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==Players, records and rankings==
[[File:Jansher_Khan_in_happy_mood.jpeg|thumb|right|upright|[[Jansher Khan]] of [[Pakistan]]: record eight-time winner of the [[Squash World Open]], record four-time winner of the [[World Series Squash Finals|World Super Series]]]]
[[File:Nicol2009.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Nicol David]], widely regarded as the most successful Malaysian squash player ever]]

The (British) Squash Rackets Association (now known as [[England Squash]]) conducted its first [[British Open Squash Championships|British Open]] championship for men in December 1930, using a "challenge" system. [[Charles Read (squash player)|Charles Read]] was designated champion in 1930, but he was beaten in home and away matches by [[Don Butcher]], who was then recorded as the champion for 1931. The championship continues to this day, but it has been conducted with a "knockout" format since 1947.

The women's championship started in 1921, and it has been dominated by relatively few players:<ref name="Championship records">{{cite web|url=http://allambritishopensquash.com/history/hall-of-fame/|title=Championship records|publisher=Allam British Open Squash}}</ref> [[Joyce Cave]], [[Nancy Cave]], [[Cecily Fenwick]] (England) in the 1920s; [[Margot Lumb]] and [[Susan Noel]] (England) in the 1930s; [[Janet Morgan (squash player)|Janet Morgan]] (England) in the 1950s; [[Heather McKay]] (Australia) in the 1960s and 1970s; [[Vicki Cardwell]] (Australia) and [[Susan Devoy]] (New Zealand) in the 1980s; [[Michelle Martin]] and [[Sarah Fitz-Gerald]] (Australia) in the 1990s; and [[Nicol David]] (Malaysia) in the 2000s.

The Men's British Open has similarly been dominated by relatively few players:<ref name="Championship records"/> [[F. D. Amr Bey]] (Egypt) in the 1930s; [[Mahmoud Karim]] (Egypt) in the 1940s; brothers [[Hashim Khan]] and [[Azam Khan (squash player)|Azam Khan]] (Pakistan) in the 1950s and 1960s; [[Jonah Barrington (squash player)|Jonah Barrington]] (Great Britain and Ireland) and [[Geoff Hunt]] (Australia) in the 1960s and 1970s; [[Jahangir Khan]] (Pakistan) 1980s; [[Jansher Khan]] (Pakistan) in the 1990s; and more recently, [[David Palmer (squash player)|David Palmer]] and [[Nick Matthew]].

The [[World Squash Championships|World Open]] professional championship was inaugurated in 1976 and serves as the main competition today. [[Jansher Khan]] holds the record of winning eight World titles followed by [[Jahangir Khan]] with six, [[Geoff Hunt]] & [[Amr Shabana]] four, [[Nick Matthew]] & [[Ramy Ashour]] three. The women's record is held by [[Nicol David]] with eight wins followed by [[Sarah Fitzgerald]] five, [[Susan Devoy]] four, and [[Michelle Martin]] three.

[[Heather McKay]] remained undefeated in competitive matches for 19 years (between 1962 and 1981) and won sixteen consecutive British Open titles between 1962 and 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heather McKay |url=https://squashnsw.sportyhq.com/w/about/history/nsw-produced-national-and-world-ranked-players/heather-mckay |publisher=Squash NSW |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>

===Current rankings===
The [[Professional Squash Association]] (PSA) publishes monthly rankings of professional players:

====Men's====
{{Main|Official Men's Squash World Ranking}}
{{Current Top 10 PSA Men's Rankings}}

====Women's====
{{Main|Official Women's Squash World Ranking}}
{{Current Top 10 PSA Women's Rankings}}

=== Current champions ===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 |Competition
!colspan=2 |Men
!colspan=2 |Women
|-
!Edition
!Title holder
!Edition
!Title holder
|-
|[[World Open (squash)|World Championship]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship|2023-24]]
|{{flagicon|PER}} [[Diego Elías]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship|2023-24]]
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Nouran Gohar]]
|-
|[[WSF World Team Squash Championships|WSF World Team Championships]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships|2023]]
|{{squ|EGY}}
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2022]]
|{{sqw|EGY}}
|-
|[[Squash at the World Games|World Games]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[Squash at the 2022 World Games – Men's singles|2022]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Victor Crouin]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[Squash at the 2022 World Games – Women's singles|2022]]
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Tinne Gilis]]
|-
|[[World Junior Squash Championships|WSF World Junior Championships]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2023 Men's World Junior Squash Championships|2023]]
|{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Hamza Khan]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2023 Women's World Junior Squash Championships|2023]]
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Amina Orfi]]
|-
|[[World Junior Squash Championships|WSF World Junior Team Championships]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2022 Men's World Junior Team Squash Championships|2022]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} England
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2023 Women's World Junior Team Squash Championships|2023]]
|{{flagicon|EGY}} Egypt
|-
|[[World University Squash Championships|World University]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2022 World University Squash Championship|2022]]
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mostafa Asal]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[2022 World University Squash Championship|2022]]
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Sana Ibrahim]]
|-
|[[World Masters Squash Championships|World Masters]] <small>''(Over 35)''</small>
| style="text-align:right;" |[[World Masters Squash Championships|2022]]
|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Christo Potgieter]]
| style="text-align:right;" |[[World Masters Squash Championships|2022]]
|{{flagicon|GUY}} [[Nicolette Fernandes]]
|}