Height 183cm

Weight 70kg

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Ali Farag

DOB 22 April 1992

CountryEgypt

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Flag (eg) M. ElShorbagy

PSA World Championships 2020-2021 - Chicago, United States

22 JUL Final

3-1
7-11
12-10
11-9
11-4

Flag (eg) T. Momen

PSA World Championships 2020-2021 - Chicago, United States

21 JUL Semi final

3-2
10-12
11-5
12-10
5-11
11-8

Flag (pe) D. Elias

PSA World Championships 2020-2021 - Chicago, United States

19 JUL Quarter final

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11-7
11-9
11-4

Flag (co) M. Rodriguez

PSA World Championships 2020-2021 - Chicago, United States

17 JUL Round 3

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11-5
11-5

Flag (my) E. Ng

PSA World Championships 2020-2021 - Chicago, United States

16 JUL Round 2

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11-6
11-9
11-5

Flag (us) F. Khan

PSA World Championships 2020-2021 - Chicago, United States

14 JUL Round 1

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11-3
11-2
11-7

Flag (eg) M. Asal

CIB PSA World Tour Finals 2020-2021 - Cairo, Egypt

25 JUN Round 3

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6-11

Flag (eg) M. ElShorbagy

CIB PSA World Tour Finals 2020-2021 - Cairo, Egypt

23 JUN Round 2

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Flag (eg) M. ElShorbagy

CIB PSA World Tour Finals 2020-2021 - Cairo, Egypt

22 JUN Round 1

1-2
12-10
4-11
11-13

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J. Willstrop

Allam British Open 2021
Hull, England

17 AUG Round 2

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Ali Farag Profile
Date of Birth	22nd April, 1992
Height (cm)	183
Weight (kg)	70
Residence	Cairo, Egypt
Coach	Wael Farag, Mike Way, Karim Darwish, Hossam Shaddad
Interests	Tennis, Football, Entrepreneurship
Racket Sponsor	Dunlop Hyperfibre+ Revelation Pro
String Sponsor	Dunlop
Clothing Sponsor	Dunlop
Other Sponsors	Wadi Degla, CIB, Etisalat Sports

Since graduating from Harvard University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2014, Egypt’s Ali Farag has established himself as one of the most popular players on the PSA World Tour, and is now the World No.1.
His captured his first title at the Open Du Gard in 2011 and swiftly followed that up with a crown at the Meersquashheroes Open a week later. A lone title came in 2012 before the Egyptian had to wait over two years for his next piece of silverware at the PSA International Championship which was his maiden PSA M25 title.
Farag had a tremendous 2015 and appeared in four PSA World Tour finals, winning three of them. His final title, at the Irish Open, was the most prestigious of the lot. He also had a superb run at the World Championship in November 2015 with fine wins over Max Lee and Simon Rösner being particular highlights. He eventually bowed out at the quarter-final stage to eventual winner Gregory Gaultier.
Farag broke new ground at the Motor City Open in January 2016, beating then World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy and three-time World Champion Nick Matthew en route to a maiden PSA M70 title. A semi-final finish at the Grasshopper Cup and a last eight placing at the El Gouna International on home soil rounded off the 2015/16 season for Farag, who was rewarded with a move in to the world’s top 10 in May, before the end-of-season PSA Awards saw him rewarded with both the Fan’s Player of the Season and Spirit of Squash awards.
Farag built on his breakout 2015/16 season by claiming one of the biggest wins of his career against Mohamed ElShorbagy to reach the final of the Al Ahram Open - played in front of the stunning Great Pyramid of Giza - but lost out to fellow Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad in the final. He made it to the 2016 Al Ahram Squash Open Newgiza final but lost 3-0 to then-World No.1 Karim Abdel Gawad.
Farag then went on to play in the final at the Suburban Collection Motor City Open to Ryan Cuskelly. Farag was also knocked out in the semi-finals of the Windy City Open to former World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy. The Egyptian also had two runner-up finishes to Frenchman Gregory Gaultier at both the Grasshopper Cup and Bellevue Classic.
He started his 2017/18 campaign with a runner-up finish at the China Open, before winning the US Open, where he beat Mohamed ElShorbagy in the final. His next three tournaments ended at the hands of the World No.1, losing in the final to ElShorbagy in both the Channel VAS Championships and the Hong Kong Open. The Egyptian then won the Swedish Open, before finishing runner-up at the El Gouna International, losing out to Elshorbagy again, but this time, it was Marwan.
Farag failed to reach the final in just one of his first seven tournaments in the 2018/19 campaign. That was a semi final exit at the US Open. He finished runner-up at the Channel VAS, Hong Kong Open and Black Ball Open, but took victory at the Oracle NetSuite, Qatar Classic and the Tournament of Champions, moving him to the World No.1 spot for the first time in his career in March 2019. Despite a premature quarter final exit at the Grasshopper Cup, Farag was able to continue his good form. The Egyptian went on to win the DPD Open and the El Gouna International, before finishing runner-up at the British Open.
The 2019-2020 season may have seen Farag lose the World No.1 spot, but his form was fantastic, reaching the final in five of the six tournaments he played in, along with achieving success for his country on the global front. The Egyptian won the FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships in Philadelphia, with the victory sandwiched by runners-up finishes at both the J.P. Morgan China Squash Open and the CIB Egyptian Squash Open. Farag was then part of the Egypt side that retained the WSF Men’s World Team Championships title in Washington, D.C.
After reaching the semi-finals of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions, Farag then won in Chicago for the second straight year. 12 months after taking home the World Championship crown, he was victorious the Windy City Open presented by the Walter Family. He finished the campaign with another final appearance, this time at the St. James’s Place Canary Wharf Classic in London.
Farag made it to the quarter-finals of the Manchester Open, the first event back after the PSA World Tour resumed following its six-month suspension due to COVID-19. He then lost out to Marwan ElShorbagy for the second straight event in Cairo, after reaching the last four of the CIB PSA World Tour Finals.
The 2018-19 World Champion found his form again at the CIB Egyptian Open, though, as he won the title after dropping just three games throughout the tournament, and with the victory at the Platinum event, he reclaimed the World No.1 spot from November 2020.
He then made it to the final of the CIB Black Ball Squash Open, but lost out to Fares Dessouky in the last match of 2020. Farag also had good news away from the court, as wife Nour El Tayeb announced that she was pregnant in the latter stages of 2020, with the pair expecting their first child.

Results

PSA World Championships 2020-2021 14 - 22 Jul PSA World Championships Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores
Final	M. ElShorbagy	2	3-1	7-11 12-10 11-9 11-4
Semi final	T. Momen	3	3-2	10-12 11-5 12-10 5-11 11-8
Quarter final	D. Elias	8	3-1	7-11 11-7 11-9 11-4
Round 3	M. Rodriguez	11	3-0	11-3 11-5 11-5
Round 2	E. Ng	26	3-0	11-6 11-9 11-5
Round 1	F. Khan	66	3-0	11-3 11-2 11-7

CIB PSA World Tour Finals 2020-2021 22 - 27 Jun PSA World Tour Finals Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores
Round 3	M. Asal	12	0-2	4-11 6-11
Round 2	M. ElShorbagy	2	1-2	8-11 11-8 11-13
Round 1	M. ElShorbagy	5	1-2	12-10 4-11 11-13

CIB PSA Black Ball Squash Open 2021 19 - 25 Mar PSA World Tour Platinum Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores
Quarter final	F. Dessouky	8	2-3	8-11 11-6 11-7 10-12 4-11
Round 3	M. Asal	12	3-1	6-11 11-3 11-2 11-8
Round 2	M. Abouelghar	11	3-0	11-9 11-4 11-3

CIB Black Ball Squash Open 2020 13 - 18 Dec PSA World Tour Gold Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores
Final	F. Dessouky	11	2-3	11-5 11-8 7-11 8-11 8-11
Semi final	M. Asal	14	3-0	11-8 11-5 11-5
Quarter final	M. Abouelghar	12	3-1	6-11 13-11 11-8 16-14
Round 2	O. Mosaad	17	3-0	11-6 11-6 11-7
Round 1	I. Bernabeu	32	3-1	11-13 11-3 11-3 11-7

Qatar Classic 2020 01 - 07 Nov PSA World Tour Platinum Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores
Final	P. Coll	5	3-1	11-8 6-11 11-9 11-9
Semi final	T. Momen	3	3-0	11-9 11-2 11-4
Quarter final	D. Elias	7	3-2	11-6 6-11 11-6 9-11 11-7
Round 3	E. Ng	31	3-0	11-5 11-7 11-7
Round 2	R. Fallows	55	3-0	11-9 11-8 11-3

CIB Egyptian Open 2020 10 - 17 Oct PSA World Tour Platinum Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores
Final	T. Momen	4	3-0	11-8 11-3 11-4
Semi final	M. Asal	18	3-1	11-3 11-7 12-14 11-4
Quarter final	G. Gaultier	76	3-0	11-5 11-8 11-9
Round 3	N. Mueller	33	3-2	10-12 11-8 11-9 9-11 11-7
Round 2	O. Mosaad	15	3-0	11-1 11-3 11-7

CIB PSA World Tour Finals 2019-2020 28 Sep - 03 Oct PSA World Tour Finals Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores
Semi final	M. ElShorbagy	7	1-2	9-11 11-7 10-12
Round 3	D. Elias	6	2-1	14-16 11-5 11-3
Round 2	K. Gawad	3	1-2	8-11 11-4 8-11
Round 1	S. Rösner	8	2-0	12-10 11-6

Manchester Open 2020 16 - 22 Sep PSA World Tour Silver Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores
Quarter final	M. ElShorbagy	7	2-3	12-14 7-11 11-6 11-6 8-11
Round 2	G. Marche	16	3-1	11-1 7-11 11-8 12-10
Round 1	N. Lake	44	3-0	11-9 11-6 11-5

Grasshopper Cup 2020 17 - 22 Mar PSA World Tour Gold Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores

St. James's Place Canary Wharf Classic 2020 08 - 13 Mar PSA World Tour Gold Event

Round	Player	WR	Games	Scores
Final	M. ElShorbagy	1	1-3	8-11 12-10 6-11 13-15
Semi final	M. ElShorbagy	8	3-0	11-3 11-4 11-4
Quarter final	F. Dessouky	12	2-1	12-10 9-11 5-2
Round 2	D. James	24	2-0	11-6 11-3