The draws have been announced ahead of this month’s World Squash Junior Championships in Cairo.
Over 230 squash talents will compete at the Black Ball Sporting Club, the individual championships taking place from July 21-26 and the team event following at the same venue from July 27-01 August.
Headlining the draws in the men’s and women’s events are home duo Amina Orfi and Mohamad Zakaria.
Cairo-born Orfi, aged 18 and already women’s World No.5, is aiming to make history by becoming the first player to win the competition four times after lifting the title in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
17-year-old men’s World No.14 Zakaria of Alexandria, meanwhile, will be aiming to defend the title he won last year in Houston, when he became the youngest ever male World Squash Junior Champion with victory over Republic of Korea’s Jooyoung Na.
Joining Orfi and Zakaria in the top seeded positions are six of their compatriots.
In the men’s event, Marwan Asal – younger brother of current World No.1 and reigning World Champion Mostafa – and Eiad Daoud have been made 3/4 seeds, while in the women’s event Nadien Elhammamy and Janna Swaify are 3/4 seeds and Malika Elkaraksy and Sohayla Hazem are 5/8 seeds.
Completing the seedings in the men’s event are last year’s finalist Na, who has been made No.2 seed, while the 5/8 seeds are US duo Christian Capella and Alexander Dartnell, Pakistan’s Abdullah Nawaz and Malaysia’s Low Wa-Sern.
In the women’s event, India’s Anahat Singh is at No.2 seed, while France’s Lauren Baltayan and Hong Kong, China’s Ena Kwong are the 5/8 seeds.
Top Eight Seeds: 2025 World Squash Junior Championships – Women’s Event
1 – Amina Orfi (EGY)
2 – Anahat Singh (IND)
3/4 – Nadien Elhammamy (EGY)
3/4 – Janna Swaify (EGY)
5/8 – Lauren Baltayan (FRA)
5/8 – Malika Elkaraksy (EGY)
5/8 – Sohayla Hazem (EGY)
5/8 – Ena Kwong (HKG)
Top Eight Seeds: 2025 World Squash Junior Championships – Men’s Event
1 – Mohamad Zakaria (EGY)
2 – Jooyoung Na (KOR)
3/4 – Marwan Asal (EGY)
3/4 – Eiad Daoud (EGY)
5/8 – Christian Capella (USA)
5/8 – Alexander Dartnell (USA)
5/8 – Abdullah Nawaz (PAK)
5/8 – Low Wa-Sern (MAS)