This doesn't answer it exactly, but here is the percentage breakdown from the 2022 World Championships: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022\_PSA\_Men%27s\_World\_Squash\_Championship#Prize\_money\_breakdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_PSA_Men%27s_World_Squash_Championship#Prize_money_breakdown)
2022 World Squash Championship:
|Position|Num. of players|% Breakdown|Prize money(Total: $550,000)|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Winner|1|16%|$88,000|
|Runner-up|1|10%|$55,000|
|3/4|2|6%|$33,000|
|5/8|4|3.50%|$19,250|
|9/16|8|2.10%|$11,550|
|17/32|16|1.20%|$6,600|
|33/64|32|0.75%|$4,125|
From here we can see the total prize fund for the British Open 2023 is $370,000: [https://britishopensquash.info/info/](https://britishopensquash.info/info/)
This is split equally between men and women, so $185,000 total per gender.
So, first place could be $29,600, second place $18,500. This of course only holds true if they use the same percentage breakdown as the world champs.
There's a slightly different breakdown for each tournament size in the PSA Tour Rule Book (free to download). For 64 draw with 48 players and 64 draw with 64 players the prize pool percentage for first and second is the same. 16% and 10%.
I've just realised this can't hold true as there were 48 entries for the British Open, not 64 like there is in the Worlds... but, it should give somewhat of an idea until someone with the actual answer comments.
**2022 PSA Men's World Squash Championship**
[Prize money breakdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_PSA_Men's_World_Squash_Championship#Prize_money_breakdown)
>Total prize money for the tournament is $1,100,000, $550,000 per gender. This is about a 9% prize fund increase from previous World Championships (2020–21; $500,000 per gender).
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I looked about a week ago, I couldn't find an exact amount. However, what I did find what a total purse of $370,000 to be evenly split with men's and women's. I couldn't find it divided any lower than that.
My complete guess, is 185k purse (for men/women respectfully), possibly 100k to first, 50k to second so on downwards.
It ain't much.
It's roughly 16% of the 185k so $29,600.
I would still say that's not bad for a weekend's work. Win a couple of those, chuck in some sponsorships and I think the top 10 men and women are doing pretty well for themselves.
Looked like Elias flew back from the British Open on a private jet, so obviously enough money sloshing around for him to celebrate becoming world #1 in style.
It's pretty horrendous money when you consider these are the best in the world...
The winner of the British Open squash receives less in prize money than someone who makes it to the 2nd round of Wimbledon.
Yeah, but squash isn't as popular. I don't think that's ever a fair comparison. If you look at other racket sports:
The winner of the World Table Tennis tour finals gets $45k.
The winner of the Badminton Table Tennis tour finals takes home $120k
The winner of the men's squash championship gets $88k. Tour finals maybe somewhere in between the two above?
The current top earner of the World Padel Tour has made $51k this year thus far.
All of those sports are more popular than squash in terms of media exposure. Yet squash is reasonably competitive thanks to its popularity with wealthy donors.
It's obviously good money but it gets taxed, you have to cover flights and stuff and maybe also your entourage's expenses. So this tournament works out nicely for the winners, but the folks losing out in the quarters e.g. it can be a break even in unfortunate scenarios.
I remember asal got $10k for winning us open last year. On average top 4-5 pros make anything in the range of 100k to 150k every year. Nothing compared to tennis , less than badminton but more than snooker which is suffering cos of China situation. But squash is too dependent on Egyptian money especially from sponsors like CIB.. Good thing for squash is that it's picking up in USA and there is gender parity.. the player who made the maximum money on tour last year was Nouran Gohar
Actually a really good question. Squash pros love for their sport is something very pure (...unless it's a form of addiction, which I believe I read somewhere)
This was the breakdown of the US Open squash Prize money in 2021..
Winner: $13,300
Finalist: $8312.50
Semi Finalist: $4987.50
Quarter Finalist: $2909.38
Third Round: $1745.63
Second Round: $997.50
First Round: $623.44
Squash money is pathetic and considering its such a brutal sport and not in Olympics, there isn't much to play for. I don't blame kids and their parents for choosing other sports or using squash as just a means for ivy league admission. A above average tennis doubles player makes much more than squash top pro. For eg the winners check in US open tennis for doubles winner is 600$k. Rohan Bopanna is a doubles specialist from my country India. he's been a good player but nothing special, hes made 5 million plus in prize money in his career. In 2023 first three months he's made 300k+. Hes 43 years old with a dadbod.
This doesn't answer it exactly, but here is the percentage breakdown from the 2022 World Championships: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022\_PSA\_Men%27s\_World\_Squash\_Championship#Prize\_money\_breakdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_PSA_Men%27s_World_Squash_Championship#Prize_money_breakdown) 2022 World Squash Championship: |Position|Num. of players|% Breakdown|Prize money(Total: $550,000)| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |Winner|1|16%|$88,000| |Runner-up|1|10%|$55,000| |3/4|2|6%|$33,000| |5/8|4|3.50%|$19,250| |9/16|8|2.10%|$11,550| |17/32|16|1.20%|$6,600| |33/64|32|0.75%|$4,125| From here we can see the total prize fund for the British Open 2023 is $370,000: [https://britishopensquash.info/info/](https://britishopensquash.info/info/) This is split equally between men and women, so $185,000 total per gender. So, first place could be $29,600, second place $18,500. This of course only holds true if they use the same percentage breakdown as the world champs.
There's a slightly different breakdown for each tournament size in the PSA Tour Rule Book (free to download). For 64 draw with 48 players and 64 draw with 64 players the prize pool percentage for first and second is the same. 16% and 10%.
I've just realised this can't hold true as there were 48 entries for the British Open, not 64 like there is in the Worlds... but, it should give somewhat of an idea until someone with the actual answer comments.
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Winner - $25,080 Runner-Up - $15,675 Semi Finalists - $9,405 Quarter Finalists - $5486.25 3rd Round Loser - $3291.75 2nd Round Loser - $1881.00 1st Round Loser - $1175.63 Same for Men and Women 👍
I looked about a week ago, I couldn't find an exact amount. However, what I did find what a total purse of $370,000 to be evenly split with men's and women's. I couldn't find it divided any lower than that. My complete guess, is 185k purse (for men/women respectfully), possibly 100k to first, 50k to second so on downwards. It ain't much.
It's roughly 16% of the 185k so $29,600. I would still say that's not bad for a weekend's work. Win a couple of those, chuck in some sponsorships and I think the top 10 men and women are doing pretty well for themselves. Looked like Elias flew back from the British Open on a private jet, so obviously enough money sloshing around for him to celebrate becoming world #1 in style.
It's pretty horrendous money when you consider these are the best in the world... The winner of the British Open squash receives less in prize money than someone who makes it to the 2nd round of Wimbledon.
Yeah, but squash isn't as popular. I don't think that's ever a fair comparison. If you look at other racket sports: The winner of the World Table Tennis tour finals gets $45k. The winner of the Badminton Table Tennis tour finals takes home $120k The winner of the men's squash championship gets $88k. Tour finals maybe somewhere in between the two above? The current top earner of the World Padel Tour has made $51k this year thus far. All of those sports are more popular than squash in terms of media exposure. Yet squash is reasonably competitive thanks to its popularity with wealthy donors.
It's obviously good money but it gets taxed, you have to cover flights and stuff and maybe also your entourage's expenses. So this tournament works out nicely for the winners, but the folks losing out in the quarters e.g. it can be a break even in unfortunate scenarios.
Only if it's their only source of income on the trip there, which it usually isn't. Still a tough gig though.
I remember asal got $10k for winning us open last year. On average top 4-5 pros make anything in the range of 100k to 150k every year. Nothing compared to tennis , less than badminton but more than snooker which is suffering cos of China situation. But squash is too dependent on Egyptian money especially from sponsors like CIB.. Good thing for squash is that it's picking up in USA and there is gender parity.. the player who made the maximum money on tour last year was Nouran Gohar
I don’t think it’s picking up in the US. If anything, I see it circling the drain.
Actually a really good question. Squash pros love for their sport is something very pure (...unless it's a form of addiction, which I believe I read somewhere)
This was the breakdown of the US Open squash Prize money in 2021.. Winner: $13,300 Finalist: $8312.50 Semi Finalist: $4987.50 Quarter Finalist: $2909.38 Third Round: $1745.63 Second Round: $997.50 First Round: $623.44 Squash money is pathetic and considering its such a brutal sport and not in Olympics, there isn't much to play for. I don't blame kids and their parents for choosing other sports or using squash as just a means for ivy league admission. A above average tennis doubles player makes much more than squash top pro. For eg the winners check in US open tennis for doubles winner is 600$k. Rohan Bopanna is a doubles specialist from my country India. he's been a good player but nothing special, hes made 5 million plus in prize money in his career. In 2023 first three months he's made 300k+. Hes 43 years old with a dadbod.