2026 Motor City Open

The 2026 DR21 Motor City Squash Open is one of the most established and respected tournaments on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Squash Tour and will be staged at Birmingham Athletic Club, Bloomfield Hills in Detroit, USA from the 13th to 17th January.

2026 PSA DR21 Motor City Squash Open, Birmingham Athletic Club, Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, USA
1st Round:
[1] Diego Elias (PER) bye
[9/16] Balazs Farkas (HUN) v David Bernet (SUI)
[9/16] Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY) v Shahjahan Khan (USA)
[5] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) bye
[8] Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) bye
[9/16] Moustafa Elsirty (EGY) v Sanjay Jeeva (MAS)
[9/16] Ramit Tandon (IND) v Tom Walsh (ENG)
[3] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bye
[4] Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) bye
[9/16] Adrian Waller (ENG) v Salman Khalil (EGY)
[9/16] Velavan Senthilkumar (IND) v Sam Osborne-Wylde (ENG)
[7] Timothy Brownell (USA) bye
[6] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bye
[9/16] Karim El Hammamy (EGY) v Leandro Romiglio (ARG)
[9/16] Sam Todd (ENG) v Simon Herbert (ENG)
[2] Marwan ElShorbagy (ENG) bye

The Motor City Squash Open remains one of the PSA Tour’s most established and respected tournaments, with a history stretching back to 1999, when it first welcomed professional competition. Over the years, the Detroit-based event has crowned some of the sport’s greatest names, including Mohamed ElShorbagy, Gregory Gaultier, Jonathan Power and Amr Shabana. Now preparing to stage its 26th edition, the tournament returns once again to the Birmingham Athletic Club, where it will run from the 13th to 17th January.

All eyes will be on top seed Diego Elias, who makes a highly anticipated return after being forced to withdraw before striking a ball at last year’s event due to injury. In his absence, Paul Coll went on to lift the title, but the ‘Peruvian Puma’ is back and eager to reassert his dominance on one of his favourite stops on tour. Elias boasts an extraordinary record at the Birmingham Athletic Club, having won the tournament in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, and arrives in Detroit riding a 16-match winning streak at the venue. The World No.2 has not competed since sustaining a knee injury in the Egyptian Squash Open final against Mostafa Asal, but he will be determined to make an emphatic comeback.

Second seed Marwan ElShorbagy adds further intrigue to the draw. The Englishman claimed the title in 2018, defeating Coll in a gruelling 96-minute, five-game final, and will be hoping the traditional court conditions in Detroit help him rediscover his best form. Although results have been mixed of late, ElShorbagy’s experience and physical resilience make him a dangerous proposition.

Sharing his half of the draw is one of the joint 3/4 seeds, Switzerland’s Dimitri Steinmann. Known for his exceptional fitness and physicality, Steinmann could thrive on the demanding traditional court, where endurance and work rate often prove decisive.

The other 3/4 seed is former champion Mohamed Abouelghar, who lifted the Motor City Squash Open trophy in 2019. After several seasons disrupted by injury, the Egyptian has shown strong signs of a resurgence, highlighted by his PSA World Squash Tour Gold-level triumph at the China Open in November 2025. Should he continue that momentum, a potential semi-final clash with Elias looms large, and Abouelghar may well have the weapons required to threaten the top seed’s formidable winning run in Detroit.

The 2026 Professional Squash Association (PSA) DR21 Motor City Squash Open will be staged at Birmingham Athletic Club, Bloomfield Hills in Detroit, USA from the 13th to 17th January.

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UNSQUASHABLE will be represented at the 2026 PSA DR21 Motor City Squash Open by Miguel Rodriguez.

2025 Motor City Squash Open Results: InternationalSquashMagazine.com