Nour El Tayeb ( ar, نور الطيب; born March 8, 1993, in

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) is a professional squash player who represents

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. She reached a career-high world ranking of three in March, 2018.

Career

The highlight of her junior career was, at age sixteen, reaching the final of the World Juniors in 2009, beating top seed Dipika Pallikal on the way before losing to fellow Egyptian

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. In 2012, she was part of the team that regained the world team title after winning a gold medal at the

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. In 2014, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships. In 2018, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the

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. In 2022, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the

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. It was her third world team title.

Squash achievements

*Winner – WISPA Young Player of the Year 2010 *Winner – Internationaux De Creteil,

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*Winner – British Junior Open U13, U15, U17, and U19 *Winner – Pioneer U11 and U13 *Winner – First National Championships U11 and U15 *Winner - World Junior Champion 2011

Major
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final appearances

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

U.S. Open: 2 final (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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

Personal life

She is married to fellow squash professional Ali Farag, and the pair set a new record, becoming the first married couple to both win a major title on the same day after winning the US Open in 2017. She retired on December 7, 2020, on announcing her first pregnancy.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tayeb, Nour 1993 births Living people Egyptian female squash players 21st-century Egyptian women