Ali Farag

Ali Amr Farag (born April 22, 1992) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He is the 2018/2019 world champion, former world number one (March 2019 rankings), and the current world number two.[1] Farag graduated from Harvard University in 2014, with a degree in mechanical engineering. Farag is married to current women's World No.5, Nour El Tayeb.

Ali Farag
Full nameAli Amr Farag
Nickname(s)Mr. Fantastic, Rubber-band Man, The Raptor
Country Egypt
ResidenceCairo, Egypt
Born (1992-04-22) April 22, 1992
Cairo, Egypt
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb)
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. 2 (February 2020)
Title(s)12
Tour final(s)9
World OpenChampion (2019)
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  Egypt
World Championships
2018–19 Chicago Singles
2017 Manchester Singles
World Team Championships
2017 Marseille Team

Career

Farag graduated from Harvard University in May 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. Upon graduating, he has 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]

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.[5] The couple came close to repeating the same record in the 2019 US Open, but unfortunately 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. "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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