2019–20 PSA World Tour
2019–20 PSA World Tour | |
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Details | |
Event name | PSA World Tour 2019–20 |
Dates | August 2019 – July 2020 |
Categories | World Championship: Men's/Women's World Tour Finals: Men's/Women's PSA Challenger Tour WSF & PSA Satellite Tour |
Website PSA World Tour | |
Achievements | |
World Number 1 | Men : Mohamed El Shorbagy Women : Nouran Gohar |
World Champion | Men: Tarek Momen Women: Nour El Sherbini |
The 2019–20 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2019–20 squash season. It's the 5th PSA season since the merger of PSA and WSA associations in 2015.
The most important tournaments in the series are the Men's and Women's PSA World Championship. The tour also features two circuits of regular events - PSA World Tour (formerly PSA World Series), which feature the highest prize money and the best fields; and PSA Challenger Tour with prize money ranging $5,500–$30,000. In the middle of the year, the PSA World Tour tour is concluded by the Men's and Women's PSA World Tour Finals in Cairo, the season-ending championships for the top 8 rated players from World Tour level tournaments.
Overview
[edit]PSA World Tour changes
[edit]Starting in August 2018, PSA revamped its professional tour structure in two individual circuits; PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour.[1]
PSA World Tour (formerly PSA World Series) will comprise most important tournaments in prize money ($50,000–$1,000,000) for more experienced and higher-ranked players, including PSA World Championships and PSA World Tour Finals, labelled as following:
- PSA World Tour Platinum — 48-player draws — $180,500
- PSA World Tour Gold — 24-player draws — $100,000
- PSA World Tour Silver — 24-player draws — $73,500
- PSA World Tour Bronze — 24-player draws — $51,250
PSA Challenger Tour tournaments will offer a $6,000–$30,000 prize-money, ideal circuit for less-experienced and upcoming players, that will include the following tiers:
- PSA Challenger Tour 30 — $30,000
- PSA Challenger Tour 20 — $20,000
- PSA Challenger Tour 10 — $12,000
- PSA Challenger Tour 5 — $6,000
Further, PSA will implement some rule changes like the removing of qualification rounds among others. Also PSA will grant 7 World Championship wildcards for winners of selected PSA Challenger Tour chosen by PSA. Additionally, PSA and WSF will jointly manage PSA Satellite Tour, a circuit for amateur or junior players who aim to become professionals.
Prize money/ranking points breakdown
[edit]PSA World Tour events also have a separate World Tour ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Tour event. The top eight players at the end of the calendar year are then eligible to play in the PSA World Tour Finals.
Ranking points vary according to tournament tier being awarded as follows:
PSA World Tour | Ranking Points | ||||||||
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Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/48 |
Platinum | $180,500–$250,000 | 19188 points | 2750 | 1810 | 1100 | 675 | 410 | 250 | 152.5 |
Gold | $100,000–$121,000 | 10660 points | 1750 | 1150 | 700 | 430 | 260 | 160 | |
Silver | $73,500–$79,500 | 7470 points | 1225 | 805 | 490 | 300 | 182.5 | 112.5 | |
Bronze | $51,250–$56,500 | 5330 points | 875 | 575 | 350 | 215 | 130 | 80 | |
PSA World Tour Finals | Ranking Points | ||||||||
Rank | Prize Money US$ | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | Round-Robin Match Win | Undefeated bonus | |||
World Tour Finals | $160,000 | 1000 | 550 | 200 | 150 | 150 | |||
PSA Challenger Tour | Ranking Points | ||||||||
Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/48 |
Challenger Tour 30 | $30,000 | 3194 points | 525 | 345 | 210 | 130 | 78 | 47.5 | |
Challenger Tour 20 | $20,000 | 2112 points | 350 | 230 | 140 | 85 | 51 | 31.5 | |
Challenger Tour 10 | $12,000 | 1218 points | 200 | 130 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 18 | |
Challenger Tour 5 | $6,000 | 609 points | 100 | 65 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 9 | |
PSA World Championships | Ranking Points | ||||||||
Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/64 |
PSA World Championships | $500,000 | 25045 points | 3175 | 2090 | 1270 | 780 | 475 | 290 | 177.5 |
World Tour halts
[edit]In mid-March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic, The Professional Squash Association was forced to suspend the PSA Tour (World Tour, Challenger Tour and WSF & PSA Satellite Tour) until May.[2] Then, the Tour suspension experienced new extensions first until July and later until September.[3][4]
PSA Tour return is expected to September 2020.
Calendar
[edit]Key
[edit]World Championship |
World Tour Platinum |
World Tour Gold |
World Tour Silver |
World Tour Bronze |
Challenger Tour 5/10/20/30 |
August
[edit](QE): 2019–20 PSA World Squash Championships Qualifying Event.