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Nour El Tayeb (Arabic: نور الطيب; born March 8, 1993, in Cairo) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. She reached a career-high world ranking of three in March, 2018.[1][2]

Nour El Tayeb - February 2017, Cleveland, Ohio USA

Career

The highlight of her junior career was reaching the final of the World Juniors in 2009 at age sixteen, beating top seed Dipika Pallikal on the way, before losing to fellow Egyptian Nour El Sherbini.[3]

In 2012, she was part of the team that regained the world team title after winning a gold medal at the 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[4]

In 2014, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[5]

In 2018, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[6] In 2022, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships. It was her third world team title.[7]

In May 2023, she reached the quarter final of the 2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship, before losing to number 1 seed Nouran Gohar.[8]

Squash achievements

  • Winner – WISPA Young Player of the Year 2010 [9]
  • Winner – Internationaux De Creteil, Paris, France
  • Winner – British Junior Open U13, U15, U17, and U19
  • Winner – Pioneer U11 and U13
  • Winner – First National Championships U11 and U15
  • Winner - World Junior Champion 2011

Major World Series final appearances

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

Outcome Year Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 2014 Malaysia Nicol David 11–4, 12–10, 11-8

U.S. Open: 2 final (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 2015 England Laura Massaro 11–6, 9–11, 6–11, 11–8, 11-7

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

Outcome Year Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 2014 Egypt Raneem El Weleily 7–11, 11–3, 12–10, 2–11, 11-7

Personal life

She is married to fellow squash professional Ali Farag. The pair set a new record, becoming the first married couple to both win a major title on the same day after winning the US Open in 2017.[10] The couple came close to repeating the feat in the 2019 US Open, but Tayeb lost her final in a narrow 5-game thriller.[citation needed] She retired on December 7, 2020, on announcing her first pregnancy.[11]

References

  1. ^ WISPA Player Profile
  2. ^ SquashInfo Player Profile
  3. ^ "Nour El-Tayeb: an Egyptian talent gone global - Dailynewsegypt". 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  4. ^ "Women's WSF World Team Championship 2012, La Parnasse Arena, Nimes, France". Squash info. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  5. ^ "England Reclaim Women's World Team Championship Title". Squash info. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Women's World Team Championship squash: Egypt beat England to retain title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Egypt defeat USA in thriller to retain WSF Women's World Team Championship". World Squash. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  8. ^ "2023 World Championship draws". PSA. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  9. ^ World Squash Awards
  10. ^ "US Open: Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb win titles on same day". BBC Sport.
  11. ^ "Egyptian squash player Nour El-Tayeb announces retirement". 7 December 2020.

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Preceded by WISPA Young Player of the Year
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