Amr Shabana
Amr Shabana reacts during his 2009 Kuwait Open semi-final match.
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| Nickname(s) | The Maestro |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Born |
July 29, 1979 Cairo, Egypt |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Turned Pro | 1995 |
| Retired | August 2015 |
| Plays | Left Handed |
| Racquet used | Eye Rackets |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (April, 2006) |
| Current ranking | Retired (Ended 10) |
| Title(s) | 33 |
| Tour final(s) | 45 |
| World Open | W (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009) |
| Last updated on: July 2015. | |
Amr Shabana (Arabic: عمرو شبانة) (born 20 July 1979 in Cairo) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. He won the World Open in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009, and reached the World No. 1 ranking in 2006.
He represented the winning Egyptian team in the 1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships held in Cairo and the 2009 Men's World Team Squash Championships held in Denmark. Shabana's accomplishments in professional squash lead many to regard him as one of the greatest players of all time.
The talented left-hander from Cairo first showed his promise when he was the runner-up (to compatriot Ahmed Faizy) in the British Under-14 Open in January 1993. Four years later he reached the final of the British Under-19 Open, where he again lost to Faizy.
A PSA member since 1995, Amr claimed his first Tour title with the help of Bryan "Griffin" Knight in July 1999, winning the Puebla Open in Mexico. Seven days later he grabbed his second, the Mexico Open, again by beating Australia's Craig Rowland in the final.
Amr Shabana crowned a remarkable year in 2003 when, as ninth seed, he forced his way through a star-studded field in the World Open in Pakistan. He dispatched title-holder David Palmer, the third seed, in five games in the third round. He then went on to take out Palmer's Australian team-mate Anthony Ricketts in the last eight. After defeating Karim Darwish (the Egyptian No 1) in a four-game semi-final, Shabana clinched the historic title by beating Thierry Lincou in the final 15–14, 9–15, 15–11, 15–7, to become Egypt's first winner of the sport's premier title.
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