Optasia Championships | 03/22 19:30 | 8 | Diego Elias v Karim Abdel Gawad | away | |
Optasia Championships | 03/21 18:30 | 7 | Omar Mosaad v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Canary Wharf Classic | 03/14 18:45 | 8 | Paul Coll v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-0 | |
Canary Wharf Classic | 03/12 17:30 | 7 | Dimitri Steinmann v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-2 | |
Black Ball Open | 03/04 12:30 | 8 | Mohamed ElShorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-2 | |
Black Ball Open | 03/02 12:30 | 7 | Auguste Dussourd v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
PSA - VM | 05/17 19:00 | 9 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mohamed ElShorbagy | Retired | |
PSA - VM | 05/15 12:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Victor Crouin | 3-0 | |
PSA - VM | 05/13 10:45 | 7 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Dimitri Steinmann | 3-1 | |
JP Morgan Tournament of Champions | 05/03 19:15 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Victor Crouin | 1-3 | |
Manchester Open | 04/17 14:00 | 2 | Mohamed ElShorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-2 | |
Manchester Open | 04/15 13:45 | 3 | Mathieu Castagnet v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
Manchester Open | 04/14 11:45 | 8 | Shahjahan Khan v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
British Open | 03/30 16:45 | 9 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-0 | |
British Open | 03/29 16:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v George Parker | 3-2 | |
Optasia Championships | 03/09 20:00 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mohamed ElShorbagy | 0-3 | |
Optasia Championships | 03/08 17:30 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Youssef Soliman | 3-1 | |
Windy City Open | 02/26 20:45 | 9 | Joel Makin v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-1 | |
Windy City Open | 02/25 01:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Nicolas Mueller | 3-0 | |
Motor City Open | 01/28 23:00 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Diego Elias | 0-3 | |
Motor City Open | 01/27 23:00 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v George Parker | 3-1 | |
CIB Black Ball Open | 12/18 15:30 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mostafa Asal | 0-3 | |
CIB Black Ball Open | 12/17 10:00 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Saurav Ghosal | 3-1 | |
Qatar Classic | 10/18 11:15 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mohamed Abouelghar | 1-3 | |
US Open | 10/02 16:00 | 8 | Joel Makin v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-0 | |
Netsuite Open | 09/25 20:00 | 3 | Mohamed ElShorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-1 | |
Netsuite Open | 09/23 20:00 | 7 | Miguel Rodriguez v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-2 | |
Egypt Open | 09/13 11:30 | 9 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mazen Hesham | 2-3 | |
Egypt Open | 09/11 17:30 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Saurav Ghosal | 3-2 | |
British Open | 08/17 11:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Eain Yow Ng | 2-3 |
Karim Abdel Gawad (born 30 July 1991 in Alexandria) is a professional squash player who has represented Egypt. He is a former world champion and world number 1.
In November 2016, he won the 2016 World Open Squash Championship in Cairo in Egypt against Ramy Ashour. He became the third Egyptian to win the World Championship after Amr Shabana and Ramy Ashour. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in May 2017.
In 2020, he suffered a major injury during the final of the 2020 Manchester Open. He damaged his heel, which eventually led to ten months out of squash and his world ranking plummeted as a result.
In May 2023, he reached the final of the 2023 PSA Men's World Squash Championship, after defeating second seed Diego Elías in the quarter final and third seed Mohamed El Shorbagy in the semi final. In the final he lost to Ali Farag but Gawad became the first unseeded player since Rodney Martin in 1991 to reach the world final. It completed a remarkable comeback from the injury he suffered the previous year.