Paris Squash | 09/18 19:00 | - | Karim Abdel Gawad v Diego Elias | 2-10 | |
Paris Squash | 09/16 19:00 | - | Karim Abdel Gawad v Joel Makin | 10-8 | |
Paris Squash | 09/15 13:30 | - | Karim Abdel Gawad v Victor Crouin | 11-8 | |
Egypt Open | 08/31 13:45 | - | Karim Abdel Gawad v Marwan ElShorbagy | 6-10 | |
World Tour Finals | 06/21 03:05 | 9 | Mostafa Asal v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-1 | |
World Tour Finals | 06/20 03:30 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mohamed ElShorbagy | 2-1 | |
World Tour Finals | 06/19 01:45 | 7 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-0 | |
British Open | 06/05 11:45 | 9 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Eain Yow Ng | 2-3 | |
British Open | 06/03 13:30 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Juan Camilo Vargas | 3-0 | |
PSA World Championships | 05/15 18:45 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Diego Elias | 0-3 | |
PSA World Championships | 05/13 18:45 | 9 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Dimitri Steinmann | 3-1 | |
PSA World Championships | 05/11 13:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Rory Stewart | 3-0 | |
PSA World Championships | 05/09 13:00 | 7 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Timothy Brownell | 3-0 | |
El Gouna International | 04/25 19:00 | 2 | Mostafa Asal v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-0 | |
El Gouna International | 04/24 17:30 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Paul Coll | 3-0 | |
El Gouna International | 04/22 11:30 | 9 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Greg Lobban | 3-1 | |
El Gouna International | 04/20 14:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Fares Dessouky | 3-1 | |
Black Ball Open | 04/15 17:30 | 2 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mostafa Asal | 2-3 | |
Black Ball Open | 04/14 18:00 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mohamed ElSherbini | 3-0 | |
Black Ball Open | 04/13 16:15 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Aly Abou Eleinen | 3-2 | |
London Classic | 03/30 20:30 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Declan James | 0-2 | |
London Classic | 03/29 15:30 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Eain Yow Ng | 2-0 | |
Optasia Championships | 03/16 17:45 | 2 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-0 | |
Optasia Championships | 03/15 18:30 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mohamed ElShorbagy | 3-2 | |
Optasia Championships | 03/14 12:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Curtis Malik | 3-1 | |
Windy City Open | 02/25 23:00 | 3 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-0 | |
Windy City Open | 02/24 01:45 | 9 | Miguel Rodriguez v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-3 | |
Windy City Open | 02/22 20:45 | 8 | Nathan Lake v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
Houston Open | 02/17 21:00 | 2 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-0 | |
Houston Open | 02/17 00:00 | 3 | Aly Abou Eleinen v Karim Abdel Gawad | 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 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 compatriot Ali Farag but Gawad became the first unseeded player since Rodney Martin in 1991 to reach the world championship final. It completed a remarkable comeback from the injury he suffered the previous year.