Diego Elías Chehab (born November 19, 1996, in
Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...
) is a
squash player who represents
Peru
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. He is the
2023–24 World Champion. In April 2023, he reached a ranking of number 1
in the world, the first South American player in squash history to do so.
Career
His accomplishments include winning
World Junior Championships twice,
British Junior Open twice, and the
US Junior Open in Boys' U15, U17, and U19. On July 27, 2019, he won a gold medal at the
2019 Pan American Games
The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...
in Lima, Peru. In October 2021, Elías won the Qatar QTerminals Classic, his first PSA World Tour Platinum title. Elias emerged victorious at the Necker Mauritius Open, a PSA Gold tournament, in June 2022.
In 2023, Elías reached his first British Open final, losing out to
Ali Farag in the
2023 Men's British Open Squash Championship. Shortly afterwards, he reached the quarter final of the
2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship losing to
Karim Abdel Gawad
Karim Abdel Gawad (; born 30 July 1991) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He is a former world individual champion and world number 1 and a three-times world team champion.
Career
In November 2016, he won the 2016 World Open Squas ...
in the quarter final.
In 2024, he won the
2023–24 PSA World Championship, becoming the first South American player in squash history to clinch this title. In May 2025, Elías reached the semi-final of the
2025 Men's World Squash Championship in Chicago but was defeated by eventual champion
Mostafa Asal
Mostafa Asal (; born 9 May 2001) is an Egyptian professional squash player. A two-time World_Squash_Team_Championships, World Team Champion, and current rank one Official Men's Squash World Ranking, squash player, Mostafa is nicknamed "The Ragi ...
. In June 2025, Elias defeated the No. 1 ranked Asal in the final of the
2025 Men's British Open Squash Championship, winning the prestigious 86th
British Open
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title for the first time.
Titles and Finals
Major Finals (8)
Major tournaments include:
* PSA World Championships
* PSA World Tour Finals
* Top-tier PSA World Tour tournaments (Platinum/World Series/Super Series)
See also
*
Official Men's Squash World Ranking
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Peruvian squash players
Sportspeople from Lima
Pan American Games gold medalists in squash
Pan American Games silver medalists in squash
Pan American Games bronze medalists in squash
Pan American Games silver medalists for Peru
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru
Squash players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Squash players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Squash players at the 2023 Pan American Games
South American Games gold medalists for Peru
South American Games medalists in squash
Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
Competitors at the 2013 World Games
Competitors at the 2017 World Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Peru