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The 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship was the 2023 women's edition of the
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 ...
, which served as the individual world championship for
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players. The event took place in
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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. Top seeds Nº1
Nouran Gohar Nouran Ahmed Gohar (; born 30 September 1997) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. She is the 2023–24 world champion and a three-times world team champion. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in July 2020. Ca ...
and N2º
Nour El Sherbini Nour Atef Ahmed Zaki El Sherbini (; born 1 November 1995) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She holds the record with Malaysian Nicol David for having won the most women's world individual titles. The eight world titles were achieve ...
met in the final, marking the 14th Gohar–El Sherbini PSA series final. El Sherbini who led the head to head in finals 10–3 won her seventh World Championship title (and fifth in a row). Gohar continues to look for an elusive first World Championship title after losing in
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(both vs. El Sherbini).


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 1% prize fund decrease from previous World Championships (2021–22; $550,000 per gender).


Venues

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and
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in
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are the two venues that will host the competition.


Seeds

Nouran Gohar Nouran Ahmed Gohar (; born 30 September 1997) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. She is the 2023–24 world champion and a three-times world team champion. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in July 2020. Ca ...
''(runner-up)''
Nour El Sherbini Nour Atef Ahmed Zaki El Sherbini (; born 1 November 1995) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She holds the record with Malaysian Nicol David for having won the most women's world individual titles. The eight world titles were achieve ...
''(champion)'' Hania El Hammamy ''(semi finals)''
Joelle King Joelle King (born 30 September 1988) is a New Zealand professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014. Early life King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the youngest child ...
''(semi finals)''
Amanda Sobhy Amanda Sobhy (born June 29, 1993) is an American squash player. A five-time national champion, she was the first U.S.-born player to reach the top five in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings. She reached a career-high world ...
''(quarter finals)''
Nour El Tayeb Nour El Tayeb (; born 8 March 1993) is a former professional squash player who represented Egypt. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3, in March 2018. Career The highlight of her junior career was reaching the final of the Wo ...
''(quarter finals)''
Olivia Fiechter Olivia Weaver (née Fiechter; born 15 September 1995) is an American professional squash player. She reached a career high ranking of number 4 in the world during May 2024. Career Weaver played at the junior level for Team USA as a teenager, ...
''(third round)'' Rowan Elaraby ''(third round)''
Sarah-Jane Perry Sarah-Jane Catherine Perry (born 15 May 1990) is a professional squash player who represents England and Great Britain. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in July 2020. Biography Perry was educated at Kenilworth School, ...
''(third round)''
Georgina Kennedy Georgina Kennedy (born 3 April 1997) is an English professional squash player. Kennedy became the first Englishwoman to win a Commonwealth Games squash singles title. She reached a career high ranking of number 5 in the world during May 2024. ...
''(quarter finals)'' Nele Gilis ''(quarter finals)''
Tinne Gilis Tinne Gilis (born 29 October 1997) is a Belgian professional squash player. She reached a career high ranking of number 5 in the world during November 2024. Career As the 7th seed, Gilis was knocked out by top seed Nour El Sherbini in the q ...
''(third round)''
Olivia Clyne Olivia Clyne, (née Blatchford; born January 23, 1993) is a retired United States professional squash player. Career Blatchford's junior accomplishments included winning the British Junior Open Girls under-15 event in 2007. She competed in th ...
''(second round)'' Salma Hany ''(third round)''
Tesni Evans Tesni Murphy (née Evans; born 15 October 1992) is a professional squash player who represents Wales and is a five-time Welsh national squash champion. She reached a career-high PSA ranking of World No.9 in November 2018, becoming the highest ...
''(third round)''
Sabrina Sobhy Sabrina Sobhy, (born December 30, 1996) is an American professional squash player who represents the United States. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in September 2023. Biography Sobhy is class of 2019 at Harvard Univers ...
''(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 Women's World Championship. A total of 16 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 24 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 ...
*
2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship The 2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2023 men's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Chicago, United States, from 3 to 11 May 2023. ...


References

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