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Karim Darwish
Karim Darwish, the world’s no. 1 Squash player, was born in Cairo, Egypt on the 29th of August 1981.
In his free time, the Wadi Degla star enjoys fishing, listening to music & going out with friends.
Karim Darwish, who led Egypt to the final of the World Team Championships in 2001 and participated in three further campaigns since then, has been one of the country's leading players throughout the decade.
After having been largely overshadowed by compatriots Amr Shabana and, more recently, Ramy Ashour, the 27-year-old enjoyed a sensational PSA Tour run in 2008 - which included six PSA Tour final appearances and featured title successes in three.
The result was that Darwish exploded past his illustrious fellow countrymen this year to top the Dunlop PSA Word Rankings for the first time in January – thus ending the 33-month reign of his Egyptian team-mate Shabana.
It was after upsetting top seed Shabana in the quarter-finals of the year-ending Saudi International - the $250,000, and biggest ever, Super Series Platinum championship, in Saudi Arabia - that Darwish knew the world number one ranking would be his!
"This is the greatest moment of my career," said Darwish after later beating second seed Gregory Gaultier to lift the title, the 15th of his career. “I've been working really hard all my life to reach this moment - thank god I should do it in this, the richest tournament ever, and in front of a crowd like this.
Darwish - the 13th player in history to top the men's world list, but only the second Egyptian – won no events at all in 2006, and claimed only a single PSA Tour title the following year.
But the successful 2008 campaign began when he won the Oregon Open in the US in February – which he followed by reaching his first Super Series final at the Petrosport International Championship in Cairo in August.
Only two months later, Darwish celebrated his maiden World Open final appearance in England – where he lost in four games to Ramy Ashour. And it was less than two weeks later that he claimed his first Super Series title at the Qatar Classic in Doha – where he beat Gaultier, Nick Matthew and Shabana in successive rounds.
Darwish enjoyed a distinguished junior career, winning both the British Junior U19 Open and World Junior Open trophies before claiming the World University Championship title in Austria in August 2002.
Darwish dedicates his success to his parents and brother Walid, who encouraged him and gave him all their support ever since he started playing squash. In December 2007, he married fellow international squash player Engy Kheirallah.
"During tournaments I sometimes get tense, but because she understands the game, she knows exactly how to get me relaxed and focused," said Darwish. "It's nice to have someone close to you who understands what you do and knows what it's like to be in your shoes."
After having been largely overshadowed by compatriots Amr Shabana and, more recently, Ramy Ashour, the 27-year-old enjoyed a sensational PSA Tour run in 2008 - which included six PSA Tour final appearances and featured title successes in three.
The result was that Darwish exploded past his illustrious fellow countrymen this year to top the Dunlop PSA Word Rankings for the first time in January – thus ending the 33-month reign of his Egyptian team-mate Shabana.
It was after upsetting top seed Shabana in the quarter-finals of the year-ending Saudi International - the $250,000, and biggest ever, Super Series Platinum championship, in Saudi Arabia - that Darwish knew the world number one ranking would be his!
"This is the greatest moment of my career," said Darwish after later beating second seed Gregory Gaultier to lift the title, the 15th of his career. “I've been working really hard all my life to reach this moment - thank god I should do it in this, the richest tournament ever, and in front of a crowd like this.
Darwish - the 13th player in history to top the men's world list, but only the second Egyptian – won no events at all in 2006, and claimed only a single PSA Tour title the following year.
But the successful 2008 campaign began when he won the Oregon Open in the US in February – which he followed by reaching his first Super Series final at the Petrosport International Championship in Cairo in August.
Only two months later, Darwish celebrated his maiden World Open final appearance in England – where he lost in four games to Ramy Ashour. And it was less than two weeks later that he claimed his first Super Series title at the Qatar Classic in Doha – where he beat Gaultier, Nick Matthew and Shabana in successive rounds.
Darwish enjoyed a distinguished junior career, winning both the British Junior U19 Open and World Junior Open trophies before claiming the World University Championship title in Austria in August 2002.
Darwish dedicates his success to his parents and brother Walid, who encouraged him and gave him all their support ever since he started playing squash. In December 2007, he married fellow international squash player Engy Kheirallah.
"During tournaments I sometimes get tense, but because she understands the game, she knows exactly how to get me relaxed and focused," said Darwish. "It's nice to have someone close to you who understands what you do and knows what it's like to be in your shoes."
Karim’s wins
Titles:
· National Champion 2005, 2006, 2007
· Winner of Saudi Open
· Winner of Qatar Classic Open
National team representation:
· Melbourne 2001 finalist
· Chennai 2007 finalist
His goal is to stay the world’s No. 1, win the World Open & stay injury free.
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