Nouran Ahmed Gohar ( ar, نوران أحمد جوهر; born 30 September 1997 in

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

) is a professional

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player who represents

. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in July 2020.

Career

She lifted her first Tour title at the Prague Open in December 2013 at 16 years of age, where she played to her seeding to see off Lucie Fialová to triumph. Gohar earned another title the following year at the Irish Open before her victory over

Omneya Abdel Kawy Omneya Abdel Kawy ( ar, أمنية عبد القوي; born 15 August 1985, in Cairo) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. Career Omneya crowned a successful junior career in 2003 in her home city of Cairo when she became the first ...

in the final of the Monte Carlo Classic elevated her into the world's top 20 for the first time. A quarter-final finish at the

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in April 2015 ensured that Gohar would breach the top 15 in the world. Nouran Gohar won the prestigious British Junior Open three times: in 2012, 2015, and 2016. She also was a two time World Junior Squash champion, winning two back to back titles in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships. In 2018, she won her second world team title as part of the Egyptian team that won the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships. During May 2019 Gohar defeated the French fourth seed

Camille Serme Camille Serme (born 4 April 1989 in Créteil) is a former professional squash player from France. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in February 2017. Career As a junior player, Camille Serme won three European Junior Champi ...

in the final of the prestigious 2019 Women's British Open Squash Championship, which saw Gohar (seeded seventh) becoming the lowest seed to win the tournament in the modern era. It was a well deserved victory because she beat the number 1 and 3 seeds (

Raneem El Weleily Raneem Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Welily ( ar, رنيم محمد ياسر سعد الدين الوليلي; born 1 January 1989, in Alexandria, Egypt) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. She has reached a career-high world ranki ...

and

Nour El Tayeb Nour El Tayeb ( ar, نور الطيب; born March 8, 1993, in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast ...

) on the way to the final. This helped propel her toward the number 1 ranking in the world which she achieved in July 2020. In 2022, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships. It was her third world team title.

Major
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final appearances

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: 3 finals (1 title, 2 runner-up)

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

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: 1 finals (0 title, 1 runner-up)

United States Open: 3 finals (3 titles, 0 runner-up)

References

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* * * Egyptian female squash players Living people 1997 births Sportspeople from Cairo 21st-century Egyptian women {{Egypt-squash-bio-stub