2022 PSA Women's World Squash Championship

2022 Women's World Championship
2022 Women's World Championship
37th PSA Women'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	Nour El Sherbini
Runner-up	Nouran Gohar
Semi-finalists	Amanda Sobhy ; Nour El Tayeb
	← 2020–21 2023 →

Last updated May 14, 2025

The 2022 PSA Women's World Squash Championship is the 2022 women's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event takes place in Cairo, Egypt from 13 to 22 May 2022. It will be the third time that Cairo host the PSA World Championships after 2014 and 2019–20 editions.^[1]

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). ^[2]

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.

1.

Nouran Gohar (finals)

2.

Nour El Sherbini (champion)

3.

Hania El Hammamy (quarter finals)

4.

Amanda Sobhy (semi finals)

5.

Joelle King (third round)

6.

Sarah-Jane Perry (quarter finals)

7.

Salma Hany (second round)

8.

Rowan Elaraby (quarter finals)

9.

Georgina Kennedy (third round)

10.

Olivia Fiechter (second round)

11.

Nele Gilis (third round)

12.

Joshna Chinappa (third round)

13.

Tesni Evans (third round)

14.

Nadine Shahin (second round)

15.

Nada Abbas (quarter finals)

16.

Hollie Naughton (second round)

Draw and results

Key

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

Finals

Semi finals						Final

1	Nouran Gohar	5	11	11	15

4	Amanda Sobhy	11	3	6	13
						1	Nouran Gohar	11	7	8	7

						2	Nour El Sherbini	7	11	11	11
	Nour El Tayeb	6	8	11	3

2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	9	11

2022 Women's PSA World Squash Championship winner
Nour El Sherbini Sixth title

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round					Third Round					Quarter finals

1	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11
	Énora Villard	7	6	2			1	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11
	Nour Aboulmakarim	12	8	12	5			Farida Mohamed	4	2	4
	Farida Mohamed	10	11	14	11							1	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11
	Rachel Arnold	11	11	8	11	3						13	Tesni Evans	6	4	4
	Coline Aumard	5	6	11	13	11		Coline Aumard	10	2
I	Karina Tyma	11	5	5	4		13	Tesni Evans	12	11	rtd.
13	Tesni Evans	7	11	11	11												1	Nouran Gohar	11	11	11
12	Joshna Chinappa	11	11	11													8	Rowan Elaraby	1	5	4
Q	Katie Malliff	6	8	9			12	Joshna Chinappa	11	12	11
	Cindy Merlo	11	1	4	4			Emily Whitlock	8	10	5
	Emily Whitlock	4	11	11	11							12	Joshna Chinappa
	Hana Ramadan	11	11	11								8	Rowan Elaraby	w/o
	Marie Stephan	8	7	9				Hana Ramadan	7	7	9
	Millie Tomlinson	5	5	9			8	Rowan Elaraby	11	11	11
8	Rowan Elaraby	11	11	11

Section 2

First round							Second round					Third Round						Quarter finals

5	Joelle King	11	11	11
	Tong Tsz Wing	7	5	8			5	Joelle King	11	11	11
	Yathreb Adel	9	12	14	4	11		Yathreb Adel	3	5	9
	Mariam Metwally	11	10	12	11	5						5	Joelle King	7	13	11	6
	Olivia Clyne	6	11	11	11							15	Nada Abbas	11	15	8	11
	Julianne Courtice	11	8	8	9			Olivia Clyne	6	0^rtd.
	Ho Tze-Lok	6	5	11			15	Nada Abbas	11	3
15	Nada Abbas	11	11	13														15	Nada Abbas	12	6	5	5
11	Nele Gilis	9	11	11	11													4	Amanda Sobhy	10	11	11	11
	Emilia Soini	11	2	3	4		11	Nele Gilis	11	11	11
	Lisa Aitken	11	11	11				Lisa Aitken	6	5	6
	Donna Lobban	9	1	4								11	Nele Gilis	9	8	9
Q	Alexandra Fuller	7	11	11	10	11						4	Amanda Sobhy	11	11	11
I	Marta Domínguez	11	3	4	12	2	Q	Alexandra Fuller	3	5	6
	Haley Mendez	4	4	1			4	Amanda Sobhy	11	11	11
4	Amanda Sobhy	11	11	11

Bottom half

Section 3

First round						Second round						Third Round						Quarter finals

3	Hania El Hammamy	11	11	11
	Sana Ibrahim	7	7	4		3	Hania El Hammamy	8	11	11	11
Q	Satomi Watanabe	12	13	11	14	Q	Satomi Watanabe	11	5	9	2
	Lucy Turmel	14	11	6	12							3	Hania El Hammamy	11	11	11
	Danielle Letourneau	11	11	11								9	Georgina Kennedy	9	6	8
	Anna Serme	6	4	3			Danielle Letourneau	2	4	2
	Milou van der Heijden	2	0	4		9	Georgina Kennedy	11	11	11
9	Georgina Kennedy	11	11	11														3	Hania El Hammamy	8	4	12	8
14	Nadine Shahin	7	11	11	11														Nour El Tayeb	11	11	10	11
	Nicole Bunyan	11	9	6	8	14	Nadine Shahin	9	9	9
I	Saskia Beinhard	3	3	2			Sivasangari Subramaniam	11	11	11
	Sivasangari Subramaniam	11	11	11									Sivasangari Subramaniam	5	11	5	11
	Aifa Azman	7	3	6									Nour El Tayeb	11	4	11	13
	Nour El Tayeb	11	11	11			Nour El Tayeb	12	9	11	11
	Ineta Mackeviča	6	11	3		7	Salma Hany	10	11	3	3
7	Salma Hany	11	13	11

Section 4

First round							Second round						Third Round							Quarter finals

6	Sarah-Jane Perry	11	11	6	11
	Chan Sin Yuk	4	8	11	4		6	Sarah-Jane Perry	11	11	12
	Zeina Mickawy	13	6	11	8	7		Mélissa Alves	8	4	10
	Mélissa Alves	11	11	3	11	11							6	Sarah-Jane Perry	8	11	11	2	11
	Sabrina Sobhy	11	11	11										Sabrina Sobhy	11	7	8	11	8
	Jana Shiha	3	5	8				Sabrina Sobhy	12	11	11
	Lee Ka Yi	8	10	13	6		10	Olivia Fiechter	10	5	9
10	Olivia Fiechter	11	12	11	11															6	Sarah-Jane Perry	5	11	7	12
16	Hollie Naughton	7	11	11	11															2	Nour El Sherbini	11	8	11	14
WC	Nardine Garas	11	9	3	1		16	Hollie Naughton	7	8	2
I	Georgia Adderley	2	11	4	10			Tinne Gilis	11	11	11
	Tinne Gilis	11	5	11	12									Tinne Gilis	5	4	5
	Jasmine Hutton	10	10	10									2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	11
Q	Kenzy Ayman	12	12	12			Q	Kenzy Ayman	14	7	4	9
	Cristina Gómez	4	5	4			2	Nour El Sherbini	12	11	11	11
2	Nour El Sherbini	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	12:00	Joelle King (NZL)	Tong Tsz Wing (HKG)	11–7, 11–5, 11–8
13 May	Court 2	12:00	Ho Tze-Lok (HKG)	Nada Abbas (EGY)	11–6, 11–5, 13–11
13 May	Court 3	12:00	Nele Gilis (BEL)	Emilia Soini (FIN)	9–11, 11–2, 11–3, 11–4
13 May	Court 1	13:30	Yathreb Adel (EGY)	Mariam Metwally (EGY)	9–11, 12–10, 14–12, 4–11, 11–5
13 May	Court 2	13:30	Olivia Clyne (USA)	Julianne Courtice (ENG)	6–11, 11–8, 11–8, 11–9
13 May	Court 3	13:30	Lisa Aitken (SCO)	Donna Lobban (AUS)	11–9, 11–1, 11–4
13 May	Court 1	15:00	Millie Tomlinson (ENG)	Rowan Elaraby (EGY)	11–5, 11–5, 11–9
13 May	Court 2	15:00	Joshna Chinappa (IND)	Katie Malliff (ENG)	11–6, 11–8, 11–9
13 May	Court 3	15:00	Karina Tyma (POL)	Tesni Evans (WAL)	7–11, 11–5, 11–5, 11–4
13 May	Court 1	16:45	Hana Ramadan (EGY)	Marie Stephan (FRA)	11–8, 11–7, 11–9
13 May	Court 2	17:30	Cindy Merlo (SUI)	Emily Whitlock (WAL)	4–11, 11–1, 11–4, 11–4
13 May	Court 3	17:30	Rachel Arnold (MYS)	Coline Aumard (FRA)	5–11, 6–11, 11–8, 13–11, 11–3
13 May	Court 1	18:15	Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY)	Farida Mohamed (EGY)	10–12, 11–8, 14–12, 11–5
13 May	Glass Court	18:45	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Énora Villard (FRA)	11–7, 11–6, 11–2
13 May	Court 3	19:00	Alexandra Fuller (RSA)	Marta Domínguez (ESP)	7–11, 11–3, 11–4, 10–12, 11–2
13 May	Glass Court	20:15	Haley Mendez (USA)	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	11–4, 11–4, 11–1

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Saturday, 14 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
14 May	Court 1	12:00	Ineta Mackeviča (LAT)	Salma Hany (EGY)	11–6, 13–11, 11–3
14 May	Court 2	12:00	Nadine Shahin (EGY)	Nicole Bunyan (CAN)	7–11, 11–9, 11–6, 11–8
14 May	Court 3	12:00	Milou van der Heijden (NED)	Georgina Kennedy (ENG)	11–2, 11–0, 11–4
14 May	Court 1	13:30	Aifa Azman (MYS)	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	11–7, 11–3, 11–6
14 May	Court 2	13:30	Saskia Beinhard (GER)	Sivasangari Subramaniam (MYS)	11–3, 11–3, 11–2
14 May	Court 3	13:30	Danielle Letourneau (CAN)	Anna Serme (CZE)	11–6, 11–4, 11–3
14 May	Court 1	15:00	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	Chan Sin Yuk (HKG)	11–4, 11–8, 6–11, 11–4
14 May	Court 2	15:00	Lee Ka Yi (HKG)	Olivia Fiechter (USA)	11–8, 12–10, 11–13, 11–6
14 May	Court 3	15:00	Hollie Naughton (CAN)	Nardine Garas (EGY)	7–11, 11–9, 11–3, 11–1
14 May	Court 1	16:45	Zeina Mickawy (EGY)	Mélissa Alves (FRA)	11–13, 11–6, 3–11, 11–8, 11–7
14 May	Court 2	17:30	Sabrina Sobhy (USA)	Jana Shiha (EGY)	11–3, 11–5, 11–8
14 May	Court 3	17:30	Georgia Adderley (SCO)	Tinne Gilis (BEL)	11–2, 5–11, 11–4, 12–10
14 May	Court 1	18:15	Jasmine Hutton (ENG)	Kenzy Ayman (EGY)	12–10, 12–10, 12–10
14 May	Glass Court	18:45	Cristina Gómez (ESP)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11–4, 11–5, 11–4
14 May	Court 3	19:00	Satomi Watanabe (JPN)	Lucy Turmel (ENG)	12–14, 13–11, 11–6, 14–12
14 May	Glass Court	20:15	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	Sana Ibrahim (EGY)	11–7, 11–7, 11–4

Round 2

Sunday, 15 & Monday 16 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
15 May	Court 1	14:00	Joelle King (NZL)	Yathreb Adel (EGY)	11–3, 11–5, 11–9
15 May	Court 2	14:00	Olivia Clyne (USA)	Nada Abbas (EGY)	11–6, 3–0^rtd.
15 May	Court 3	14:00	Nele Gilis (BEL)	Lisa Aitken (SCO)	11–6, 11–5, 11–6
15 May	Court 1	16:00	Hana Ramadan (EGY)	Rowan Elaraby (EGY)	11–7, 11–7, 11–9
15 May	Court 2	16:00	Joshna Chinappa (IND)	Emily Whitlock (WAL)	11–8, 12–10, 11–5
15 May	Court 3	16:00	Coline Aumard (FRA)	Tesni Evans (WAL)	12–10, 11–2, rtd.
15 May	Glass Court	18:45	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Farida Mohamed (EGY)	11–4, 11–2, 11–4
15 May	Glass Court	20:15	Alexandra Fuller (RSA)	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	11–3, 11–5, 11–6
16 May	Court 1	14:00	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	Salma Hany (EGY)	12–10, 9–11, 11–3, 11–3
16 May	Court 2	14:00	Nadine Shahin (EGY)	Sivasangari Subramaniam (MYS)	11–9, 11–9, 11–9
16 May	Court 3	14:00	Danielle Letourneau (CAN)	Georgina Kennedy (ENG)	11–2, 11–4, 11–2
16 May	Court 1	16:00	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	Mélissa Alves (FRA)	11–8, 11–4, 12–10
16 May	Court 2	16:00	Sabrina Sobhy (USA)	Olivia Fiechter (USA)	12–10, 11–5, 11–9
16 May	Court 3	16:00	Hollie Naughton (CAN)	Tinne Gilis (BEL)	11–7, 11–8, 11–2
16 May	Glass Court	18:45	Kenzy Ayman (EGY)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	12–14, 11–7, 11–4, 11–9
16 May	Glass Court	20:15	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	Satomi Watanabe (JPN)	8–11, 11–5, 11–9, 11–2

Round 3

Tuesday, 17 & Wednesday 18 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
17 May	Court Museum	18:45	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Tesni Evans (WAL)	11–6, 11–4, 11–4
17 May	Glass Court	18:45	Joelle King (NZL)	Nada Abbas (EGY)	11–7, 15–13, 8–11, 11–6
17 May	Court Museum	20:15	Nele Gilis (BEL)	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	11–9, 11–8, 11–9
17 May	Glass Court	20:15	Joshna Chinappa (IND)	Rowan Elaraby (EGY)	w/o
18 May	Court Museum	18:45	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	Georgina Kennedy (ENG)	11–9, 11–6, 11–8
18 May	Glass Court	18:45	Sivasangari Subramaniam (MYS)	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	11–5, 4–11, 11–5, 13–11
18 May	Court Museum	20:15	Tinne Gilis (BEL)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11–5, 11–4, 11–5
18 May	Glass Court	20:15	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	Sabrina Sobhy (USA)	8–11, 11–7, 11–8, 2–11, 11–8

Quarter-finals

Thursday, 19 & Friday 20 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
19 May	Court Museum	18:45	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Rowan Elaraby (EGY)	11–1, 11–5, 11–4
19 May	Court Museum	20:15	Nada Abbas (EGY)	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	10–12, 11–6, 11–5, 11–5
20 May	Court Museum	18:45	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	11–5, 8–11, 11–7, 14–12
20 May	Court Museum	20:15	Hania El Hammamy (EGY)	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	11–8, 11–4, 10–12, 11–8

Semi-finals

Saturday, 21 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
21 May	Court Museum	18:30	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	5–11, 11–3, 11–6, 15–13
21 May	Court Museum	20:15	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	11–6, 11–8, 9–11, 11–3

Final

Sunday, 22 May

Date	Court	Time	Player 1	Player 2	Score
22 May	Court Museum	19:30	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	7–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–7

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the 2022 PSA Women's World Championship. A total of 19 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 18 players.

	EGY	USA	ENG	BEL	MAS	WAL	IND	NZL	FRA	CAN	SCO	JPN	RSA	HKG	ESP	AUS	CZE	FIN	GER	LAT	NED	POL	SUI	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	6	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Round 2	12	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
Total	18	5	7	2	3	2	1	1	4	3	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	64

References

↑ "2022 World Champs for Cairo". psaworldtour.com. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
↑ "Record prize money on offer at Cairo 22 World Champs". psaworldtour.com. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

Preceded by Chicago (USA) 2020–21	PSA World Championships Cairo (Egypt) 2022	Succeeded by TBA 2023

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[1] "2022 World Champs for Cairo". psaworldtour.com. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

[2] "Record prize money on offer at Cairo 22 World Champs". psaworldtour.com. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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