Country | Egypt |
---|---|
Born | Cairo, Egypt | 16 June 2001
Turned pro | 2019 |
Retired | Active |
Men's singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 67 (8 May 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 78 (August 2024) |
Updated on August 2024. |
Yassin ElShafei (born 16 June 2001) is an Egyptian professional squash player. [1] In May 2023, he reached his career's highest ranking so far as number 67 in the world. [2]
Egypt competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the African boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. However, Egypt did not participate in the Soviet-led boycott. 114 competitors, 108 men and 6 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports.
Raneem Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Welily is a former professional squash player from Egypt. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in September 2015. She is a three-time finalist at the World Open, in 2014, 2016, and 2019-2020. She became the World Champion in 2017, after defeating her compatriot Nour El Sherbini in the finals.
Ismail El Shafei is an Egyptian former professional tennis player and president of the Egyptian Tennis Federation. He is currently a member of the board of directors of the International Tennis Federation and is chairman of the ITF Junior Circuit. He won six career singles titles and reached eleven finals. In doubles, he won nine career titles.
Adli El-Shafei Junior is an Egyptian tennis player who competed in the Davis Cup. He played 2 matches for Egypt in the Davis Cup. His career high in ATP singles ranking is number 1,071, which he achieved on 3 August 1992.
The Official Women's Squash World Ranking is the official world ranking for women's squash. The WISPA, the WSA and the PSA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since April 1984. The ranking is to rate the performance level of female professional squash players. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in women's squash tournaments. The rankings were initially produced monthly; this has been changed to weekly basis effective ranking issue dated August 29, 2022.
Heba El Torky is an Egyptian professional squash player.
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Forero, known as Miguel Rodríguez, is a professional male squash player who represents Colombia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in June 2015.
Simon Rösner is a German former professional squash player. He broke into the Top 10 PSA World Rankings for the first time in November 2014, going on to become the highest-ranked male German player of all time. Rosner subsequently reached a world ranking of No. 6 matching Germany's Sabine Schone's career-high world ranking of No. 6 in June 2015. Rosner broke into the world Top 5 in June 2018 and Top 3 in December 2018 making him the highest-ever-ranked German player.
Eric Moisés Gálvez Sánchez, known as Eric Gálvez, is a professional squash player who represented Mexico. He reached a career-high PSA ranking of World No. 33 in February 2007.
Mathieu Castagnet is a professional squash player who represented France. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in May 2016.
The 1974 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. The season-ending Commercial Union Assurance Masters and Davis Cup Final are included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix ranking.
Diego Elías Chehab is a squash player who represents Peru. He is the 2023–24 World Champion. In April 2023, he reached a ranking of number 1 in the world, the first South American player in squash history to do so.
Karim Ayman El Hammamy is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 55 in March, 2017.
Nouran Ahmed Gohar is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. She is the 2023–24 World Champion. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in July 2020.
Youssef Ibrahim is an Egyptian professional squash player. While still playing for the Princeton University men's squash team, he beat top seed of the PSA Qatar Classic and former world number one Mohamed El Shorbagy. As of January 2024, he was ranked 22nd in the world.
Rowan Reda Araby or Rowan Elaraby is an Egyptian professional squash player. She reached her career-high ranking of number 7 in the world in June 2022.
Mohamed ElSherbini is an Egyptian professional squash player. He reached his career-best ranking of World No. 15, on 18 September 2023.
Hania El Hammamy is an Egyptian professional squash player. She became a top seed in women's junior squash rankings at the age of 16. As of September 2024, she is ranked number 3 in the world.
Moustafa El Sirty is an Egyptian professional squash player. As of May 2019, he was ranked number 156 in the world. His highest ranking was World No. 27, as of September 2021. He won the 2019 CIB El Shams Tour 1 tournament.
El-Shafei, El Shafei or ElShafei, also seen with different capitalisations, is an Egyptian surname. Notable people with this surname include: