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.

Egyptian Ali Farag won the World title for the third time.

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

PSA World Squash ChampionshipsRanking PointsRankPrize money US$WinnerRunner up3/45/89/1617/3233/64World Squash Championships$550,000317520901270780475290177.5

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% $88,000Runner-up (1) 10% $55,0003/4 (2) 6% $33,0005/8 (4) 3.50% $19,2509/16 (8) 2.10% $11,55017/32 (16) 1.20% $6,60033/64 (32) 0.75% $4,125

Seeds

Paul Coll (semi finals) Ali Farag (champion) Mohamed El Shorbagy (finals) Mostafa Asal (semi finals) Diego Elías (quarter finals) Tarek Momen (quarter finals) Marwan El Shorbagy (quarter finals) Fares Dessouky (quarter finals)

Joel Makin (third round) Mazen Hesham (third round) Youssef Ibrahim (third round) Karim Abdel Gawad (third round) Grégoire Marche (third round) Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (first round) Youssef Soliman (third round) Saurav Ghosal (third round)

Draw and results Key rtd. = Retired Q = Qualifier WC = Host wild card I = invitee w/o = Walkover

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half Section 3

Section 4

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

Round 1

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score 13 May Court 1 12:45 11–4, 11–2, 11–2 13 May Court 2 12:45 11–4, 11–7, 6–11, 9–11, 11–3 13 May Court 3 12:45 11–9, 11–6, 7–11, 11–9 13 May Court 1 14:15 11–6, 11–3, 11–4 13 May Court 2 14:15 11–4, 11–4, 11–6 13 May Court 3 14:15 11–6, 9–11, 11–5, 11–5 13 May Court 1 16:00 15–13, 11–6, 11–9 13 May Court 2 16:45 11–8, 11–4, 11–2 13 May Court 3 16:45 11–9, 11–7, 11–7 13 May Court 1 17:30 5–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–5 13 May Court 2 18:15 11–6, 11–6, 11–5 13 May Court 3 18:15 11–9, 11–9, 9–11, 11–4 13 May Court 1 19:00 11–9, 11–2, 11–5 13 May Court 2 19:00 11–6, 12–10, 9–7rtd. 13 May Glass Court 19:30 11–5, 11–3, 11–8 13 May Glass Court 21:00 11–8, 11–2, 11–6

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DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score 14 May Court 1 12:45 11–4, 7–11, 9–11, 11–8, 11–2 14 May Court 2 12:45 11–9, 11–6, 11–8 14 May Court 3 12:45 11–4, 11–9, 6–11, 11–7 14 May Court 1 14:15 11–7, 11–4, 11–4 14 May Court 2 14:15 11–4, 8–11, 11–6, 11–3 14 May Court 3 14:15 11–7, 11–4, 11–3 14 May Court 1 16:00 2–0rtd. 14 May Court 2 16:45 11–6, 5–11, 11–9, 4–11, 11–6 14 May Court 3 16:45 11–5, 11–7, 11–4 14 May Court 1 17:30 8–11, 11–6, 11–5, 11–5 14 May Court 2 18:15 11–7, 11–6, 11–5 14 May Court 3 18:15 7–11, 11–9, 11–6, 8–11, 11–8 14 May Court 1 19:00 5–11, 9–11, 11–4, 11–9, 11–4 14 May Court 2 19:00 9–11, 12–10, 11–3, 11–5 14 May Glass Court 19:30 11–8, 11–5, 11–8 14 May Glass Court 21:00 11–7, 11–5, 11–6

Round 2

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score 15 May Court 1 14:45 11–6, 9–11, 11–3, 11–4 15 May Court 2 14:45 15–13, 9–11, 11–7, 11–8 15 May Court 3 14:45 11–9, 11–5, 11–8 15 May Court 1 16:45 11–8, 11–5, 11–6 15 May Court 2 16:45 11–8, 11–3, 11–6 15 May Court 3 16:45 11–7, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8 15 May Glass Court 19:30 11–5, 11–3, 11–9 15 May Glass Court 21:00 11–6, 11–4, 11–5 16 May Court 1 14:45 11–9, 11–3, 11–7 16 May Court 2 14:45 11–7, 11–5, 11–3 16 May Court 3 14:45 11–8, 11–8, 11–7 16 May Court 1 16:45 8–11, 11–4, 11–9, 14–12 16 May Court 2 16:45 11–4, 11–4, 11–6 16 May Court 3 16:45 10–12, 7–11, 11–9, 11–2, 11–7 16 May Glass Court 19:30 13–11, 11–1, 11–9 16 May Glass Court 21:00 11–5, 11–3, 11–4

Round 3

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score 17 May Court Museum 19:30 11–5, 11–0, 11–6 17 May Glass Court 19:30 11–6, 14–16, 11–8, 11–7 17 May Court Museum 21:00 11–3, 11–4, 6–0rtd. 17 May Glass Court 21:00 8–11, 11–9, 11–2, 11–7 18 May Court Museum 19:30 11–3, 11–1, 11–2 18 May Glass Court 19:30 11–4, 11–2, 11–3 18 May Court Museum 21:00 11–2, 11–7, 11–3 18 May Glass Court 21:00 11–8, 11–8, 16–14

Quarter-finals

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score 19 May Court Museum 19:30 11–8, 13–11, 10–12, 2–11, 11–9 19 May Court Museum 21:00 11–1, 12–10, 12–10 20 May Court Museum 19:30 11–7, 11–5, 11–7 20 May Court Museum 21:00 9–11, 11–4, 11–7, 11–7

Semi-finals

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score 21 May Court Museum Following women's semi-final 1 11–4, 8–11, 10–12, 11–8, 11–7 21 May Court Museum Following women's semi-final 2 8–11, 11–8, 11–8, 6–11, 11–9

Final

DateCourtTimePlayer 1Player 2Score 22 May Court Museum Following women's final 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 Final2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 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

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