Amr Shabana
Amr Shabana (Arabic: عمرو شبانة; born July 20, 1979 in Cairo ) is an Egyptian squash players. He won four times and reached the World Cup in April 2006, the first position one in the world rankings.
Career
Shabana stunned in December 2003, the experts, as it is set at position 9 won his first world title. In the final, he defeated Frenchman Thierry Lincou 3-1 and became the first Egyptian who won this title. Two years later, followed in 2005 then the second world title: With a 3-0 he defeated his opponent David Palmer, against whom he was eliminated in the previous year in the quarterfinals. 2007 and 2009 could Shabana win his third and fourth world championship. With each clear 3:0 he won in 2007 against Grégory Gaultier and Ramy Ashour 2009 compared. 2009 succeeded the Egyptian national team captained by Shabana for the second time winning the World Team Championship. Already in the first title win in 1999 belonged to the Egyptian Shabana squad. He also was in both 2001 and 2003, 2005 and 2007 in the squad. Among his many other titles include victories at the PSA Masters, Tournament of Champions in New York and at the U.S. Open. The British Open he could never win against it. As the first Egyptian ever Shabana was world number in April 2006. In January 2009, he lost that position after 33 months in a row among the world leaders to his compatriot Karim Darwish. By winning the world championships and due to his many years of dominance in the world tip Shabana has acquired the nickname Prince of Egypt ( German Prince of Egypt ) in the scene. In the 2011 season he won the first PSA World Series Finals against Grégory Gaultier and repeated this success the following year against Nick Matthew. In December 2013 Shabana was represented for ten years at a stretch in the top ten in the world rankings.
Amr Shabana is reported in the German Bundesliga for the Squash Racket Club Black & White Worms.
Private
He is married and father of three children.
Achievements
- World Champion: 4 title (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- World champion with the team: 1999, 2009
- Won PSA Title: 26
- 33 months world number