Full name | Ali Amr Farag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Mr. Fantastic, Rubber-band Man, The Raptor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cairo, Egypt | April 22, 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned Pro | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | Active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Wael Farag, Mike Way, Basem Makram, Karim Darwish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Racquet used | Dunlop HyperfibreXT Revelation Pro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Ali Farag on Twitter dunlopsports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | No. 1 (March 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 2 (March 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour final(s) | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Open | W (2020–21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: July 2020. |
Ali Amr Farag (Arabic: علي عمرو فرج; born April 22, 1992) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He is the 2018–19 and 2020–21 World Champion, and is currently ranked as world No. 2 by the Professional Squash Association (PSA).[1]
Education
Farag graduated from Harvard University in 2014 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.[2]
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.[citation needed]
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.[3][4] Farag eventually established himself as one of the best in the game.[citation needed]
Farag won his first world title in 2019 beating Tarek Momen in the final continuing the recent Egyptian domination of the sport.[5] He reached the final of 2019 British Open championship but was defeated by his fellow Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] 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.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Ali Farag (Egypt)". Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
- ^ "Farag named World Games Athlete of the Month". Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "PSA Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
- ^ "SquashInfo Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Egyptian Duo Gohar and ElShorbagy Lift 2019 British Open Titles - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
- ^ "New Zealand's Coll and Egypt's El Sherbini Capture 2021 Allam British Open Titles - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Ali Farag – PSA World Tour profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-12-13)
- Ali Farag at PSA
- Ali Farag at Squash Info