J.P. Tournament of Champions 2023: Preview & How to Watch Live

The first Platinum squash event of the year gets underway tomorrow as the 2023 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions (TOC) returns.

This year’s TOC, which takes place for the 25th time under the iconic chandeliers of Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall in New York, will see 96 of the world’s best squash players in each draw compete for their share of the $360,000 USD prize pot, which is split evenly between the men’s and women’s events.

Five further venues will be utilised at this year’s TOC, with action taking place at Grand Central Terminal, Harvard Club of New York, New York Athletic Club, Harmonie Club, The River Club of New York and Nicol Squash Club.

Action from the glass court at Grand Central Terminal will be streamed live on SQUASH.TV from round two on Thursday 19th January, with the channels of the PSA’s broadcast partners also showing action from the semi-finals onwards.

In the men’s event, the stakes could scarcely be higher, with a potential three-way battle for the World No.1 ranking on the cards!

With defending champion Ali Farag still injured, new World No.1 Mostafa Asal – who yesterday annexed Farag’s throne – will no doubt travel to New York confident of earning the points he needs to stay top.

However, an exit in the quarter-finals would leave Mohamed ElShorbagy and Paul Coll with the opportunity to reclaim the World No.1 ranking, with Coll also able to go top if he wins the tournament and Asal goes out in the semi-final.

ElShorbagy, who last topped the rankings in August 2021, would be the first player representing England to be World No.1 since 2014, following ElShorbagy’s switch from Egypt last year.

Coll, meanwhile, would return to the top of the pile for the first time since October 2022.

In the women’s draw, World No.1 and top seed Nouran Gohar will look to defend her 2022 title as she closes in on an unbroken year at World No.1.

Should the tournament go to seedings, she’ll take on Nour El Sherbini in what would be a thrilling final, with El Sherbini targeting a first major title since winning the CIB PSA World Tour Finals in June of last year.

With the seeded players receiving a bye tomorrow, the home crowd’s attentions may focus on the four US representatives in action tomorrow.

In the men’s draw, US No.1 Shahjahan Khan plays England’s Nick Wall, US No.2 Todd Harrity faces Qatar’s Abdulla Al Tamimi and US No.3 Faraz Khan plays Switzerland’s Dimitri Steinmann.

Wildcards Dillon Huang and Hollis Robertson take on Wall’s compatriot Patrick Rooney and France’s Sebastien Bonmalais, respectively.

In the women’s draw, there’s another USA v England battle as wildcard and New York resident Carol Fouts goes up against World No.23 Jasmine Hutton, while Anna Shumway plays Egypt’s Nadine Shahin.

The top four US players in the women’s draw all receive byes to round two, with Sabrina Sobhy and Olivia Fiechter playing on Thursday and Olivia Clyne and Amanda Sobhy playing on Friday. Both Fiechter and Clyne already know their opponents: Fiechter goes up against Gohar, while Clyne plays Canada’s Hollie Naughton.

The J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions gets underway on Wednesday, January 18. All the action from Grand Central Terminal, which starts a day later, will be shown live on SQUASHTV, while the semi-finals and finals will also be shown on the channels of PSA’s broadcast partners.

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Women’s Draw: J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions
[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) – [Bye]
[9/16] Olivia Fiechter (USA) – [Bye]
[17/32] Mariam Metwally (EGY) v Millie Tomlinson (ENG)
Tsz-Wing Tong (HKG) v [17/32] Sana Ibrahim (EGY)
[17/32] Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY) v Ka Yi Lee (HKG)
[9/16] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) – [Bye]
[17/32] Yathreb Adel (EGY) v Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY)
[6] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) – [Bye]
[8] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) – [Bye]
[9/16] Salma Hany (EGY) – [Bye]
[17/32] Zeina Mickawy (EGY) v Jana Shiha (EGY)
Nicole Bunyan (CAN) v [17/32] Joshna Chinappa (IND)
[17/32] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) v Georgia Adderley (SCO)
[9/16] Nele Gilis (BEL) – [Bye]
[17/32] Emily Whitlock (WAL) v Marie Stephan (FRA)
[4] Joelle King (NZL) – [Bye]
[3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) – [Bye]
Lucy Beecroft (ENG) v [17/32] Hana Ramadan (EGY)
[17/32] Tomato Ho (HKG) v Cristina Gomez (ESP)
[WC] Caroline Fouts (USA) v [17/32] Jasmine Hutton (ENG)
[9/16] Georgina Kennedy (ENG) – [Bye]
[9/16] Tinne Gilis (BEL) – [Bye]
[17/32] Alexandra Fuller (RSA) v Enora Villard (FRA)
[7] Rowan Elaraby (EGY) – [Bye]
[5] Amanda Sobhy (USA) – [Bye]
Ineta Mackevica (LAT) v [17/32] Aifa Azman (MAS)
[9/16] Hollie Naughton (CAN) – [Bye]
[9/16] Olivia Clyne (USA) – [Bye]
[17/32] Lucy Turmel (ENG) v Hana Moataz (EGY)
Grace Gear (ENG) v [17/32] Melissa Alves (FRA)
[17/32] Nadine Shahin (EGY) v [WC] Anna Shumway (USA)
[2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) – [Bye]

Men’s Draw: J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions
[2] Mostafa Asal (EGY) – [Bye]
[WC] Dillon Huang (USA) v [17/32] Patrick Rooney (ENG)
[17/32] Shahjahan Khan (USA) v Nick Wall (ENG)
[9/16] Victor Crouin (FRA) – [Bye]
[9/16] Joel Makin (WAL) – [Bye]
[9/16] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) – [Bye]
[9/16] Gregoire Marche (FRA) – [Bye]
[5] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) – [Bye]
[7] Mazen Hesham (EGY) – [Bye]
[9/16] Saurav Ghosal (IND) – [Bye]
[17/32] Moustafa El Sirty (EGY) v Yahya Elnawasany (EGY)
Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY) v [17/32] Eain Yow Ng (MAS)
[17/32] Leonel Cardenas (MEX) v Cesar Salazar (MEX)
Henry Leung (HKG) v [17/32] Auguste Dussourd (FRA)
[9/16] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) – [Bye]
[3] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG) – [Bye]
[4] Diego Elias (PER) – [Bye]
Faraz Khan (USA) v [17/32] Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)
[17/32] Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY) v Lucas Serme (FRA)
Ramit Tandon (IND) v [17/32] Raphael Kandra (GER)
[9/16] Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) – [Bye]
[9/16] Youssef Soliman (EGY) – [Bye]
[17/32] Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) v James Willstrop (ENG)
[6] Tarek Momen (EGY) – [Bye]
[8] Fares Dessouky (EGY) – [Bye]
Adrian Waller (ENG) v [17/32] Omar Mosaad (EGY)
[17/32] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) v Karim El Hammamy (EGY)
Todd Harrity (USA) v [17/32] Abdullah Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT)
[17/32] Greg Lobban (SCO) v Balazs Farkas (HUN)
[WC] Hollis Robertson (USA) v [17/32] Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA)
[17/32] Baptiste Masotti (FRA) v Nathan Lake (ENG)
[1] Paul Coll (NZL) – [Bye]