Ali Farag

Ali Amr Farag is a former Egyptian professional squash player, born in Cairo on 22 April 1992. ^{1 2} He won the individual world championship four times — in 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 and 2022–23 — and reached the world No. 1 ranking, and he retired in May 2025 after winning his 46th PSA title. ¹

Farag graduated from Harvard University in 2014 with a degree in mechanical engineering. As a member of Harvard's varsity men's squash team he won two individual national titles and helped Harvard to its first team title in 17 years in 2014. ¹

Farag turned professional in 2009. ¹ He won his first individual world title at the 2018–19 championship, and his second at the 2020–21 championship in August 2021, a month after losing the British Open final to Paul Coll. ¹ He added a third world title in 2022 and a fourth in 2023, defeating Mostafa Asal in the semi-final and Karim Abdel Gawad in the final — a win that put him level with Amr Shabana and Geoff Hunt on four world titles. ¹ In 2023 he also won his first British Open, beating Diego Elías in the final. ¹ With Egypt he was a four-time world team champion, retaining the title in 2019 and winning it again in 2023 and 2024. ¹ In April 2025 he won his 46th PSA title at the Grasshopper Cup; the following month he reached the world championship final in Chicago, losing to Mostafa Asal, and announced his retirement. ¹

Farag is married to fellow squash professional Nour El Tayeb. At the 2017 US Open the pair became the first married couple to win the same major title on the same day. ¹

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