The 2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2023 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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, United States, 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. Seeded Nº3

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. ...

defeated unseeded

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 ...

for the World Championship title. Gawad became the first unseeded player to reach the final since Rodney Martin in

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. It was Farag's fourth World Championship title, having previously won in 2019, 2021 and 2022.

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 10% prize fund decrease from previous World Championships (2021–22; $550,000 per gender).

Venues

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and

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are the two venues that hosted the competition.

Seeds

Mostafa Asal Mostafa Asal (; born 9 May 2001) is an Egyptian professional squash player. A two-time World_Squash_Team_Championships, World Team Champion, and current rank one Official Men's Squash World Ranking, squash player, Mostafa is nicknamed "The Ragi ...

''(semi finals)''

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 ...

''(quarter finals)''

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 ...

''(semi finals)''

''(champion)''

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 ...

''(quarter finals)''

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 ...

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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 ...

''(quarter finals)''

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 gradua ...

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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 ...

''(quarter finals)'' Fares Dessouky ''(second round)''

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 Squas ...

''(third round)''

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 ...

''(first round)'' Miguel Á Rodríguez ''(third round)'' Nicolas Müller ''(first 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 ...

''(second 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)''

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 Men's World Championship. A total of 21 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 15 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