Omneya Abdel Kawy

Omneya Abdel Kawy
Born	(1985-08-15) August 15, 1985 Cairo, Egypt
Occupation	Professional squash player (retired)
Years active	–2018
Known for	First Egyptian female to win World Junior Championship; first Egyptian woman to enter world's top four rankings in squash; finalist at 2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship

Omneya Abdel Kawy (; born 15 August 1985 in Cairo) is a retired Egyptian professional athlete specializing in squash.

Career

In 2003, Omneya capped off an impressive junior tenure in Cairo by becoming the first Egyptian female to claim the World Junior Championship. Previously, she had finished as runner-up to Nicol David in both 1999 and 2001. Her participation on the WISPA Tour began during her mid-teen years.

By early 2005, she had ascended to world number seven and came close to defeating world number one Rachael Grinham at the Hurghada International final, holding match ball before ultimately finishing second. That year, she also reached the finals of the Harrow Greenwich Open and Dayton Open in the United States, placing runner-up in both before capturing the Marsh McLennan title with a victory over Vicky Botwright.

Omneya claimed the Hurghada International championship in 2006, avenging her prior defeat at that event. The following year, she triumphed at the Dayton Open by overcoming New Zealand’s Jaclyn Hawkes.

She made history as the first Egyptian woman to enter the world’s top four rankings and to compete in an individual world final at the 2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship. In 2012, she played a key role in securing Egypt’s gold medal at the 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships.

Additionally, Omneya was a member of the Egyptian squad that earned bronze at the 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships and later contributed to winning a third world team championship with gold at the 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships.

Her professional squash career concluded with her retirement in 2018.

Finals: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Venue	Final Opponent	Final Score
Runner-up	2010	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Template:Country data MASTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicol David	11–5, 11–8, 11–6

Hong Kong Open: 1 final (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Final Opponent	Final Score
Runner-up	2009	Template:Country data MASTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicol David	11–4, 11–7, 11–7