Women's World Championship squash prize money
The Women's World Championship has paid £4,103,552 across 16 tournaments from 2010 to 2026. In 2026 Amina Orfi took £80,171.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The Women's World Championship 2025/26 payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £80,171£80k | £80,171£80k |
| Runner-up | 1 | £50,108£50k | £50,108£50k |
| Semi-final | 2 | £30,065£30k | £60,129£60k |
| Quarter-final | 4 | £17,538£18k | £70,150£70k |
| Last 16 | 8 | £10,022£10k | £80,174£80k |
| Last 32 | 16 | £5,011£5k | £80,168£80k |
| Last 64 | 32 | £2,505£3k | £80,168£80k |
Every cheque by name is on the Women's World Championship 2025/26 payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the Women's World Championship
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nour El Sherbini | Egypt | 8 | £537,260£537k |
| 2 | Nouran Gohar | Egypt | 1 | £268,013£268k |
| 3 | Hania El Hammamy | Egypt | 0 | £174,416£174k |
| 4 | Raneem El Weleily | Egypt | 1 | £136,644£137k |
| 5 | Nour El Tayeb | Egypt | 0 | £126,729£127k |
| 6 | Amina Orfi | Egypt | 1 | £105,209£105k |
| 7 | Olivia Weaver | United States | 0 | £105,116£105k |
| 8 | Nicol David | Malaysia | 4 | £100,889£101k |
| 9 | Camille Serme | France | 0 | £98,865£99k |
| 10 | Joelle King | New Zealand | 0 | £94,377£94k |
| 11 | Amanda Sobhy | United States | 0 | £93,107£93k |
| 12 | Sarah-Jane Perry | England | 0 | £83,297£83k |
| 13 | Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed | Egypt | 0 | £76,419£76k |
| 14 | Rowan Reda Araby | Egypt | 0 | £74,127£74k |
| 15 | Laura Massaro | England | 1 | £67,032£67k |
| 16 | Tesni Murphy | Wales | 0 | £66,017£66k |
| 17 | Nele Coll | Belgium | 0 | £63,844£64k |
| 18 | Sivasangari Subramaniam | Malaysia | 0 | £63,756£64k |
| 19 | Georgina Kennedy | England | 0 | £63,252£63k |
| 20 | Tinne Gilis | Belgium | 0 | £61,390£61k |
| 21 | Satomi Watanabe | Japan | 0 | £54,004£54k |
| 22 | Nada Abbas | Egypt | 0 | £52,905£53k |
| 23 | Alison Waters | England | 0 | £43,389£43k |
| 24 | Joshna Chinappa | India | 0 | £40,508£41k |
| 25 | Mélissa Alves | France | 0 | £39,114£39k |
The top 12 here
Other squash tournaments
The tournaments either side of the Women's World Championship by prize money paid
| # | TOURNAMENT | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | Men's Open de France | 1 | £50,733£51k |
| 88 | Women's Open de France | 1 | £50,733£51k |
| 89 | Men's Canadian Open | 1 | £41,359£41k |
| 90 | Chennai Open | 1 | £39,853£40k |
| 91 | Hurghada International | 2 | £34,740£35k |
| 92 | Burning River Classic | 1 | £29,362£29k |
| 93 | Dutch Open | 1 | £19,023£19k |
| 94 | El-Kersh Heliopolis Open | 1 | £19,023£19k |
| 95 | Granite Open | 1 | £18,800£19k |
| 96 | Boca del Río Veracruz International | 1 | £15,038£15k |
| 97 | Seoul Open | 1 | £15,038£15k |
| 1 | Men's World Championship | 16 | £4,896,440£4.9m |
| 2 | Women's World Championship | 16 | £4,103,552£4.1m |
| 3 | Men's British Open | 14 | £1,900,408£1.9m |
| 4 | Men's Qatar Classic | 14 | £1,761,926£1.8m |
| 5 | Women's British Open | 14 | £1,732,086£1.7m |
| 6 | Men's Tournament of Champions | 16 | £1,705,583£1.7m |
| 7 | Men's El Gouna Open | 14 | £1,645,693£1.6m |
| 8 | Men's US Open | 15 | £1,620,357£1.6m |
| 9 | Women's US Open | 15 | £1,515,759£1.5m |
| 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 |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the Women's World Championship 2025/26?
Amina Orfi took £80,171. The whole tournament paid £501,070 across 64 players.
How much prize money has the Women's World Championship paid?
£4,103,552 across 16 editions from 2010 to 2026. The richest was the Women's World Championship 2025/26, at £501,070.
Who has won the most money at the Women's World Championship?
Nour El Sherbini, with £537,260 and 8 wins. Nouran Gohar is next on £268,013.
Who has won the Women's World Championship the most times?
Nour El Sherbini, 8 times in the editions we hold.
Where does the Women's World Championship rank for prize money?
2nd 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 Women's World Championship 2025/26, and the one before it the 2025 Women's World Squash Championship. 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.