World Squash Awards
The PSA Awards are presented annually by the Professional Squash Association, the organization which organizes the world squash circuit for men and women. Players of the Year * Sources: Young Players of the Year * Sources: Challenger Players of the Year Match of the Season Shot of the Season Spirit of Squash Other awards * Sources: See also * Men's Squash World Rankings * List of PSA men's number 1 ranked players * Women's Squash World Rankings The Women's Squash World Rankings are the official world rankings for women's Squash (sport), squash. The Women's International Squash Players Association, WISPA, the Women's Squash Association, WSA and the Professional Squash Association, PSA has ... * List of PSA women's number 1 ranked players References {{Squash records and statistics Squash (sport) Squash records and statistics Squash awards ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Squash (sport)
Squash, sometimes called squash rackets, is a List of racket sports, racket ball game, sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow, rubber ball. The players alternate striking the ball with their rackets, directing it onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court. The object of the game is to hit the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. There are about 20 million people who play squash regularly worldwide in over 185 countries. The governing body of squash, the World Squash Federation (WSF), is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the sport will be included in the Olympic Games, starting with the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Professional Squash Association (PSA) organizes the pro tour. History Squash has its origins in the older game of rackets (sport), rackets, which was played in London's prisons in the 19th century. Later, around 1830, b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Coll
Paul Daniel Coll (born 9 May 1992) is a New Zealand professional squash player. In March 2022, he became the first New Zealand man to achieve a world ranking of World No. 1. He is a two times British Open champion, having won this tournament in 2021 and 2022. Career While Coll never achieved the same success in his junior career that he would see at the professional level, his first major breakthrough came when he was ranked 31st in the world and won the $100,000 St. George's Hill Classic in Weybridge, England, as a qualifier. He beat 4 players in the top 20 to win the title, which raised him to no. 20 in the world. He made history in September 2017 when he became no. 10 in the PSA World Rankings. He is only the fourth New Zealander to break the top 10 in the world, the ones before him, including former world champion and world no. 2 Ross Norman. Coll claimed his first Commonwealth Games medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as he clinched a silver medal in the men's si ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sivasangari Subramaniam
Sivasangari Subramaniam (born 24 January 1999) is a Malaysian professional squash player. She reached a career high ranking of number 9 in the world during July 2024. in the world. Career In 2011, Subramaniam was nominated as MSSM (National Schools Sports Council) 2011 Promising Sportsgirl of the Year. On 8 July 2018, she became the youngest women's National Champion by defeating Low Wee Wern in the final at the Ohana 34th National Squash Championships. Subramaniam became the 2018 British Junior Open champion by defeating Satomi Watanabe. On 6 March 2022, she won College Squash Association (CSA) National Collegiate Individual Championships to clinch her first individual title for Cornell University. On 1 April 2024, she won the Gillen Market's London Classic Gold event, completing a dream week at the by beating World No. 2 Hania El Hammamy to lift the PSA World Tour Gold-level title. In December 2024, Subramaniam helped Malaysia win the bronze medal at the 2024 Women ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amanda Sobhy
Amanda Sobhy (born June 29, 1993) is an American squash player. A five-time national champion, she was the first U.S.-born player to reach the top five in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 3 in October 2021 after reaching the semi-finals of the 2021 British Open and the 2021 CIB Egyptian Open, and winning the 2021 Oracle Netsuite Open. Early life Amanda Sobhy was born in Sea Cliff, New York, to an Egyptian father, Khaled Sobhy, and an American mother, Jodie Larson. Both of her parents played squash. Sobhy is a graduate of North Shore High School where she played volleyball, softball and as left halfback of the school's varsity soccer team during her freshman year. In eighth grade she broke her right ankle and shattered her tibia while playing softball. In May 2015 she graduated from Harvard University, having majored in Social Anthropology and minored in Global Health and Health Policy. Career Pre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fares Dessouky
Fares Mohamed Dessouky (born 29 September 1994) is an Egyptian professional squash player who represented Egypt. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 7 in April 2021. Biography During the 2014 PSA World Series he reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 British Open, beating Karim Abdel Gawad 3-2 in the first round, Karim Darwish 3-2 in the second round before losing out to Nick Matthew 0-3 in the quarter-final match. Dessouky won his biggest PSA title in December 2020 at the CIB Black Ball Open in Egypt, defeating Ali Farag in five games. In March 2022, he won his 5th PSA title after securing victory in the Canary Wharf Squash Classic during the 2021–22 PSA World Tour The 2021–22 PSA World Tour is the international squash (sport), squash tour organised circuit organized by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) for the 2021–22 squash (sport), squash season. It's the 7th PSA season since the merger of P .... Titles and Finals Major Finals (1) Major ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karim Abdel Gawad
Karim Abdel Gawad (; born 30 July 1991) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He is a former world individual champion and world number 1 and a three-times world team champion. Career In November 2016, he won the 2016 World Open Squash Championship in Cairo in Egypt against Ramy Ashour. He became the third Egyptian to win the World Championship after Amr Shabana and Ashour. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in May 2017. Later in 2017, he was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships in France and repeated the success with Egypt at the 2019 Men's World Team Squash Championships in the United States. In 2020, he suffered a major injury during the final of the 2020 Manchester Open. He damaged his heel, which eventually led to ten months out of squash and his world ranking plummeted as a result. In May 2023, he reached the final of the 2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship, after defeating second seed Die ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marwan El Shorbagy
Marwan Hossam El Shorbagy (born 30 July 1993) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He is a former world team champion and reached his career-high ranking reaching World No. 3 in May 2018, while playing for his native Egypt. He won the World Juniors in 2011 & 2012 and became the third player in history to win the World Junior twice. Career overview He was born and raised in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and started playing squash at the age of eight. In 2010, he joined the PSA as a 17-year-old and became a student at Millfield School in England (where he was coached by Jonah Barrington and Ian Thomas). He is the younger brother of Mohamed El Shorbagy who also plays on the PSA tour and is a former World No. 1. Despite now combining his squash career with that of a student at a University in the UK, 19-year-old El Shorbagy celebrated his world top 30 debut in July. In July 2012 he won his second successive World Junior Open title – to become only the third man ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nicolas Müller (squash Player)
Nicolas Müller (born 24 August 1989) is a professional squash player who represents Switzerland. He reached a career high ranking of 13 in the world during November 2022. He became the first Swiss squash player to reach World No. 20 the PSA ranking, in 2012. Career In December 2023, Müller won a bronze medal with Switzerland, at the 2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships in New Zealand. After a second round exit to Mostafa Asal at the 2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship in May, he won another bronze medal with Switzerland, at the December 2024 Men's World Team Squash Championships The 2024 Men's World Team Squash Championships was the 28th edition of World Squash Team Championships, world men's team championship for Squash (sport), squash players. The event was held at the Hong Kong Football Club from 9 to 15 December 202 ... in Hong Kong. References External links * * Swiss male squash players Living people 1989 births Sportspeople from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nour El Tayeb
Nour El Tayeb (; born 8 March 1993) is a former professional squash player who represented Egypt. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3, in March 2018. Career The highlight of her junior career was reaching the final of the World Juniors in 2009 at age sixteen, beating top seed Dipika Pallikal of India on the way, before losing to compatriot Nour El Sherbini. In 2012, she was part of the team that regained the world team title after winning a gold medal at the 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships. In 2014, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships. In 2018, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships. In 2022, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships. It was her third world team title. In May 2023, she reached the quarter final of the 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annie Au
Annie Au Wing Chi (; born February 9, 1989), known as Annie Au, is a former professional squash player who represented Hong Kong. Career Annie is a left-hander from Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ... who has made a great impression as a junior. Not only winning British Junior Open titles but reaching the final of the Asian Junior and being a member of the Hong Kong team which won the world juniors is also on her record. She is a tribute to the Hong Kong Squash development schemes. She started playing squash at school aged thirteen through the promotional scheme. She was coached by national coach Abdul Faheem Khan, a former professional squash player from Pakistan. Au reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in May 2012. In 2016, she was part of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Omar Mosaad
Omar Mosaad Abouzid (born March 17, 1988, in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3 in 2016. Career overview After a promising junior career in which he won U17 and U19 British Junior Open titles and reached the World Junior Championship final in 2006, Omar Mosaad quickly established his senior credentials by going on to win eight PSA World Tour titles from 20 final appearances - and celebrating a career-high world No. 3 ranking in June 2016. After joining the PSA in 2005, the tall and imposing Cairo-based Egyptian reached his first Tour final the following year in Iran where he won the FAJR International in Tehran. Success in 2008 earned him the PSA Young Player of the Year Award at the end of the year. But Mosaad began to make his elite breakthrough in 2010: In his first two events of the year he picked up two Tour titles in the USA - firstly the new Kig Open in Los Angeles, then the Racquet Club Invita ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tenille Swartz
Tenille Swartz (born 13 May 1987 in Parys), now known as Tenille van der Merwe, is a South African professional squash player. She reached a career-high PSA ranking of World No. 28 in April 2008. See also *Official Women's Squash World Ranking *WISPA Awards The PSA Awards are presented annually by the Professional Squash Association, the organization which organizes the world squash circuit for men and women. Players of the Year * Sources: Young Players of the Year * Sources: Challenger Pl ... References External links * * 1987 births Living people People from Parys Sportspeople from the Free State (province) South African female squash players Competitors at the 2005 World Games 21st-century South African sportswomen {{SouthAfrica-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |