The 2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2024 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 9 to 18 May 2024. It was the six time that Cairo host the PSA World Championships after

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editions. The top four seeds progressed to the semi-finals, where third seed

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 ...

defeated the defending champion

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. ...

and fourth seed

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 ...

knocked out second seed

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. Elías then defeated Asal in the final.

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 $1,130,000, $565,000 per gender. This is about a 1.5% prize fund increase from previous World Championships (2022–23; $550,000 per gender).

Venues

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and Palm Hills Club in

are the two venues that hoste the competition.

Seeds

''(semi finals)''

''(champion)''

''(runner-up)''

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 ...

''(Quarter finals)''

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)''

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 ...

''(Quarter finals)''

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)''

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 ...

''(Third 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)''

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 ...

''(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 ...

''(Third Round)''

Baptiste Masotti Baptiste Masotti (born 5 June 1995) is a French professional squash player. , he was ranked number 23 in the world; his highest career rank was 13, on 29 January 2024. Career Junior career Masotti's father, Jean-Michel Masotti, was also a ...

''(First round)''

Aly Abou Eleinen Aly Abou Eleinen (born 1 January 2000) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He reached a career high ranking of 10 in the world during May 2025. He won the 2022 Bremer Schlüssel and the 2022 London Open. References {{DEFAULTSOR ...

''(Second round)'' Miguel Á Rodríguez ''(First round)''

Youssef Ibrahim Youssef Ibrahim (born 2 March 1999) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He reached a career high ranking of 11 in the world during April 2022. Biography While still playing for the Princeton University men's squash team, he beat top s ...

''(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 Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)''. ''To the best of five games.'' ''Abbreviations:'' *NMEC - National Museum of Egyptian Civilization *PHC - Palm Hills Club (glass court & courts 1, 2, 3, 4)

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 2024 PSA Men's World Championship. A total of 24 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 17 players.

References

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Sports competitions in Cairo 2020s in Cairo

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