World Squash Junior Championships

For team event, see World Squash Junior Team Championships.
World Squash Junior Championships
Details
Event nameWorld Junior Championship
Website
wsfworldjuniors.com
Winners
Men'sEgypt Mohamed Zakaria
Women'sEgypt Amina Orfi
Squash

The World Squash Junior Championships is the junior world championship of squash conducted by World Squash.[1] Players aged under 19 can participate.[2] The event used to be hosted biennially but has been held annually since 2009.[3]

Men's individual

Jansher Khan won the World Junior individual title in Brisbane in 1986. Making him the only player in the history of squash who was also the World Open Champion during the same year.
Chris Dittmar was the runner-up for the individual championship in 1980 and 1982.
Year Venue Champion Runner-up Scoreline
1980 Sweden Kungälv Australia Peter Nance Australia Chris Dittmar 6–9, 9–7, 9–2, 9–6
1982 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Pakistan Sohail Qaiser Australia Chris Dittmar 3–9, 10–8, 9–4, 9–3
1984 Canada Calgary Australia Chris Robertson England David Lloyd 9–0, 9–5, 9–0
1986 Australia Brisbane Pakistan Jansher Khan Australia Rodney Eyles 9–3, 9–0, 9–2
1988 Netherlands Edinburgh England Del Harris Australia Anthony Hill 9–6, 5–9, 7–9, 9–7, 9–2
1990 Germany Paderborn England Simon Parke England David Campion 9–7, 9–4, 9–1
1992 Hong Kong Hong Kong Finland Juha Raumolin Canada Jonathon Power 5–9, 9–3, 9–7, 9–2
1994 New Zealand Christchurch Egypt Ahmed Barada Egypt Omar El Borolossy 9–0, 7–9, 3–9, 9–3, 9–2
1996 Egypt Cairo Egypt Ahmed Faizy Australia Stewart Boswell 9–6, 3–9, 9–7, 9–6
1998 United States Princeton Malaysia Ong Beng Hee Egypt Wael El Hindi 7–9, 9–5, 9–0, 9–5
2000 Italy Milan Egypt Karim Darwish France Grégory Gaultier 9–1, 9–3, 9–7
2002 India Chennai England James Willstrop England Peter Barker 9–0, 9–3, 9–1
2004 Pakistan Islamabad Egypt Ramy Ashour Pakistan Yasir Butt 9–5, 10–8, 9–3
2006 New Zealand Palmerston North Egypt Ramy Ashour Egypt Omar Mosaad 9–1, 9–3, 9–1
2008 Switzerland Zürich Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy Pakistan Aamir Atlas Khan 2–9, 9–3, 10–8, 9–4
2009 India Chennai Egypt Mohamed El Shorbagy Malaysia Ivan Yuen 11–9, 12–10, 11–2
2010 Ecuador Quito Egypt Amr Khaled Khalifa Egypt Ali Farag 8–11, 11–9, 12–10, 11–7
2011 Belgium Herentals Egypt Marwan El Shorbagy Egypt Mohamed Abouelghar 11–6, 11–6, 11–8
2012 Qatar Doha Egypt Marwan El Shorbagy Egypt Mohamed Abouelghar 11–9, 7–11, 11–7, 11–8
2013 Poland Wrocław Egypt Karim El Hammamy Egypt Fares Dessouky 11–8, 11–6, 6–11, 13–11
2014 Namibia Windhoek Peru Diego Elías Egypt Omar El Atmas 11–3, 11–2, 11–1
2015 Netherlands Eindhoven[4] Peru Diego Elías Egypt Youssef Soliman 11–6, 11–9, 11–8
2016 Poland Bielsko-Biała Malaysia Eain Yow Ng Egypt Saadeldin Abouaish 11–3, 9–11 11–7, 11–5
2017 New Zealand Tauranga Egypt Marwan Tarek France Victor Crouin 11–9, 3–11, 11–6, 3–11, 11–2
2018 India Chennai Egypt Mostafa Asal Egypt Marwan Tarek 11–7, 13–11, 11–4
2019 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Egypt Mostafa Asal Egypt Moustafa El Sirty 12–10, 11–3, 11–6
2020 Australia Gold Coast Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[5]
2022 France Maxéville Netherlands Rowan Damming England Finnlay Withington 11–4, 12–10, 11–8
2023 Australia Melbourne Pakistan Hamza Khan Egypt Mohamed Zakaria 10–12, 14–12, 11–3, 11–6
2024 United States Houston Egypt Mohamed Zakaria South Korea Na Joo-young 11–6, 11–4, 11–6
2025 Egypt New Cairo Egypt Mohamed Zakaria Egypt Marwan Assal 11–5, 11–3, 11–4

Women's individual

Nicol David is the first squash player to have won the individual World Junior title twice (1999 and 2001).
Nour El Sherbini became the youngest world junior champion at the age of 13.

The women's individual championship is the WSA Junior Tier 1 tournament and players who compete in the tournament are awarded ranking points for the official "Rising Stars" rankings.[6]

Year Venue Champion Runner-up Scoreline
1981 Canada Ottawa England Lisa Opie England Martine Le Moignan 9–4, 9–6, 10–8
1983 Australia Perth Australia Robyn Friday Australia Helen Paradeiser 10–8, 9–2, 9–3
1985 Republic of Ireland Dublin England Lucy Soutter Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald 9–1, 9–1, 9–6
1987 England Brighton Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald England Donna Vardy 9–0, 9–6, 9–0
1989 New Zealand Hamilton England Donna Vardy New Zealand Lynora Hati 9–2, 9–1, 9–3
1991 Norway Bergen England Cassie Jackman Germany Sabine Schöne 9–1, 4–9, 9–6, 6–9, 9–0
1993 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Australia Rachael Grinham New Zealand Sarah Cook 9–6, 5–9, 9–5, 9–1
1995 Australia Sydney New Zealand Jade Wilson Australia Rachael Grinham 9–3, 9–4, 9–7
1997 Brazil Rio de Janeiro England Tania Bailey France Isabelle Stoehr 9–6, 9–1, 9–7
1999 Belgium Antwerp Malaysia Nicol David Malaysia Leong Siu Lynn 9–5, 9–3, 9–2
2001 Malaysia Penang Malaysia Nicol David Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy 9–2, 9–4, 9–2
2003 Egypt Cairo Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy Egypt Amnah El Trabolsy 9–0, 9–6, 9–4
2005 Belgium Herentals Egypt Raneem El Weleily India Joshna Chinappa 9–3, 9–4, 10–8
2007 Hong Kong Hong Kong Egypt Raneem El Weleily France Camille Serme 9–2, 9–4, 5–9, 9–3
2009 India Chennai Egypt Nour El Sherbini Egypt Nour El Tayeb 5–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–5
2010 Germany Cologne United States Amanda Sobhy Egypt Nour El Tayeb 3–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–7
2011 United States Boston Egypt Nour El Tayeb Egypt Nour El Sherbini 11–5, 3–11, 11–7, 11–8
2012 Qatar Doha Egypt Nour El Sherbini Egypt Yathreb Adel 10–12, 11–9, 11–5, 11–2
2013 Poland Wrocław Egypt Nour El Sherbini Egypt Mariam Metwally 11–7, 16–14, 11–8
2014 Namibia Windhoek Egypt Habiba Mohamed Egypt Nouran Gohar 6–11, 11–2, 11–7, 11–6
2015 Netherlands Eindhoven Egypt Nouran Gohar Egypt Habiba Mohamed 11–6, 7–11, 11–7, 17–15
2016 Poland Bielsko-Biała Egypt Nouran Gohar Egypt Rowan Elaraby 11–5, 11–6, 11–7
2017 New Zealand Tauranga Egypt Rowan Elaraby Egypt Hania El Hammamy 11–7, 11–9, 11–8
2018 India Chennai Egypt Rowan Elaraby Egypt Hania El Hammamy 11–4, 11–9, 10–12, 11–9
2019 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Egypt Hania El Hammamy Egypt Jana Shiha 11–9, 11–6, 11–8
2020 Australia Gold Coast Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[7]
2022 France Maxéville Egypt Amina Orfi Egypt Salma El Tayeb 9–11, 1–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–7
2023 Australia Melbourne Egypt Amina Orfi Malaysia Aira Azman 11–8, 11–5, 11–1
2024 United States Houston Egypt Amina Orfi Egypt Fayrouz Aboelkheir 11–7, 15–13, 11–5
2025 Egypt New Cairo Egypt Amina Orfi Egypt Nadien Elhammamy 11–7, 11–5, 11–5

Statistics

Men

See also

Notes

  • a The men's team event was held unofficially from 1973 to 1979.

References

  1. ^ "World Junior Championships past winners". WSF. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  2. ^ "World Junior Team Champs". Squashplayer.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Dipika Pallikal & Mohamed El Shorbagy Are Top World Junior Seeds". SquashInfo.com. June 26, 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Squash Bond Nederland".
  5. ^ "WSF World Juniors 2020 : Cancelled". worldsquash.org. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Rising Stars". WISPA. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  7. ^ "WSF World Juniors 2020 : Cancelled". worldsquash.org. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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