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The 2020–21 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2020–21 men's edition of the
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, which served as the individual world championship for
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players. The event took place in
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from 14 to 22 July 2021. It was the second time that Chicago hosted the PSA World Championships after 2018–19 edition.


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 a 7,65% prize fund increase from previous World Championships (2019–20, $335,000 Men's/$430,000 Women's) that were held separately.


Seeds

Ali Farag Ali Amr Farag (; born 22 April 1992) is a former Egyptian professional squash player. He is a four-time world individual champion, having won the title in 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 and 2022–23 and a four-times world team champion. ...
(champion)
Mohamed El Shorbagy Mohamed El Shorbagy (, born 12 January 1991) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He represented Egypt from a young age until June 2022, when he switched to represent England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 ...
''(runner-up)''
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 Mom ...
''(semifinals)''
Paul Coll Paul Daniel Coll (born 9 May 1992) is a New Zealand professional squash player. In March 2022, he became the first New Zealand man to achieve a world ranking of World No. 1. He is a two times British Open champion, having won this tournament ...
''(semifinals)''
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 wo ...
''(quarterfinals)''
Karim Abdel Gawad Karim Abdel Gawad (; born 30 July 1991) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He is a former world individual champion and world number 1 and a three-times world team champion. Career In November 2016, he won the 2016 World Open Squas ...
''(quarterfinals)'' Fares Dessouky ''(quarterfinals)''
Diego Elías Diego Elías Chehab (born November 19, 1996, in Lima) is a squash player who represents Peru. He is the 2023–24 World Champion. In April 2023, he reached a ranking of number 1 in the world, the first South American player in squash history ...
''(quarterfinals)'' Joel Makin ''(third round)''
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría (born 9 January 1940) is a Costa Rican economist, lawyer, businessman and politician who served as President of Costa Rica from 1998 to 2002. He was minister of planning from 1968 to 1970 and minister of the ...
''(third round)''
Mohamed Abouelghar Mohamed Abouelghar (born 1 October 1993) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 7 in June 2019. As part of the Egypt team, he won the 2019 men's gold medal at the World Team Champi ...
''(third round)''
Saurav Ghosal Saurav Ghosal (; born 10 August 1986) is an Indian squash (sport), squash player. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 10 in April 2019. He won the first ever squash medal for India, a bronze in the singles and mixed doubles at the 202 ...
''(third round)''
Grégoire Marche Grégoire Marche (born 3 March 1990) is a professional squash player who represents France. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 11 in March 2022. Career Marche won the silver medal at the 2017 World Games in the Squash comp ...
''(third round)''
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 Hesham first became ...
''(second round)''
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 ...
''(second round)''
James Willstrop James Willstrop (born 15 August 1983) is an English professional squash player from Yorkshire who represented the England men's national squash team and is a former world number 1. Career Willstrop has a large build for a squash player, ...
''(first round)''


Draw and results


Key

* r = Retired


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.''


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 2020–21 PSA Men's World Championship. A total of 19 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most numerous nation with 14 players.


See also

*
World Squash Championships The World Squash Championships are squash events, which since the early 1990s have been held annually for both men and women organised by the Professional Squash Association. The men's event was first held in 1976 in London, England and the wome ...
* 2020–21 PSA Women's World Squash Championship


References

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