Amanda Sobhy
| Country |
 United States
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|---|---|
| Residence | Boston, United States |
| Born |
June 29, 1993 Sea Cliff, New York, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Turned Pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Left Handed |
| Coached by | Thierry Lincou |
| Racquet used | Harrow |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (October, 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 7 (July, 2016) |
| Title(s) | 14 |
| Last updated on: September 2016. | |
Amanda Sobhy, (born June 29, 1993 in Sea Cliff, New York is the highest ranking American ever in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings.She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in February 2016 after reaching the semifinals of two World Series PSA tournaments, The Malaysian Open and The Hong Kong Open.
On April 24, 2010 she won the Racquet Club International in St. Louis, Missouri, making her the only player in women's professional squash, at the time, to have won three tournaments before the age of 17. In March 2014, Sobhy won The Granite Open. In January 2016, Sobhy reached the finals of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions held in Grand Central Terminal after beating top seed, Raneem El Welily in the Round of 16, five seed Alison Waters in the quarterfinals, and Nouran Gohar in the semifinals to become the first American ever to reach the finals of the Tournament of Champions.
On 29 June 2010, on her 17th birthday, Sobhy won the World Junior Squash Championships, thus becoming the first, and only, American winner of the prestigious event. In the final she defeated Egyptian Nour El Tayeb with a score of 3–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–7 in 37 minutes.[5]
After serving a short suspension for issues related to accepting tournament prize money, Sobhy joined the Harvard team as a freshman in January 2012 and finished the 2011-12 college season undefeated. She won the individual championship, and her Harvard team won the team championship. In 2013, Sobhy finished the 2012-2013 college season undefeated, having lost her first game to Trinity's number 1, Kanzy Defrawy. She won her second consecutive individual championship and her Harvard team won the team championship. In 2014, Sobhy finished the 2013-2014 college season undefeated with a perfect 17-0 record. She won the individual championship for a third consecutive year. Sobhy finished the 2014-2015 college season with a perfect record and won her fourth individual intercollegiate title. The only other woman to win four intercollegiate titles is Gail Ramsey, now the Princeton head coach. Sobhy finished her intercollegiate career undefeated in 62 matches, having dropped only two games in her four seasons of college competition.
In December 2014, Sobhy led the US Women’s Team to its best-ever finish in the World Team Championships, when she defeated world no. 6 Camille Serme in the deciding match to clinch fifth place over France.
In March 2015, Sobhy won her second US National Title, defeating Olivia Blatchford 11-7, 11-2, 11-9 in the final. Sobhy won her first National title in 2012, and was runner-up to her sister Sabrina in 2014.
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