Amr Shabana

About Amr Shabana

Amr Shabana is a former professional squash player from Egypt. He won the World Open in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009, and reached the World No. 1 ranking in 2006.He represented the winning Egyptian team in the 1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships held in Cairo and the 2009 Men's World Team Squash Championships held in Denmark.

Career Highlights:

• Jan 14-At 34 years, 6 months, becomes the oldest winner of a PSA World Series event at Tournament of Champions 
  
• Apr 12-Celebrates 100th successive month in world top 10 
  
• Jan 12-Wins World Series Finals to claim 18th PSA World Series title and first ever title in UK 
  
• Oct 11-Wins second US Open title 
  
• Jan 11-Reached 40th Tour final at World Series Finals - but match not played! 
  
• Nov 09-Wins World Championship to become only 4th player after Jahangir Khan, Jansher Khan & Geoff Hunt to win title 4 times 
  
• Oct 09-Wins fourth successive Hong Kong Open title (beating Gregory Gaultier in final for third year in a row) 
  
• Mar 09-Joins PSA Board, and becomes President 
  
• Dec 08-Celebrates 33rd successive month as world No1, the 4th longest unbroken run after Jahangir Khan (72), Geoff Hunt (59) & Jansher Khan (53) 
  
• Dec 07-Wins PSA Player of the Year award 
  
• Dec 06-Wins PSA Player of the Year award 
  
• Apr 06-Becomes world No1 
  
• Dec 03-Wins first World Championship title - as 9th seed - in Pakistan 
  
• Jul 99-Wins first Tour title at Puebla Open in Mexico
  

Amr Shabana Achievements

PSA Tour Titles

• 1999 Pubela Open Craig Rowland 11-15, 15-7, 15-7, 15-9
  
• 1999 Mexico Open Craig Rowland 8-15, 15-7, 15-4, 15-13 
  
• 2001 El Ahly Open Karim Darwish 15-12, 15-12, 17-15 
  
• 2003 Spanish-Seville Open Karim Darwish 15-13, 13-15, 15-14, 8-15, 15-13 
  
• 2003 Bank AlFalah World Open Thierry Lincou 15-11, 11-15, 15-8, 15-14 
  
• 2005 Rotary Helioplis Open Karim Darwish 11-10(2-0), 2-0 ret. 
  
• 2005 St.Louis MPM Open Anthony Ricketts 11-10(2-0), 11-8, 11-7 
  
• 2005 Hungarian Open Grégory Gaultier 6-11, 11-2, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5 
  
• 2005 Cathay Pacific Credit Suisse Privilege World Open David Palmer 11-6, 11-7, 11-8 
  
• 2006 Pace Canadian Classic Open Jonathan Power 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 
  
• 2006 Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions Open Nick Matthew 11-6, 11-9, 11-4 
  
• 2006 Virtual Spectator Bermude Masters Open Peter Nicol 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 2-11, 11-8 
  
• 2006 Cathay Pacific Swiss Privilege Hong Kong Open Ramy Ashour 11-10(3-1), 3-11, 11-5, 11-10(3-1) 
  
• 2006 Saudi International Open Grégory Gaultier 11-7, 11-9, 11-4 
  
• 2007 Infor Windy City Open Anthony Ricketts 11-8, 11-8, 11-10(5-3) 
  
• 2007 Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions Open Anthony Ricketts 7-11, 11-3, 8-4 ret. 
  
• 2007 Saudi International Open Ramy Ashour 11-5, 11-5, 1-11, 11-9 
  
• 2007 Qatar Classic Grégory Gaultier 11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5 
  
• 2007 Hong Kong Open Grégory Gaultier 10-11 (1-3), 11-3, 11-6, 11-10 (3-1) 
  
• 2007 Endurance World Open Grégory Gaultier 11-7, 11-4, 11-6