Raneem El Weleily

Raneem Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Welily is a former Egyptian professional squash player, born in Alexandria on 1 January 1989. ^{1 2} She became world champion in 2017 and reached the world No. 1 ranking in September 2015, winning 23 tour titles before retiring in 2020. ¹

Alexandria-born El Welily followed her brother into squash at the age of six and first played for Egypt at the World Junior Championship in Penang in 2001. ¹ She was based in Cairo during her career. ³

El Welily won the World Junior Championship in 2005 and again in 2007, and was voted WISPA Young Player of the Year twice. ¹ She won her first senior tour title at the Heliopolis Open in 2009, and in September 2012 she defeated world No. 1 Nicol David in the final of the Malaysian Open to win her first World Series title. ¹ With Egypt she won the World Team Championship in 2012 and again in 2016. ¹ She lost the World Championship final of 2014 to Nicol David, overtook David to become world No. 1 in September 2015, was a finalist again in 2016, and in 2017 won the world title, defeating her compatriot Nour El Sherbini in the final; she reached the final once more in the 2019–20 championship. ¹ She is married to the professional squash player Tarek Momen. ¹ She retired in 2020 with 23 tour titles from 35 finals. ¹

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