Professional Squash Association

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Professional Squash Association
Professional Squash Association Logo.png
Sport Squash
Jurisdiction International
AbbreviationPSA
Founded1975 (1975)
Location Leeds, England, United Kingdom
President
Chairman Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ziad Al-Turki
CEO Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Alex Gough
Director
  • Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmad Bassam
  • Flag of the United States.svg Ashley Bernhard
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Claudia Schurmann
  • Flag of England.svg Daryl Selby
  • Flag of the United States.svg John Nimick
  • Flag of the United States.svg Mike Puertas
Other key staff
  • Operations Officer
  • Flag of England.svg Lee Beachill
  • Commercial Officer
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tommy Berden
  • Refereeing Director
  • Flag of England.svg Lee Drew
  • Tour Development
  • Flag of England.svg Andy Malley
Sponsor Dunlop
Official website
www.psasquashtour.com
Squash current event.svg 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour

The Professional Squash Association, aka PSA, is the governing body for the men's and women's professional squash circuit. The body operates in a similar fashion to the ATP and the WTA for tennis. [1] The PSA's highest professional level, the PSA Squash Tour involves over 250 tournaments annually around the world. Over 1,200 players from five continents and more than 60 countries are registered with the PSA. [2] Rankings are updated weekly based on performances.

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Squash Tour

PSA Squash Tour comprises the most important tournaments in prize money for more experienced and higher-ranked players, including the World Championship and Tour Finals, labelled as following:

Every year, the top eight performers compete in the PSA Squash Tour Finals. The players are separated into two groups of four, and play a round robin. The top two from each group advance to the semifinals (A1 vs B2; B1 vs A2). The winner of the event is crowned the World Tour champion. [3]

TournamentRanking Points
RankPrize Money US$Ranking PointsWinnerRunner up3/45/89/1617/3233/48
World Championship$600,00027683 points350022751400875525321196
Diamond$300,00024511 points310020151240775465284173.5
Platinum$190,00017132 points280018201120700420257
Gold$100,00011010 points18001170720450270165
Silver$75,0008261.5 points1350877.5540337.5202.5124
Bronze$50,0005505 points90058536022513582.5
Copper$25,0003061 points5003252001257546

Challenger Tour

PSA Challenger Tour tournaments are entry point for young and upcoming professionals progressing through to a more international level of competition. It offers $3,000–$30,000 prize money and is the ideal circuit for less-experienced and upcoming players.

PSA Challenger TourRanking Points
RankPrize Money US$Ranking PointsWinnerRunner up3/45/89/1617/3233/48
Challenger 30$30,0002814 points5253452101307847.5
Challenger 20$20,0001860 points350230140855131.5
Challenger 15$15,0001343 points250162.510062.537.522.5
Challenger 12$12,0001074 points20013080503018
Challenger 9$9,000806 points15097.56037.522.513.5
Challenger 6$6,000537 points100654025159
Challenger 3$3,000331 points6540251595.5

Satellite Tour

PSA Satellite Tour comprises closed national championships or tournaments where entry is restricted to members of an association that promotes the tournament.

Background

In January 2013, the PSA announced, along with U.S. Squash, the creation of a new tournament series called the US Pro Squash Series. This tournament series is used to support marketing activities for tournaments in the United States. [4]

In November 2014, the WSA and the PSA announced a historic merger between the two associations. [5] A decision was reached to designate the PSA operate as the governing body for both the women's and men's ranks from 1 January 2015.

On 7 December 2020 the PSA reached an agreement with Dunlop that extends Dunlop's tenure as the provider of official balls and official racquets for the PSA. The extension is three years. [6]

World rankings

Current champions

Awards

Video game

PSA World Tour Squash 2015
Developer(s) Team6 Game Studios
Publisher(s) Alternative Software
Platform(s) Wii
Release
  • EU: 22 May 2015
Genre(s) Sport simulation
Mode(s) Single-player

A PSA-licensed video game titled PSA World Tour Squash 2015 has been developed by Team6 Game Studios and published by Alternative Software, and was released only in various European countries on 22 May 2015, exclusively for Nintendo's Wii console. [9] The game features the likeness of several professional squash players such as Nick Matthew, Amr Shabana, Grégory Gaultier, Ramy Ashour, and many others, and takes place in many iconic, global squash courts. Players can compete in main World Tour, or set up their own tournaments with using custom player avatars and stats. The game also supports Wii MotionPlus, allowing users an enhanced, real-time squash motion control gameplay experience, [10] and is the last ever game for the console to do so.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PSA World Rankings – Men's". Professional Squash Association. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "PSA World Rankings – Women's". Professional Squash Association. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "World Tour Finals: Tournament History". PSA World Tour. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "US Pro Squash Series Standings". Professional Squash Association. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "WSA And PSA To Join Forces In Historic Merger". Squash Site. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "PSA and Dunlop Announce Partnership Renewal". PSA World Tour. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Current PSA World Rankings". PSA World Tour, Inc.
  8. ↑ "Current PSA World Rankings". PSA World Tour, Inc.
  9. ↑ Calvert, Darren (29 April 2015). "Just When You Thought the Humble Wii Was Dead, Here Comes PSA World Tour Squash". Nintendo Life . Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Official website
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