Ramy Ashour

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Ramy Ashour Squash player
Ramy Ashour
Nickname: The Artist
Nationality: EgyptEgypt Egypt
Birthday: September 30, 1987
Size: 180 cm
Weight: 75 kg
1st professional season: 2004
Resignation: 2019
Playing hand: Right
successes
Career record: 358: 77
Career title: 40
Career finals: 59
Best placement: 1 (January 2010)
Month # 1: 21st
World championship title: 3
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links )

Ramy Mohamed Ashour ( Arabic رامي عاشور, DMG Rāmī ʿĀšūr ; * September 30, 1987 in Cairo ) is a former Egyptian squash player . He repeatedly led the world rankings and won in 2008, 2012 and 2014 World Cup .

Career

Ashour has already won numerous important titles in the juniors. Between 1999 and 2001, he won the title at the British Open several times in the U13 and U15 age groups . In 2004, after beating Yasir Butt in the final, he became the youngest junior world champion in history. In the team competition that followed, he lost to the Egyptian national team 1: 2 to Pakistan , with Ashour winning all of his games. In the same year he began his professional career and took part in a tournament of the PSA World Tour in Athens for the first time , which he immediately won. In 2005 he moved back to the final of the Athens tournament, this time losing to his brother Hisham Mohd Ashour in four sets. After only two tournaments he was already placed in the top 100 in the world rankings, he finished the season in 62nd place. At the World Championship for professional players, he qualified for the main field in his first participation at the end of 2005, in the first round of which he was in the third Had to give up the set against Grégory Gaultier due to injury. 2006 got off to a successful start for Ashour when he won the U19 field at the British Open in early January. In the same month he moved into the final of the Dayton Open , but had to admit defeat there to John White . In June 2006 he moved up to 20th place in the world rankings. A month later he became the first player to defend his junior world championship title in New Zealand with a 3-0 win over Omar Mosaad . In the team competition, Egypt retained the upper hand against Pakistan 2-1 this time. Again Ashour remained without defeat. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season Ashour reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup against Grégory Gaultier, which he lost 3-0. The Hong Kong Open went far better, where he moved into the final unsettled and beat number three and two in the world rankings with Thierry Lincou and David Palmer . In the final he was defeated by the top seeded Amr Shabana in four sets. In the world rankings he climbed to ninth place and thus for the first time into the top ten. At the subsequent US Open and the Pakistan Open , he was eliminated in the semifinals.

In 2008 Ashour also won the men's world championship in Manchester with a 3-1 win over Karim Darwish . Only Jansher Khan previously managed to win this title in both the junior and men's division . Another world title followed in 2009 with the Egyptian national team , before Ashour achieved his greatest goal to date in January 2010: the top position in the world rankings. Ashour was in charge from January to December 2010, only interrupted by a brief period in the summer months of June, July and August. In 2011 he defended the world title with Egypt . The 2012 season went almost perfectly for Ashour: With only seven tournament appearances, he moved into all finals and won five of the seven finals. Only at the North American Open and the British Open he lost to James Willstrop and Nick Matthew . The titles won in 2012 include the World Cup , which Ramy Ashour won again for the first time since 2008. He lost only two games in the entire season. In his career, Ashour won a total of 40 titles on the PSA World Tour . In April 2013 he reached 1872 points, the highest point average in the world rankings to date. All tournaments played by him within the last twelve months were included in his rating, a total of nine. He won eight of them and was in the final one more time. Seven of these eight titles were in the PSA World Series category . In April 2016, Mohamed Elshorbagy exceeded the record. On November 21, 2014, after a thigh injury, he played the first tournament in six months with the World Cup . He reached his fourth final at a world championship, which he won against Mohamed Elshorbagy in five sets. He then underwent meniscus surgery and was absent until April 2015. At his first tournament after the injury break, the World Series El Gouna International , he defended his title from the previous year with a final win over Mohamed Elshorbagy. In 2017 he was in the Egyptian squad at the World Cup and won his third title with it in this competition. On April 22, 2019, he announced his retirement due to ongoing injury problems. He played his last tournament at the British Open in 2018 .

In the 2015/2016 season, Ashour was registered for the first time in the 1st Squash Bundesliga at Sportwerk Hamburg Walddörfer . On June 14, 2016, it came with a win against Simon Rösner from Paderborner SC for the first use as part of the semi-finals of the final of the Bundesliga in Böblingen .

Ramy's older brother, Hisham Mohd Ashour, was also a squash player.

successes

PSA World Tour

Legend (number of titles)
World Championship (3)
PSA World Tour Finals (2)
PSA World Tour Platinum
PSA World Series (22)
PSA World Tour
PSA International (8)
PSA Star Series (4)
PSA Challenger Tour
PSA (Super) Satellite (1)

Tournament victories

No. date place competition Final opponent Result
1. November 21, 2004 GreeceGreece Athens Athens Open EnglandEngland Andy Whipp 13:11, 12:10, 7:11, 7:11, 11: 9
2. January 12, 2007 CanadaCanada Toronto Canadian Classic AustraliaAustralia David Palmer 11: 7, 11: 3, 11: 4
3. January 29, 2007 United StatesUnited States Dayton Dayton Open ScotlandScotland John White 8:11, 7:11, 11:16, 12:10, 11: 2
4th April 11, 2007 KuwaitKuwait Kuwait City Kuwait Open EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 11: 5, 11: 3, 12:10
5. April 17, 2007 QatarQatar Doha Qatar Classic AustraliaAustralia David Palmer 8:11, 11: 9, 11: 9, 11: 6
6th August 12, 2007 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Manchester Super Series Finals FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 12:10, 11: 8, 4:11, 11: 4
7th January 16, 2008 United StatesUnited States New York City Tournament of Champions EnglandEngland James Willstrop 11: 7, 13:11, 11: 9
8th. February 16, 2008 CanadaCanada Toronto Canadian Classic EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 11: 2, 11: 9, 8:11, 11: 8
9. April 20, 2008 EgyptEgypt Hurghada Hurghada International EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 12:10, 9:11, 11: 7, 9:11, 12:10
10. October 19, 2008 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Manchester World Championship EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 5:11, 11: 8, 11: 4, 11: 5
11. February 28, 2009 United StatesUnited States Richmond North American Open EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 11: 8, 13:11, 10:12, 5:11, 11: 8
12. April 4, 2009 EgyptEgypt Hurghada Hurghada International FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 7:11, 11: 5, 11: 3, 11: 8
13. December 10, 2009 IndiaIndia New Delhi PSA Masters EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 11: 6, 9:11, 11: 9, 11: 9
14th December 18, 2009 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia al-Chubar Saudi International EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 11: 7, 7:11, 11: 9, 9:11, 11: 8
15th March 20, 2010 MalaysiaMalaysia Kuala Lumpur CIMB KL Open EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 11: 8, 11: 8, 11: 9
16. August 29, 2010 Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 10:12, 11: 9, 11: 9, 9:11, 11: 9
17th 20th September 2010 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Manchester Rowe British Grand Prix EnglandEngland James Willstrop 11: 7, 3:11, 11: 3, 11: 5
18th November 2, 2010 KuwaitKuwait Kuwait City Kuwait Open EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 9:11, 11: 4, 13:11, 11: 1
19th January 27, 2011 United StatesUnited States New York City Tournament of Champions EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 11: 3, 7:11, 11: 9, 11: 7
20th May 19, 2011 EgyptEgypt Hurghada Hurghada International EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 11: 9, 9:11, 12:14, 11: 9, 11: 3
21st August 14, 2011 AustraliaAustralia Canberra Australian Open EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 12:14, 11: 6, 10:12, 11: 8, 11: 4
22nd September 25, 2011 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Manchester Rowe British Grand Prix EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 1:11, 11: 3, 11: 7, 11: 4
23. April 13, 2012 EgyptEgypt el-Guna El Gouna International EnglandEngland James Willstrop 12:10, 11: 5, 5: 2 exercise
24. 19th August 2012 AustraliaAustralia Canberra Australian Open EgyptEgypt Omar Mosaad 11: 9, 11: 9, 11: 6
25th October 13, 2012 United StatesUnited States Philadelphia US Open FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 11: 4, 11: 9, 11: 9
26th December 2, 2012 Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open EnglandEngland James Willstrop 11: 8, 3:11, 11: 7, 11: 6
27. December 14, 2012 QatarQatar Doha World Championship EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 2:11, 11: 6, 11: 5, 9:11, 11: 8
28. January 24, 2013 United StatesUnited States New York City Tournament of Champions FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 7:11, 6:11, 12:10, 11: 3, 11: 1
29 March 2, 2013 United StatesUnited States Richmond North American Open EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 11: 7, 11: 8, 5:11, 11: 7
30th March 14, 2013 KuwaitKuwait Kuwait City Kuwait PSA Cup EnglandEngland James Willstrop 6:11, 11: 8, 11: 3, 11: 3
31. May 26, 2013 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hull British Open FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 7:11, 11: 4, 11: 7, 11: 8
32. October 1, 2013 United StatesUnited States San Francisco Netsuite Open FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 11: 4, 7:11, 7:11, 11: 3, 11: 2
33. March 19, 2014 United StatesUnited States Richmond PSA World Series Finals EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 15:17, 11: 7, 11: 4, 11: 5
34. April 18, 2014 EgyptEgypt el-Guna El Gouna International EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 11: 7, 12:10, 8:11, 11: 8
35. November 21, 2014 QatarQatar Doha World Championship EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 13:11, 7:11, 5:11, 11: 5, 14:12
36. April 10, 2015 EgyptEgypt el-Guna El Gouna International EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 11: 9, 11: 6, 4:11, 10:12, 12:10
37. September 30, 2015 United StatesUnited States San Francisco Netsuite Open EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 11: 7, 9:11, 11: 5, 11: 4
38. August 28, 2016 Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Open EgyptEgypt Karim Abdel Gawad 11: 9, 8:11, 11: 6, 5:11, 11: 6
39. 3rd September 2017 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shanghai China Squash Open EgyptEgypt Ali Farag 11: 3, 11: 8, 10:12, 2:11, 11: 5
40. 18th March 2018 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich Grasshopper Cup EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 11: 8, 11: 9, 11: 6

Final participation

No. date place competition Final opponent Result
1. October 22, 2005 GreeceGreece Athens Athens Open EgyptEgypt Hisham Mohd Ashour 11: 7, 2:11, 10:12, 7:11
2. January 29, 2006 United StatesUnited States Dayton Dayton Open ScotlandScotland John White 5:11, 3:11, 6:11
3. March 11, 2006 PakistanPakistan Islamabad COAS International EgyptEgypt Mohammed Abbas 4:11, 11: 9, 5:11, 7:11
4th October 22, 2006 Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Open EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 11:13, 11: 3, 5:11, 11:13
5. October 28, 2007 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia al-Chubar Saudi International EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 5:11, 5:11, 11: 1, 9:11
6th April 27, 2008 KuwaitKuwait Kuwait City Kuwait Open EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 9:11, 7:11, 11:13
7th September 6, 2009 United StatesUnited States Chicago US Open EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 7:11, 2:11, 11: 7, 14:12, 8:11
8th. November 7, 2009 KuwaitKuwait Kuwait City World Championship EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 8:11, 8:11, 5:11
9. January 28, 2010 United StatesUnited States New York City Tournament of Champions EnglandEngland James Willstrop 10:12, 5:11, 11: 9, 2:11
10. February 27, 2010 United StatesUnited States Richmond North American Open EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 9:11, 14:16, 4: 5 task
11. August 15, 2010 AustraliaAustralia Canberra Australian Open EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 14:16, 7:11, 10:12
12. October 24, 2010 EgyptEgypt el-Guna El Gouna International EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 14:16, 3:11, 1: 5 task
13. February 26, 2011 United StatesUnited States Richmond North American Open EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 9:11, 5:11, 11: 8, 11: 8, 6:11
14th February 25, 2012 United StatesUnited States Richmond North American Open EnglandEngland James Willstrop 7:11, 8:11, 7:11
15th May 26, 2012 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hull British Open EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 9:11, 4:11, 8:11
16. February 9, 2014 SwedenSweden Linkoping Swedish Open EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 13:11, 6:11, 8:11, 11: 6, 4:11
17th March 3, 2014 United StatesUnited States Chicago Windy City Open FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 7:11, 3:11, 4:11
18th March 27, 2016 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hull British Open EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 2:11, 5:11, 9:11
19th 4th November 2016 EgyptEgypt Cairo World Championship EgyptEgypt Karim Abdel Gawad 11: 5, 6:11, 7:11, 1: 2 exercise

Web links

Commons : Ramy Ashour  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Men's CGU British Junior U13 Open 1999, Sheffield, England. In: squashinfo.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  2. ^ Men's British Junior U13 Open 1999, Sheffield, England. In: squashinfo.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  3. ^ Men's Eye Group British Junior U15 Open 2001, Sheffield, England. In: squashinfo.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  4. ^ Ramy Ashour Is Youngest Men's World Squash Champion. In: squashinfo.com. August 25, 2004, accessed April 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Hosts Pakistan Retain World Junior Title. In: squashinfo.com. August 29, 2004, accessed April 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Ashour Takes Athens Title In PSA Tour Debut. In: squashinfo.com. November 21, 2004, accessed April 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Big Brother Hisham Wins Athens Open. In: squashinfo.com. October 24, 2005, accessed April 24, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b PSA World Squash Rankings: Ramy Ashour. In: squashinfo.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Men's Powerplaysports British Junior U19 Open 2006, Sheffield, England. In: squashinfo.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  10. ↑ $ 40,000 Men's EBS Dayton Open 2006, Dayton, Ohio, USA. In: squashinfo.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  11. ^ Ashour Creates Squash History In New Zealand. In: squashinfo.com. July 22, 2006, accessed April 24, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Favorites Egypt Lift World Junior Crown In New Zealand. In: squashinfo.com. July 28, 2006, accessed April 24, 2019 .
  13. ^ Shabana & David Claim Hong Kong Crowns. In: squashinfo.com. October 23, 2006, accessed April 24, 2019 .
  14. ^ Steve Cubbins: World Number Ones take Hong Kong titles. In: squashsite.org.uk. SquashSite, October 22, 2006, archived from the original on January 31, 2010 ; accessed on April 24, 2019 (English).
  15. ↑ Young Stars Surge Ahead In New World Rankings. In: squashinfo.com. November 1, 2006, accessed April 24, 2019 .
  16. ↑ a b Shorbagy sets new points record , squashsite.tumblr.com. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  17. ↑ Ramy's Record Ranking Points Haul ( Memento from July 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  18. ↑ Rod Gilmour: World Squash Championships 2014: Egypt's Ramy Ashour wins third title as Mohamed Elshorbagy falls short. telegraph.co.uk, November 21, 2014, accessed November 23, 2014 .
  19. ^ Ramy Ashour Announces Retirement. In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , April 22, 2019, accessed April 22, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Ramy Ashour retires. In: thesquashsite.com. April 22, 2019, accessed April 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ashour, Ramy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ashour, Ramy Mohamed (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian squash player
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Cairo , Egypt