Squash in Egypt

[1] The country has been producing top players since the 1930s, and it is believed that former president Hosni Mubarak, a keen player himself, gave the sport a major boost in the 1990s.

[2] It has also been said that the current success is the result of an investment in the sport of Egyptian society as a whole.

[3] Many professional squash competitions take place in Egypt each year.

The El Shorbagy brothers had been particularly successful, with Mohamed and Marwan being the world numbers 2 and 6 respectively.

Egypt has produced the following world number ones: As of August 2022, the highest ranked Egyptian squash players were: Egypt has national men's, women's, men's junior, women's junior.