Yasir Butt

Yasir Butt

Full name	Yasir Ali Butt
Nickname(s)	Yas
Country	Pakistan
Born	(1988-07-03) 3 July 1988 (age 36) Lahore, Pakistan
Residence	New Jersey, U.S.
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right Handed
Racquet used	Harrow
Men's singles
Highest ranking	No. 40 (July 2008)
Current ranking	No. 503 (December 2017)
Medal record Men's squash Representing   Pakistan Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team
Updated on December 2017.

Yasir Ali Butt (born 3 July 1988 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a professional squash player who has represented Pakistan internationally. He reached a Professional Squash Association (PSA) ranking of World No. 40 in July 2008 ^{[1] [2]} and Super Series ranking No. 17 in 2012.

Butt represented Pakistan at both the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India and the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, and was part of the gold medal-winning team at the latter event. ^[3]

Accomplishments

• Career's best Professional Squash Association (PSA) ranking 40 and super series ranking 17
• Finalist of World Junior Open Squash Championship 2004 singles event
• Winner of World Junior Open Squash Championship 2004 team event
• Finalist of Asian Junior Open Squash Championship 2003 singles event
• Winner of Asian Junior Open Squash Championship 2003 team event
• Winner of British Junior Open Squash Championship 2003 U-17 category
• Winner of British Junior Open Squash Championship 2002 U-15 category
• Winner of Scottish Junior Open Squash Championship 2002 U-15 category
• Winner of National Junior Championships of U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17 & U-19 categories.
• Represented Pakistan in World Squash Team Championship, World Open, British Open, Malaysian
• Open, Hong Kong Open, Asian and Commonwealth Games
• Semi Final of Florida State Open 2011 (USA)
• Winner of Gold Racquet Tournament 2011 (USA)
• Finalist of Dayton Open 2011 (USA)
• Winner of FMC International Squash Championship 2011 (Pakistan)
• Finalist 3RD Kish Persian Gulf Cup 2011 (Iran)
• Finalist Pakistan International Squash Championship 2011 (Pakistan)
• Finalist Taiwan Open 2008 (Taiwan)
• Finalist President International Squash Championship 2008 (Pakistan)
• Finalist COAS International Squash Championship 2008 (Pakistan)
• Finalist Fajr International Squash Championship 2008 (Pakistan)
• Semifinalist of Manitoba Open 2008 Canada
• Gold medallist in Asian Games 2010, Guangzhou, China
• Gold medallist in SAF Games 2006 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Gold medallist in National Team Championship 2006 held at Islamabad, Pakistan ^[4]

References

1. PSA Player Profile
2. SquashInfo Player Profile
3. "Asiad squash gold to revive Pakistan's lost glory - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
4. Interviewed Yasir Butt on 2 February 2016 ^{[ full citation needed ]}

External links

• Yasir Butt at the Professional Squash Association ( archive ) ( archive 2 )
• Yasir Butt at Squash Info
• Yasir Ali Butt at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)