TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

Late January · Vanderbilt Hall, New York · Eight Days · Since 1930

2027: 21 to 28 January

The glass court lit under Vanderbilt Hall’s chandeliers, the stands full. Tournament of Champions, Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, New York, in the season calendar of The Mansa Court — I · Vanderbilt Hall

The Tournament of Champions is a squash championship for men and women on the PSA World Tour, played on a glass court in Vanderbilt Hall, at Grand Central Terminal in New York.

In 2027 it runs from the twenty-first to the twenty-eighth of January.

A player in white turns after a point before a packed gallery. Tournament of Champions, Grand Central Terminal, New York, in the season calendar of The Mansa Court — II · After the Point

Since 1930

The organisers date it from 1930, when it began as the US Professional Championships. It took the name Tournament of Champions in 1993, and was first played in Vanderbilt Hall in 1995.

It has not been held without a break.

The Glass Court

The court is glass, so that it can stand in a public hall with stands built up around it. In Vanderbilt Hall it sits beneath the chandeliers of the terminal.

A player lunges for a low ball as his opponent watches. Tournament of Champions, Grand Central Terminal, New York (2016), in the season calendar of The Mansa Court — IV · The Lunge

What to Know

Men and women play the same week, on the same court.

The Court wears a lounge suit.

It is a different occasion from the Court’s own Squash Tournament, which is played among members in September.

The women’s and men’s champions raise their trophies together (2019). Tournament of Champions, Grand Central Terminal, New York, in the season calendar of The Mansa Court — V · The Champions

The Court

The Tournament of Champions is not the Court’s own. Seats are sought on a member’s behalf, and the Court arranges the whole of it: getting there, where to stay, and the table afterward.

How one becomes a member is set out under Admission.