Amr Shabana reacts during his 2009 Kuwait Open semi-final match.
Nickname(s)
The Maestro
Country
Egypt
Residence
Cairo, Egypt
Born
(1979-07-20) July 20, 1979 (age 44)
Cairo, Egypt
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight
73 kg (161 lb)
Turned Pro
1995
Retired
August 2015
Plays
Left Handed
Racquet used
Eye Rackets
Men's singles
Highest ranking
No. 1 (April, 2006)
Current ranking
Retired (Ended 10)
Title(s)
33
Tour final(s)
45
World Open
W (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing Egypt
World Championships
2003 Lahore
Singles
2005 Hong Kong
Singles
2007 Bermuda
Singles
2009 Kuwait
Singles
2006 Doha
Singles
2008 Manchester
Singles
2010 Khobar
Singles
World Team Championships
2009 Odense
Team
2001 Melbourne
Team
2005 Islamabad
Team
Last updated: 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.
AmrShabana (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...
crown against Karim Abdel Gawad in the final. It moved Farag up to join AmrShabana and Geoff Hunt in the all-time list with four world title wins. Major...
Privilege Hong Kong Squash Open in 2006, where he lost to fellow Egyptian, AmrShabana, who later would attain the number one ranking in the world. En route...
respectively. Egypt has produced the following world number ones: Men: AmrShabana Karim Darwish Ramy Ashour Mohamed El Shorbagy Karim Abdel Gawad Ali Farag...
in the Tournament of Champions, he beat third seed Peter Nicol, then AmrShabana in the semi-finals, before defeating world champion and World No 1 Thierry...
Eain Yow Ng Victor Crouin Nour El Tayeb Alison Waters Jonathon Power AmrShabana Lee Beachill Stewart Boswell Simon Parke Alex Gough Sarah Fitz-Gerald...
of squash. His nickname, "titi", was founded by a former competitor, AmrShabana. He called Thierry "titi-tight," because of his precision and tight shots...
exception of the men's championship in 1934 (when no challenger to F. D. Amr Bey entered), and both championships during World War II, and in 2010 and...
place at the Queen's Club in London in England between 4–8 January 2012. AmrShabana won his first PSA World Series Finals trophy, beating Grégory Gaultier...
Miguel A. Rodriguez Simon Rösner Craig Rowland Henri Salaun Mario Sanchez AmrShabana Richard Sheppard Mohamed El Shorbagy Marwan El Shorbagy Paul Steel Mark...
has been competitive in international championships since the 1930s. AmrShabana, Ali Farag and Ramy Ashour are Egypt's best players and all were ranked...
Geoff Hunt; Pakistanis Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan; and Egyptian AmrShabana – who have three world titles to their name. In February 2014, Matthew...
2003. In 2004, he won the Pakistan Open title in Islamabad (upsetting AmrShabana in the quarter-finals) in his first appearance in a PSA Super Series...
place at the Queen's Club in London in England between 2–6 January 2013. AmrShabana won his second PSA World Series Finals trophy, beating Nick Matthew in...
Nicol 49 4. Mohammed El Shorbagy 47 5. Jonathon Power 37 6. Ramy Ashour 37 7. Jan Koukal 34 8. Nick Matthew 33 9. Grégory Gaultier 33 10. AmrShabana 33...
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