| Intro | Egyptian Squash player | ||||
| Is | Squash player | ||||
| From | Egypt | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth |
22 April 1992, Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt |
||||
| Age | 28 years | ||||
| Star sign | Taurus | ||||
| Residence | Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt | ||||
| Family |
|
||||
| Education |
|
Ali Amr Farag (born April 22, 1992) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. He is the 2018/2019 world champion, former world number one (March 2019 rankings), and the current world number two. Farag graduated from Harvard University in 2014, with a degree in mechanical engineering. Farag is married to current women’s World No.5, Nour El Tayeb.
Career
Farag graduated from Harvard University in May 2014 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Farag also graduated as one of the best squash players in college history, suffering only two defeats in his three years. As a member of Harvard’s Varsity Squash Team, Farag won two individual national titles and helped lead Harvard to its first team title in 17 years in 2014. Upon graduating, he has returned to the pro circuit where he has since begun a rapid climb up the world rankings. He was named the PSA Player of the Month in April 2015 for reaching the main draw of the El Gouna Invitational as a qualifier and for winning back-to-back titles in Ireland. Farag eventually established himself as one of the best in the game.
Farag won his first world title in 2019 beating Tarek Momen in the final continuing the recent Egyptian domination of the sport.
Personal life
He is married to fellow squash professional Nour El Tayeb and the pair set a new record becoming the first married couple to both win the same major title on the same day after winning the US Open in 2017. The couple came close to repeating the same record in the 2019 US Open, but unfortunately Tayeb lost her final in a narrow 5-game thriller.