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP and the ...
(PSA)
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2015–16 PSA World Series
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2016–17 PSA World Series
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Men's World Rankings
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Women's World Rankings
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PSA World Series Finals
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PSA World Championship
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2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships
References
External links
PSA World Tour
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PSA World Tour seasons
2016 in squash
2017 in squash