2016 Men's World Open Squash Championship

The 2016 PSA Men's World Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 2016 World Championship, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Cairo, Egypt from 27 October to 6 November 2016. Karim Abdel Gawad won his first World Championship title, defeating Ramy Ashour in the final.

Prize money and ranking points
For 2016, the prize purse was $325,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

Seeds
• # 🇪🇬 Mohamed El Shorbagy (semifinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Grégory Gaultier (semifinals)

• # 🇪🇬 Omar Mosaad (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick Matthew (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇬 Ramy Ashour (final)

• # 🇪🇬 Karim Abdel Gawad (champion)

• # 🇪🇬 Marwan El Shorbagy (third round)

• # 🇨🇴 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Mathieu Castagnet (second round)

• # 🇪🇬 Ali Farag (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇬 Tarek Momen (quarterfinals)

• # 🇩🇪 Simon Rösner (third round)

• # 🇦🇺 Ryan Cuskelly (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Cameron Pilley (first round)

• # 🇪🇬 Fares Dessouky (quarterfinals)

• # 🇭🇰 Max Lee (third round)