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2023 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The Men's 2023 British Open was the men's edition of the 2023 British Open Squash Championships, which is a 2022–23 PSA World Tour event. The event took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club, Birmingham Repertory Theatre in Birmingham in England between 9 April and 16 April 2023. After three consecutive defeats in the three previous finals, Egypt's Ali Farag finally won the title, after defeating Peruvian Diego Elías. Draw and results Semi-finals and final Main Draw Top half Bottom half See also *2023 Women's British Open Squash Championship References {{Men's British Open Squash 2023 in British sport, Men's British Open 2023 in squash, Men's British Open April 2023 sports events in the United Kingdom, British Open Squash Men's British Open Squash Championships Men's sport in the United Kingdom Squash in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Open Squash Championships
The British Open Squash Championships is the oldest tournament in the game of squash. It is widely considered to be one of the two most prestigious tournaments in the game, alongside the World Squash Championships (prior to the establishment of the World Squash Championships which was called the World Open at the time) in the 1970s, the British Open was generally considered to be the ''de facto'' world championship of the sport. The British Open Squash Championships are often referred to as being the ''" Wimbledon of Squash"''. History While there had been a professional men's championship for some years, the 'open' men's championship (for both professionals and amateurs) was not inaugurated until 1930. Charles Read, British professional champion for many years, was designated the first open title holder. Would-be challengers were required to demonstrate they were capable of mounting a competent challenge as well as guaranteeing a minimum 'purse' (prize money) of £100 (whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Coll
Paul Daniel Coll (born 9 May 1992) is a professional squash player from New Zealand. In March 2022, he became the first New Zealand man to achieve a world ranking of World No. 1. He is the current British Open champion, having won this tournament in 2021 and 2022 While Coll never achieved the same success in his junior career that he would see at the professional level, his first major breakthrough came when he was ranked 31st in the world and won the $100,000 St. George's Hill Classic in Weybridge, England, as a qualifier. He beat 4 players in the top 20 to win the title, which raised him to no. 20 in the world. He made history in September 2017 when he became no. 10 in the PSA World Rankings. He is only the fourth New Zealander to break the top 10 in the world, the ones before him, including former world champion and world no. 2 Ross Norman. Coll claimed his first Commonwealth Games medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as he clinched a silver medal in the men's singles e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Mosaad
Omar Mosaad Abouzid (born March 17, 1988 in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3 in 2016. Career overview After a promising junior career in which he won U17 and U19 British Junior Open titles and reached the World Junior Championship final in 2006, Omar Mosaad quickly established his senior credentials by going on to win eight PSA World Tour titles from 20 final appearances - and celebrating a career-high world No 3 ranking in June 2016. After joining the PSA in 2005, the tall and imposing Cairo-based Egyptian reached his first Tour final the following year in Iran where he won the FAJR International in Tehran. Success in 2008 earned him the PSA Young Player of the Year Award at the end of the year. But Mosaad began to make his elite breakthrough in 2010: In his first two events of the year he picked up two Tour titles in the USA - firstly the new Kig Open in Los Angeles, then the Racquet Club Invi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim El Hammamy
Karim Ayman El Hammamy (born November 4, 1995, in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represented 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 .... He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 55 in March, 2017. References External links * * * Egyptian male squash players Living people 1995 births Sportspeople from Cairo 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitri Steinmann
Dimitri Steinmann (born 14 July 1997 in Zurich) is a Swiss professional squash player. As of February 2018, he was ranked number 87 in the world ''In the World'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Strata-East label in 1972. The album was rereleased on CD as part of ''The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions'' by Mosaic Re .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Steinmann, Dimitri 1997 births Living people Swiss male squash players Sportspeople from Zürich 20th-century Swiss people 21st-century Swiss people Competitors at the 2022 World Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Serme
Lucas Serme (born 25 February 1992 in Créteil) is a professional squash player who represented France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 32 in October 2018. He married Czech squash player Anna Klimundová, now known as Anna Serme. In the 2022 U.S. Open Mostafa Asal hit Lucas Serme with a shot up the middle of the court striking Serme in the head resulting in a concussion and perforated eardum. References External links * * 1992 births Living people French male squash players Sportspeople from Créteil {{France-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marwan ElShorbagy
Marwan El Shorbagy (born July 30, 1993, in Alexandria) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3 in May 2018. He won the World Juniors in 2011 & 2012 and became the third player in history to win the World Junior twice. Career overview Marwan was born and raised in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. He started playing squash at age of eight. Marwan El Shorbagy joined the PSA in 2010 as a 17-year-old. Raised in Alexandria, but then a student at Millfield School in England (where he was coached by Jonah Barrington and Ian Thomas), El Shorbagy is the latest Egyptian to shake up the world of squash. He is the younger brother of Mohamed El Shorbagy who also plays on the PSA tour and is current World No. 1. Despite now combining his squash career with that of a student at University in the UK, 19-year-old El Shorbagy celebrated his world top thirty debut in July. In July 2012 he won his second successive World Junior O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youssef Soliman
Youssef Soliman, (born 10 January 1997 in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represented 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 .... He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 11 in October 2022. He has had three titles back to back after a year of turning pro and some several titles came afterwards through the years. Youssef in one of his interviews a couple of years back when he was breaking into the top 30 etc. mentioned that he is targeting the top spot on tour as he has beaten several top 10 players in previous encounters. References External links * * Egyptian male squash players Living people 1997 births 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Parker (squash Player)
George Parker (born 25 April 1996, in Leicester), is a professional squash player who represents England. Squash career Parker made his professional debut in 2012 whilst finishing his junior career that culminated in him winning the Under-19 European Championships in 2015, defeating Edmon Lopez Moller of Spain in the final. Parker first joined the PSA Tour in 2015 and won the Barcelona Open just six months later, this triumph saw him break into the world's top 100 rankings for the first time. In 2016, his fiery temperament resulted in a warning for breaking a racquet during a match in frustration and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) later handed George a six-month suspension. After the imposed break, he made it back into the top 100 at the end of the 2016-17 season. He went on to win seven professional titles and during 2018 continued his progression by reaching the world's top 50. In October 2022, he hit a career best world ranking (at the time) of 25. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Lobban
Greg Lobban (born 12 August 1992 in Inverness) is a professional squash player who represented Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th .... He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 27 in February 2019. He joined the Professional Squash Association in 2012. He is one of Scotland's best current players on the PSA World Tour. Tournament History He first showed his mettle at the 2012 IMET Open, claiming the title after being seeded eighth for the tournament. Lobban broke the world's top 100 in March 2013 and his fifth PSA World Tour title came at the Steel City Open, beating George Parker in the final. It was in his home-country of Scotland that Lobban lifted his first PSA M10 crown when he beat Joel Hinds in the final in April 2015. He went on to reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saurav Ghosal
Saurav Ghosal (born 10 August 1986, in Kolkata, West Bengal) is a professional squash player from India and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 10 in April 2019. He completed his schooling at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy in Kolkata. Career overview In 2013, Saurav became the first Indian to reach the Quarter finals of the World Squash Championship at Manchester, England. In 2004, he became the first Indian ever to win the coveted British Junior Open Under-19 Squash title, defeating Adel El Said of Egypt in the final at Sheffield, England. Saurav moved to Chennai after completing his school and was based at the ICL squash academy in Chennai and coached by Major (Rtd) Maniam and Cyrus Poncha in Chennai, India. Currently based in Leeds, he trains with Malcolm Willstrop at Pontefract Squash Club in West Yorkshire. Saurav is the current Indian national champion after he defeated Gaurav Nandrajog at the National Championships 2006 in New Delhi. As of May 2010, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahya Elnawasany
Yahya Elnawasany (born 9 January 2002 in Tanta) is an Egyptian professional squash player. As of September 2024, he was ranked number 43 in the world. He won his first professional title in the 2020 Egyptian Squash Tour Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Elnawasany, Yahya 2002 births Living people Egyptian male squash players People from Tanta 21st-century Egyptian sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |