Player Mohamed El Shorbagy Country EGY Ranking 10 Last Ranking 13 Highest Ranking 10 ( Sep 2010 ) Height 1.82 M Weight 72 KGS DOB 12th Jan 1991 Birthplace ALEXANDRIA Residence BRISTOL, ENGLAND Marital Status SINGLE Children Girls 0 Children Boys 0 Clubs/Teams SMOUHA, CLUB, BRISTOL Racket TECNIFIBRE CARBOFLEX 130 Coach JONAH BARRINGTON National ranking NO. 1 -U19 National title successes WINNING WORLD JUNIOR (SWITZERLAND) INDIVIDUAL (JULY 2008) National team representation RUNNER UP WORLD JUNIOR TEAMS IN SWITZERLAND (JULY 2008) Best Squash success this year BEATING 3 PLAYERS IN THE TOP 10 Worst this year LOSING IN THE 2ND ROUND IN THE WORLD OPEN Other notable squash achievements WINNING WORLD JUNIOR IN CHENNAI Sponsors TECNIFIBRE, ASICS, Interest TENNIS Other Mohamed El Shorbagy has enjoyed a meteoric rise up the world rankings since joining the PSA in 2006 as a 15-year-old. Raised in Alexandria, but then a student at the renowned Millfield School in England (where he was coached by legendary figure Jonah Barrington), El Shorbagy is the latest Egyptian to shake up the world of squash. Despite now combining his squash career with that of a student at University in the UK, 19-year-old El Shorbagy celebrated his world top ten debut in September (at No10) after securing his maiden PSA World Tour title at the Indian Challenger No7 in April – becoming the first player in history to win his first Tour trophy at a 5-star event. El Shorbagy rounded off a sensational junior career in January when he won his third successive British Junior Open title – only the second player in the event's long history to achieve this. But he clinched the premier junior prize in Switzerland in August 2008, upsetting higher-ranked Pakistani Aamir Atlas Khan in the final of the World Junior Championship. Then, a year later, El Shorbagy joined a small and distinguished group of double world junior champions by successfully defending his title in India, beating Malaysia's Ivan Yuen in the final. But it was in October 2008 that the exuberant youngster made his first major impact on the senior stage. After qualifying to make his first ever appearance in the World Open in England, the then 17-year-old beat experienced Frenchman Renan Lavigne before taking on sixth seed Thierry Lincou. El Shorbagy took the first two games, but the former world champion and world number one drew level to force the match into a fifth game decider. But still the inexperienced youngster fought on, and after Lincou saved three match balls, El Shorbagy finally clinched his fourth to record a sensational 12-10, 11-6, 7-11, 10-12, 13-11 upset in 81 minutes. "That was the best win of my career, for sure. I was playing to win each point - I didn't concentrate on the score at all. In fact the only time I heard the score was when I was 10-9 in the fourth. "I had to make it tough for him. I had no pressure on me today - nobody expected me to win. I had to play more than my best to win - and I did." The teenager went on to beat compatriot Hisham Mohd Ashour before finally being stopped in the quarter-finals by fellow Egyptian Amr Shabana, the top seed and world number one. In December, he exceeded his seeding to reach his first PSA Tour final. Seeded four, he upset compatriot Omar Mosaad, the No2 seed, to reach the climax of the Spanish Open in Tenerife. But local star Borja Golan was too strong on the day, ultimately overcoming the young Egyptian star in a five-game 78-minute marathon. But his standout success in 2010 was in Kolkata, where he was the third seed in the $50,000 Indian Challenger No7. After a quarter-final win over Malaysia's experienced former world No7 Ong Beng Hee, Mohamed beat local hero Saurav Ghosal in the semis before taking on fellow countryman Tarek Momen in the final. Momen had earlier ousted second-seeded Australian Cameron Pilley – but this was to be El Shorbagy's day as he battled to an 11-7, 3-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8 victory in 74 minutes to clinch his maiden Tour title. Updated September 2010