Ali Farag (Egypt)
Statistics:
Ranking History
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PSA Ranking
Age:
32
Gender:
Male
Birthplace:
Cairo
Residence:
Cairo
Height:
183cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight:
70kg (11 st)
Joined PSA:
2009
Turned Pro:
2009
Coach:
Wael Farag, Mike Way, Karim Darwish, Hossam Shaddad
University:
Harvard
Highest WR:
1 (1 Mar 2019)
Club:
Wadi Degla
Racket:
Dunlop
Twitter:
Follow @AliFarag
Career Highlights
| Dec 2023 | Led Egypt to a sixth World Team Championship title | |
| Jun 2022 | Wins PSA Men’s Spirit of Squash Award | |
| Dec 2021 | Stands down as President of the PSA | |
| Jun 2020 | Wins 2019/20 PSA 'Spirit of Squash' award | |
| Dec 2019 | Member of Egypt's World Team Championship-winning squad | |
| May 2019 | Wins 2018/19 PSA 'Player of the Year' & 'Spirit of Squash' award | |
| Dec 2017 | Elected Men's President of PSA | |
| Dec 2017 | Member of Egypt's World Team Championship-winning team | |
| Oct 2017 | With wife Nour El Tayeb at US Open, become first married couple to win same major sports title on same day | |
| May 2017 | Wins 2016/17 PSA 'Spirit of Squash' award | |
| May 2016 | Wins 2015/16 'PSA Fans' Player of the Season' award | |
| May 2016 | Wins 2015/16 'PSA Spirit of Squash' award |
News
| 26 Apr 2024 | Asal & Farag Set Up Black Ball Final Rematch For El Gouna Climax |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Momen Stuns World No.3 Elias To Make El Gouna Semis |
| 17 Apr 2024 | Asal & Gohar Bag Black Ball Titles |
| 16 Apr 2024 | Asal Overcomes Gawad To Reach Black Ball Final |
| 15 Apr 2024 | Hesham Takes Down Ibrahim To Make Black Ball Semis |
Upcoming Events
None
Event Summary (9)
| Date | Seeding | Event | Ctry | Tour | Round Reached |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | [1] | El Gouna International Open | EGY | PSA World Series | Semi-finals |
| Apr 2024 | [1] | Black Ball Open | EGY | PSA Tour | Runner-up |
| Mar 2024 | [1] | Optasia Championship | ENG | PSA Tour | Runner-up |
| Feb 2024 | [1] | Windy City Open | USA | PSA World Series | Winner |
| Feb 2024 | [1] | Houston Open | USA | PSA Tour | Winner |
| Jan 2024 | [1] | Tournament of Champions | USA | PSA World Series | Winner |
| Dec 2023 | - | World Team Championship | NZL | - | - |
| Dec 2023 | [1] | Hong Kong Open | HKG | PSA World Series | Runner-up |
| Nov 2023 | [1] | Singapore Open | SGP | PSA Tour | Winner |
| 1996-2023 | 157 events |
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Match Summary (Played 39 - Won 36, Lost 3)
| Date | Opponent | W/L | Event | Ctry | Rnd | Score | PSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | Tarek Momen | W | El Gouna International Open | EGY | sf | 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (47m) | Y |
| Apr 2024 | Mohamed ElShorbagy | W | El Gouna International Open | EGY | qf | 11-9, 11-6, 11-6 (42m) | Y |
| Apr 2024 | Nicolas Müller | W | El Gouna International Open | EGY | L16 | 7-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (41m) | Y |
| Apr 2024 | Curtis Malik | W | El Gouna International Open | EGY | r2 | 11-9, 11-5, 11-8 (34m) | Y |
| Apr 2024 | Mostafa Asal | L | Black Ball Open | EGY | F | 10-12, 5-11, 11-7, 8-11 (56m) | Y |
| Apr 2024 | Mazen Hesham | W | Black Ball Open | EGY | sf | 5-11, 11-5, 11-2, 8-11, 11-2 (59m) | Y |
| Apr 2024 | Miguel Rodriguez | W | Black Ball Open | EGY | qf | 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6 (48m) | Y |
| Apr 2024 | Curtis Malik | W | Black Ball Open | EGY | r2 | 12-10, 11-3, 11-7 (35m) | Y |
| Mar 2024 | Paul Coll | L | Optasia Championship | ENG | F | 11-8, 11-2, 10-12, 10-12, 9-11 (91m) | Y |
| Mar 2024 | Karim Abdel Gawad | W | Optasia Championship | ENG | sf | 11-6, 13-11, 11-5 (47m) | Y |
| Mar 2024 | Marwan ElShorbagy | W | Optasia Championship | ENG | qf | 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 (40m) | Y |
| Mar 2024 | Dimitri Steinmann | W | Optasia Championship | ENG | r2 | 16-14, 11-8, 13-11 (59m) | Y |
| Feb 2024 | Paul Coll | W | Windy City Open | USA | F | 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 15-13 (73m) | Y |
| Feb 2024 | Mazen Hesham | W | Windy City Open | USA | sf | 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3, 11-2 (65m) | Y |
| Feb 2024 | Karim Abdel Gawad | W | Windy City Open | USA | qf | 11-2, 12-10, 11-4 (36m) | Y |
| Feb 2024 | Leonel Cardenas | W | Windy City Open | USA | L16 | 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4 (46m) | Y |
| Feb 2024 | Abdulla Al-Tamimi | W | Windy City Open | USA | r2 | 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (25m) | Y |
| Feb 2024 | Mazen Hesham | W | Houston Open | USA | F | 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 (36m) | Y |
| Feb 2024 | Karim Abdel Gawad | W | Houston Open | USA | sf | 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (27m) | Y |
| Feb 2024 | Tarek Momen | W | Houston Open | USA | qf | 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 (61m) | Y |
| Feb 2024 | Farkas Balazs | W | Houston Open | USA | r2 | 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (27m) | Y |
| Jan 2024 | Diego Elias | W | Tournament of Champions | USA | F | 7-11, 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-5 (74m) | Y |
| Jan 2024 | Victor Crouin | W | Tournament of Champions | USA | sf | 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 (45m) | Y |
| Jan 2024 | Tarek Momen | W | Tournament of Champions | USA | qf | 11-6, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8 (61m) | Y |
| Jan 2024 | Baptiste Masotti | W | Tournament of Champions | USA | L16 | 8-11, 11-2, 11-1, 11-8 (42m) | Y |
| Jan 2024 | Omar Mosaad | W | Tournament of Champions | USA | r2 | 11-2, 13-11, 11-2 (31m) | Y |
| Dec 2023 | Mohamed ElShorbagy | W | World Team Championship | NZL | - | 8-11, 11-2, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7 (70m) | N |
| Dec 2023 | Nicolas Müller | W | World Team Championship | NZL | - | 11-5, 11-7, 11-6 (28m) | N |
| Dec 2023 | Greg Lobban | W | World Team Championship | NZL | - | 11-1, 11-6, 11-6 (28m) | N |
| Dec 2023 | Sanjay Jeeva | W | World Team Championship | NZL | - | 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (24m) | N |
| Dec 2023 | Paul Coll | L | Hong Kong Open | HKG | F | 12-10, 3-11, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11 (82m) | Y |
| Dec 2023 | Mostafa Asal | W | Hong Kong Open | HKG | sf | 11-4, 11-9, 11-8 (44m) | Y |
| Dec 2023 | Mazen Hesham | W | Hong Kong Open | HKG | qf | 11-3, 12-10, 11-7 (35m) | Y |
| Dec 2023 | Patrick Rooney | W | Hong Kong Open | HKG | L16 | 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 (36m) | Y |
| Dec 2023 | Shahjahan Khan | W | Hong Kong Open | HKG | r2 | 11-8, 11-2, 16-14 (36m) | Y |
| Nov 2023 | Diego Elias | W | Singapore Open | SGP | F | 6-11, 11-4, 14-12, 11-8 (77m) | Y |
| Nov 2023 | Marwan ElShorbagy | W | Singapore Open | SGP | sf | 11-6, 11-5, 11-2 (34m) | Y |
| Nov 2023 | Youssef Soliman | W | Singapore Open | SGP | qf | 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (43m) | Y |
| Nov 2023 | David Baillargeon | W | Singapore Open | SGP | r2 | 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 (32m) | Y |
| 1996-2023 | 535 matches |
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