Ramy Ashour

About Ramy Ashour

Ramy Mohamed Ashour is a professional squash player from Egypt. He reached the world number one ranking in January 2010, after beating Nick Matthew in the final of the 2009 Saudi International Squash Tournament.At 22, he became the youngest player to reach number one in the world since the 1980s.Prior to this, he was the first two-time World Junior Squash champion. He has won numerous other titles during his career, including the World Open Championship.

Career Highlights:

• In 2004, Ramy Ashour won the Men’s World Junior Squash Championship, at the age of 16. With this feat he became the youngest person ever to win the World Junior Squash Championship.
  
• Two years later, in 2006, he again won the World Junior Squash Championship and became the only person ever to win the World Junior Squash Championship twice.
  
• During the team event of the 2006 World Junior Squash Championship, he led Egypt to a team victory when Egypt defeated Pakistan by 2-1 in the finals of the team event. This was the first and only time that a team had ever captured both the team event title and the top three positions in the players’ event.
  
• His first major professional title came in January 2007 during the Canadian Squash Classic, when he beat David Palmer in just 32 minutes. Later that year, he again came out on top when he defeated Amr Shabana in the Kuwait Open.
  
• After winning both the Saudi International and the PSA Masters in 2009, he went on to become World No. 1 in January 2010. At only 22 years old, he was the youngest player in 26 years to achieve this landmark.
  
• In 2012, he reached the final of every tournament in which he competed and became the first player since Jansher Khan to achieve this feat; he managed to win the Australian Open, Hong Kong Open, US Open and Qatar PSA World Championship.
  
• At the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions in 2013, he overcame the odds by fighting through a hamstring injury and defeating Gregory Gaultier in an unexpected comeback.
  
• In 2013, he had a remarkable record of 49 victories in a row, until his unbeaten run was ended by Nick Matthew during the 2013 World Championship.
  
• Ramy Ashour took six months off the court due to injuries, but when he returned for the 2014 Qatar PSA World Championship, he made a surprising recovery, claiming his third World Championship title.
  

Ramy Ashour Achievements

• Nov 1315-month 49-match unbeaten Tour run ended by Nick Matthew in World Championship 
  
• Oct 13Reaches 12th successive Tour final at NetSuite Open 
  
• May 13Becomes first Egyptian for 47 years to win the British Open 
  
• Apr 13Tops the April PSA world rankings with the highest points average (1,872.50) ever recorded 
  
• Jan 132012 World Squash Awards: 'PSA Player of the Year' 
  
• Nov 11World Squash Awards: PSA Player of the Year 
  
• Dec 07World Squash Awards: PSA Young Player of the Year 
  
• Dec 06World Squash Awards: PSA Young Player of the Year 
  
• Jul 06Becomes the first man to win the World Junior title a second time 
  
• Aug 04Wins World Junior Championship to become the event's youngest ever champion
  

Awards:

• 3x world champion
  
• 2x world junior champion 
  
• 2x world teams mens champion