2025 Men's World Squash Championship

2025 Men's World Squash Championship
2025 Men's World Squash Championship
46th Men's World Squash Championship
Location	Chicago, United States
Venue	University Club of Chicago; Lakeshore Sport & Fitness
Date	9–18 May 2025
	Website; https://worldsquashchamps.com/
Category	PSA World Championships
Prize money	$600,000
Results
Champion	Mostafa Asal
Runner-up	Ali Farag
Semi-finalists	Diego Elías ; Paul Coll

The 2025 Men's World Squash Championship was the 2025 men's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash players.^[1] The event took place in Chicago, United States, from 9 to 18 May 2025.^[2] It was the fourth time that Chicago hosts the PSA World Championships, having previously hosted the 2019, 2021 & 2023 editions.^[3]

Mostafa Asal won his first world title defeating four-time world champion Ali Farag in the final. Asal did not lose a game throughout the tournament and the best that his opponents could manage was scoring an 8 point game. The last player to go through a world championship unbeaten (in games) was Jahangir Khan in the 1988.^[4]

Venues

University Club of Chicago and Lakeshore Sport & Fitness are the two venues that host the competition.

Seeds

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

1.

Ali Farag

2.

Mostafa Asal

3.

Diego Elías (Semifinals)

4.

Paul Coll (Semifinals)

5.

Tarek Momen (Quarterfinals)

6.

Karim Abdel Gawad (Quarterfinals)

7.

Mohamed Elshorbagy (Quarterfinals)

8.

Marwan Elshorbagy (Third round)

9.

Youssef Soliman (Quarterfinals)

10.

Eain Yow Ng (Third round)

11.

Aly Abou Eleinen (Third round)

12.

Youssef Ibrahim (Third round)

13.

Victor Crouin (Third round)

14.

Fares Dessouky (Second round)

15.

Leonel Cárdenas (Third round)

16.

Dimitri Steinmann (Third round)

Draw and results

Key

rtd. = Retired
Q = Qualifier
WC = Host wild card
w/o = Walkover

Finals

Semi finals					Final

1	Ali Farag	11	11	11

3	Diego Elías	5	4	5
					1	Ali Farag	7	8	3

					2	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11
4	Paul Coll	5	5	4

2	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11

Top half

Section 1

First round						Second round							Third Round					Quarter finals

1	Ali Farag	12	11	11
	Bernat Jaume	10	9	4		1	Ali Farag	7	11	11	12
17/32	Declan James	9	11	10	14	Q	Veer Chotrani	11	7	3	10
Q	Veer Chotrani	11	9	12	16								1	Ali Farag	w/o
Q	Dewald van Niekerk	11	7	3									15	Leonel Cárdenas
17/32	Curtis Malik	13	11	11		17/32	Curtis Malik	7	13	5
Q	Rhys Dowling	5	6	6		15	Leonel Cárdenas	11	15	11
15	Leonel Cárdenas	11	11	11														1	Ali Farag	11	11	11
14	Fares Dessouky	11	11	11														5	Tarek Momen	8	8	4
	Leandro Romiglio	5	9	3		14	Fares Dessouky	11	10	6	1
17/32	Mohamed Abouelghar	10	11	8	4		Jonah Bryant	5	12	11	11
	Jonah Bryant	12	8	11	11									Jonah Bryant	9	7	7
	Rui Soares	7	6	7									5	Tarek Momen	11	11	11
17/32	Grégoire Marche	11	11	11		17/32	Grégoire Marche	12	11	9	10	8
	Adrian Waller	11	4	4	8	5	Tarek Momen	10	8	11	12	11
5	Tarek Momen	9	11	11	11

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third Round						Quarter finals

8	Marwan El Shorbagy	12	11	11
	Karim El Hammamy	10	9	8			8	Marwan El Shorbagy	11	11	5	8	11
17/32	Ramit Tandon	10	11	13	11		17/32	Ramit Tandon	9	7	11	11	8
	Ryūnosuke Tsukue	12	7	11	7									8	Marwan El Shorbagy	11	9	11	0
	Omar Mosaad	11	11	11										9	Youssef Soliman	5	11	13	11
17/32	Mohamed ElSherbini	4	5	4				Omar Mosaad	2	8	5
	Sanjay Jeeva	5	6	6			9	Youssef Soliman	11	11	11
9	Youssef Soliman	11	11	11																9	Youssef Soliman	8	1	8
12	Youssef Ibrahim	12	11	11	9	11														3	Diego Elías	11	11	11
	Yahya Elnawasany	10	13	5	11	6	12	Youssef Ibrahim	11	11	11
17/32	Nicolas Müller	7	11	7	6			Abhay Singh	6	6	9
	Abhay Singh	11	2	11	11									12	Youssef Ibrahim	8	0	7
	Balasz Farkas	4	11	8	4									3	Diego Elías	11	11	11
17/32	Miguel Rodríguez	11	3	11	11		17/32	Miguel Rodríguez	5	8	5
	Velavan Senthilkumar	11	7	5	3		3	Diego Elías	11	11	11
3	Diego Elías	7	11	11	11

Bottom half

Section 3

First round							Second round						Third Round							Quarter finals

4	Paul Coll	11	11	11
	Henry Leung	1	5	3			4	Paul Coll	11	11	11
17/32	Iker Pajares	10	11	6	7		Q	Melvil Scianimanico	3	3	2
Q	Melvil Scianimanico	12	9	11	11								4	Paul Coll	11	11	11
	Alex Lau	11	4	12	11	15							13	Victor Crouin	6	4	9
17/32	Baptiste Masotti	5	11	14	1	17	17/32	Baptiste Masotti	11	4	5	8
	Juan Camilo Vargas	4	4	5			13	Victor Crouin	8	11	11	11
13	Victor Crouin	11	11	11																4	Paul Coll	11	11	11
16	Dimitri Steinmann	9	11	11	11															7	Mohamed Elshorbagy	4	9	2
	George Parker	11	6	8	4		16	Dimitri Steinmann	6	11	11	11
17/32	Timmy Brownell	11	9	5	11	5		Shahjahan Khan	11	9	7	9
	Shahjahan Khan	5	11	11	8	11							16	Dimitri Steinmann	11	11	9	6	8
	Rory Stewart	8	8	3									7	Mohamed Elshorbagy	9	8	11	11	11
17/32	Mohamed Zakaria	11	11	11			17/32	Mohamed Zakaria	7	8	7
	Nathan Lake	5	11	11	8	3	7	Mohamed Elshorbagy	11	11	11
7	Mohamed Elshorbagy	11	6	4	11	11

Section 4

First round							Second round					Third Round					Quarter finals

6	Karim Abdel Gawad	7	11	11	6	11
	Simon Herbert	11	4	9	11	7	6	Karim Abdel Gawad	11	11	11
17/32	Abdulla Al-Tamimi	10	11	11	4	7	Q	Noor Zaman	5	7	9
Q	Noor Zaman	12	4	8	11	11						6	Karim Abdel Gawad	8	11	0
Q	Matías Knudsen	9	9	11	11	11						11	Aly Abou Eleinen	11	0	0^r
	Greg Lobban	11	11	4	4	7	Q	Matías Knudsen	6	6	4
	Yannick Wilhelmi	6	11	4	10		11	Aly Abou Eleinen	11	11	11
11	Aly Abou Eleinen	11	2	11	12												6	Karim Abdel Gawad	7	4	8
10	Eain Yow Ng	11	11	11													2	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11
	Patrick Rooney	8	5	6			10	Eain Yow Ng	11	11	11
17/32	Auguste Dussourd	9	11	10	11	2		Muhammad Asim Khan	4	2	4
	Muhammad Asim Khan	11	7	12	7	11						10	Eain Yow Ng	4	6	7
Q	Nicholas Spizzirri	9	6	3								2	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11
16/32	Raphael Kandra	11	11	11			16/32	Raphael Kandra	3	5	2
	Nick Wall	4	3	7			2	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11
2	Mostafa Asal	11	11	11

Schedule

Times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00). To the best of five games.

Abbreviations:

UCC - University Club of Chicago
LSF - Lakeshore Sport & Fitness

Round 1

Friday, 9 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
9 May	UCC, Court 1	12:30	Ryūnosuke Tsukue (JPN)	Ramit Tandon (IND)	12–10, 7–11, 11–13, 7–11
9 May	UCC, Court 2	12:30	Abhay Singh (IND)	Nicolas Müller (SUI)	11–7, 2–11, 11–7, 11–6
9 May	UCC, Court 1	13:15	Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY)	Karim El Hammamy (EGY)	12–10, 11–9, 11–8
9 May	UCC, Court 2	13:15	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Yahya Elnawasany (EGY)	12–10, 11–13, 11–5, 9–11, 11–6
9 May	UCC, Court 3	13:15	Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)	Omar Mosaad (EGY)	4–11, 5–11, 4–11	9 May	UCC, Court 3	14:00	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	Sanjay Jeeva (MAS)	11–5, 11–6, 11–6
9 May	UCC, Court 1	16:30	Miguel Á Rodríguez (COL)	Balasz Farkas (HUN)	11–4, 3–11, 11–8, 11–4
9 May	UCC, Court 2	16:30	Velavan Senthilkumar (IND)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–7, 7–11, 5–11, 3–11
9 May	UCC, Court 1	17:15	Adrian Waller (ENG)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–9, 4–11, 4–11, 8–11
9 May	UCC, Court 2	17:15	Ali Farag (EGY)	Bernat Jaume (ESP)	12–10, 11–9, 11–4
9 May	UCC, Court 3	17:15	Veer Chotrani (IND)	Declan James (ENG)	11–9, 9–11, 12–10, 16–14
9 May	UCC, Court 3	18:00	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Leandro Romiglio (ARG)	11–5, 11–9, 11–3
9 May	UCC, Court 1	18:45	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	Rui Soares (POR)	11–7, 11–6, 11–7
9 May	UCC, Court 2	18:45	Rhys Dowling (AUS)	Leonel Cárdenas (MEX)
9 May	UCC, Court 2	19:30	Curtis Malik (ENG)	Dewald van Niekerk (RSA)	13–11, 11–7, 11–3
9 May	UCC, Court 3	19:30	Jonah Bryant (ENG)	Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)	12–10, 8–11, 11–8, 11–4

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Saturday, 10 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
10 May	UCC, Court 1	12:30	Matías Knudsen (COL)	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	9–11, 9–11, 11–4, 11–4, 11–7
10 May	UCC, Court 2	12:30	Muhammad Asim Khan (PAK)	Auguste Dussourd (FRA)	11–9, 7–11, 12–10, 7–11, 11–2
10 May	UCC, Court 1	13:15	Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY)	Yannick Wilhelmi (SUI)	11–6, 2–11, 11–4, 12–10
10 May	UCC, Court 2	13:15	Eain Yow Ng (MAS)	Patrick Rooney (ENG)	11–8, 11–5, 11–6
10 May	UCC, Court 3	13:15	Mohamed Elshorbagy (ENG)	Nathan Lake (ENG)	11–5, 6–11, 4–11, 11–8, 11–3
10 May	UCC, Court 3	14:00	Mohamed Zakaria (EGY)	Rory Stewart (SCO)	11–8, 11–8, 11–3
10 May	UCC, Court 1	16:30	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Simon Herbert (ENG)	7–11, 11–4, 11–9, 6–11, 11–7
10 May	UCC, Court 2	16:30	Victor Crouin (FRA)	Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)	11–4, 11–4, 11–5
10 May	UCC, Court 1	17:15	Paul Coll (NZL)	Henry Leung (HKG)	11–5, 11–1, 11–3
10 May	UCC, Court 2	17:15	Baptiste Masotti (FRA)	Alex Lau (HKG)	5–11, 11–4, 14–12, 1–11, 17–15
10 May	UCC, Court 3	16:45	Noor Zaman (PAK)	Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT)	12–10, 4–11, 8–11, 11–4, 11–7
10 May	UCC, Court 3	18:00	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	George Parker (ENG)	9–11, 11–6, 11–8, 11–4
10 May	UCC, Court 1	18:45	Melvil Scianimanico (FRA)	Iker Parajes (ESP)	12–10, 9–11, 11–6, 11–7
10 May	UCC, Court 2	18:45	Raphael Kandra (GER)	Nicholas Spizzirri (USA)	11–9, 11–6, 11–3
10 May	UCC, Court 2	19:30	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Nick Wall (ENG)	11–4, 11–3, 11–7
10 May	UCC, Court 3	19:30	Shahjahan Khan (USA)	Timothy Brownell (USA)	5–11, 11–9, 11–5, 8–11, 11–5

Round 2

Sunday, 11 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
11 May	UCC, Court 1	13:30	Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY)	Ramit Tandon (IND)	11–9, 11–7, 5–11, 8–11, 11–8
11 May	UCC, Court 2	13:30	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Abhay Singh (IND)	11–6, 11–6, 11–9
11 May	UCC, Court 3	13:15	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	Omar Mosaad (EGY)	11–2, 11–8, 11–5
11 May	LSF, Glass Court	14:00	Diego Elías (PER)	Miguel Á Rodríguez (COL)	11–5, 11–8, 11–5
11 May	UCC, Court 1	14:15	Tarek Momen (EGY)	Grégoire Marche (FRA)	10–12, 8–11, 11–9, 12–10, 11–8
11 May	UCC, Court 2	14:15	Leonel Cárdenas (MEX)	Curtis Malik (ENG)	11–7, 15–13, 11–5
11 May	UCC, Court 3	14:15	Fares Dessouky (EGY)	Jonah Bryant (ENG)	11–5, 10–12, 6–11, 1–11
11 May	LSF, Glass Court	14:45	Ali Farag (EGY)	Veer Chotrani (IND)	7–11, 11–7, 11–3, 12–10
11 May	UCC, Court 2	16:45	Eain Yow Ng (MAS)	Muhammad Asim Khan (PAK)	11–4, 11–2, 11–4
11 May	UCC, Court 1	17:30	Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY)	Matías Knudsen (COL)	11–6, 11–6, 11–4
11 May	UCC, Court 2	17:30	Victor Crouin (FRA)	Baptiste Masotti (FRA)	8–11, 11–4, 11–5, 11–8
11 May	UCC, Court 3	18:45	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Noor Zaman (PAK)	11–5, 11–7, 11–9
11 May	LSF, Glass Court	17:30	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Raphael Kandra (GER)	11–3, 11–5, 11–2
11 May	UCC, Court 1	18:15	Paul Coll (NZL)	Melvil Scianimanico (FRA)	11–3, 11–3, 11–3
11 May	UCC, Court 3	18:15	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	Shahjahan Khan (USA)	6–11, 11–9, 11–7, 11–9
11 May	LSF, Glass Court	19:00	Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY)	Mohamed Zakaria (EGY)	11–7, 11–8, 11–7

Round 3

Monday, 12 May & Tuesday, 13 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
12 May	LSF, Glass Court	14:00	Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY)	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	11–5, 9–11, 11–13, 0–11
12 May	LSF, Glass Court	14:45	Youssef Ibrahim (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	8–11, 0–11, 7–11
12 May	LSF, Glass Court	19:30	Ali Farag (EGY)	Leonel Cárdenas (MEX)	w/o
12 May	LSF, Glass Court	20:30	Jonah Bryant (ENG)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	9–11, 7–11, 7–11
13 May	LSF, Glass Court	14:00	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY)	8–11, 11–0 ret.
13 May	LSF, Glass Court	14:45	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Eain Yow Ng (MAS)	11–4, 11–6, 11–7
13 May	LSF, Glass Court	19:30	Paul Coll (NZL)	Victor Crouin (FRA)	11–6, 11–4, 11–9
13 May	LSF, Glass Court	20:30	Mohamed Elshorbagy (ENG)	Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)	9–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–6, 11–8

Quarter-finals

Wednesday, 14 May & Thursday 15 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
14 May	LSF, Glass Court	19:30	Ali Farag (EGY)	Tarek Momen (EGY)	11–8, 11–8, 11–4
14 May	LSF, Glass Court	20:30	Diego Elías (PER)	Youssef Soliman (EGY)	11–8, 11–1, 11–8
15 May	LSF, Glass Court	19:30	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)	11–7, 11–4, 11–8
15 May	LSF, Glass Court	20:30	Paul Coll (NZL)	Mohamed Elshorbagy (ENG)	11–4, 11–9, 11–2

Semi-finals

Friday, 16 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
16 May	LSF, Glass Court	19:30	Ali Farag (EGY)	Diego Elías (PER)	11–5, 11–4, 11–5
16 May	LSF, Glass Court	20:15	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	Paul Coll (NZL)	11–5, 11–5, 11–4

Final

Saturday, 17 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
17 May	LSF, Glass Court	18:45	Ali Farag (EGY)	Mostafa Asal (EGY)	7–11, 8–11, 3–11

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2024 PSA Men's World Championship. A total of 23 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 14 players.

	EGY	NZL	PER	ENG	FRA	MAS	MEX	SUI	IND	COL	PAK	GER	USA	ARG	AUS	ESP	HKG	HUN	JPN	POR	QAT	RSA	SCO	Total
Final	2																							2
Semi-final	2	1	1																					4
Quarter-final	5	1	1	1																				8
Round 3	7	1	1	3	1	1	1	1																16
Round 2	10	1	1	4	4	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1											32
Round 1	14	1	1	11	5	2	1	3	4	3	2	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	64

References

↑ "Anahat Singh, Veer Chotrani qualify for World Squash Championships 2025 by winning Asian qualifiers". Olympics.
↑ "PSA Squash World Championships 2024-25: Stage set for all-Egyptian men's and women's finals". Olympics.
↑ "Chicago to host PSA World Championships - PSA Squash Tour". www.psasquashtour.com. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
↑ "Squash: Egyptians chase glory in 2025 PSA World Championships finals". Ahram Online. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.

[1] "Anahat Singh, Veer Chotrani qualify for World Squash Championships 2025 by winning Asian qualifiers". Olympics.

[2] "PSA Squash World Championships 2024-25: Stage set for all-Egyptian men's and women's finals". Olympics.

[3] "Chicago to host PSA World Championships - PSA Squash Tour". www.psasquashtour.com. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

[4] "Squash: Egyptians chase glory in 2025 PSA World Championships finals". Ahram Online. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.

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