Английская Википедия:2018–19 PSA World Tour
Шаблон:Infobox squash tournament The 2018–19 PSA World Tour is the international squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2018 squash season. It's the 4th 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
PSA World Tour changes
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 — $169,000
- PSA World Tour Gold — 24-player draws — $120,500
- PSA World Tour Silver — 24-player draws — $88,000
- PSA World Tour Bronze — 24-player draws — $51,250
PSA Challenger Tour tournaments will offer a $5,500–$30,000 prize-money, ideal circuit for less-experienced and upcoming players, that will include the following tiers:
- PSA Challenger Tour 30 — $28,000
- PSA Challenger Tour 20 — $18,000
- PSA Challenger Tour 10 — $11,000
- PSA Challenger Tour 5 — $5,500
Further, PSA will implement some rule changes like the removing of qualification rounds among others. Also PSA will grant 7 World Championship wildcards for winners of selected PSA Challenger Tour chosen by PSA. Additionally, PSA and WSF will jointly manage PSA Satellite Tour, a circuit for amateur or junior players who aim to become professionals.
Prize money/ranking points breakdown
PSA World Tour events also have a separate World Tour ranking. Points for this are calculated on a cumulative basis after each World Tour event. The top eight players at the end of the calendar year are then eligible to play in the PSA World Tour Finals.
Ranking points vary according to tournament tier being awarded as follows:
| PSA World Tour | Ranking Points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Prize Money US$ | Ranking Points | Winner | Runner up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/48 |
| Platinum | $164,500–$180,500 | 19188 points | 2750 | 1810 | 1100 | 675 | 410 | 250 | 152.5 |
| Gold | $100,000–$120,500 | 10660 points | 1750 | 1150 | 700 | 430 | 260 | 160 | |
| Silver | $75,000–$88,000 | 7470 points | 1225 | 805 | 490 | 300 | 182.5 | 112.5 | |
| Bronze | $47,500–$55,000 | 5330 points | 875 | 575 | 350 | 215 | 130 | 80 | |
| PSA World Tour Finals | Ranking Points | ||||||||
| Rank | Prize Money US$ | 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 | $28,000 | 3194 points | 525 | 345 | 210 | 130 | 78 | 47.5 | |
| Challenger Tour 20 | $18,000 | 2112 points | 350 | 230 | 140 | 85 | 51 | 31.5 | |
| Challenger Tour 10 | $11,000 | 1218 points | 200 | 130 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 18 | |
| Challenger Tour 5 | $5,500 | 609 points | 100 | 65 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 9 | |
| PSA World Championships | Ranking Points | ||||||||
| Rank | Prize Money US$ | 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 |
Calendar
Key
| World Championship |
| World Series |
| PSA 100 |
| PSA 70 |
| PSA 50 |
| PSA 25/35 |
| PSA 5/10/15 |
| World Championship |
| World Tour Platinum |
| World Tour Gold |
| World Tour Silver |
| World Tour Bronze |
| Challenger Tour 5/10/20/30 |
August
(QE): 2019 PSA World Squash Championships Qualifying Event.
September
(QE): 2019 PSA World Squash Championships Qualifying Event.
October
November
(QE): 2019 PSA World Squash Championships Qualifying Event.
December
January
February
(QE): 2019 PSA World Squash Championships Qualifying Event.
‡: Not a PSA World Tour tournament.
March
April
May
June
July
Statistical information
The players/nations are sorted by:
- Total number of titles;
- Cumulated importance of those titles;
- Alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key
| World Championship |
| World Tour Platinum |
| World Tour Gold |
| World Tour Silver |
| World Tour Bronze |
| Challenger Tour 5/10/20/30 |
Titles won by player (men's)
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World Championship qualifiers
Winners of a select group of PSA Challenger Tour tournaments chosen by PSA receive a wildcard for the 2019 PSA World Championship. The qualified players were:
| Player | Date | Tournament | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 2 September 2018 | North Coast Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 2 September 2018 | North Coast Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 23 September 2018 | Madeira Island Open | PSA Challenger Tour 10 |
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 17 November 2018 | Simon Warder Memorial | PSA Challenger Tour 10 |
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 17 November 2018 | Simon Warder Memorial | PSA Challenger Tour 10 |
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 18 November 2018 | 2nd PwC Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 18 November 2018 | Romanian Open | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 1 December 2018 | Tournoi Féminin Val de Marne | PSA Challenger Tour 5 |
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 18 February 2019 | Шаблон:Tooltip | PSA Challenger Tour 10 |
| Шаблон:Flagathlete | 18 February 2019 | Шаблон:Tooltip | PSA Challenger Tour 10 |
National championships
These are the winners of the most relevant Шаблон:Tooltip national squash championships.
Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the PSA Men's World Rankings and Women's World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2018-19 season:
- Шаблон:Flagicon Omneya Abdel Kawy (born 15 August 1985 in Giza, Egypt) joined the pro tour in 1999, reaching the singles no. 4 spot in October 2010. Reached 32 finals winning 8 WISPA/WSA/PSA titles. 2010 World Championship runner-up losing to Nicol David in the final. Played 474 matches in the professional tour winning 286 (60.33% winning pct). She retired in November 2018 after 19 years on the tour.[4]
- Шаблон:Flagicon Nafiizwan Adnan (born 24 April 1986 in Terenggenau, Malaysia) turned professional in 2004 and reached a career-high world ranking of no. 26 in May 2017. He reached 24 PSA Tour finals out of 200 total PSA tournaments, winning 11 PSA titles, the last of which came at the Manitoba Open in March 2018. He won 262 matches from a total of 450 at a win rate of 58.2%. In 2018, he won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast, beating Nick Matthew in the quarter-finals and Joel Makin in the bronze medal match. He retired in May 2019 after losing to Saurav Ghosal at the quarter-final stage of the Asian Individual Squash Championships.[5]
- Шаблон:Flagicon Mohammed Reda (born April 16, 1989 in Cairo, Egypt) turned professional in 2005 and reached a career-high world ranking of no. 23 in October 2011. He reached 23 PSA Tour finals out of 178 total PSA tournaments, winning 15 PSA.[6]
See also
References
External links
Шаблон:PSA seasons Шаблон:PSA World Tour current season
