India’s Velavan Senthilkumar was crowned champion of the 2026 PSA Budapest Squash Open on Friday evening. In the final played on the all-glass court at Millenáris Building D, Senthilkumar defeated Balázs Farkas 3–0 to lift the Budapest Open trophy.
🇮🇳 Velavan Senthilkumar – Balázs Farkas 🇭🇺 3–0 (11–4, 11–2, 11–3)
The Indian was unstoppable throughout the week. He eliminated several seeded players on his way to the title, including top seed and World No. 18 Eain Yow Ng of Malaysia, whom he defeated 3–0 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, he overcame fellow Indian Veer Chotrani in a five-game battle before continuing his impressive run in the final.
For Balázs Farkas, the Budapest tournament marked one of the most memorable PSA events of his career. The Hungarian international produced a series of outstanding performances on his way to the final. After defeating second seed Bernat Jaume of Spain, he beat Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue 3–0 before overcoming Egyptian World No. 41 Moustafa Elsirty in straight games in the semi-finals.
Finishing runner-up at the $43,500 PSA Copper event is an outstanding achievement for Hungarian squash, particularly in a field featuring several TOP 50 players.
Congratulations, Balázs – we are proud of you! 🇭🇺❤️
Budapest Is Becoming an Important Destination on the PSA World Tour
The PSA Budapest Open has brought international professional squash to the Hungarian capital for the third consecutive year. Its significance is even greater considering that relatively few PSA World Tour events are held in Europe, while tournaments of this level are particularly rare in Central and Eastern Europe. We are therefore especially proud that Hungary continues to have a place on the international PSA calendar year after year.
It was a great honour to welcome Gábor Pósfai, Minister of the Interior, and Attila Kálnoki-Kiss, State Secretary for Sport, to the final and the award ceremony. Both played an important role in helping us find a new venue at very short notice following the fire at Ormai Hall three weeks ago, allowing us to stage the tournament for players from 16 countries at this impressive location.
The PSA Budapest Open final also brought to a close an unprecedented two-week international squash festival in Budapest. From 19–22 August, the Hungarian capital hosted the European Individual Squash Championships for the first time in 20 years, welcoming a record 27 nations and 120 players and coaches. Just two days later, the PSA Budapest Open World Tour event got underway.
Two weeks, two major international events, Europe’s and the world’s elite, and countless memorable matches in Budapest.
Thank you to all the players, spectators, partners, sponsors, volunteers and everyone who contributed to making these two weeks so special.
📸 The full PSA photo album is available here. Thank you to Richárd Kirner and Viktor Krokavecz!
And with that, two unforgettable weeks of squash in Budapest come to an end. ❤️🤍💚
