Karim Darwish

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Karim Darwish

Darwish after winning the 2009 Motor City Open
Country  Egypt
Residence Cairo, Egypt
Born (1981-08-29) August 29, 1981
Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kilograms (168 lb)
Turned Pro 1999
Retired Active
Plays Right Handed
Coached by Hesham El Attar
Amir Wagih
Racquet used Head
Men's singles
Highest ranking No. 1 (January, 2009)
Current ranking No. 8 (February, 2014)
Title(s) 23
Tour final(s) 41
World Open F (2008)
Medal record
Competitor for  Egypt
Squash
World Team Championships
Silver 2001 Melbourne Team
Silver 2005 Islamabad Team
Gold 2009 Odense Team
Gold 2011 Paderborn Team
Silver 2013 Mulhouse Team
Last updated on: February, 2014.

Karim Darwish (Arabic: كريم درويش‎) (born 29 August 1981, in Cairo, Egypt) is a squash player from Egypt.

Career

Earlier in 2008, Darwish finished runner-up at the World Open, losing in the final to fellow Egyptian player Ramy Ashour (11–5, 8–11, 4–11, 5–11). Darwish displaced Amr Shabana to claim the world number 1 position after winning the prestigious 2008 Saudi International and 3 major titles in 2008.

As a junior player, he won the World Junior Championship title in 2000, and the British Junior Open title in 1999.[1]

Darwish competed in the J.P. Morgan T.O.C, only to lose to Daryl Selby in round 1. In the Case Swedish Open in 2012, Darwish placed 2nd after losing to Gregory Gaultier in the finals. Darwish managed to beat Mohamed El Shorbagy in five sets at the 2012 Macau Open.

Personal life

Darwish is married to fellow squash player Engy Kheirallah.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Egypt dominates almost all divisions.". Retrieved 2009-12-24. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Amr Shabana
Grégory Gaultier		 World No. 1
January 2009 - October 2009
December 2009 		Succeeded by
Grégory Gaultier
Ramy Ashour
Professional Squash Association: Top ten African male squash players as of February 2014
Professional Squash Association: Egypt Top ten Egyptian male squash players as of February 2014


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