Kush Mahan gives details on why Egypt's Mohamed Elshorbagy deserves his title as the number 1 squash player in the world.

1. A B O U T M O H A M E D E L S H O R B A G Y
C R E A T E D B Y K U S H M A YA N

2. • Mohamed
Elshorbagy
currently ranks
#1 squash
player in the
world.
• Elshorbagy,
originally from
Alexandria,
Egypt, joined
the PSA in
2006 at only
15-years old.

3. • Only one year later, he became the first
player to ever secure a maiden PSA
World Tour title at a five star event.
• Since the beginning of his squash
career, Elshorbagy has broken world
records and continues to lead one of
the most impressive athletic records in
history.

4. • In 2008 and 2009, Elshorbagy
became the second man after
Ramy Ashour to place first in the
World Junior Squash
Championships twice in a row.
• In 2013, he won the Qatar Classic
World Series and continued his
stellar record in the 2014
campaign, where he won five
events.
• Of these events, Elshorbagy won
the World Series tournaments at
the US Open and Hong Kong.

5. • 2014 marked an incredibly
significant year for
Elshorbagy.
• After beating Gregory
Gaultier in the US Open’s
semi-final, Elshorbagy was
officially ranked #1 in the
world for Squash and
became the fourth
youngest player to do so.

6. • In the PSA World Series Finals,
he beat Ramy Ashour for the
first time in the round robin
stage, winning 11-5 twice in a
row.
• Elshorbagy also beat James
Willstrop 11-9 and 11-7, which
qualified him for the semifinals.
• He won against Nick Mathew in
five separate games to reach the
PSA World Series final, but
ended up losing to Ashour
overall.

7. • In 2014, Elshorbagy made
it to the semifinals of the
Metro Squash Windy City
Open.
• He unfortunately lost to
Gaultier in four games, but
continued his good form
and made the final of El
Gouna International’s final,
beating GAultier in four
games.

8. • Elshorbagy also
has a talented
younger brother,
Marwan, who
ranks in the
world’s top 25 for
squash.
• Marwan made it
to the Kuwait
PSA Cup World
Series Platinum
event semi-finals.

9. • Elshorbagy deserves to be
recognized for his
admirable athleticism and
natural talent for the game
of squash.
• At just 24 years old, he has
made history more than
once and will continue to
be the player to watch for
the next few years.
• For more information
about Mohamed
Elshorbagy, check out his
page on PSA World Tour’s
website here .