Ali Farag

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Ali Farag
Ali Farag 2017.jpg
Farag at the 2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships
Full nameAli Amr Farag
Nickname(s)Mr. Fantastic, Rubber-band Man, The Raptor
Country Egypt
ResidenceCairo, Egypt
Born (1992-04-22) April 22, 1992 (age 29)
Cairo, Egypt
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
WeightJuly
Turned Pro2009
PlaysRight Handed
Coached byWael Farag, Mike Way, Basem Makram, Karim Darwish
Racquet usedDunlop HyperfibreXT Revelation Pro
WebsiteAli Farag on Twitter
dunlopsports.com/team/squash/pros/ali-farag/
Men's singles
Highest rankingNo. 1 (March 2019)
Current rankingNo. 1 (December 2021)
Title(s)22
Tour final(s)41
World OpenW (2020–21)
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  Egypt
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Manchester Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018–19 Chicago Singles
Gold medal – first place 2020–21 Chicago Singles
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Marseille Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Washington D.C. Team
Last updated: July 2020.

Ali Amr Farag (born April 22, 1992) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He is the 2018/2019 and 2020/2021 world champion, and the world number one as of September 2021.[1]

Education[]

Farag graduated from Harvard University in 2014 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Farag also graduated as one of the best squash players in college history, suffering only two defeats in his three years. As a member of Harvard's Varsity Squash Team, Farag won two individual national titles and helped lead Harvard to its first team title in 17 years in 2014.

Professional career[]

After graduating, Farag returned to the pro circuit where he has since begun a rapid climb up the world rankings. He was named the PSA Player of the Month in April 2015 for reaching the main draw of the El Gouna Invitational as a qualifier and for winning back-to-back titles in Ireland.[2][3] Farag eventually established himself as one of the best in the game.

Farag won his first world title in 2019 beating Tarek Momen in the final continuing the recent Egyptian domination of the sport.[4] He reached the final of 2019 British Open championship but was defeated by his fellow Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy.[5] In 2021, he again reached to the final of 2021 British Open championship but this time he was defeated by New Zealand's Paul Coll.[6]

Personal life[]

He is married to fellow squash professional Nour El Tayeb and the pair set a new record becoming the first married couple to both win the same major title on the same day after winning the US Open in 2017.[7] The couple came close to repeating the same record in the 2019 US Open, but Tayeb lost her final in a narrow 5-game thriller.

References[]

  1. ^ "Ali Farag (Egypt)". Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  2. ^ "PSA Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  3. ^ "SquashInfo Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  4. ^ "EGYPT'S FARAG & EL SHERBINI LIFT 2018-2019 PSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES". PSA World Tour. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  5. ^ "Egyptian Duo Gohar and ElShorbagy Lift 2019 British Open Titles - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  6. ^ "New Zealand's Coll and Egypt's El Sherbini Capture 2021 Allam British Open Titles - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  7. ^ "US Open: Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb win titles on same day". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

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