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Best Viewed With GFS!Karim Darwish
| Karim Darwish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Darwish after winning the 2009 Motor City Open |
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| Country |  Egypt |
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| Residence | Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 29, 1981 Cairo, Egypt |
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kilograms (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned Pro | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Active | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right Handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Hesham El Attar Amir Wagih |
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| Racquet used | Head | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 1 (January, 2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 6 (May, 2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Open | F (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: March, 2013. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Karim Darwish (Arabic: كريم درويش) (born 29 August 1981, in Cairo, Egypt) is a squash player from Egypt.
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Career
Earlier in 2008, Darwish finished runner-up at the World Open, losing in the final to fellow Egyptian player Ramy Ashour (11–5, 8–11, 4–11, 5–11). Darwish displaced Amr Shabana to claim the world number 1 position after winning the prestigious 2008 Saudi International and 3 major titles in 2008.
As a junior player, he won the World Junior Championship title in 2000, and the British Junior Open title in 1999.1
Darwish competed in the J.P. Morgan T.O.C, only to lose to Daryl Selby in round 1. In the Case Swedish Open in 2012, Darwish placed 2nd after losing to Gregory Gaultier in the finals. Darwish managed to beat Mohamed El Shorbagy in five sets at the 2012 Macau Open.
Personal life
Darwish is married to fellow squash player Engy Kheirallah.
See also
References
- ^ "Egypt dominates almost all divisions.". Retrieved 2009-12-24.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Karim Darwish |
- Karim Darwish profile on the PSA official website
- Karim Darwish profile on SquashInfo
- Page at Squashpics.com
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| Preceded by Amr Shabana Grégory Gaultier |
World No. 1 January 2009 - October 2009 December 2009 |
Succeeded by Grégory Gaultier Ramy Ashour |
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