2025 Silicon Valley Squash Open

World No.1 Mostafa Asal and World No.4 Olivia Weaver have been confirmed as topseeds for the 2025 Silicon Valley Squash Open, a PSA Gold-Level World Tour event which will take place from the 11th to 15th October at Squash Zone in Redwood City, California, USA.

The tournament, now in its second year at Gold level, welcomes 48 of the world’s best players. Both the men’s and women’s draws are packed with quality, as top contenders arrive in California aiming to add their names to the trophy lifted last season by Wales’ Joel Makin and USA’s Weaver.

Men’s Draw: Mostafa Asal, Diego Elias, Joel Makin and Karim Abdel Gawad Headline
The men’s field features four of the current top six in the world rankings. Mostafa Asal, the reigning World Champion, could renew his growing rivalry with Joel Makin in the semi-finals, with both drawn in the top half. The pair clashed several times during the closing stretch of the 2024/25 squash season, producing a series of high-intensity encounters, including at the British Squash Open and PSA World Tour Squash Finals, where honours were shared.

World No.2 Diego Elias takes up the second seeding and could face No.6 seed Aly Abou Eleinen in the quarter-finals, while former World No.1 Karim Abdel Gawad, seeded fourth, adds further pedigree to a competitive bottom half that also includes World No.5 Youssef Soliman. Rising stars Jonah Bryant and Kareem El Torkey have been paired in a mouth-watering opening round clash.

French duo Victor Crouin and Baptiste Masotti complete the seedings at No.7 and No.8 respectively.

Women’s Draw: Olivia Weaver Targets Repeat Triumph
On the women’s side, Philadelphia-born Olivia Weaver returns as top seed, looking to defend the title she claimed last year with victory over Japan’s Satomi Watanabe. Olivia Weaver, currently ranked just behind the established “Big Three” of Nouran Gohar, Nour El Sherbini and Hania El Hammamy, will see the event as a chance to narrow the gap and reinforce her credentials as a contender at the very top of the game.

Olivia Weaver opens her campaign against either Sabrina Sobhy or Menna Hamed and sits in the same quarter as Egyptian No.8 seed Farida Mohamed. British No.1 Georgina Kennedy (No.4 seed) and World No.13 Nada Abbas (No.6) are also potential hurdles in her half of the draw.

Satomi Watanabe, seeded second, will again be a serious title threat after an outstanding 2024/25 season. Her projected semi-final opponent is Malaysian star Sivasangari Subramaniam, seeded third, who continues to establish herself among the elite and could meet Amanda Sobhy in the quarter-finals. Sobhy, a six-time US National Champion, will be hoping to feed off strong home support as she continues her push back into the world’s top eight.

Home Hopes and Wildcards
Seven US players are confirmed across both draws: Weaver, Amanda and Sabrina Sobhy, Marina Stefanoni, Riva Bhagwati, Timothy Brownell and Shahjahan Khan. Two additional wildcards are still to be announced.

With a field stacked with world champions, national icons and rising prospects, the Silicon Valley Open promises five days of top-class squash in California’s Bay Area.

2025 Silicon Valley Squash Open Men's Draw:
[1] Mostafa Asal (EGY) [bye]
Alex Lau (HKG) v Bernat Jaume (ESP)
Timothy Brownell (USA) v TBD
[8] Baptiste Masotti (FRA) [bye]
[7] Victor Crouin (FRA) [bye]
Karim El Hammamy (EGY) v Abhay Singh (IND)
Curtis Malik (ENG) v Shahjahan Khan (USA)
[3] Joel Makin (WAL) [bye]
[4] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) [bye]
Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Ramit Tandon (IND)
Miguel Rodriguez (COL) v Velavan Senthilkumar (IND)
[5] Youssef Soliman (EGY) [bye]
[6] Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY) [bye]
Kareem El Torkey (EGY) v Jonah Bryant (ENG)
Juan Vargas (COL) v Nathan Lake (ENG)
[2] Diego Elias (PER) [bye]

2025 Silicon Valley Squash Open Women’s Draw:
[1] Olivia Weaver (USA) [bye]
Menna Hamed (EGY) v Sabrina Sobhy (USA)
Sana Ibrahim (EGY) v Grace Gear (ENG)
[8] Farida Mohamed (EGY) [bye]
[6] Nada Abbas (EGY) [bye]
[WC] Riva Bhagwati (USA) v Malak Khafagy (EGY)
Rachel Arnold (MAS) v Aifa Azman (MAS)
[4] Georgina Kennedy (ENG) [bye]
[3] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) [bye]
Kenzy Ayman (EGY) v Zeina Mickawy (EGY)
Ka Yi Lee (HKG) v Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY)
[5] Amanda Sobhy (USA) [bye]
[7] Salma Hany (EGY) [bye]
Mariam Metwally (EGY) v Marina Stefanoni (USA)
Lucy Turmel (ENG) v TBD
[2] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) [bye]

The 2025 PSA Silicon Valley Squash Open will be staged from the 11th–15th October at Squash Zone in Redwood City, California, USA.

For the latest match updates as they happen and details of how to watch live, visit: psasquashtour.com

UNSQUASHABLE will be represented at the 2025 PSA Silicon Valley Squash Open Miguel Rodriguez

2024 PSA Silicon Valley Squash Open Results: InternationalSquashMagazine.com