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 | |
Houston Open | 02/15 01:00 | 8 | Timothy Brownell v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-3 | |
Pittsburgh Open | 02/11 17:00 | 1 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Marwan ElShorbagy | 3-0 | |
Pittsburgh Open | 02/10 18:00 | 2 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Youssef Ibrahim | 3-2 | |
Pittsburgh Open | 02/09 22:45 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Adrian Waller | 3-0 | |
Pittsburgh Open | 02/08 21:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v George Parker | 3-0 | |
Hong Kong Open | 11/30 11:00 | 9 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Diego Elias | Retired | |
Hong Kong Open | 11/28 11:00 | 8 | Gregoire Marche v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Malaysia Squash Cup | 11/10 09:00 | 1 | Mostafa Asal v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Malaysia Squash Cup | 11/09 10:45 | 2 | Eain Yow Ng v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Malaysia Squash Cup | 11/08 10:15 | 3 | Dimitri Steinmann v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Malaysia Squash Cup | 11/07 08:45 | 8 | Tsz Kwan Lau v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Grasshopper Cup | 10/22 12:00 | 1 | Joel Makin v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
Grasshopper Cup | 10/21 18:15 | - | Marwan ElShorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 10-12 | |
Grasshopper Cup | 10/20 19:00 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mohamed ElShorbagy | 2-1 | |
Grasshopper Cup | 10/19 19:00 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Raphael Kandra | 2-0 |
Karim Gawad (born 30 July 1991) is an Egyptian professional squash player. He is a former world individual champion and world number 1 and a three-times world team champion.
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. Later in 2017, he was part of the Egyptian team that won the 2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships in France and repeated the success with Egypt at the 2019 Men's World Team Squash Championships in the United States.
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.
Gawad was recalled to the Egyptian team for the 2024 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Hong Kong and secured a third career gold medal in the Championships.