) Omneya Abdel Kawy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Maadi, Cairo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 15, 1985 Giza, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned Pro | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right Handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Hesham El Attar, Mohamed Abbas, Ahmed Mohsen, Mohamed Ali | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Harrow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 4 (October, 2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 6 (January, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Open | F (2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: January, 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Omneya Abdel Kawy (Arabic: أمنية عبد القوي; born 15 August 1985, in Cairo) is an Egyptian professional squash player.
Omneya won the World Junior Championship in Egypt 2003. Omneya crowned a sparkling junior career in 2003 in her home city of Cairo when she lifted the World Junior title after having been the runner up to Nicol David in 1999 and 2001. Such was her precocious talent that she was already competing on the WISPA Tour in her mid teens. Her success has been amply evidenced by her having already reached a high of seven in the world rankings earlier in 2005.
The highlight of 2005 was reaching match ball against world number one Rachael Grinham in the final of the Hurghada International in her home country though she eventually lost the match. She also reached another two finals, in Greenwich and Dayton, both in the United States, and finished as a runner up. Omneya then won the Marsh McLennan title by beating Vicky Botwright. Since then she has continued to be a threat to all the top players, her astute tactical brain and range of shots causing problems to everybody she meets.
2006 saw Omneya avenged the Hurghada loss the previous year when she turned the tables in a pulsating Hurghada final to win the event in front of ecstatic home supporters.
Recently, she won the 2007 EBS Dayton Open by beating Jaclyn Hawkes of New Zealand with a score of 9–5, 9–5, 3–9 and 9–5.
World Open
Finals: 1 (0 title, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Location | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 2010 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt |  Nicol David | 11–5, 11–8, 11–6 |
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 | 2009 | Nicol David | 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 |
See also
- Official Women's Squash World Ranking
External links
- Omneya Abdel Kawy at WISPA (archived)
- Omneya Abdel Kawy at WSA (archived)
- Omneya Abdel Kawy at Squash Info