The players secured the honours after being chosen by a combination of votes from both the PSA Awards Committee and fans on the PSA World Tour website.

ElShorbagy secured the men’s award for the fourth time in his career after a season that saw him collect four PSA World Tour titles, including winning the JP Morgan Tournament of Champions crown.

He also returned to the top of the world ranking during the season after an 11-month absence, replacing last year’s Player of the Year award winner Ali Farag.

New Zealand’s Paul Coll came second in the voting following the best season of his career to date, having cemented himself as a top-five player.

Coll won the Open de France in September, while he also finished as runner-up at the PSA Men’s World Championship, Windy City Open and the Troilus Gold Canada Cup.

El Sherbini was named the winner of the women’s award for the third time, after winning two PSA World Tour titles and reach the final of all four tournaments she competed in.

A knee injury kept El Sherbini out of action until October but she returned in style, after winning her fourth PSA Women’s World Championship trophy.

She overcame world number one Raneem El Welily on her 24th birthday to mark her return after four months out.

El Sherbini also overcame El Welily to win the Windy City Open trophy in March, while she achieved runner-up finishes at the Tournament of Champions and Black Ball Open.

El Welily finished second in the vote after maintaining her world number one ranking, aided by winning the Oracle NetSuite Open and reaching the finals of the Women’s World Championship, China Open and the Windy City Open.

She was named as the winner of the women’s PSA Spirit of Squash Award for the fourth successive year, while Farag won the men’s prize for the fourth time in five years.

The award is voted for by PSA players and is presented to the players who best demonstrated true sportsmanship during the season.

Egypt’s Hania El Hammamy collected the young female player of the year award, while compatriot Mostafa Asal took the men’s honour.

The new award for moment of the season was won by France’s Camille Serme, after she beat El Welily, Nouran Gohar and El Sherbini to win her first major trophy in three years at the Tournament of Champions.

Her victory over Gohar was voted by squash fans as the women’s match of the season, while the French star also won the women’s shot of the season prize.

ElShorbagy’s victory over Farag in the Canary Wharf Classic final was named men’s match of the season, with Germany’s Raphael Kandra taking the shot of the season prize.

Mexico’s Leonel Cardenas and Canada’s Danielle Letourneau were crowned the inaugural PSA Challenger Tour players of the year.

The PSA award for services to squash was given to former World Squash Federation media director Howard Harding.

Harding was named as winner of the award, presented by the PSA Foundation, in recognition of his outstanding commitment and service to the sport over more than 20 years.

Harding had served as WSF Media Director since 1996 before standing down earlier this year.

He also held a similar role at both the PSA and the Women’s Squash Association until 2014.