Women's squash world championship 2018/19

The 34th Women's Squash World Championship (officially PSA World Championships presented by the Walter Family 2018-2019 ) took place from February 23 to March 2, 2019 at Chicago Union Station in Chicago , United States . It was the most valuable tournament of the 2018/19 PSA World Tour for women . At the same time, the men's world championship took place at the same location .

Last year's winner was Raneem El Weleily , who defeated Nour El Sherbini in four sets last year . While El Weleily was eliminated in five sets in the semifinals against Nour El Tayeb , El Sherbini reached the World Cup final for the fourth time in a row. She defeated El Tayeb, who was in the final for the first time, with 11: 6, 11: 5, 10:12 and 15:13. This was El Sherbini's third title win after 2015 and 2016 .

The field of participants in the women's competition consisted of 64 players. The best 56 players in the world rankings from January 2019 qualified automatically, the best 32 of them were seeded. Five places were from the PSA awarded through qualifying tournaments on the PSA Challenger Tour, another received the reigning world champion of the juniors. If these players were already qualified via the world rankings, the starting place was given either to the defeated final opponent of the respective qualifying tournament or to the next player in the world rankings.

Prize money and world ranking points

At the tournament, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. The amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize money was $ 500,000.

round	Points	Prize money
victory	3175	$ 76,000
final	2090	$ 47,500
Semifinals	1270	$ 28,500
Quarter finals	780	$ 16,625
Round of 16	475	$ 9,500
Second round	290	$ 4,750
First round	177.5	$ 2,375

Results

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Raneem El Weleily Semifinals 02.  Nour El Sherbini victory 03.  Nour El Tayeb final 04th  Joelle King Quarter finals 05.  Camille Serme Semifinals 06th  Sarah-Jane Perry Round of 16 07th  Laura Massaro Round of 16 08th.  Nouran Gohar Quarter finals 09.  Alison Waters Round of 16 10.  Tesni Evans Quarter finals 11.  Amanda Sobhy Round of 16 12.  Annie Au Quarter finals 13.  Nicol David Round of 16 14th  Joshna Chinappa 2nd round 15th  Victoria Lust Round of 16 16.  Salma Hany 2nd round

No. Player Round reached 17th  Hania El Hammamy 2nd round 18th  Joey Chan Round of 16 19th  Olivia Blatchford Clyne 2nd round 20th  Yathreb nobility 2nd round 21st  Emily Whitlock 2nd round 22nd  Mariam Metwally 1 round 23.  Mayar Hany 2nd round 24.  Millie Tomlinson 2nd round 25th  Fiona Moverley 2nd round 26th  Nadine Shahin 2nd round 27.  Rachael Grinham 1 round 28.  Nele Gilis 1 round 29  Samantha Cornett 1 round 30th  Rowan Elaraby 2nd round 31.  Zeina Mickawy 2nd round 32.  Nada Abbas 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Main round

Semi-finals, finals

	Semifinals									final
	1	Raneem El Weleily	11	6th	8th	11	10
	3	Nour El Tayeb	6th	11	11	7th	12
										3	Nour El Tayeb	6th	5	12	13
										2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	10	15th
	5	Camille Serme	8th	6th	11	11	6th
	2	Nour El Sherbini	11	11	6th	5	11

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
1	R. El Weleily	11	11	11
	A. Fuller	6th	7th	3					1	R. El Weleily	11	11	11
	K.-Y. lee	4th	5	4th					17th	H. El Hammamy	5	7th	9
17th	H. El Hammamy	11	11	11														1	R. El Weleily	11	11	11
26th	N. Shahin	11	11	11														9	A. Waters	8th	6th	7th
	L. Wee Wern	7th	4th	8th					26th	N. Shahin	4th	2	9
	T. Gilis	5	7th	4th					9	A. Waters	11	11	11
9	A. Waters	11	11	11																							1	R. El Weleily	11	6th	11	11
15th	V. Lust	8th	10	11	11	11																					8th	N. Gohar	4th	11	4th	2
	D. Letourneau	11	12	6th	9	7th			15th	V. Lust	11	11	11
Q	A. Serme	6th	3	7th					21st	E. Whitlock	5	7th	7th
21st	E. Whitlock	11	11	11														15th	V. Lust	8th	8th	9
25th	F. Moverley	11	6th	11	11													8th	N. Gohar	11	11	11
	L. Turmel	8th	11	5	5				25th	F. Moverley	10	4th	4th
Q	M. Hamed	6th	4th	1					8th	N. Gohar	12	11	11
8th	N. Gohar	11	11	11

Upper half 2

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
7th	L. Massaro	11	11	11
	A. Landers-Murphy	4th	3	8th					7th	L. Massaro	11	11	11
	C. Aumard	13	4th	11	9	11				C. Aumard	6th	2	9
28	N. Gilis	11	11	7th	11	7th												7th	L. Massaro	9	8th	4th
30th	R. Elaraby	11	11	11														12	A. Au	11	11	11
	N. Bunyan	2	3	4th					30th	R. Elaraby	11	5	11	1	1
	N. Todd	6th	3	4th					12	A. Au	7th	11	4th	11	11
12	A. Au	11	11	11																							12	A. Au	5	7th	6th
16	S. Hany	12	11	11																							3	N. El Tayeb	11	11	11
	T.-W. Tong	10	9	6th					16	S. Hany	7th	11	6th	7th
Q	M. Alvès	11	12	10	13				Q	M. Alvès	11	9	11	11
29	S. Cornett	8th	10	12	11													Q	M. Alvès	7th	3	6th
31	Z. Mickawy	11	9	11	11													3	N. El Tayeb	11	11	11
	H. Mendez	6th	11	6th	9				31	Z. Mickawy	2	6th	4th
	R. Arnold	2	6th	6th					3	N. El Tayeb	11	11	11
3	N. El Tayeb	11	11	11

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
4th	J. King	11	11	11
	H. El Torky	6th	9	6th					4th	J. King	12	11	15th	12	11
	T.-L. Ho	6th	14th	7th	7th				23	M. Hany	14th	2	13	14th	3
23	M. Hany	11	12	11	11													4th	J. King	11	11	15th
18th	J. Chan	11	11	11														18th	J. Chan	7th	9	13
Q	S. Cardwell	6th	6th	6th					18th	J. Chan	12	11	11
Q	I. Mackeviča	5	3	7th					14th	J. Chinappa	10	7th	7th
14th	J. Chinappa	11	11	11																							4th	J. King	7th	8th	4th
13	N. David	11	11	11																							5	C. Serme	11	11	11
Q	M. Nasser	3	6th	3					13	N. David	11	11	11
	O. Fiechter	24	5	10	8th				24	M. Tomlinson	5	4th	7th
24	M. Tomlinson	22nd	11	12	11													13	N. David	11	4th	4th	5
27	R. Grinham	10	7th	4th														5	C. Serme	9	11	11	11
	L. Aitken	12	11	11						L. Aitken	2	5	7th
	J. Duncalf	2	4th	2					5	C. Serme	11	11	11
5	C. Serme	11	11	11

Lower half 2

First round									Second round									Round of 16									Quarter finals
6th	S.-J. Perry	11	11	11
	V. Chu	7th	3	6th					6th	S.-J. Perry	12	12	11	12
	É. Villard	6th	8th	5					20th	Y. nobility	14th	10	6th	10
20th	Y. nobility	11	11	11														6th	S.-J. Perry	6th	8th	11	7th
32	N. Abbas	3	11	10	8th													10	T. Evans	11	11	8th	11
	T.-L. Liu	11	7th	12	11					T.-L. Liu	12	4th	3	6th
	M. van der Heijden	11	4th	9					10	T. Evans	10	11	11	11
10	T. Evans	13	11	11																							10	T. Evans	7th	5	7th
11	A. Sobhy	11	11	11																							2	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
	J. Courtice	4th	6th	7th					11	A. Sobhy	6th	11	11	11
	H. Naughton	11	4th	10	11	6th			19th	O. Blatchford Clyne	11	7th	1	6th
19th	O. Blatchford Clyne	7th	11	12	9	11												11	A. Sobhy	12	3	11	8th	7th
22nd	M. Metwally	9	8th	11														2	N. El Sherbini	10	11	4th	11	11
	C. Nunn	11	11	13						C. Nunn	2	4th	6th
Q	L. Taylor	8th	5	9					2	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11
2	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11

Web links

• Official site (English)
• Tournament site on psaworldtour.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Egypt's Farag & El Sherbini Lift 2018-2019 PSA World Championship Titles. In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , March 3, 2019, accessed March 3, 2019 . 
2. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book. (PDF) In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , p. 32 , accessed January 28, 2019 . 
3. ↑ PSA World Championships Set for Blockbuster Battles as Draws are Released. In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , January 28, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019 . 
4. ↑ PSA Tour Rule Book. (PDF) In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , pp. 78, 90 , accessed January 28, 2019 .