Men's Optasia Championships squash prize money
The Men's Optasia Championships has paid £423,042 across 5 tournaments from 2022 to 2026. In 2026 Mostafa Asal took £17,575.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
| YEAR | WINNER | TOP PRIZE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mostafa Asal | £17,575£18k | £92,499£92k |
| 2025 | Mostafa Asal | £16,014£16k | £84,291£84k |
| 2024 | Paul Coll | £15,714£16k | £82,707£83k |
| 2023 | Karim Gawad | £15,500£16k | £81,584£82k |
| 2022 | Ali Farag | £15,571£16k | £81,961£82k |
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The Men's Optasia Championships 2026 payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £17,575£18k | £17,575£18k |
| Runner-up | 1 | £11,100£11k | £11,100£11k |
| Semi-final | 2 | £6,938£7k | £13,875£14k |
| Quarter-final | 4 | £4,162£4k | £16,650£17k |
| Last 16 | 8 | £2,544£3k | £20,349£20k |
| Last 32 | 8 | £1,619£2k | £12,950£13k |
Every cheque by name is on the Men's Optasia Championships 2026 payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the Men's Optasia Championships
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostafa Asal | Egypt | 2 | £39,792£40k |
| 2 | Karim Gawad | Egypt | 1 | £36,122£36k |
| 3 | Ali Farag | Egypt | 1 | £29,168£29k |
| 4 | Paul Coll | New Zealand | 1 | £25,829£26k |
| 5 | Joel Makin | Wales | 0 | £24,341£24k |
| 6 | Diego Elías | Peru | 0 | £23,178£23k |
| 7 | Mohamed El Shorbagy | England | 0 | £22,596£23k |
| 8 | Marwan El Shorbagy | England | 0 | £17,609£18k |
| 9 | Youssef Soliman | Egypt | 0 | £12,044£12k |
| 10 | Mazen Hesham | Egypt | 0 | £11,426£11k |
| 11 | Nicolas Müller | Switzerland | 0 | £11,313£11k |
| 12 | Grégoire Marche | France | 0 | £10,835£11k |
| 13 | Youssef Ibrahim | Egypt | 0 | £10,199£10k |
| 14 | Baptiste Masotti | France | 0 | £9,841£10k |
| 15 | Raphael Kandra | Germany | 0 | £8,231£8k |
| 16 | Curtis Malik | England | 0 | £7,136£7k |
| 17 | Juan Camilo Vargas | Colombia | 0 | £6,309£6k |
| 18 | Iker Pajares Bernabeu | Spain | 0 | £6,027£6k |
| 19 | Dimitri Steinmann | Switzerland | 0 | £6,020£6k |
| 20 | Charlie Lee | England | 0 | £5,989£6k |
| 21 | Ng Eain Yow | Malaysia | 0 | £5,926£6k |
| 22 | Karim El Hammamy | Egypt | 0 | £5,328£5k |
| 23 | Declan James | England | 0 | £4,862£5k |
| 24 | Jonah Bryant | England | 0 | £4,862£5k |
| 25 | Saurav Ghosal | India | 0 | £4,498£4k |
The top 12 here
Other squash tournaments
The tournaments either side of the Men's Optasia Championships by prize money paid
| # | TOURNAMENT | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 34 | Men's Paris Open | 2 | £295,880£296k |
| 35 | Women's Paris Open | 2 | £295,880£296k |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the Men's Optasia Championships 2026?
Mostafa Asal took £17,575. The whole tournament paid £92,499 across 24 players.
How much prize money has the Men's Optasia Championships paid?
£423,042 across 5 editions from 2022 to 2026. The richest was the Men's Optasia Championships 2026, at £92,499.
Who has won the most money at the Men's Optasia Championships?
Mostafa Asal, with £39,792 and 2 wins. Karim Gawad is next on £36,122.
Who has won the Men's Optasia Championships the most times?
Mostafa Asal, 2 times in the editions we hold.
Where does the Men's Optasia Championships rank for prize money?
24th 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 Optasia Championships 2026, and the one before it the Men's Optasia Championships 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.