2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship

The 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship was the 2023 women's edition of the World Squash Championships, which served as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Chicago, United States from 3 to 11 May 2023. It was the third time that Chicago hosted the PSA World Championships after 2018–19 & 2020–21 editions.

Top seeds Nº1 Nouran Gohar and N2º Nour El Sherbini met in the final, marking the 14th Gohar–El Sherbini PSA series final. El Sherbini who led the head to head in finals 10–3 won her seventh World Championship title (and fifth in a row). Gohar continues to look for an elusive first World Championship title after losing in 2021 and 2022 (both vs. El Sherbini).

World ranking points/prize money
PSA also awards points towards World ranking. Points are awarded as follows:

Prize money breakdown
Total prize money for the tournament is $1,000,000, $500,000 per gender. This is about a 1% prize fund decrease from previous World Championships (2021–22; $550,000 per gender).

Venues
University Club of Chicago and Chicago Union Station in Chicago are the two venues that will host the competition.

Seeds
🇪🇬 Nouran Gohar (runner-up) 🇪🇬 Nour El Sherbini  (champion)  🇪🇬 Hania El Hammamy (semi finals) 🇳🇿 Joelle King (semi finals) 🇺🇸 Amanda Sobhy (quarter finals) 🇪🇬 Nour El Tayeb (quarter finals) 🇺🇸 Olivia Fiechter (third round) 🇪🇬 Rowan Elaraby (third round)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sarah-Jane Perry (third round) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgina Kennedy (quarter finals) 🇧🇪 Nele Gilis (quarter finals) 🇧🇪 Tinne Gilis (third round) 🇺🇸 Olivia Clyne (second round) 🇪🇬 Salma Hany (third round) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tesni Evans (third round) 🇺🇸 Sabrina Sobhy (third round)

Key

 * rtd. = Retired
 * Q = Qualifier
 * WC = Host wild card
 * w/o = Walkover

Schedule
Times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00). To the best of five games.

Abbreviations:
 * UCC - University Club of Chicago
 * CUS - Chicago Union Station.

Round 1
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Representation
This table shows the number of players by country in the 2023 PSA Women's World Championship. A total of 16 nationalities are represented. Egypt is the most represented nation with 24 players.