Sport | Squash |
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Awarded for | Excellence in Squash |
Sponsored by | Professional Squash Association |
The PSA Awards are presented annually by the Professional Squash Association, the organization which organizes the world squash circuit for men and women. [1]
Year | Male | Female |
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2004 | — | Vanessa Atkinson |
2005 | Thierry Lincou | Nicol David |
2006 | Amr Shabana | Nicol David |
2007 | Amr Shabana | Nicol David |
2008 | James Willstrop | Nicol David |
2009 | Karim Darwish | Nicol David |
2010 | Nick Matthew | Nicol David |
2011 | Ramy Ashour | Laura Massaro |
2012 | Ramy Ashour | |
2013 | Nick Matthew | |
2014 | Ramy Ashour | Raneem El Weleily |
2015 | Mohamed El Shorbagy | Nour El Sherbini |
2016 | Grégory Gaultier | Camille Serme |
2017 | Mohamed El Shorbagy | Nour El Sherbini |
2018 | Ali Farag | Raneem El Weleily |
2019 | Mohamed El Shorbagy | Nour El Sherbini |
2020 | — | — |
2021 | Paul Coll | Nouran Gohar |
2022 | ||
2023 | Diego Elías | |
2024 | TBA | TBA |
Year | Male | Female |
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2004 | — | Raneem El Weleily |
2005 | James Willstrop | Raneem El Weleily |
2006 | Ramy Ashour | Tenille Swartz |
2007 | Ramy Ashour | Camille Serme |
2008 | Omar Mosaad | Annie Au |
2009 | Mohamed El Shorbagy | Nour El Sherbini |
2010 | Mohamed El Shorbagy | Nour El Tayeb |
2011 | Nicolas Müller | Nour El Tayeb |
2012 | Marwan El Shorbagy | |
2013 | Karim Abdel Gawad | |
2014 | Fares Dessouky | Amanda Sobhy |
2015 | Marwan El Shorbagy | Nouran Gohar |
2016 | Diego Elías | Nouran Gohar |
2017 | Diego Elías | Sivasangari Subramaniam |
2018 | Youssef Ibrahim | Nouran Gohar |
2019 | Mostafa Asal | Hania El Hammamy |
2020 | — | — |
2021 | Mostafa Asal | Hania El Hammamy |
2022 | ||
2023 | Mostafa Asal | |
2024 | TBA | TBA |
Year | Male | Female |
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2023 | ||
2024 | TBA | TBA |
Year | Male | Female |
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2023 | ||
2024 | TBA | TBA |
Year | Male | Female |
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2023 | ||
2024 | TBA | TBA |
Year | Male | Female |
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2023 | ||
2024 | TBA | TBA |
Year | Player |
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2004 | Alison Waters |
2005 | Alison Waters |
2006 | Nicolette Fernandes |
2007 | Shelley Kitchen |
2008 | Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
2009 | Camille Serme |
2010 | Kasey Brown |
2011 | Raneem El Weleily |
Year | Player |
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2012 | Nicol David |
2013 | Laura Massaro |
Year | Player |
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2012 | Alison Waters |
2013 | Lisa Camilleri |
Year | Player |
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2012 | Nour El Sherbini |
2013 | Sarah-Jane Perry |
Year | Player |
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2012 | Samantha Terán |
2013 | Nicol David |
Year | Player |
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2012 | Samantha Cornett |
2013 | Nicolette Fernandes |
Year | Player |
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2012 | Cayman World Open |
2013 | US Open |
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