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is a popular sport in Egypt. The country has been producing top players since the 1930s, and it is believed that former president

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, a keen player himself, gave the sport a major boost in the 1990s. It has also been said that the current success is the result of an investment in the sport of Egyptian society as a whole.

Professional competitions

Many professional squash competitions take place in Egypt each year.

PSA World Tour

Egyptian events in the

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calendar include the

El Gouna International The El Gouna International is an annual men's and women's squash tournament held in El Gouna, Egypt during April. It is part of the PSA World Series, the highest level of professional squash competition. History The men's event was firs ...

(PSA150) and the Alexandria International tournaments.

Top players

As of April 2018, Egypt boasted 5 out of the top 10 male players in the world and 5 out of the top 10 female players in the world. The El Shorbagy brothers had been particularly successful, with Mohamed and Marwan being the world numbers 2 and 6 respectively.

World number ones

Egypt has produced the following world number ones: * Men: **

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** Karim Darwish **

Ramy Ashour Ramy Mohamed Ashour (; born September 30, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt), is a retired professional squash player from Egypt. Widely considered as one of the greatest squash players of all time, having won three World titles in 2008, 2012 and 2014. He b ...

Mohamed El Shorbagy Mohamed El Shorbagy (, born 12 January 1991) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He represented Egypt from a young age until June 2022, when he switched to represent England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 ...

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 Squas ...

** Ali Farag **

Mostafa Asal Mostafa Asal (; born 9 May 2001) is an Egyptian professional squash player. A two-time World_Squash_Team_Championships, World Team Champion, and current rank one Official Men's Squash World Ranking, squash player, Mostafa is nicknamed "The Ragi ...

* Women: **

Raneem El Weleily Raneem Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Welily (; born 1 January 1989, in Alexandria, Egypt) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in September 2015. She is a three-time finalist at the ...

Nour El Sherbini Nour Atef Ahmed Zaki El Sherbini (; born 1 November 1995) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She holds the record with Malaysian Nicol David for having won the most women's world individual titles. The eight world titles were achieve ...

Nouran Gohar Nouran Ahmed Gohar (; born 30 September 1997) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. She is the 2023–24 world champion and a three-times world team champion. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in July 2020. Ca ...

Highest ranked players

As of August 2022, the highest ranked Egyptian squash players were: * Men: **

Ali Farag Ali Amr Farag (; born 22 April 1992) is a former Egyptian professional squash player. He is a four-time world individual champion, having won the title in 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 and 2022–23 and a four-times world team champion. ...

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Tarek Momen Tarek Momen (born 23 February 1988) is a professional squash player representing Egypt. He is a former World Champion, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3 in February 2019. Career overview A PSA member since 2005, Tarek Mom ...

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Mazen Hesham Mazen Hesham Al Sabry (; born 29 March 1994 in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He is a two-times world team champion and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in May 2024. Career Hesham first became ...

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Marwan Elshorbagy 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 wo ...

(9) * Women: **

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(2) ** Hania El Hammamy (3) ** Rowan Elaraby (7) ** Salma Hany (9)

National teams

Egypt has national men's,

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, men's junior, women's junior. teams that represent the country in international competitions.

Governance

Squash in Egypt is governed by the

Egyptian Squash Association The Egyptian Squash Federation is recognised as the Egyptian national governing body for the sport of Squash (sport), squash. The federation is responsible for the following tasks: * Decide public policies that lead to the deployment of squash i ...

References

External links

Egyptian Squash Federation

Egyptian Squash Federation
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