World Squash Junior Championships

For team event, see World Squash Junior Team Championships.

World Squash Junior Championships
Details
Event name	World Junior Championships
Website wsfworldjuniors.com
Winners
Men's	Mohamed Zakaria
Women's	Amina Orfi
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The World Squash Junior Championships is the junior world championship of squash conducted by World Squash. ^[1] Players aged under 19 can participate. ^[2] The event used to be hosted biennially but has been held annually since 2009. ^[3]

Men's individual

Jansher Khan won the World Junior individual title in Brisbane in 1986. Making him the only player in the history of squash who was also the World Open Champion during the same year.

Chris Dittmar was the runner-up for the individual championship in 1980 and 1982.

Year	Venue	Champion	Runner-up	Scoreline
1980	Kungälv	Peter Nance	Chris Dittmar	6–9, 9–7, 9–2, 9–6
1982	Kuala Lumpur	Sohail Qaiser	Chris Dittmar	3–9, 10–8, 9–4, 9–3
1984	Calgary	Chris Robertson	David Lloyd	9–0, 9–5, 9–0
1986	Brisbane	Jansher Khan	Rodney Eyles	9–3, 9–0, 9–2
1988	Edinburgh	Del Harris	Anthony Hill	9–6, 5–9, 7–9, 9–7, 9–2
1990	Paderborn	Simon Parke	David Campion	9–7, 9–4, 9–1
1992	Hong Kong	Juha Raumolin	Jonathon Power	5–9, 9–3, 9–7, 9–2
1994	Christchurch	Ahmed Barada	Omar El Borolossy	9–0, 7–9, 3–9, 9–3, 9–2
1996	Cairo	Ahmed Faizy	Stewart Boswell	9–6, 3–9, 9–7, 9–6
1998	Princeton	Ong Beng Hee	Wael El Hindi	7–9, 9–5, 9–0, 9–5
2000	Milan	Karim Darwish	Grégory Gaultier	9–1, 9–3, 9–7
2002	Chennai	James Willstrop	Peter Barker	9–0, 9–3, 9–1
2004	Islamabad	Ramy Ashour	Yasir Butt	9–5, 10–8, 9–3
2006	Palmerston North	Ramy Ashour	Omar Mosaad	9–1, 9–3, 9–1
2008	Zürich	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Aamir Atlas Khan	2–9, 9–3, 10–8, 9–4
2009	Chennai	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Ivan Yuen	11–9, 12–10, 11–2
2010	Quito	Amr Khaled Khalifa	Ali Farag	8–11, 11–9, 12–10, 11–7
2011	Herentals	Marwan El Shorbagy	Mohamed Abouelghar	11–6, 11–6, 11–8
2012	Doha	Marwan El Shorbagy	Mohamed Abouelghar	11–9, 7–11, 11–7, 11–8
2013	Wrocław	Karim El Hammamy	Fares Dessouky	11–8, 11–6, 6–11, 13–11
2014	Windhoek	Diego Elías	Omar El Atmas	11–3, 11–2, 11–1
2015	Eindhoven [4]	Diego Elías	Youssef Soliman	11–6, 11–9, 11–8
2016	Bielsko-Biała	Eain Yow Ng	Saadeldin Abouaish	11–3, 9–11 11–7, 11–5
2017	Tauranga	Marwan Tarek	Victor Crouin	11–9, 3–11, 11–6, 3–11, 11–2
2018	Chennai	Mostafa Asal	Marwan Tarek	11–7, 13–11, 11–4
2019	Kuala Lumpur	Mostafa Asal	Moustafa El Sirty	12–10, 11–3, 11–6
2020	Gold Coast	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [5]
2022	Maxéville	Rowan Damming	Finnlay Withington	11–4, 12–10, 11–8
2023	Melbourne	Hamza Khan	Mohamed Zakaria	10–12, 14–12, 11–3, 11–6
2024	Houston	Mohamed Zakaria	Na Joo-young	11–6, 11–4, 11–6
2025	New Cairo	Mohamed Zakaria	Marwan Assal	11–5, 11–3, 11–4

Women's individual

Nicol David is the first squash player to have won the individual World Junior title twice (1999 and 2001).

Nour El Sherbini became the youngest world junior champion at the age of 13.

The women's individual championship is the WSA Junior Tier 1 tournament and players who compete in the tournament are awarded ranking points for the official "Rising Stars" rankings. ^[6]

Year	Venue	Champion	Runner-up	Scoreline
1981	Ottawa	Lisa Opie	Martine Le Moignan	9–4, 9–6, 10–8
1983	Perth	Robyn Friday	Helen Paradeiser	10–8, 9–2, 9–3
1985	Dublin	Lucy Soutter	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	9–1, 9–1, 9–6
1987	Brighton	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Donna Vardy	9–0, 9–6, 9–0
1989	Hamilton	Donna Vardy	Lynora Hati	9–2, 9–1, 9–3
1991	Bergen	Cassie Jackman	Sabine Schöne	9–1, 4–9, 9–6, 6–9, 9–0
1993	Kuala Lumpur	Rachael Grinham	Sarah Cook	9–6, 5–9, 9–5, 9–1
1995	Sydney	Jade Wilson	Rachael Grinham	9–3, 9–4, 9–7
1997	Rio de Janeiro	Tania Bailey	Isabelle Stoehr	9–6, 9–1, 9–7
1999	Antwerp	Nicol David	Leong Siu Lynn	9–5, 9–3, 9–2
2001	Penang	Nicol David	Omneya Abdel Kawy	9–2, 9–4, 9–2
2003	Cairo	Omneya Abdel Kawy	Amnah El Trabolsy	9–0, 9–6, 9–4
2005	Herentals	Raneem El Weleily	Joshna Chinappa	9–3, 9–4, 10–8
2007	Hong Kong	Raneem El Weleily	Camille Serme	9–2, 9–4, 5–9, 9–3
2009	Chennai	Nour El Sherbini	Nour El Tayeb	5–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–5
2010	Cologne	Amanda Sobhy	Nour El Tayeb	3–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–7
2011	Boston	Nour El Tayeb	Nour El Sherbini	11–5, 3–11, 11–7, 11–8
2012	Doha	Nour El Sherbini	Yathreb Adel	10–12, 11–9, 11–5, 11–2
2013	Wrocław	Nour El Sherbini	Mariam Metwally	11–7, 16–14, 11–8
2014	Windhoek	Habiba Mohamed	Nouran Gohar	6–11, 11–2, 11–7, 11–6
2015	Eindhoven	Nouran Gohar	Habiba Mohamed	11–6, 7–11, 11–7, 17–15
2016	Bielsko-Biała	Nouran Gohar	Rowan Elaraby	11–5, 11–6, 11–7
2017	Tauranga	Rowan Elaraby	Hania El Hammamy	11–7, 11–9, 11–8
2018	Chennai	Rowan Elaraby	Hania El Hammamy	11–4, 11–9, 10–12, 11–9
2019	Kuala Lumpur	Hania El Hammamy	Jana Shiha	11–9, 11–6, 11–8
2020	Gold Coast	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [7]
2022	Maxéville	Amina Orfi	Salma El Tayeb	9–11, 1–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–7
2023	Melbourne	Amina Orfi	Aira Azman	11–8, 11–5, 11–1
2024	Houston	Amina Orfi	Fayrouz Aboelkheir	11–7, 15–13, 11–5
2025	New Cairo	Amina Orfi	Nadien Elhammamy	11–7, 11–5, 11–5

Statistics

Men

16    Egypt 3    England 3    Pakistan 2    Australia 2    Malaysia 2    Peru 1    Finland 1    Netherlands

Women 17    Egypt 5    England 3    Australia 2    Malaysia 1    New Zealand 1    United States

See also

• World Junior Squash Circuit
• World Squash Team Championships
• World Squash Championships
• British Junior Open Squash

Notes

• ^a The men's team event was held unofficially from 1973 to 1979.

References

1. "World Junior Championships past winners". WSF. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
2. "World Junior Team Champs". Squashplayer.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
3. "Dipika Pallikal & Mohamed El Shorbagy Are Top World Junior Seeds". SquashInfo.com. June 26, 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
4. "Squash Bond Nederland".
5. "WSF World Juniors 2020 : Cancelled". worldsquash.org. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
6. "Rising Stars". WISPA. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
7. "WSF World Juniors 2020 : Cancelled". worldsquash.org. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

External links

• World Junior Championship 2016 host official website (in English and Polish)
• 2010 World Junior Squash Championships official site (in Spanish)
• World Squash Federation official website