Tournament of Champions | 01/11 17:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Iker Pajares Bernabeu | 3-1 | |
World Team Championships | 12/21 20:45 | - | Karim Abdel Gawad v Declan James | 12-10 | |
World Team Championships | 12/20 21:07 | - | Karim Abdel Gawad v Peter Creed | 11-7 | |
World Team Championships | 12/19 16:44 | - | Karim Abdel Gawad v Raphael Kandra | 10-4 | |
World Team Championships | 12/15 18:31 | - | Karim Abdel Gawad v Andrew Douglas | 10-6 | |
Channel VAS Championship | 11/24 15:30 | 1 | Mohamed ElShorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-3 | |
Channel VAS Championship | 11/23 16:00 | 2 | Paul Coll v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Channel VAS Championship | 11/22 22:20 | 3 | Marwan ElShorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Channel VAS Championship | 11/21 21:00 | 8 | George Parker v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
PSA World Championships | 11/11 14:00 | 9 | James Willstrop v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-1 | |
PSA World Championships | 11/09 12:00 | 8 | Cesar Salazar v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
PSA World Championships | 11/08 11:00 | 7 | Auguste Dussourd v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Egypt Open | 11/01 17:00 | 1 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
Egypt Open | 10/31 16:30 | 2 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Joel Makin | 3-0 | |
Egypt Open | 10/30 16:30 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Marwan ElShorbagy | 3-1 | |
Egypt Open | 10/28 15:30 | 9 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Leo Au | 3-1 | |
Egypt Open | 10/26 13:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Greg Lobban | 3-0 | |
US Open | 10/09 23:30 | 3 | Diego Elias v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-2 | |
US Open | 10/07 18:15 | 9 | Gregoire Marche v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
US Open | 10/06 16:45 | 8 | Mostafa Asal v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
PSA World Series Finals | 06/14 17:30 | 1 | Mohamed Abouelghar v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-3 | |
PSA World Series Finals | 06/13 17:45 | 2 | Mohamed ElShorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-2 | |
PSA World Series Finals | 06/12 19:30 | 9 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mohamed Abouelghar | 0-2 | |
PSA World Series Finals | 06/11 17:30 | 8 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-2 | |
PSA World Series Finals | 06/10 17:30 | 7 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Paul Coll | 2-0 | |
British Open | 05/25 17:00 | 2 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Mohamed ElShorbagy | 0-3 | |
British Open | 05/24 17:00 | 3 | Simon Rosner v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-3 | |
British Open | 05/23 13:15 | 9 | Zahed Salem v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
British Open | 05/21 18:15 | 8 | Saurav Ghosal v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
El Gouna International | 04/26 18:15 | 1 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-0 |
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.