Country: EGY
Date of Birth: 29/07/1979
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Place of Residence: Giza, Egypt
WSQ-M08 Seeding: 1
Highest World Ranking: 1
World Tour Titles: 21
World Tour Finals: 31
Squash Achievements: Triple World Champion and World Number One
Ambitions: To win a fourth World Championship and retain the Number One sport for as long as possible
After completing his second full year at the top of
the world rankings in April this year, Shabana confirmed his status
as the fifth longest-standing world number one of all-time, behind
Pakistanis Jansher Khan and Jahangir Khan, Englishman Peter Nicol
and Australian Geoff Hunt.
The achievement is the latest milestone in the
29-year-old left-hander's impressive career which features 21 PSA
Tour titles from 31 final appearances, including 12 Super Series
crowns and World Open trophies in 2003, 2005 and 2007 - remarkably,
becoming Egypt's first ever world champion! But it was in
2007 that the Egyptian's dominance shone through - with early
successes in Chicago and New York followed by an incredible
succession of Super Series title triumphs, in the Saudi
International, Qatar Classic, Hong Kong Open and World Open in
Bermuda - where he became only the fourth player in history to lift
the title for a third time.
Despite suffering with acute tendonitis in his
wrist in December, Shabana bounced back in 2008 to reach five
further Tour finals - celebrating his first title of the year at
the Kuwait Open.