🏆 The Wimbledon Club is the place to be from Tuesday 25 to Sunday 30 March for the 2025 Optasia Championships with a stellar line-up set to feature the world’s best squash players.
🎟️ Tickets are on sale here.
The 2024 Optasia Championships did not disappoint with Satomi Watanabe and Paul Coll (main picture above) crowned the women’s and men’s champions respectively. New Zealand’s Coll (the world No.2) fought back from two games down to beat Egypt’s world No.1 Ali Farag 3-2 in a memorable men’s final which lasted just over 90 minutes. Meanwhile, Watanabe produced the performance of her life to defeat the top seed and world No.4 Nele Gilis 3-0 in the women’s final. A result which saw the Japanese star claim a first World Tour title.
And now it’s official – the Optasia Championships are back for 2025 bigger and better than before! Once again it will be a men’s PSA World Tour Gold event with a total prize pot of $110,000 at stake. Alongside, the women’s tournament has also been confirmed as a women’s PSA World Tour Gold event for the first time, also with a total prize pot of $110,000.
Six days of action take place from Tuesday 25 to Sunday 30 March at The Wimbledon Club, just over the road from the famous tennis championships. Fittingly for SW19, Wimbledon’s second biggest sports event will be staged on a tennis court. One covered in black carpet, with a bar, a TV studio, a large grandstand and an all-glass squash court on it.
👀 Read on for the ‘Ones to Watch’, how to purchase tickets, daily timings and travel tips.
OPTASIA CHAMPIONSHIPS – ONES TO WATCH
In 2024 men’s world No.1 Ali Farag and women’s world No.4 Nele Gilis were the headline acts at the 2024 Optasia Championships. The event featured six of the world’s top ten men’s players (see below for the top-eight seeds).
In 2025 expect the line-up to be even stronger with the women’s tournament now upgraded to Gold status on par with the men’s. Already confirmed for next year’s men’s tournament is world No.5 Mohamed ElShorbagy, who won the trophy in 2017. He’ll be joined by younger brother and world No.10 Marwan ElShorbagy. The men’s event has always been won by either a past or future world No.1 or world champion – will the trend continue in 2025?
👀 Stay tuned here for more player announcements as soon as they are confirmed!
OPTASIA CHAMPIONSHIPS – TICKETS & TIMINGS
Book your tickets now for what promises to be a memorable six days of squash at the Optasia Championship featuring the world’s top players!
🎟️ TICKETS are on sale via the ‘Get Tickets’ link. Starting from Adults £20/U16s £10.
🎫 HOSPITALITY/VIP seat packages will be available starting from £60.
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DAILY TIMINGS*
*Note: Timings are approximate at this stage and subject to confirmation.
Tuesday 25 March: Round 1 matches.
Morning Session – Door open 11.30am. Matches start at 12 noon. Evening Session – Doors open 5pm. Matches start at 5.30pm.
Wednesday 26 March: Round 2 matches.
Morning Session – Door open 11.30am. Matches start at 12 noon. Evening Session – Doors open 5pm. Matches start at 5.30pm.
Thursday 27 March: Round 2 matches.
Morning Session – Door open 11.30am. Matches start at 12 noon. Evening Session – Doors open 5pm. Matches start at 5.30pm.
Friday 28 March: Quarter-Finals.
Morning Session – Door open 11.30am. Matches start at 12 noon. Evening Session – Doors open 5pm. Matches start at 5.30pm.pm to 9pm
Saturday 29 March: Semi-Finals.
One session: Doors open at 3pm. Matches start at 4pm.
Sunday 30 March: FINALS .
One session: Doors open at 3pm. Matches start at 4pm. Pro Squash Challenge (W) & Optasia Championship Final (M).
TRAVEL TIPS
🚊🚗 Travel tips: The Wimbledon Club is easily accessible using public transport. Southfields tube station – on the District Line of the London Underground – is a 10 minute walk from the venue. Wimbledon mainline station – on both the South Western Railway and Thameslink with excellent links into central London and beyond – is approximately a 20 minute walk, or short taxi ride away. Plan your journey at the Transport for London website. If driving there is a car park at The Wimbledon Club with spaces available on a FCFS basis. If the car park is full on-street parking is available on surrounding roads subject to local parking restrictions.
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