Maria Toor Pakay
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Country: | Pakistan | |
Residence: | Peshawar, Pakistan | |
Plays: | Left-Handed | |
Racquet: | Dunlop | |
Turned pro: | 2006 | |
Highest World Ranking: | 66 (May 2008) | |
Current World Ranking: | 66 (May 2008) | |
WISPA Tour Titles: | 0 | |
WIPSA Tour Finals: | 0 | |
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Maria Toor Pakay (born November 22, 1990 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani professional squash player.
She is currently ranked 69th, her highest ranking, and is Pakistan No 2.
Maria turned pro in 2006.
In early August 2007 she was given the Salaam Pakistan Award by the President of Pakistan, alongside tennis player Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi and footballer Muhammad Essa.
In late August 2007, aged just 16, she missed out on making her maiden appearance in a WISPA World Tour final after losing a five-game semi-final thriller in the POF WISPA Wah Cantt Open at the Jahangir Khan Squash Complex in the Punjab city of Wah Cantt in Pakistan. She was nominated as WISPA Young Player of the Year 2007.