World Squash Championships

World Squash Championship
World Squash Championship
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Men's	Egypt Mostafa Asal
Women's	Egypt Nour El Sherbini
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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 women's was inaugurated in 1976 in Brisbane, Australia.

History

The British Open had for many years been generally considered to be the sport's effective world championship, and this continued to be the case until the World Open (called World Championship since 2017) was established.^[1]^[2]

The women's World Championship was held once every two years until the early 1990s, when it became an annual event. The men's event has been held every year since 1976, except for a two-year gap in 2000 and 2001 when it was not held due primarily to difficulties in securing sponsorship. In recent years, the men's World Championship has been part of the PSA World Series.^[3]

Editions & results

Men

Source: World Squash

Year	Location^[4]	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Semifinalists
1976	England London	Australia Geoff Hunt	Pakistan Mohibullah Khan	7–9, 9–4, 8–10, 9–2, 9–2	Pakistan Qamar Zaman Pakistan Gogi Alauddin
1977	Australia Adelaide	Australia Geoff Hunt	Pakistan Qamar Zaman	9–5, 10–9, 0–9, 9–4	Pakistan Mohibullah Khan Pakistan Gogi Alauddin
1978	No competition
1979	Canada Toronto	Australia Geoff Hunt	Pakistan Qamar Zaman	9–2, 9–3, 9–2	Pakistan Mohibullah Khan Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed
1980	Australia Adelaide	Australia Geoff Hunt	Pakistan Qamar Zaman	9–0, 9–3, 9–3	Pakistan Mohibullah Khan Pakistan Hiddy Jahan
1981	Canada Toronto	Pakistan Jahangir Khan	Australia Geoff Hunt	7–9, 9–1, 9–2, 9–2	Pakistan Qamar Zaman Pakistan Hiddy Jahan
1982	England Birmingham	Pakistan Jahangir Khan	Australia Dean Williams	9–2, 6–9, 9–1, 9–1	Pakistan Hiddy Jahan Australia Glen Brumby
1983	West Germany Munich^[5]	Pakistan Jahangir Khan	Australia Chris Dittmar	9–3, 9–6, 9–0	New Zealand Stuart Davenport Egypt Gamal Awad
1984	Pakistan Karachi	Pakistan Jahangir Khan	Pakistan Qamar Zaman	9–0, 9–3, 9–4	Pakistan Maqsood Ahmed New Zealand Ross Norman
1985	Egypt Cairo	Pakistan Jahangir Khan	New Zealand Ross Norman	9–4, 4–9, 9–5, 9–1	Australia Glen Brumby England Gawain Briars
1986	France Toulouse	New Zealand Ross Norman	Pakistan Jahangir Khan	9–5, 9–7, 7–9, 9–1	Australia Chris Dittmar Australia Chris Robertson
1987	England Birmingham	Pakistan Jansher Khan	Australia Chris Dittmar	9–5, 9–4, 4–9, 9–6	Australia Rodney Martin Pakistan Jahangir Khan
1988	Netherlands Amsterdam	Pakistan Jahangir Khan	Pakistan Jansher Khan	9–6, 9–2, 9–2	Australia Chris Dittmar New Zealand Ross Norman
1989	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Pakistan Jansher Khan	Australia Chris Dittmar	7–15, 6–15, 15–4, 15–11, 15–10	Australia Chris Robertson Pakistan Jahangir Khan
1990	France Toulouse	Pakistan Jansher Khan	Australia Chris Dittmar	15–8, 17–15, 13–15, 15–5	Australia Chris Robertson Australia Tristan Nancarrow
1991	Australia Adelaide	Australia Rodney Martin	Pakistan Jahangir Khan	14–17, 15–9, 15–4, 15–13	Australia Chris Dittmar Australia Chris Robertson
1992	South Africa Johannesburg	Pakistan Jansher Khan	Australia Chris Dittmar	15–11, 15–9, 10–15, 15–6	England Rodney Martin Spain Austin Adarraga
1993	Pakistan Karachi	Pakistan Jansher Khan	Pakistan Jahangir Khan	14–15, 15–9, 15–5, 15–5	England Peter Marshall England Chris Walker
1994	Spain Barcelona	Pakistan Jansher Khan	England Peter Marshall	10–15, 15–11, 15–8, 15–4	Scotland Peter Nicol Australia Rodney Eyles
1995	Cyprus Nicosia	Pakistan Jansher Khan	England Del Harris	15–10, 17–14, 16–17, 15–8	Australia Anthony Hill Australia Craig Rowland
1996	Pakistan Karachi	Pakistan Jansher Khan	Australia Rodney Eyles	15–13, 17–15, 11–15, 15–3	Scotland Peter Nicol England Chris Walker
1997	Malaysia Petaling Jaya	Australia Rodney Eyles	Scotland Peter Nicol	15–11, 15–12, 15–12	Wales Alex Gough England Peter Marshall
1998	Qatar Doha	Canada Jonathon Power	Scotland Peter Nicol	15–17, 15–7, 15–9, 15–10	Australia Anthony Hill Belgium Stefan Casteleyn
1999	Egypt Cairo	Scotland Peter Nicol	Egypt Ahmed Barada	15–9, 15–13, 15–11	Canada Jonathon Power Scotland Martin Heath
2000	No competition
2001	No competition
2002	Belgium Antwerp	Australia David Palmer	Scotland John White	13–15, 12–15, 15–6, 15–14, 15–11	England Peter Nicol Canada Jonathon Power
2003	Pakistan Lahore	Egypt Amr Shabana	France Thierry Lincou	15–14, 9–15, 15–11, 15–7	Australia Joseph Kneipp Egypt Karim Darwish
2004	Qatar Doha	France Thierry Lincou	England Lee Beachill	5–11, 11–2, 2–11, 12–10, 11–8	Australia David Palmer Canada Graham Ryding
2005	Hong Kong Hong Kong	Egypt Amr Shabana	Australia David Palmer	11–6, 11–7, 11–8	England Peter Nicol England James Willstrop
2006	Egypt Cairo	Australia David Palmer	France Grégory Gaultier	9–11, 9–11, 11–9, 16–14, 11–2	Egypt Amr Shabana France Thierry Lincou
2007	Bermuda Hamilton	Egypt Amr Shabana	France Grégory Gaultier	11–7, 11–4, 11–6	Australia David Palmer England Nick Matthew
2008	England Manchester	Egypt Ramy Ashour	Egypt Karim Darwish	5–11, 11–8, 11–4, 11–5	Australia David Palmer Egypt Amr Shabana
2009	Kuwait Kuwait	Egypt Amr Shabana	Egypt Ramy Ashour	11–8, 11–5, 11–5	France Grégory Gaultier England James Willstrop
2010	Saudi Arabia Al-Khobar	England Nick Matthew	England James Willstrop	8–11, 11–6, 11–2, 11–3	Egypt Amr Shabana England Peter Barker
2011	Netherlands Rotterdam	England Nick Matthew	France Grégory Gaultier	6–11, 11–9, 11–6, 11–5	Egypt Karim Darwish England James Willstrop
2012	Qatar Doha	Egypt Ramy Ashour	Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy	2–11, 11–6, 11–5, 9–11, 11–8	England James Willstrop England Nick Matthew
2013	England Manchester	England Nick Matthew	France Grégory Gaultier	11–9, 11–9, 11–13, 7–11, 11–2	Egypt Ramy Ashour Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
2014	Qatar Doha	Egypt Ramy Ashour	Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy	13–11, 7–11, 5–11, 11–5, 14–12	France Grégory Gaultier England Nick Matthew
2015	United States Bellevue^[6]	France Grégory Gaultier	Egypt Omar Mosaad	11–6, 11–7, 12–10	England James Willstrop Egypt Tarek Momen
2016	Egypt Cairo	Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad	Egypt Ramy Ashour	5–11, 11–6, 11–7, 2–1 (retired)	Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy France Grégory Gaultier
2017	England Manchester	Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy	Egypt Marwan El Shorbagy	11–5, 9–11, 11–7, 9–11, 11–6	France Grégory Gaultier Egypt Ali Farag
2018–19	United States Chicago	Egypt Ali Farag	Egypt Tarek Momen	11–5, 11–13, 13–11, 11–3	Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy Germany Simon Rösner
2019–20	Qatar Doha	Egypt Tarek Momen	New Zealand Paul Coll	11–8, 11–3, 11–4	Germany Simon Rösner Egypt Marwan El Shorbagy
2020–21	United States Chicago	Egypt Ali Farag	Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy	7–11, 12–10, 11–9, 11–4	Egypt Tarek Momen New Zealand Paul Coll
2022	Egypt Cairo	Egypt Ali Farag	Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy	9–11, 11–8, 7–11, 11–9, 11–2	Egypt Mostafa Asal New Zealand Paul Coll
2023	United States Chicago	Egypt Ali Farag	Egypt Karim Abdel Gawad	12–10, 11-6, 11–6	Egypt Mostafa Asal England Mohamed El Shorbagy
2024	Egypt Cairo	Peru Diego Elías	Egypt Mostafa Asal	11–6, 11–5, 12–10	Egypt Ali Farag New Zealand Paul Coll
2025	United States Chicago	Egypt Mostafa Asal	Egypt Ali Farag	11-7, 11-8, 11-3	Peru Diego Elías New Zealand Paul Coll

Note:

Peter Nicol switched nationality in 2001.
Mohamed El Shorbagy switched nationality by end of 2022.
Marwan El Shorbagy switched nationality at on the 30 July 23

Women

Source: World Squash

Year	Location^[7]	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Semifinalists
1976	Australia Brisbane	Australia Heather McKay	Australia Marion Jackman	9-2, 9-2, 9-0	Australia Margaret Zachariah Australia Sue Newman
1979	England Sheffield	Australia Heather McKay	England Sue Cogswell	6–9, 9–3, 9–1, 9–4	England Angela Smith Australia Vicki Hoffman
1980	No competition
1981	Canada Toronto	Australia Rhonda Thorne	Australia Vicki Cardwell	8–10, 9–4, 9–5, 7–9, 9–7	England Angela Smith England Lisa Opie
1982	No competition
1983	Australia Perth	Australia Vicki Cardwell	Australia Rhonda Thorne	9–1, 9–3, 9–4	New Zealand Susan Devoy Australia Carin Clonda
1984	No competition
1985	Republic of Ireland Dublin	New Zealand Susan Devoy	England Lisa Opie	9–4, 9–5, 10–8	England Martine Le Moignan England Lucy Soutter
1986	No competition
1987	New Zealand Auckland	New Zealand Susan Devoy	England Lisa Opie	9–3, 10–8, 9–2	Australia Liz Irving Australia Vicki Cardwell
1988	No competition
1989	Netherlands Warmond	England Martine Le Moignan	New Zealand Susan Devoy	4–9, 9–4, 10–8, 10–8	Australia Liz Irving Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald
1990	Australia Sydney	New Zealand Susan Devoy	England Martine Le Moignan	9–4, 9–4, 9–4	Australia Danielle Drady Australia Robyn Lambourne
1991	No competition
1992	Canada Vancouver	New Zealand Susan Devoy	Australia Michelle Martin	9–4, 9–6, 9–4	England Martine Le Moignan England Cassie Jackman
1993	South Africa Johannesburg	Australia Michelle Martin	Australia Liz Irving	9–2, 9–2, 9–1	England Martine Le Moignan Germany Sabine Schoene
1994	Guernsey Saint Peter Port	Australia Michelle Martin	England Cassie Jackman	9–1, 9–0, 9–6	England Suzanne Horner England Fiona Geaves
1995	Hong Kong Hong Kong	Australia Michelle Martin	Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald	8–10, 9–2, 9–6, 9–3	England Cassie Jackman England Fiona Geaves
1996	Malaysia Petaling Jaya	Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald	England Cassie Jackman	9–0, 9–3, 9–4	England Sue Wright Australia Liz Irving
1997	Australia Sydney	Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Australia Michelle Martin	9–5, 5–9, 6–9, 9–2, 9–3	England Sue Wright Australia Carol Owens
1998	Germany Stuttgart	Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Australia Michelle Martin	10–8, 9–7, 2–9, 3–9, 10–9	England Sue Wright England Suzanne Horner
1999	United States Seattle	England Cassie Campion	Australia Michelle Martin	9–6, 9–7, 9–7	New Zealand Leilani Joyce England Natalie Grainger
2000	Scotland Edinburgh	Australia Carol Owens	New Zealand Leilani Joyce	7–9, 3–9, 10–8, 9–6, 9–1	England Natalie Grainger Australia Sarah Fitzgerald
2001	Australia Melbourne	Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald	New Zealand Leilani Joyce	9–0, 9–3, 9–2	New Zealand Carol Owens England Linda Charman-Smith
2002	Qatar Doha	Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald	England Natalie Pohrer	10–8, 9–3, 7–9, 9–7	New Zealand Carol Owens England Linda Charman
2003	Hong Kong Hong Kong	New Zealand Carol Owens	England Cassie Jackman	3–9, 9–2, 9–7, 9–3	Netherlands Vanessa Atkinson Malaysia Nicol David
2004	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Netherlands Vanessa Atkinson	Australia Natalie Grinham	9–1, 9–1, 9–5	Malaysia Nicol David Australia Rachael Grinham
2005	Hong Kong Hong Kong	Malaysia Nicol David	Australia Rachael Grinham	8–10, 9–2, 9–6, 9–7	Netherlands Vanessa Atkinson Australia Natalie Grinham
2006	Northern Ireland Belfast	Malaysia Nicol David	Australia Natalie Grinham	1–9, 9–7, 3–9, 9–5, 9–2	Australia Rachael Grinham United States Natalie Grainger
2007	Spain Madrid	Australia Rachael Grinham	Australia Natalie Grinham	9–4, 10–8, 9–2	United States Natalie Grainger England Tania Bailey
2008	England Manchester	Malaysia Nicol David	England Vicky Botwright	5–11, 11–1, 11–6, 11–9	Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry England Jenny Duncalf
2009	Netherlands Amsterdam	Malaysia Nicol David	Netherlands Natalie Grinham	3–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–8	Australia Rachael Grinham England Alison Waters
2010	Egypt Sharm El Sheikh	Malaysia Nicol David	Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy	11–5, 11–8, 11–6	England Alison Waters France Camille Serme
2011	Netherlands Rotterdam	Malaysia Nicol David	England Jenny Duncalf	11–2, 11–5, 11–0	Netherlands Natalie Grinham Mexico Samantha Terán
2012	Cayman Islands Cayman Islands	Malaysia Nicol David	England Laura Massaro	11–6, 11–8, 11–6	Egypt Raneem El Weleily England Jenny Duncalf
2013	Malaysia Penang	England Laura Massaro	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	11–7, 6–11, 11–9, 5–11, 11–9	Malaysia Nicol David Egypt Raneem El Weleily
2014	Egypt Cairo	Malaysia Nicol David	Egypt Raneem El Weleily	5–11, 11–8, 7–11, 14–12, 11–5	England Alison Waters Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy
2015	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	England Laura Massaro	6–11, 4–11, 11–3, 11–5, 11–8	Egypt Raneem El Weleily Egypt Nouran Gohar
2016	Egypt El Gouna	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	Egypt Raneem El Weleily	11–8, 11–9, 11–9	France Camille Serme Egypt Nouran Gohar
2017	England Manchester	Egypt Raneem El Weleily	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	3–11, 12–10, 11–7, 11–5	France Camille Serme Egypt Nour El Tayeb
2018–19	United States Chicago	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	Egypt Nour El Tayeb	11–6, 11–5, 10–12, 15–13	Egypt Raneem El Weleily France Camille Serme
2019–20	Egypt Cairo	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	Egypt Raneem El Weleily	11–4, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6	Egypt Nouran Gohar Egypt Hania El Hammamy
2020–21	United States Chicago	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	Egypt Nouran Gohar	11–5, 11–8, 8–11, 11–9	France Camille Serme United States Amanda Sobhy
2022	Egypt Cairo	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	Egypt Nouran Gohar	7–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–7	Egypt Nour El Tayeb United States Amanda Sobhy
2023	United States Chicago	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	Egypt Nouran Gohar	11–6, 11–4, 12–10	Egypt Hania El Hammamy New Zealand Joelle King
2024	Egypt Cairo	Egypt Nouran Gohar	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	11–8, 9–11, 11–7, 11–5	United States Olivia Weaver Egypt Hania El Hammamy
2025	United States Chicago	Egypt Nour El Sherbini	Egypt Hania El Hammamy	11-5, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7	Egypt Nouran Gohar United States Olivia Weaver

Note:

Vicki Hoffman was known as Vicki Cardwell from 1982
Cassie Jackman was also known as Cassie Campion
Carol Owens switched nationality in 2001.
Natalie Pohrer was later known as Natalie Grainger.
Natalie Grinham represented Netherlands from 2007 onwards.
The 2013 edition was postponed until March 2014.
The 2015 edition was postponed until April 2016.
The 2016 edition was held in April 2017.

Most finals & titles

Men

Rank	Country	Player^[8]	Titles	Finals
1	Pakistan	Jansher Khan	8	9
2	Pakistan	Jahangir Khan	6	9
3	Australia	Geoff Hunt	4	5
3	Egypt	Ali Farag	4	5
5	Egypt	Amr Shabana	4	4
6	Egypt	Ramy Ashour	3	5
7	England	Nick Matthew	3	3

Women

Rank	Country	Player	Titles	Finals
1	Egypt	Nour El Sherbini	8	11
2	Malaysia	Nicol David	8	8
3	Australia	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	5	6
4	New Zealand	Susan Devoy	4	5
5	Australia	Michelle Martin	3	7

Medal table

Men


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	15	14	17	46
2	File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan	14	9	14	37
3	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	8	9	19	36
4	File:Flag of England.svg England	3	4	18	25
5	File:Flag of France.svg France	2	5	5	12
6	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	1	3	3	7
7	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	1	2	7	10
8	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	1	0	3	4
9	File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru	1	0	1	2
10	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	0	0	2	2
11	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	0	0	1	1
	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	0	0	1	1
	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		46	46	92	184

Women


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	14	13	17	44
2	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	10	12	14	36
3	File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia	8	0	3	11
4	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	5	3	5	13
5	File:Flag of England.svg England	3	12	26	41
6	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	1	1	3	5
7	File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States	0	0	6	6
8	File:Flag of France.svg France	0	0	5	5
9	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	0	0	1	1
	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	0	0	1	1
	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		41	41	82	164

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External links

World Squash Federation (official website)

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v t e Squash competitions
Multi-sport events	Summer Olympics World Games
World	World Individual Championships World Team Championships World Doubles Championships World University Squash Championships
Continental events	European Individual Championships European Team Championships
Open (individual)	Australian Open British Open El Gouna International Hong Kong Open Houston Open Malaysian Open Pakistan International PSA World Tour Finals Qatar Classic Texas Open Tournament of Champions US Open
National Championships	Great Britain US Men US Women
Junior	World Junior Squash Championships British Junior Open Squash Canadian Junior Open Squash Dutch Junior Open Squash French Junior Open Squash US Junior Open squash championship

v t e Squash records and statistics
World Championships	World Squash Championships WSF World Team Squash Championships
World Series records	British Open Hong Kong Open
Rankings	Men's Ranking Women's Ranking List of Men's Number 1 List of Women's Number 1
Records	Longest squash match records PSA World Tour records
Awards	PSA Men's Awards PSA Women's Awards

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