2026 Champions Mostafa Asal (EGY) and Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
with the perpetual Frank Stella trophy.

January 29, 2026

Hania El Hammamy defended her title in Grand Central with a historic comeback from 9-3 down in the fifth game, while Mostafa Asal claimed his first title without dropping a game all tournament on finals night of 2026 Sprott Tournament of Champions presented by Crowd Street Thursday, January 29, at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

The evening started with a historic women's final between the defending champion and world No. 1 El Hammamy and world No. 4 Olivia Weaver, who was the first American to reach the ToC Platinum final since Amanda Sobhy in 2016.

The World No.1, who becomes only the fourth female player to retain the title, trailed 9-3 to Weaver in the fifth, with the American two points away from securing her maiden Platinum-level title. The 30-year-old would have written herself into the history books as the first-ever US-born player to achieve that feat.

But El Hammamy, who had never been defeated by Weaver on the PSA Squash Tour before, denied the American a landmark victory as she sensationally surged back to register eight points without reply to overturn the six-point deficit and lift her 19th trophy on Tour, triumphing 1-7, 5-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9 in 81 minutes of pulsating squash.

“I’m really thrilled!” El Hammamy said. “It’s an unbelievable tournament and I had a massive battle yesterday with Nour. I was struggling this morning to get out of bed to have a hit.
Today I felt so flat throughout the whole match, I was so tired and she [Olivia Weaver] was playing incredibly well. She was really on point today and I’m beyond proud I managed to get through this today. I have no words for what happened in the fifth!”

Meanwhile Asal has won his first-ever Tournament of Champions title following a dominant 3-0 victory against World No.2 Coll. Asal, a first-time finalist at the Tournament of Champions, was meeting Coll for the third time this season with silverware up for grabs, with the New Zealander triumphing in the Qatar Classic and Asal lifting the U.S. Open crown.

Since losing in the semifinals of the Silicon Valley Open to Victor Crouin in October, Asal hasn't dropped a single game when he's stepped on court and the 'Raging Bull' maintained that incredible streak, dominating all three games against the Kiwi to win 11-6, 11-1, 11-4 for title number 26.

“I am really proud of myself. Just getting into the final of ToC [Tournament of Champions] and just winning this title feels amazing," Asal said. “I couldn’t believe it, this tournament is unique and I am so happy to add this to my list of trophies and titles. It's unreal. I am so happy with this title. I am really happy to win the ToC, it's a unique event at a unique venue. There is a lot of people that are supporting me behind the scenes, I want to thank them all, my parents, my coaches, and my sponsors, I want to thank everyone."

20th Anniversary Champions Dinner - 2017

Click above for images and video from the 20th Anniversary Champions Dinner in 2017.

The Tournament of Champions
at Grand Central Terminal

The Tournament of Champions, established in 1930, is the oldest, longest-running squash championship in the United States.The “ToC” is the best known squash tournament in the world and is the world’s largest squash spectator event, impacting more than 250,000 people live.

The tournament is one of the world’s top ten professional championships, joining fellow PSA World Series level events in Chicago, Egypt, Hull (UK), Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Dubai and Qatar.