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
| 24 Nov 2024 | Orfi & Farag Celebrate Singapore Open Success |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Teen Orfi Takes Out Sivasangari in Singapore to Reach First Gold Final |
| 22 Nov 2024 | Orfi Ousts Title-Holder Coll To Reach Singapore Semis |
| 20 Nov 2024 | Balazs & Malliff Sink Singapore Seeds On Day Two |
| 27 Oct 2024 | Farag & Gohar Crowned US Open Champions |
Upcoming Events
| Date | Seeding | Event | Ctry | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | [1] | Hong Kong Open | HKG | Leung Chi Hin Henry |
Event Summary (7)
| Date | Seeding | Event | Ctry | Tour | Round Reached |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2024 | [1] | Singapore Open | SGP | PSA Tour | Winner |
| Oct 2024 | [1] | US Open | USA | PSA World Series | Winner |
| Oct 2024 | [1] | Qatar Classic | QAT | PSA World Series | Semi-finals |
| Sep 2024 | [1] | Paris Squash | FRA | PSA World Series | Runner-up |
| Sep 2024 | [1] | Egyptian Open | EGY | PSA World Series | Runner-up |
| Jun 2024 | [1] | World Tour Finals | USA | PSA World Series | Winner |
| Jun 2024 | [1] | British Open | ENG | PSA World Series | Runner-up |
| 1996-2024 | 167 events |
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Match Summary (Played 33 - Won 29, Lost 4)
| Date | Opponent | W/L | Event | Ctry | Rnd | Score | PSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2024 | Diego Elias | W | Singapore Open | SGP | F | 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-4 (70m) | Y |
| Nov 2024 | Eain Yow Ng | W | Singapore Open | SGP | sf | 13-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6 (52m) | Y |
| Nov 2024 | Farkas Balazs | W | Singapore Open | SGP | qf | 11-5, 11-4, 12-10 (26m) | Y |
| Nov 2024 | Alex Lau | W | Singapore Open | SGP | r2 | 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 (25m) | Y |
| Oct 2024 | Diego Elias | W | US Open | USA | F | 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 (39m) | Y |
| Oct 2024 | Mazen Hesham | W | US Open | USA | sf | 11-7, 11-9, 11-1 (38m) | Y |
| Oct 2024 | Youssef Ibrahim | W | US Open | USA | qf | 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10 (59m) | Y |
| Oct 2024 | Patrick Rooney | W | US Open | USA | L16 | 13-11, 11-6, 11-9 (40m) | Y |
| Oct 2024 | Baptiste Masotti | W | US Open | USA | r1 | 12-10, 11-5, 11-6 (33m) | Y |
| Oct 2024 | Diego Elias | L | Qatar Classic | QAT | sf | 7-11, 3-11, 6-11 (40m) | Y |
| Oct 2024 | Nicolas Mueller | W | Qatar Classic | QAT | qf | 14-12, 11-5, 11-6 (34m) | Y |
| Oct 2024 | Youssef Soliman | W | Qatar Classic | QAT | r2 | 6-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 (55m) | Y |
| Oct 2024 | Youssef Ibrahim | W | Qatar Classic | QAT | r1 | 11-7, 11-5, 11-7 (40m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Mostafa Asal | L | Paris Squash | FRA | F | 7-11, 8-11, 11-4, 7-11 (55m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Diego Elias | W | Paris Squash | FRA | sf | 7-11, 14-12, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4 (95m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Mohamed ElShorbagy | W | Paris Squash | FRA | qf | 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 11-2 (51m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Grégoire Marche | W | Paris Squash | FRA | r2 | 14-12, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6 (47m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Timothy Brownell | W | Paris Squash | FRA | r1 | 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (34m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Mostafa Asal | L | Egyptian Open | EGY | F | 3-11, 11-13, 11-5, 8-11 (82m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Diego Elias | W | Egyptian Open | EGY | sf | 11-9, 11-3, 11-9 (49m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Mazen Hesham | W | Egyptian Open | EGY | qf | 11-7, 11-4, 11-6 (34m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Nicolas Mueller | W | Egyptian Open | EGY | L16 | 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 (48m) | Y |
| Sep 2024 | Curtis Malik | W | Egyptian Open | EGY | r2 | 12-10, 11-7, 11-8 (40m) | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Mostafa Asal | W | World Tour Finals | USA | F | 11-5, 5-2 ret. (17m) | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Paul Coll | W | World Tour Finals | USA | sf | 11-10, 11-6 (30m) | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Mohamed ElShorbagy | W | World Tour Finals | USA | P | w/o | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Mostafa Asal | W | World Tour Finals | USA | P | 11-10, 11-6 (33m) | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Karim Gawad | W | World Tour Finals | USA | P | 11-7, 11-2 (22m) | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Mostafa Asal | L | British Open | ENG | F | 5-11, 11-2, 11-13, 11-4, 10-12 (79m) | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Joel Makin | W | British Open | ENG | sf | 11-3, 11-9, 11-7 (54m) | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Mazen Hesham | W | British Open | ENG | qf | 11-7, 11-5, 11-5 (37m) | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Mohamed Abouelghar | W | British Open | ENG | L16 | 11-8, 16-14, 11-3 (43m) | Y |
| Jun 2024 | Omar Mosaad | W | British Open | ENG | r2 | 11-1, 11-3 ret. (42m) | Y |
| 1996-2024 | 580 matches |
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