Mohamed El Shorbagy

Mohamed El Shorbagy is an Egyptian-born professional squash player, born in Alexandria on 12 January 1991. ^{1 2} He reached the world No. 1 ranking in November 2014, March 2018, February 2020 and July 2021, and was world champion in 2017; he represented Egypt until June 2022, when he switched to represent England. ¹

The Alexandria-born player attended Millfield School in England from 2006 to 2009. He joined the PSA tour in 2006, as a 15-year-old schoolboy under the coach Jonah Barrington. ¹ His younger brother Marwan is also a professional squash player. ³

In 2007 El Shorbagy became the first player to win a maiden PSA World Tour title at a five-star event, and in 2008 and 2009 he won the World Junior Championship twice, only the second man after Ramy Ashour to do so. ¹ He reached his first senior world final in 2012, losing to Ashour, and became world No. 1 for the first time in November 2014. ¹ He won the British Open in 2015 and was named the 2016 PSA Men's Player of the Year. ¹ In 2017 he became world champion in Manchester, defeating his brother Marwan in the final, and in 2019 he won his third British Open. ¹ He lost the world finals of 2021 and 2022 to Ali Farag. ¹ On 6 June 2022 he changed allegiance to represent England; in November 2022 his 47th PSA title in New Zealand also made him, at 31 years and 10 months, the youngest man to reach 500 PSA wins. ¹ With England he took team silver at the 2023 World Team Championships and gold at the European Team Championships of 2024 and 2025, and in January 2026 he won his 52nd career title at the Washington Open. ¹

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