The Professional Squash Association (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

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. The PSA's highest professional level, the PSA World Tour involves over 200

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annually around the world. Over 800 players from all the 5

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(over 60 different countries represented ) are registered with the PSA and rankings are updated monthly based on players' performances.

PSA Tours

There are hundreds of PSA tournaments throughout the course of a season, and they are classified into the following categories, based on

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: * World Tour (The most important tournaments in prize money for more experienced and higher-ranked players, including the

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and

PSA World Series Finals The PSA World Tour Finals is the end of season championship of the PSA World Tour of male and female professional squash players. The top eight players in the current PSA World Tour is qualified for the event. The eight players compete in two g ...

). * Challenger Tour (Challenger tournaments are entry point for young and or up and coming professionals progressing through to a more international level of competition). Tournaments start with a total of $6,000: * Satellite Tour (Closed Satellite tournaments can either be National Closed Championships or a tournament/series of tournaments whose entry is restricted to members of an association that promotes the tournament).

PSA World Tour

PSA World Tour (formerly PSA World Series) comprises the most important tournaments in prize money 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 — $165,000 *PSA World Tour Gold — 24-player draws — $97,500–$100,000 *PSA World Tour Silver — 24-player draws — $67,500–$70,000 *PSA World Tour Bronze — 24-player draws — $45,000–$47,500 Every year, the top eight performers compete in the

. The eight 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 and B1 vs. A2). The winner of the event is crowned World Series champion.

PSA Challenger Tour

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'' tournaments offer a $6,000–$30,000 prize-money, ideal circuit for less-experienced and upcoming players, that 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 *PSA Challenger Tour 3 — $3,000 (starting August 2020)

Satellite Tour

Satellite tournaments can either be National Closed Championships or a tournament/series of tournaments whose entry is restricted to members of an association that promotes the tournament.

History

In January 2013, the PSA announced, along with U.S. Squash, the creation of a new tournament series called the

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. This tournament series is used to support marketing activities for tournaments in the

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. In November 2014, the WSA and the PSA announced a historic merger between the two associations. A decision was reached to designate the PSA operate as the governing body for both the women's and men's ranks from January 1, 2015. On December 7, 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.

World Rankings

PSA publishes weekly rankings of professional players: PSA World Rankings (commonly known as the ‘World rankings’).

Current men's rankings

Current women's rankings

Current Champions

Current men's champions

Current women's champions

Video game

A PSA-licensed video game titled ''PSA World Tour Squash 2015'' has been developed and published by

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, and is released only in various European countries on May 22, 2015, exclusively for Nintendo's

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console. The game features the likeness of several professional squash players such as Nick Matthew, Amr Shabana,

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, 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

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s Wii MotionPlus, allowing users an enhanced, real-time squash motion control gameplay experience,
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and is the last ever game for the console to do so.

References

External links

Official PSA Website
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