OCTOBER 19-26, 2024    PHILADELPHIA, PA

The FS Investments U.S. Open has historically led the PSA World Tour as an innovator in event presentation and parity in prize money, and is now on the forefront of sports-science data collection. The U.S. Open was the first pro event to have live action photography from the front of...
[caption id="attachment_18134" align="aligncenter" width="1292"] Ginny Akabane (l) and Bunny Vosters.[/caption] Two pioneering players have been chosen for the highest honor in American squash: induction into the United States Squash Hall of Fame. The Class of 2019 is Ginny Akabane and Bunny Vosters. To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the merger of the men’s and women’s national squash associations, this will be the first all-women class of inductees. The induction ceremony will be held at a gala luncheon courtside at the FS Investments U.S. Open before the finals on Saturday October 12, 2018. Register for the Hall of Fame Luncheon here.
Egypt's two-time World Junior Champion Amina Orfi made history in her first appearance at the U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist, becoming the youngest player in tournament history to reach the quarterfinals with an upset over world No. 4 Joelle King Monday, October 9, at the Arlen Specter...
[caption id="attachment_17599" align="aligncenter" width="3245"] (l-r): Rowan Elaraby, Tyreese Samuels, Ranson Gaymon, Steve DeAngelis, Kayla Atkinson, Zeina Mickawy[/caption] The 2018 FS Investments United States Open Squash Championships opened today at Drexel University with its traditional first-ball ceremony. The honorary starters of this year’s tournament were four people integral to the Open. Steve DeAngelis, the president of FS Investments Solutions, helped kick off the Open. FS Investments is a leading alternative asset manager founded in 2007 and headquartered in Philadelphia; FS Investments Solutions is its wholly owned broker-dealer subsidiary.
Germany’s Simon Rösner denied world No. 2 Ali Farag the opportunity to defend his FS Investments U.S. Open title, while the U.S. Open is guaranteed a first-time women’s champion in the form of the world’s top two ranked women—Nour El Sherbini or Raneem El Welily—following Friday’s semifinals in Philadelphia. The...
The fifth-annual Character in Sports Day at the 2018 FS Investments U.S. Open included a clinic for boys from the SquashSmarts program on the courts at the Kline & Specter Squash Center at Drexel. Three PSA players—Alan Clyne, Nele Gilis and Todd Harrity—joined thirty SquashSmarts student athletes at the...
Two pioneering players have been chosen for the highest honor in American squash: induction into the United States Squash Hall of Fame. The Class of 2018 is Anil Nayar and Carol Thesieres. The induction ceremony will be held at a gala luncheon courtside at the U.S. Open before the finals on Saturday October 13, 2018. Register for the Hall of Fame Luncheon here.
[caption id="attachment_17570" align="aligncenter" width="1292"] Olivia Blatchford-Clyne (l) and Mike Way[/caption] Team USA’s Olivia Blatchford-Clyne and Harvard's Mike Way will be recognized as the 2017 United States Olympic Committee athlete and coach of the year during the 2018 FS Investments U.S Open.
Philadelphia, PA---August 8, 2018---US Squash and Study Hotels announces that they will renew their partnership for the 2018-2019 season, including the official sponsorship of the FS Investments 2018 U.S. Open Squash Championships in Philadelphia. “We are really pleased to partner with Study Hotels again in 2018,” said US Squash President...
[caption id="attachment_17573" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Farag (l) and El Tayeb at the 2017 U.S. Open[/caption] Married couple Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb will aim to repeat their historic U.S. Open title run last year that saw them become the first husband and wife in sporting history to lift the same major sports title on the same day at the 2018 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships, October 6-13, at Drexel University's Daskalakis Athletic Center. Last year, Farag and El Tayeb stunned the squash world last October with upsets over current World Champions Mohamed ElShorbagy and Raneem El Welily in their respective title deciders.