Karim Darwish ( ar, كريم درويش; born 29 August 1981) is an Egyptian

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player.

Career overview

As a junior player, he won the World Junior Championship title in 2000, and the British Junior Open title in 1999. Earlier in 2008, Darwish finished runner-up at the World Open, losing in the final to fellow Egyptian player

Ramy Ashour Ramy Mohamed Ashour (born September 30, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt), known as Ramy Ashour (), is a retired professional squash player from Egypt, widely regarded as one of the best squash players in the history of the sport. He became the youngest pla ...

(11–5, 8–11, 4–11, 5–11). Darwish displaced

Amr Shabana Amr Shabana (; 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 ...

to claim the world number 1 position after winning the prestigious 2008 Saudi International and 3 major titles (including the

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) in 2008. Darwish competed in the J.P. Morgan T.O.C, only to lose to

Daryl Selby Daryl Selby (born 3 November 1982 in Harlow) is a former professional squash player who represented England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in April 2010. His sister is professional squash player Lauren Selby. He attende ...

in round 1. In the Case Swedish Open in 2012, Darwish placed 2nd after losing to

Grégory Gaultier Grégory Gaultier (born 23 December 1982, in Épinal, France) is a former professional squash player from France. He has won the 2015 World Open Squash Championship, the British Open three times, in 2007, 2014 and 2017, the Qatar Classic in 2 ...

in the final. Darwish managed to beat Mohamed El Shorbagy in five games at the Macau Open 2012.

Personal life

Darwish is married to fellow squash player

Engy Kheirallah Engy Kheirallah is a professional squash player from Egypt. She was born on 5 December 1981. She was ranked 33 in May 2011 and reached a career high of no. 11 in July 2010. Engy came to the fore in 1999 when she, Omneya Abdel Kawy and Eman El Am ...

World Open final appearances

0 title & 1 runner-up

Major
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final appearances

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

Qatar Classic The Qatar Classic is an annual international squash tournament that takes place in Doha, Qatar in October or November. The event was re-established in 2001. Between 1992 and 1997, the tournament was formerly known as the Qatar International. The ...
: 3 finals (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

References

External links

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Page at Squashpics.com

Egyptian male squash players 1981 births Living people African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in squash Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2005 World Games 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-squash-bio-stub