Amr Shabana

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Amr Shabana

Amr Shabana.jpg
Amr Shabana reacts during his 2009 Kuwait Open semi-final match.

Nickname(s)The Maestro
CountryEgypt
Residence
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Born
(1979-07-29) July 29, 1979 (age 39)
Cairo, Egypt
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Turned Pro1995
RetiredAugust 2015
PlaysLeft Handed
Racquet usedEye Rackets
Men's singles
Highest rankingNo. 1 (April, 2006)
Current rankingRetired (Ended 10)
Title(s)33
Tour final(s)45
World Open
W (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Last updated on: July 2015.

Amr Shabana (Arabic: عمرو شبانة‎) (born 20 July 1979 in Cairo) 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. Shabana's accomplishments in professional squash lead many to regard him as one of the greatest players of all time.




Contents





  • 1 Career overview


  • 2 World Open final appearances

    • 2.1 4 titles & 0 runner-up



  • 3 Major World Series final appearances

    • 3.1 British Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)


    • 3.2 Hong Kong Open: 4 finals (4 titles, 0 runner-up)


    • 3.3 Qatar Classic: 3 final (1 title, 2 runner-up)


    • 3.4 US Open: 4 finals (2 titles, 2 runner-up)



  • 4 Career statistics

    • 4.1 PSA Titles (30)


    • 4.2 PSA Tour Finals (Runner-Up) (11)


    • 4.3 Singles performance timeline



  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




Career overview


The talented left-hander from Cairo first showed his promise when he was the runner-up (to compatriot Ahmed Faizy) in the British Under-14 Open in January 1993. Four years later he reached the final of the British Under-19 Open, where he again lost to Faizy.


A PSA member since 1995, Amr claimed his first Tour title with the help of Bryan "Griffin" Knight in July 1999, winning the Puebla Open in Mexico. Seven days later he grabbed his second, the Mexico Open, again by beating Australia's Craig Rowland in the final.


Amr Shabana crowned a remarkable year in 2003 when, as ninth seed, he forced his way through a star-studded field in the World Open in Pakistan. He dispatched title-holder David Palmer, the third seed, in five games in the third round. He then went on to take out Palmer's Australian teammate Anthony Ricketts in the last eight. After defeating Karim Darwish (the Egyptian No 1) in a four-game semi-final, Shabana clinched the historic title by beating Thierry Lincou in the final 15–14, 9–15, 15–11, 15–7, to become Egypt's first winner of the sport's premier title.


But after a disappointing following year, in which his only final appearance was in the British Open Squash Championship in England, losing to David Palmer in four games 10–11 (4–6), 11–7, 11–10 (3–1), 11–7, Shabana stormed back to the top of his game in 2005. Over a short period, he acquired a new coach, Ahmed Tahir; a new manager, the former Egyptian international Omar Elborolossy; and a wife, Nadjla. "All I have to worry about now is playing my matches – everything else is looked after for me now", said Shabana.[1] And the effect was plain to see as a week after winning the Heliopolis Open in his home town Cairo, the seventh-seeded Shabana beat David Palmer and James Willstrop, before defeating Anthony Ricketts in the final to claim the St Louis Open crown in the United States.


The next event saw the in-form Egyptian brush aside all opposition in the Hungarian Open in Budapest, winning his third title in as many weeks after beating Grégory Gaultier in the final. But the World Open in Hong Kong confirmed his renaissance beyond doubt. Seeded five, Amr crushed fourth seed Lee Beachill in the quarters, Peter Nicol in the semis, and, in his third successive straight games victory, powered past David Palmer 11–6 11–7 11–8 in the final to become the first player since the heyday of the Khans to win the World Open title for the second time.


The new year brought continuing rewards for Shabana with victories in the Canadian Classic in January, followed by the Tournament of Champions in New York in March, and the Bermuda PSA Masters in April – bringing his PSA Tour title tally to 12, and then in April 2006, Shabana became the first Egyptian player to reach the world number 1 ranking.


In 2007, Shabana was crowned world champion for the third time in five years at the World Open in Bermuda and later in January 2009, Shabana's 33-month reign as World No. 1 was ended by his countryman Karim Darwish.


In 2014, Shabana became the oldest professional to win a World Series title by defeating Grégory Gaultier in the finals of Tournament of Champions.


On the 27th of August 2015, Shabana announced his retirement from competitive professional squash.[2]



World Open final appearances



4 titles & 0 runner-up




























Outcome

Year

Location

Opponent in the final

Score in the final
Winner2003
Lahore, Pakistan

France Thierry Lincou
15–11, 11–15, 15–8, 15–14
Winner2005Hong Kong
Australia David Palmer
11–6, 11–7, 11–8
Winner2007Bermuda
France Grégory Gaultier
11–7, 11–4, 11–6
Winner2009Kuwait
Egypt Ramy Ashour
11–8, 11–5, 11–5


Major World Series final appearances



British Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)











Outcome

Year

Opponent in the final

Score in the final
Runner-up2004
Australia David Palmer
14–16, 11–7, 13–11, 11–7


Hong Kong Open: 4 finals (4 titles, 0 runner-up)























Outcome

Year

Opponent in the final

Score in the final
Winner2006
Egypt Ramy Ashour
13-11, 3-11, 11-5, 13-11
Winner2007
France Grégory Gaultier
11-13, 11-3, 11-6, 13-11
Winner2008
France Grégory Gaultier
11-9, 13-15, 8-11, 11-2, 11-3
Winner2009
France Grégory Gaultier
11-9, 9-11, 11-3, 5-2 (rtd)


Qatar Classic: 3 final (1 title, 2 runner-up)



















Outcome

Year

Opponent in the final

Score in the final
Winner2007
France Grégory Gaultier
11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5
Runner-up2008
Egypt Karim Darwish
11-4, 11-5, 11-3
Runner-up2010
Egypt Karim Darwish
8-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-6


US Open: 4 finals (2 titles, 2 runner-up)























Outcome

Year

Opponent in the final

Score in the final
Runner-up2006
France Grégory Gaultier
11-5, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9
Winner2009
Egypt Ramy Ashour
11-7, 11-2, 7-11, 12-14, 11-8
Winner2011
England Nick Matthew
11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4
Runner-up2014
Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
8-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-3


Career statistics




Amr Shabana during the 2009 Kuwait Open semi-final match against James Willstrop.


Listed below.



PSA Titles (30)


All Results for Amr Shabana in PSA World's Tour tournament






Legend
PSA Platinum Series /
PSA Series Final /
PSA World Open (13)
PSA Gold Series (0)
PSA Silver Series (3)
PSA Star Series (10)
PSA Super Satellite (0)
PSA Satellite (0)


Titles by major tournaments

World Open (4)

British Open (0)

Hong Kong Open (4)

US Open (2)

Tournament of Champions (3)

Qatar Classic (1)



























































































































































































No.

Date

Tournament

Opponent in final

Score in final

Minutes played
1.
July 4, 1999
Puebla Open

Australia Craig Rowland
11–15, 15–7, 15–7, 15–9

Unknown
2.
July 11, 1999
Mexico Open

Australia Craig Rowland
8–15, 15–7, 15–4, 15–13

Unknown
3.
January 23, 2001
El Ahly Open

Egypt Karim Darwish
15–12, 15–12, 17–15
57minutes
4.
June 29, 2003
Spanish Open

Egypt Karim Darwish
15–13, 13–15, 15–14, 8–15, 15–13
1 h 24 min[3]
5.
December 21, 2003
World Open

France Thierry Lincou
15–11, 11–15, 15–8, 15–14
1 h 13 min[4]
6.
September 12, 2005
Helioplis Open

Egypt Karim Darwish
11–10(2–0), 2–0 (ret)

Unknown
7.
September 20, 2003
St. Louis Open

Australia Anthony Ricketts
11–10(2–0), 11–8, 11–7
56 min[5]
8.
October 2, 2005
Hungarian Open

France Grégory Gaultier
6–11, 11–2, 11–7, 8–11, 11–5
1 h 6 min[6]
9.
December 4, 2005
World Open

Australia David Palmer
11–6, 11–7, 11–8
40 min[7]
10.
January 14, 2006
Canadian Classic

Canada Jonathon Power
11–9, 11–8, 11–5
37 min[8]
11.
March 3, 2006

Tournament of Champions

England Nick Matthew
11–6, 11–9, 11–4
40 min[9]
12.
April 8, 2006
Bermuda Masters

England Peter Nicol
9–11, 11–6, 11–7, 2–11, 11–8
1 h 5 min[10]
13.
October 22, 2006

Hong Kong Open

Egypt Ramy Ashour
11–10(3–1), 3–11, 11–5, 11–10(3–1)
48 min[11]
14.
December 20, 2006
Saudi International Open

France Grégory Gaultier
11–7, 11–9, 11–4
1 h 13 min[12]
15.
January 23, 2007
Windy City Open

Australia Anthony Ricketts
11–8, 11–8, 11–10(5–3)
53 min[13]
16.
March 2, 2007
Tournament of Champions

Australia Anthony Ricketts
7–11, 11–3, 8–4 (ret)
26 min[14]
17.
October 28, 2007
Saudi International Open

Egypt Ramy Ashour
11–5, 11–5, 1–11, 11–9
50 min[15]
18.
November 3, 2007

Qatar Classic

France Grégory Gaultier
11–4, 8–11, 11–6, 11–5
52 min[16]
19.
November 11, 2007

Hong Kong Open

France Grégory Gaultier
10–11 (1–3), 11–3, 11–6, 11–10 (3–1)
1 h 1 min[17]
20.
December 1, 2007
World Open

France Grégory Gaultier
11–7, 11–4, 11–6
42 min[18]
21.
April 27, 2008
Sheikha Al Saad Kuwait Open

Egypt Ramy Ashour
11–9, 11–7, 13–11
52 min[19]
22.
November 23, 2008

Hong Kong Open

France Grégory Gaultier
11–7, 13–15, 8–11, 11–2, 11–3
1 h 16 min[20]
23.
August 1, 2009

Malaysian Open

England Nick Matthew
5–11, 11–9, 11–6, 11–4
51 min[21]
24.
September 6, 2009
US Open

Egypt Ramy Ashour
11–7, 11–2, 7–11, 12–14, 11–8
57 min[22]
25.
October 18, 2009

Hong Kong Open

France Grégory Gaultier
11–8, 9–11, 11–3, 5–2 (ret)
48 min[23]
26.
November 7, 2009
World Open

Egypt Ramy Ashour
11–8, 11–8, 11–5
50 min[24]
27.
October 7, 2011
US Open

England Nick Matthew
11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4
51 min[25]
28.
January 8, 2012

World Series Finals

France Grégory Gaultier
6-11, 12-10, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8
1 h 31 min[26]
29.
January 6, 2013

World Series Finals

England Nick Matthew
4-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-7
57 min [27]
30.
January 24, 2014

Tournament of Champions

France Grégory Gaultier
11-8, 11-3, 11-4
42 min [28]

Note: (ret) = retired, min = minutes, h = hours



PSA Tour Finals (Runner-Up) (11)




Shabana after winning the AON US Open.











































































No.

Date

Tournament

Opponent in final

Score in final

Minutes played
1.
May 17, 1998
Italia Open

Scotland John White

Unknown

Unknown
2.
May 3, 2003
Pakistan Circuit

Egypt Karim Darwish
12–15, 7–15, 2–6 (ret)
22 min[29]
3.
November 6, 2004
British Open

Australia David Palmer
11–10(6–4), 7–11, 10–11(1–3), 7–11
1 h 29 min[30]
4.
January 25, 2005
Windy City Open

Scotland John White
7–11, 8–11, 4–11
40 min[31]
5.
January 30, 2005
Dayton Open

England Peter Nicol
6–11, 10–11(1–3), 2–11
28 min[32]
6.
November 16, 2006
US Open

France Grégory Gaultier
5–11, 11–7, 4–11, 9–11
1 h 1 min[33]
7.
April 11, 2007
Sheikha Al Saad Kuwait Open

Egypt Ramy Ashour
3–11, 5–11, 10–12
34 min[34]
8.
February 16, 2008
Canadian Classic

Egypt Ramy Ashour
2–11, 9–11, 11–8, 8–11
38 min[35]
9.
April 20, 2008
Hurghada International

Egypt Ramy Ashour
10–11(0–2), 11–9, 7–11, 11–9, 10–11(0–2)
1 h 17 min[36]
10.
October 31, 2008

Qatar Classic

Egypt Karim Darwish
4–11, 5–11, 3–11
29 min[37]
11.
October 18, 2014
US Open

Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy
11–8, 9–11, 3–11, 3–11
45 min[38]


Singles performance timeline






























Terms
W-L
Win-loss
NWS
Not a World Series event
NG50
Not an International event
NH
Not held
A
Absent
LQ/#Q
Lost in qualifying draw and round number
RR
Lost at round robin stage
#R
Lost in the early rounds
QF
Quarterfinalist
SF
Semifinalist
SF-B
Semifinalist, won bronze medal
F
Runner-Up
F
Runner-up, won silver medal
W
Winner

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.



















































































































































































































































Tournament19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015Career SRCareer W-L

PSA World Tour Tournaments

World Open
3R
Not Held

3R

W

QF

W

SF

W

SF

W

SF

QF

QF

QF

QF
A

4 / 14

55–10

British Open
A
1R
Absent
1R
F
A
1R
SF
QF
SF
Not Held

QF
A

QF
A
0 / 9
16–9

Hong Kong Open
1R
1R
1R
2R
NH
QF
NH

W

W

W

W
QF

QF

QF

QF
A
A
4 / 13
31–9

Qatar Classic
Not Held
A
2R
1R
NH
2R
2R

W

W
A
F

1R
NH

QF
NH
A
2 / 9
20–7

PSA Masters
NH
1R
1R
QF
1R
QF
Absent
Not Held
SF
SF
A
Not Held
0 / 7
10–7

Tournament of Champions
Absent
2R
1R
1R
A
SF

W

W
A
2R
QF

SF

QF
A

W

SF
3 / 12
30–9

North American Open
Not Held

Not World Series
Absent
QF
SF

SF

QF

QF
Not Held
0 / 5
13–5

Kuwait PSA Cup
Not Held
1R
A
NH
F

W
NH
F

2R
NH

QF
Not Held
1 / 5
16–5

US Open
Absent
NH
A
1R
1R
A
F
QF
NH

W
A

W

QF
A

F
A
2 / 8
22–6

Saudi International
Not Held
2R

W

W
QF
1R
Not Held
2 / 5
13–3

Pakistan International
2R
Not Held
QF
NH
QF
QF
QF
NH
NWS
Not Held
NWS
NH
0 / 5
9–5
Win Ratio
0 / 3
0 / 3
0 / 3
0 / 6
1 / 6
0 / 7
1 / 8
3 / 8
5 / 8
3 / 6
3 / 8
0 / 7
1 / 7
0 / 6
0 / 5
1 / 4
0 / 1
18 / 93
NA
Win–Loss
3 / 3
0 / 3
1 / 3
8 / 6
6 / 5
13 / 7
13 / 4
26 / 5
35 / 3
23 / 3
25 / 5
22 / 7
16 / 6
13 / 6
13 / 5
14 / 3
3 / 1
NA
233–78

[39]Note: NA = Not Available



See also


  • Official Men's Squash World Ranking


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External links





  • Amr Shabana at PSA (archived)


  • Amr Shabana at Squash Info

  • Page at Squashpics.com

  • Article from Al-Ahram Weekly On-line (Jan 2004)

  • 20 Questions With Amr Shabana at Squashsite.co.uk

  • All About Amr Shabana at Squashsite.co.uk

  • Kaleidoscope Almost Famous by Amr Shabana at Squashsite.co.uk

  • Amr's Profile at El Ahram Weekly







Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jonathon Power

World No. 1
April 2006 - December 2008
Succeeded by
Karim Darwish
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Thierry Lincou

PSA Player of the Year
2005-06
Succeeded by
James Willstrop








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