Sabrina Sobhy
| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 30, 1996 Long Island, New York, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Sea Cliff, New York, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Active | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alex Stait | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Dunlop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 13 (September 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 25 (December 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sabrina Sobhy, (born December 30, 1996) is an American professional squash player who represents the United States. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in September 2023.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Sobhy is class of 2019 at Harvard University, having majored in psychology. She played #1 on the Harvard Crimson women's squash|varsity squash team for all 4 years. She was the co-captain of the team her senior year and led the team to an undefeated season. During her tenure on the Harvard Women's Varsity Squash Team, they won 4 Team National Titles all four years of her college career. Sabrina was also awarded the Ivy League Player of the Year Freshman and Senior years. In 2014, Sabrina made history as the youngest player to ever win both the U.S. Junior and Senior National Titles in the same year. Over an 8 year span, Sabrina has been selected to compete on both the U.S. Junior and Women's National teams, experiencing international competition and helping the US Woman's National Team achieve their highest ranking to date. In July 2019 Sabrina became a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American Games, in Lima, Peru, in both the team and the doubles events. Sabrina was teamed up in the doubles with her sister, Amanda Sobhy, a top U.S. women's squash player who also went to Harvard and is currently ranked 4 in the world as of April 2022. They have been referred to as "The Williams Sisters of Squash."[3]
In 2022, she was part of the United States team that reached the final of the 2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships. It was the first time that the United States had reached the final.[4][5]
As the 12th seed, she reached the third round at the 2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship, losing out to eventual winner Nouran Gohar.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ WISPA player profile
- ^ SquashInfo Player Profile
- ^ "Sabrina Sobhy". Harvard. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- ^ "Egypt defeat USA in thriller to retain WSF Women's World Team Championship". World Squash. December 16, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "Egypt's team secures 2022 WSF Women's World Team Squash Championship for fifth time in its history". Daily News Egypt. December 19, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
- ^ "$565,000 Women's 2023-2024 CIB PSA World Championship 2024, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt". Squash Info. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Sabrina Sobhy at WISPA (archived)
- Sabrina Sobhy at WSA (archived)
- Sabrina Sobhy at Squash Info
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