Men's Grasshopper Cup squash prize money
The Men's Grasshopper Cup has paid £429,479 across 5 tournaments from 2019 to 2026. In 2026 Karim Gawad took £18,050.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
| YEAR | WINNER | TOP PRIZE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Karim Gawad | £18,050£18k | £95,002£95k |
| 2025 | Ali Farag | £16,693£17k | £87,856£88k |
| 2023 | Karim Gawad | £15,786£16k | £83,088£83k |
| 2022 | Mostafa Asal | £15,357£15k | £80,826£81k |
| 2019 | Mohamed El Shorbagy | £15,714£16k | £82,707£83k |
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The Men's Grasshopper Cup 2026 payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £18,050£18k | £18,050£18k |
| Runner-up | 1 | £11,400£11k | £11,400£11k |
| Semi-final | 2 | £7,125£7k | £14,250£14k |
| Quarter-final | 4 | £4,275£4k | £17,101£17k |
| Last 16 | 8 | £2,613£3k | £20,902£21k |
| Last 32 | 8 | £1,662£2k | £13,299£13k |
Every cheque by name is on the Men's Grasshopper Cup 2026 payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the Men's Grasshopper Cup
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karim Gawad | Egypt | 2 | £40,039£40k |
| 2 | Joel Makin | Wales | 0 | £29,596£30k |
| 3 | Diego Elías | Peru | 0 | £23,730£24k |
| 4 | Ali Farag | Egypt | 1 | £22,638£23k |
| 5 | Mohamed El Shorbagy | England | 1 | £19,453£19k |
| 6 | Mostafa Asal | Egypt | 1 | £19,096£19k |
| 7 | Marwan El Shorbagy | England | 0 | £15,931£16k |
| 8 | Victor Crouin | France | 0 | £15,353£15k |
| 9 | Nicolas Müller | Switzerland | 0 | £14,680£15k |
| 10 | Baptiste Masotti | France | 0 | £14,070£14k |
| 11 | Tarek Momen | Egypt | 0 | £13,562£14k |
| 12 | Mohamed Abouelghar | Egypt | 0 | £12,763£13k |
| 13 | Dimitri Steinmann | Switzerland | 0 | £11,571£12k |
| 14 | Greg Lobban | Scotland | 0 | £10,265£10k |
| 15 | Iker Pajares Bernabeu | Spain | 0 | £9,512£10k |
| 16 | Aly Abou Eleinen | Egypt | 0 | £9,202£9k |
| 17 | Auguste Dussourd | France | 0 | £8,728£9k |
| 18 | Fares Dessouky | Egypt | 0 | £8,675£9k |
| 19 | Declan James | England | 0 | £6,550£7k |
| 20 | Youssef Ibrahim | Egypt | 0 | £6,352£6k |
| 21 | Grégoire Marche | France | 0 | £5,332£5k |
| 22 | Raphael Kandra | Germany | 0 | £5,237£5k |
| 23 | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | Colombia | 0 | £5,136£5k |
| 24 | Juan Camilo Vargas | Colombia | 0 | £5,029£5k |
| 25 | Youssef Soliman | Egypt | 0 | £4,835£5k |
The top 12 here
Other squash tournaments
The tournaments either side of the Men's Grasshopper Cup by prize money paid
| # | TOURNAMENT | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Men's Hong Kong Open | 13 | £1,508,065£1.5m |
| 11 | Women's Tournament of Champions | 14 | £1,376,760£1.4m |
| 12 | Men's Egyptian Open | 6 | £1,260,579£1.3m |
| 13 | Men's Windy City Open | 9 | £1,258,947£1.3m |
| 14 | Women's Windy City Open | 9 | £1,207,353£1.2m |
| 15 | Women's Egyptian Open | 5 | £1,128,437£1.1m |
| 16 | Women's Hong Kong Open | 13 | £1,123,052£1.1m |
| 17 | Women's El Gouna Open | 8 | £1,083,551£1.1m |
| 18 | Women's Qatar Classic | 7 | £789,188£789k |
| 19 | Women's Black Ball Open | 8 | £772,301£772k |
| 20 | Men's Black Ball Open | 6 | £569,956£570k |
| 21 | Women's China Open | 8 | £488,919£489k |
| 22 | Men's Grasshopper Cup | 5 | £429,479£429k |
| 23 | Men's Australian Open | 5 | £427,102£427k |
| 24 | Men's Optasia Championships | 5 | £423,042£423k |
| 25 | Canary Wharf Classic | 5 | £404,893£405k |
| 26 | Motor City Open | 7 | £397,583£398k |
| 27 | Women's Grasshopper Cup | 4 | £346,772£347k |
| 28 | Women's Manchester Open | 6 | £332,505£333k |
| 29 | Men's China Open | 4 | £331,996£332k |
| 30 | Women's Singapore Open | 5 | £328,578£329k |
| 31 | Men's NetSuite Open | 4 | £323,276£323k |
| 32 | North American Open | 4 | £312,038£312k |
| 33 | Women's NetSuite Open | 4 | £300,810£301k |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the Men's Grasshopper Cup 2026?
Karim Gawad took £18,050. The whole tournament paid £95,002 across 24 players.
How much prize money has the Men's Grasshopper Cup paid?
£429,479 across 5 editions from 2019 to 2026. The richest was the Men's Grasshopper Cup 2026, at £95,002.
Who has won the most money at the Men's Grasshopper Cup?
Karim Gawad, with £40,039 and 2 wins. Joel Makin is next on £29,596.
Who has won the Men's Grasshopper Cup the most times?
Karim Gawad, 2 times in the editions we hold.
Where does the Men's Grasshopper Cup rank for prize money?
22nd of the 97 squash tournaments we hold, by total prize money paid.
Where to next
Every squash tournament and player is ranked on squash prize money. The latest edition is the Men's Grasshopper Cup 2026, and the one before it the Men's Grasshopper Cup 2025. What the men's and women's fields are paid is compared on men's vs women's squash prize money. How much of the pot a squash winner keeps, against every other sport, is on the winner's share of prize money. How far down the field the money runs, against every other sport, is on how deep prize money pays.