El Gouna International

The El Gouna International is an annual men's and women's squash tournament held in El Gouna, Egypt during April. It is part of the PSA World Series, the highest level of professional squash competition.

El Gouna International
Details
Event name	El Gouna International Squash Open
Location	El Gouna Egypt
Venue	Abu Tig Marina
Website www.elgounasquashopen.com
Men's Winner
Category	World Tour Platinum
Prize money	$198,000 (2024)

History

The men's event was first held in 2010 while the women's event was first held in 2018.^[1]

The event has been dominated by Egyptian players, with only one player Grégory Gaultier of France outside of Egypt winning the event in 2017.

Past winners

Men

Year	Winner	Runner-up	score
2010	Karim Darwish	Ramy Ashour	16–14, 11–3, 5–1 rtd
2011	No competition
2012	Ramy Ashour	James Willstrop	12–10, 11–5, 5–2 rtd
2013	No competition
2014	Ramy Ashour	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11–7, 12–10, 8–11, 11–8
2015	Ramy Ashour	Mohamed El Shorbagy	11–9, 11–6, 4–11, 10–12, 12–10
2016	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Grégory Gaultier	7–11, 9–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–8
2017	Grégory Gaultier	Karim Abdel Gawad	11–6, 11–8, 11–7
2018	Marwan El Shorbagy	Ali Farag	11–8, 11–5, 11–4
2019	Ali Farag	Karim Abdel Gawad	11–9, 12–10, 11–3
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt
2021	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Paul Coll	11-5, 11-2, 11-7
2022	Mostafa Asal	Paul Coll	11-8, 11-9, 11-5
2023	Ali Farag	Mostafa Asal	12-10, 10-12, 11-6, 11-2
2024	Ali Farag	Mostafa Asal	11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5
2025	Mostafa Asal	Ali Farag	6–11, 7–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–5

Women

Year	Winner	Runner-up	score
2018	Raneem El Weleily	Nour El Sherbini	3–11, 12–10, 11–7, 11–5
2019	Raneem El Weleily	Nouran Gohar	11–8, 7–11, 12–10, 11–6
2020	Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt
2021	Nour El Sherbini	Nouran Gohar	11-7, 11-8, 11-5
2022	Hania El Hammamy	Nouran Gohar	2-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-4
2023	Nouran Gohar	Nele Gilis	11-5, 11-7, 11-9
2024	Nouran Gohar	Nour El Sherbini	11-6, 11-13, 11-6, 11-6
2025	Nouran Gohar	Amina Orfi	9–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–7

See also

• Squash in Egypt
• Alexandria International