2022 PSA Men's World Squash Championship

The 2022 PSA Men's World Squash Championship was the 2022 men's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Cairo, Egypt from 13 to 22 May 2022. It was the fifth time that Cairo host the PSA World Championships after 1985, 1999, 2006 & 2016 editions.^[1]

2022 Men's World Championship
43rd PSA Men's World Squash Championship
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Venue	Club S Allegria National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Date(s)	13–22 May 2022
Website https://worldsquashchamps.com/
Category	PSA World Championships
Prize money	$550,000
Results
Champion	Ali Farag
Runner-up	Mohamed El Shorbagy
Semi-finalists	Paul Coll Mostafa Asal
← 2020–21 2023 →

Egyptian Ali Farag won the World title for the third time.^[2]

World ranking points/prize money

PSA also awards points towards World ranking. Points are awarded as follows:

PSA World Squash Championships		Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Winner	Runner up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64
World Squash Championships	$550,000	3175	2090	1270	780	475	290	177.5

Prize money breakdown

Total prize money for the tournament is $1,100,000, $550,000 per gender. This is about a 9% prize fund increase from previous World Championships (2020–21; $500,000 per gender).

Position (num. of players)		% breakdown	Prize money (Total: $550,000)
Winner	(1)	16%	$88,000
Runner-up	(1)	10%	$55,000
3/4	(2)	6%	$33,000
5/8	(4)	3.50%	$19,250
9/16	(8)	2.10%	$11,550
17/32	(16)	1.20%	$6,600
33/64	(32)	0.75%	$4,125

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

01.   Paul Coll (semi finals) 02.   Ali Farag (champion) 03.   Mohamed El Shorbagy (finals) 04.   Mostafa Asal (semi finals) 05.   Diego Elías (quarter finals) 06.   Tarek Momen (quarter finals) 07.   Marwan El Shorbagy (quarter finals) 08.   Fares Dessouky (quarter finals)

09.   Joel Makin (third round) 10.   Mazen Hesham (third round) 11.   Youssef Ibrahim (third round) 12.   Karim Abdel Gawad (third round) 13.   Grégoire Marche (third round) 14.   Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (first round) 15.   Youssef Soliman (third round) 16.   Saurav Ghosal (third round)

Draw and results

Key

• rtd. = Retired
• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Host wild card
• I = WSF invitee
• w/o = Walkover

Finals

	Semi finals									Final
	1	Paul Coll	4	11	12	8	7
	3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	8	10	11	11
										3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	8	11	9	2
										2	Ali Farag	9	11	7	11	11
	4	Mostafa Asal	11	8	8	11	9
	2	Ali Farag	8	11	11	6	11

2022 Men's PSA World Squash Championship winner
Ali Farag Third title

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third Round									Quarter finals
	1	Paul Coll	11	11	11
	WC	Seif Shenawy	5	3	8					1	Paul Coll	11	11	11
		Mazen Gamal	9	2	5						Mahesh Mangaonkar	5	3	9
		Mahesh Mangaonkar	11	11	11														1	Paul Coll	11	11	11
		Karim El Hammamy	11	11	9	11													10	Mazen Hesham	5	0	6
	Q	Ibrahim Elkabbani	9	9	11	4					Karim El Hammamy	8	5	6
		David Baillargeon	9	7	7					10	Mazen Hesham	11	11	11
	10	Mazen Hesham	11	11	11																							1	Paul Coll	11	13	10	2	11
	9	Joel Makin	11	11	11																							6	Tarek Momen	8	11	12	11	9
	Q	Leandro Romiglio	8	4	2					9	Joel Makin	11	11	11
		Lucas Serme	11	11	11						Lucas Serme	8	3	6
		Alex Lau	6	6	5														9	Joel Makin	11	9	2	7
		Faraz Khan	5	11	11	11													6	Tarek Momen	8	11	11	11
		Mohamed ElSherbini	11	8	9	5					Faraz Khan	7	11	7	8
		Eain Yow	13	6	9					6	Tarek Momen	11	8	11	11
	6	Tarek Momen	15	11	11

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third Round									Quarter finals
	8	Fares Dessouky	11	11	11
	I	Rui Soares	4	2	2					8	Fares Dessouky	11	9	11	11
		George Parker	11	11	11						George Parker	6	11	3	4
		Edmon López	6	3	4														8	Fares Dessouky	11	14	11	11
		Christopher Gordon	4	4	6														13	Grégoire Marche	6	16	8	7
		Ramit Tandon	11	11	11						Ramit Tandon	13	11	7	8
		Auguste Dussourd	4	7	11	11	3			13	Grégoire Marche	15	9	11	11
	13	Grégoire Marche	11	11	6	9	11																					8	Fares Dessouky	1	10	10
	12	Karim Abdel Gawad	11	11	7	11																						3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	12	12
		Dimitri Steinmann	9	6	11	9				12	Karim Abdel Gawad	11	11	11
		Baptiste Masotti	6	11	5	5					Victor Crouin	9	5	8
		Victor Crouin	11	9	11	11													12	Karim Abdel Gawad	3	4	0rtd.
		Shahjahan Khan	6	10	7rtd.														3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	6
	Q	Juan Camilo Vargas	11	12	9					Q	Juan Camilo Vargas	6	4	5
	Q	Balázs Farkas	8	2	6					3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	11
	3	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11	11	11

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third Round									Quarter finals
	4	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11
		Adrian Waller	7	5	6					4	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11
		Omar Mosaad	9	12	11	11					Omar Mosaad	5	3	4
		Moustafa El Sirty	11	10	3	5													4	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11
		Alan Clyne	7	4	3														16	Saurav Ghosal	2	7	3
		Todd Harrity	11	11	11						Todd Harrity	8	8	7
		Zahed Salem	4	9	11	7				16	Saurav Ghosal	11	11	11
	16	Saurav Ghosal	11	11	6	11																						4	Mostafa Asal	9	11	11	11
	15	Youssef Soliman	11	11	11																							5	Diego Elías	11	4	7	7
		Borja Golán	9	6	8					15	Youssef Soliman	11	11	11
		Asim Khan	4	11	6	3				WC	Yassin ElShafei	7	5	3
	WC	Yassin ElShafei	11	8	11	11													15	Youssef Soliman	4	2	3
		Sébastien Bonmalais	11	11	11														5	Diego Elías	11	11	11
		Bernat Jaume	7	4	4						Sébastien Bonmalais	9	3	7
		Patrick Rooney	4	11	11	8	2			5	Diego Elías	11	11	11
	5	Diego Elías	11	7	9	11	11

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third Round									Quarter finals
	7	Marwan El Shorbagy	2
		Iker Pajares	0rtd.							7	Marwan El Shorbagy	8	11	11	14
		Henry Leung	8	11	11	11					Henry Leung	11	4	9	12
		Ivan Yuen	11	6	5	5													7	Marwan El Shorbagy	11	11	16
	I	Ryosei Kobayashi	7	6	5															Nicolas Müller	8	8	14
		Nicolas Müller	11	11	11						Nicolas Müller	11	11	11
		Raphael Kandra	11	5	11	4	11				Raphael Kandra	4	4	6
	14	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	6	11	9	11	6																					7	Marwan El Shorbagy	7	5	7
	11	Youssef Ibrahim	11	11	11																							2	Ali Farag	11	11	11
		Nathan Lake	5	7	4					11	Youssef Ibrahim	10	7	11	11	11
		Greg Lobban	11	9	6	11	8				Abdulla Al-Tamimi	12	11	9	2	7
		Abdulla Al-Tamimi	7	11	11	8	11												11	Youssef Ibrahim	3	1	2
		César Salazar	5	9	11	11	11												2	Ali Farag	11	11	11
		Yahya Elnawasany	11	11	4	9	4				César Salazar	11	1	9
		Leonel Cárdenas	8	5	8					2	Ali Farag	13	11	11
	2	Ali Farag	11	11	11

Schedule

Times are Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02:00). To the best of five games.

Round 1

Friday, 13 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
13 May	Court 1	12:45	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Rui Soares (POR)	11–4, 11–2, 11–2
13 May	Court 2	12:45	Auguste Dussourd (FRA)	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	11–4, 11–7, 6–11, 9–11, 11–3
13 May	Court 3	12:45	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Dimitri Steinmann (USA)	11–9, 11–6, 7–11, 11–9
13 May	Court 1	14:15	George Parker (ENG)	Edmon López (ESP)	11–6, 11–3, 11–4
13 May	Court 2	14:15	Christopher Gordon (USA)	Ramit Tandon (IND)	11–4, 11–4, 11–6
13 May	Court 3	14:15	Baptiste Masotti (FRA)	Victor Crouin (FRA)	11–6, 9–11, 11–5, 11–5
13 May	Court 1	16:00	Eain Yow (MYS)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	15–13, 11–6, 11–9
13 May	Court 2	16:45	Joel Makin (WAL)	Leandro Romiglio (ARG)	11–8, 11–4, 11–2
13 May	Court 3	16:45	David Baillargeon (CAN)	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	11–9, 11–7, 11–7
13 May	Court 1	17:30	Faraz Khan (USA)	Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)	5–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–5
13 May	Court 2	18:15	Lucas Serme (FRA)	Alex Lau (HKG)	11–6, 11–6, 11–5
13 May	Court 3	18:15	Karim El Hammamy (EGY)	Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY)	11–9, 11–9, 9–11, 11–4
13 May	Court 1	19:00	Mazen Gamal (EGY)	Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)	11–9, 11–2, 11–5
13 May	Court 2	19:00	Shahjahan Khan (USA)	Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)	11–6, 12–10, 9–7rtd.
13 May	Glass Court	19:30	Paul Coll (NZL)	Seif Shenawy (EGY)	11–5, 11–3, 11–8
13 May	Glass Court	21:00	Farkas Balázs (HUN)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	11–8, 11–2, 11–6

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Saturday, 14 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
14 May	Court 1	12:45	Patrick Rooney (ENG)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–4, 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 11–2
14 May	Court 2	12:45	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	Borja Golán (ESP)	11–9, 11–6, 11–8
14 May	Court 3	12:45	Zahed Salem (EGY)	Saurav Ghosal (IND)	11–4, 11–9, 6–11, 11–7
14 May	Court 1	14:15	Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA)	Bernat Jaume (ESP)	11–7, 11–4, 11–4
14 May	Court 2	14:15	Asim Khan (PAK)	Yassin ElShafei (EGY)	11–4, 8–11, 11–6, 11–3
14 May	Court 3	14:15	Alan Clyne (SCO)	Todd Harrity (USA)	11–7, 11–4, 11–3
14 May	Court 1	16:00	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Iker Pajares (ESP)	2–0rtd.
14 May	Court 2	16:45	Raphael Kandra (GER)	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (COL)	11–6, 5–11, 11–9, 4–11, 11–6
14 May	Court 3	16:45	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Nathan Lake (ENG)	11–5, 11–7, 11–4
14 May	Court 1	17:30	Henry Leung (HKG)	Ivan Yuen (MYS)	8–11, 11–6, 11–5, 11–5
14 May	Court 2	18:15	Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN)	Nicolas Müller (SUI)	11–7, 11–6, 11–5
14 May	Court 3	18:15	Greg Lobban (SCO)	Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT)	7–11, 11–9, 11–6, 8–11, 11–8
14 May	Court 1	19:00	César Salazar (MEX)	Yahya Elnawasany (EGY)	5–11, 9–11, 11–4, 11–9, 11–4
14 May	Court 2	19:00	Omar Mosaad (EGY)	Moustafa El Sirty (EGY)	9–11, 12–10, 11–3, 11–5
14 May	Glass Court	19:30	Leonel Cárdenas (MEX)	Ali Farag (EGY)	11–8, 11–5, 11–8
14 May	Glass Court	21:00	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Adrian Waller (ENG)	11–7, 11–5, 11–6

Round 2

Sunday, 15 & Monday 16 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
15 May	Court 1	14:45	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	George Parker (ENG)	11–6, 9–11, 11–3, 11–4
15 May	Court 2	14:45	Ramit Tandon (IND)	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	15–13, 9–11, 11–7, 11–8
15 May	Court 3	14:45	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Victor Crouin (FRA)	11–9, 11–5, 11–8
15 May	Court 1	16:45	Karim El Hammamy (EGY)	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	11–8, 11–5, 11–6
15 May	Court 2	16:45	Joel Makin (WAL)	Lucas Serme (FRA)	11–8, 11–3, 11–6
15 May	Court 3	16:45	Faraz Khan (USA)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–7, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8
15 May	Glass Court	19:30	Paul Coll (NZL)	Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)	11–5, 11–3, 11–9
15 May	Glass Court	21:00	Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	11–6, 11–4, 11–5
16 May	Court 1	14:45	Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–9, 11–3, 11–7
16 May	Court 2	14:45	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	Yassin ElShafei (EGY)	11–7, 11–5, 11–3
16 May	Court 3	14:45	Todd Harrity (USA)	Saurav Ghosal (IND)	11–8, 11–8, 11–7
16 May	Court 1	16:45	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Henry Leung (HKG)	8–11, 11–4, 11–9, 14–12
16 May	Court 2	16:45	Nicolas Müller (SUI)	Raphael Kandra (GER)	11–4, 11–4, 11–6
16 May	Court 3	16:45	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT)	10–12, 7–11, 11–9, 11–2, 11–7
16 May	Glass Court	19:30	César Salazar (MEX)	Ali Farag (EGY)	13–11, 11–1, 11–9
16 May	Glass Court	21:00	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Omar Mosaad (EGY)	11–5, 11–3, 11–4

Round 3

Tuesday, 17 & Wednesday 18 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
17 May	Court Museum	19:30	Paul Coll (NZL)	Mazen Hesham (EGY)	11–5, 11–0, 11–6
17 May	Glass Court	19:30	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	11–6, 14–16, 11–8, 11–7
17 May	Court Museum	21:00	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	11–3, 11–4, 6–0rtd.
17 May	Glass Court	21:00	Joel Makin (WAL)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	8–11, 11–9, 11–2, 11–7
18 May	Court Museum	19:30	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Ali Farag (EGY)	11–3, 11–1, 11–2
18 May	Glass Court	19:30	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–4, 11–2, 11–3
18 May	Court Museum	21:00	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Saurav Ghosal (IND)	11–2, 11–7, 11–3
18 May	Glass Court	21:00	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Nicolas Müller (SUI)	11–8, 11–8, 16–14

Quarter-finals

Thursday, 19 & Friday 20 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
19 May	Court Museum	19:30	Paul Coll (NZL)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–8, 13–11, 10–12, 2–11, 11–9
19 May	Court Museum	21:00	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	11–1, 12–10, 12–10
20 May	Court Museum	19:30	Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY)	Ali Farag (EGY)	11–7, 11–5, 11–7
20 May	Court Museum	21:00	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	9–11, 11–4, 11–7, 11–7

Semi-finals

Saturday, 21 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
21 May	Court Museum	Following women's semi-final 1	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	Paul Coll (NZL)	11–4, 8–11, 10–12, 11–8, 11–7
21 May	Court Museum	Following women's semi-final 2	Ali Farag (EGY)	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	8–11, 11–8, 11–8, 6–11, 11–9

Final

Sunday, 22 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
22 May	Court Museum	Following women's final	Ali Farag (EGY)	Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)	9–11, 11–8, 7–11, 11–9, 11–2

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2022 PSA Men's World Championship. A total of 19 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 20 players.

	EGY	NZL	PER	FRA	IND	SUI	WAL	USA	ENG	COL	HKG	MEX	GER	QAT	ESP	MAS	SCO	ARG	CAN	HUN	JPN	PAK	POR	Total
Final	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Semi-final	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Quarter-final	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Round 3	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Round 2	13	1	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
Total	20	1	1	6	3	2	1	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	64

See also

• World Squash Championships
• 2022 PSA Women's World Squash Championship