Amanda Sobhy
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 United States | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Boston, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
June 29, 1993 Sea Cliff, New York, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5' 8" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turned Pro | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Left Handed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Thierry Lincou | ||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Harrow | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 6 (October, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 7 (July, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: September, 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Amanda Sobhy, (born June 29, 1993 in Sea Cliff, New York is the highest ranking American ever in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings.She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in February 2016 after reaching the semifinals of two World Series PSA tournaments, The Malaysian Open and The Hong Kong Open.[1][2]
On April 24, 2010 she won the Racquet Club International in St. Louis, Missouri, making her the only player in women's professional squash, at the time, to have won three tournaments before the age of 17. In March 2014, Sobhy won The Granite Open. In January 2016, Sobhy reached the finals of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions held in Grand Central Terminal after beating top seed, Raneem El Welily in the Round of 16, five seed Alison Waters in the quarterfinals, and Nouran Gohar in the semifinals to become the first American ever to reach the finals of the Tournament of Champions.[3]
On 29 June 2010, on her 17th birthday, Sobhy won the World Junior Squash Championships, thus becoming the first, and only, American winner of the prestigious event.[4] In the final she defeated Egyptian Nour El Tayeb with a score of 3–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–7 in 37 minutes.[4][5]
After serving a short suspension for issues related to accepting tournament prize money, Sobhy joined the Harvard team as a freshman in January 2012 and finished the 2011-12 college season undefeated. She won the individual championship, and her Harvard team won the team championship. In 2013, Sobhy finished the 2012-2013 college season undefeated, having lost her first game to Trinity's number 1, Kanzy Defrawy. She won her second consecutive individual championship and her Harvard team won the team championship. In 2014, Sobhy finished the 2013-2014 college season undefeated with a perfect 17-0 record. She won the individual championship for a third consecutive year. Sobhy finished the 2014-2015 college season with a perfect record and won her fourth individual intercollegiate title. The only other woman to win four intercollegiate titles is Gail Ramsey, now the Princeton head coach. Sobhy finished her intercollegiate career undefeated in 62 matches, having dropped only two games in her four seasons of college competition.
In December 2014, Sobhy led the US Women’s Team to its best-ever finish in the World Team Championships, when she defeated world no. 6 Camille Serme in the deciding match to clinch fifth place over France.
In March 2015, Sobhy won her second US National Title, defeating Olivia Blatchford 11-7, 11-2, 11-9 in the final. Sobhy won her first National title in 2012, and was runner-up to her sister Sabrina in 2014.
In April 2015, having completed her college squash career, Sobhy won her first paycheck on the PSA tour, winning the Texas Open championship, She graduated from Harvard University in May 2015, having majored in Social Anthropology and Global Health.
In July 2015 in Toronto, Sobhy became the first squash athlete to win three gold medals in a single Pan American Games, winning Women’s Singles, Women's Doubles with partner Natalie Grainger, and the Women's Team event with Grainger and Olivia Blatchford. She claimed her 14th tour title when she won the NetSuite Open in San Francisco in September 2015.
Sobhy was one of the eight players competing at the 2016 Women's PSA World Series Finals, but failed to make it out of the group stage, where she had a 1-2 record.
Sobhy is also an accomplished squash doubles player and started her professional doubles career on a winning note when she and partner Fernanda Rocha claimed the Boston Open title in November 2015. Sobhy won the 2013 World Doubles Championship with Natalie Grainger.
Sobhy serves as an Urban Squash Ambassador for the National Urban Squash Education Association, and is a mentor for SquashBusters in Boston,
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 | 2016 |  Nouran Gohar | 6–11, 12–10, 11–7, 11–8 |
References
- ↑ WISPA player profile
- ↑ SquashInfo Player Profile
- ↑ "North Shore Junior, Amanda Sobhy, Makes History". North Shore Schools. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- 1 2 "Sobhy claims world title in Cologne". Cologne, Germany. June 29, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
External links
- Amanda Sobhy profile from WISPA (archived)
- Amanda Sobhy profile from WSA (archived)
- Amanda Sobhy profile from SquashInfo
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Sarah-Jane Perry |
PSA Women's Young Player of the Year 2014 |
Succeeded by Current holder |
World rankings – Top ten squash players as of July, 2016 | |
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Professional Squash Association: Top ten American female squash players as of January 2016 | |
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