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Nour El Sherbini

Nour El Sherbini in 2024.

Full name

Nour Atef Ahmed Zaki El Sherbini

Nickname(s)

The Warrior Princess

Country

Egypt

Residence

Alexandria, Egypt

Born

1 November 1995 (age 29)

Alexandria, Egypt

Height

5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

Turned Pro

2009

Plays

Right Handed

Coached by

Omar el Sherbini , Roushdy Mabrouk

Racquet used

Tecnifibre

Website

www.nourelsherbini.com

Women's singles

Highest ranking

No. 1 (1 November 2020)

Current ranking

No. 1 (3 September 2023)

Title(s)

Tour final(s)

World Open

W (2015, 2016, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022, 2023)

Medal record

Women's squash

Representing Egypt
World Championships
Gold	2015 Kuala Lumpur	Singles
Gold	2016 El Gouna	Singles
Gold	2018–19 Chicago	Singles
Gold	2019–20 Cairo	Singles
Gold	2020–21 Chicago	Singles
Gold	2022 Cairo	Singles
Gold	2023 Chicago	Singles
Silver	2013 Penang	Singles
Silver	2017 Manchester	Singles
Silver	2024 Cairo	Singles
World Team Championships
Gold	2012 Nîmes	Team
Gold	2016 Issy-les-Moulineaux	Team
Gold	2018 Dalian	Team
Gold	2022 Cairo	Team
Bronze	2014 Niagara-on-the-Lake	Team

Nour El Sherbini (Arabic: نور الشربيني; born 1 November 1995) is an Egyptian professional squash player. She is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Squash Association (WSA), having held the position for a total of 43 weeks. Nour, the only player representing Egypt in the list of most winner in all time of PSA Women's World Championship. And The Most Egyptian Player to win a Major series title, has won the British Open four times and the US Open once. Nour has won 40 titles, including the PSA Finals Twice.

Early life

Nour was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. She started playing squash when she was 6 years old, and was already participating in tournaments before she was 8.

She trains at Alexandria Sporting Club (ASC) in Alexandria.

Her brother Omar el Sherbini kept her interested in squash as she would spend time watching him and learning from his sessions. She has said that sports runs in her family: "My father used to be a football player and a good swimmer. Also my mum was a good athlete".

Junior career

Nour won the British Junior Open Under-13 category in 2007 and 2008. On 28 November 2009, Sherbini was awarded the 2009 Young WISPA Squash Player of the Year. As she explains: "By time I gained more confidence and become [sic.] more steady that made me able to win most of the titles of the local tournaments in Egypt, till reaching the British open and my first international titles. My first BJO title was such a push for more titles starting from under 13 years old till under 15, titles in a row".

A few months after her 13th birthday, she joined WISPA in early 2009, and in April she announced her arrival by losing to world top liner Engy Kheirallah in a tight 3/1 at the Heliopolis Open. After having reached the final of the ATCO Miro event in June, also in Cairo, Sherbini was stopped by Kheirallah in her bid for her first WISPA Tour title. On August 2, 2009, at 13, Sherbini became the youngest world champion in the history of the sport when she won the women's title at the World Junior squash Championships (U-19). As she explained: "Reaching the most important moment of my life, I was chosen to represent Egypt in the world open junior championship taking place in Chennai, India. To win the title was a dream, but to take it and feel the taste of victory was a dream came true. Adding the World Team title made it looks extraordinary".

Professional career

2012: Entering the top 10

In 2012 on the WSA World Tour, Nour El Sherbini rose 208 places in the women's rankings to occupy the world No. 7 spot at the age of 16.

Her first professional competition came in the Heliopolis Open as a qualifier, and she made it to the first round. The following January she won the British Junior Under-19 Open at the age of 14, at which point she had already broken into the world's top 50. She returned to Heliopolis in 2010 to claim her first WSA title. The following year, still climbing the rankings and sitting at No. 36, she won the Alexandria International Open as 5th seed and finished the year by reaching round two of the World Open as a qualifier.

In 2012 Sherbini made semi-final appearances in the Tournament of Champions in New York, as well as in the KL Open in Malaysia. These results tipped Sherbini into the world top 20, and she reached the final of the WSA World Series Platinum Allam British Open event at the O2 Arena, where she lost to Nicol David. On 19 May 2012, Sherbini defeated Raneem El Weleily to become the youngest-ever British Open women's finalist.

2016: World No. 1

She reached a world ranking of No. 1 in April 2016.

In May 2023, she won the 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship, defeating the number 4 seed Joelle King in the semi final and defeating the number 1 seed Nouran Gohar in the final. It was her seventh World Championship (and fifth in a row) taking her to second in the all-time list of World championship wins behind Nicol David.

National representation

WSF World Junior Team championships

2009, she won her first world team title as part of the Egyptian team that won the gold medal at the 2009 Women's World Junior Team Championships. 2011, She was part of the Egyptian team that won the fifth title at the WSF World Junior Team title. The 2013 edition was Nour’s last with the junior national team in World Junior Team Championships.

WSF World Team Championships

in 2012, she was part of the team that regained the world team title after winning a gold medal at the 2012 WSF World Team Championships. 2014, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships. 2016, she won her second world team title as part of the Egyptian team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships. 2018, she won her third world team title as part of the Egyptian team that won the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships. In 2022, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships. It was her fourth world team title. 2022 she won her fourth world team title as part of the Egyptian team that won the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships.

World Squash Championships

Finals: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2013	Penang, Malaysia	Laura Massaro	11–7, 6–11, 11–9, 5–11, 11–9
Winner	2015	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Laura Massaro	6–11, 4–11, 11–3, 11–5, 11–8
Winner	2016	El Gouna, Egypt	Raneem El Weleily	11–8, 11–9, 11–9
Runner-up	2017	Manchester, England	Raneem El Weleily	3–11, 12–10, 11–7, 11–5
Winner	2018–19	Chicago, USA	Nour El Tayeb	11–6, 11–5, 10–12, 15–13
Winner	2019–20	Cairo, Egypt	Raneem El Weleily	11–4, 9–11, 11–5, 11–6
Winner	2020–21	Chicago, USA	Nouran Gohar	11–5, 11–8, 8–11, 11–9
Winner	2022	Cairo, Egypt	Nouran Gohar	7–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–7
Winner	2023	Chicago, USA	Nouran Gohar	11–6, 11–4, 12–10
Runner-up	2024	Cairo, Egypt	Nouran Gohar	8–11, 11–9, 7–11, 5–11

World Tour Finals

Finals: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2017	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Laura Massaro	8–11, 10–12, 5–11
Winner	2018	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Raneem El Weleily	3–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–4, 11–6
Winner	2022	Cairo, Egypt	Nouran Gohar	11–6, 11–8, 11–5
Runner-up	2024	Bellevue, United States	Nouran Gohar	11–7, 2–11, 9–11, 10–11

Major World Series final appearances

Major Finals (29)

Major tournaments include:

Top-tier PSA World Tour tournaments (Diamond+Platinum/World Series/Super Series)

British Open: 6 finals (4 titles, 2 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2012	Nicol David	6–11, 6–11, 6–11
Winner	2016	Nouran Gohar	11–7, 9–11, 7–11, 11–6, 11–8
Winner	2018	Raneem El Weleily	11–6, 11–9, 14–12
Winner	2021	Nouran Gohar	9–11, 13–11, 5–11, 11–7, 11-2
Winner	2023	Nouran Gohar	11–9, 11–7, 11–1
Runner-up	2024	Nouran Gohar	6–11, 15–17, 11–3, 11–7, 4–11

US Open: 5 finals (1 title, 4 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2014	Nicol David	5–11, 10–12, 10–12
Runner-up	2016	Camille Serme	8–11, 11–7, 10–12, 9–11
Runner-up	2018	Raneem El Weleily	6–11, 9–11, 8–11
Runner-up	2022	Nouran Gohar	7–11, 11–9, 7–11, 6–11
Winner	2023	Hania El Hammamy	11–6, 11–6, 11–7

Hong Kong Open: 1 final (1 title, 0 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2017	Raneem El Weleily	11–5, 11–8, 11–5

Qatar Classic: 2 finals (0 title, 2 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2015	Laura Massaro	11–8, 12–14, 11–9, 8–11, 11–9
Runner-up	2023	Hania El Hammamy	11–9, 9–11, 11–9, 9–11, 6–11

Windy City Open: 5 finals (2 titles, 3 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2016	Raneem El Weleily	11–9, 6–11, 3–11, 6–11
Runner-up	2017	Raneem El Weleily	12–10, 7–11, 7–11, 7–11
Winner	2020	Raneem El Weleily	11–8, 8–11, 11–8, 6–11, 11–9
Runner-up	2022	Hania El Hammamy	11–5, 17–15, 5–11, 6–11, 5–11
Winner	2024	Nouran Gohar	11–7, 6–11, 11–4, 11–4

El Gouna International: 3 finals (1 title, 2 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2018	Raneem El Weleily	11–3, 10–12, 7–11, 5–11
Winner	2021	Nouran Gohar	11–7, 11–8, 11–5
Runner-up	2024	Nouran Gohar	6–11, 13–11, 11–6, 11–6

Tournament of Champions: 6 finals (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2016	Amanda Sobhy	11–4, 9–11, 12–10, 11–8
Winner	2018	Nour El Tayeb	2–11, 11–6, 4–11, 11–7, 11–7
Winner	2019	Raneem El Weleily	11–9, 11–8, 11–8
Runner-up	2020	Camille Serme	8–11, 6–11, 7–11,
Winner	2023	Nouran Gohar	11–9, 3–1^rtd.
Winner	2024	Nouran Gohar	9–11, 4–11, 11–5, 11–5, 11–5

Paris Squash: 2 finals (2 titles, 0 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2023	Nouran Gohar	7–11, 11–4, 11–8, 11–5
Winner	2024	Nouran Gohar	6–11, 11–3, 8–11, 11–7, 11-4

Awards and achievements

Nour El Sherbini at the World Junior Squash Championships in Doha, 2012

British Junior Open Champion GU13 2007
British Junior Open Champion GU13 2008
British Junior Open Champion GU15 2009
Atco Miro No.1 WISPA Runner-up 2009
World Junior Champion 2009
Young WISPA Player of the Year 2009
Young Female Player of the Year 2009
British Junior Open Champion GU19 2010
Heliopolis Open WISPA Champion 2010
High WISPA Ranking of 25 October 2010
World Junior Runner-up 2011
Alexandria International Open WISPA Champion 2011
British Junior Open Champion GU19 2012
High WSA Ranking of 7 June 2012
Youngest ever to reach the final of the British open in 2012
The first Egyptian to reach the final of the British Open in 2012
Youngest ever to be in the top ten on the world reaching No. 7 in June 2012
World Junior Champion 2012
The first Egyptian to win the British Open (in 2016)
PSA Player of The Year 2017/18