DPD Open | 10/02 02:00 | 2 | Mohamed ElShorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-1 | |
DPD Open | 09/30 03:30 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Tarek Momen | 3-1 | |
DPD Open | 09/28 19:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi | 3-1 | |
DPD Open | 06/07 13:15 | 9 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-0 | |
DPD Open | 06/06 11:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Gregory Gaultier | 2-1 | |
DPD Open | 06/05 11:45 | 7 | Simon Rosner v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-0 | |
DPD Open | 05/16 13:15 | 8 | Paul Coll v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-2 | |
DPD Open | 05/15 11:45 | 7 | Daryl Selby v Karim Abdel Gawad | 2-3 | |
DPD Open | 04/24 18:45 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Marwan El Shorbagy | 0-3 | |
DPD Open | 04/22 10:45 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Lucas Serme | 3-1 | |
DPD Open | 04/20 10:45 | 7 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Leo Au | 3-1 | |
Grasshopper Cup | 03/16 19:15 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v James Willstrop | 2-3 | |
Grasshopper Cup | 03/15 16:00 | 7 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Greg Lobban | 3-0 | |
DPD Open | 02/27 00:00 | 3 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Tarek Momen | 0-3 | |
DPD Open | 02/25 21:00 | 8 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Diego Elias | 3-0 | |
DPD Open | 02/23 19:00 | 7 | Karim Abdel Gawad v Borja Golan | 3-2 | |
DPD Open | 01/20 17:45 | 8 | Nicolas Mueller v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-2 | |
DPD Open | 01/18 22:00 | 7 | Joel Makin v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
DPD Open | 12/15 19:00 | 3 | Marwan El Shorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-0 | |
DPD Open | 12/13 19:00 | 9 | Saurav Ghosal v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
DPD Open | 12/11 19:00 | 8 | Alan Clyne v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
DPD Open | 12/10 19:00 | 7 | Nicolas Mueller v Karim Abdel Gawad | 0-3 | |
DPD Open | 11/18 09:00 | 2 | Ali Farag v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-1 | |
DPD Open | 11/17 12:00 | 3 | Tarek Momen v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
DPD Open | 11/16 11:00 | 8 | Cameron Pilley v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
DPD Open | 11/15 07:00 | 7 | Cesar Salazar v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
DPD Open | 10/31 16:30 | 8 | Simon Rosner v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-1 | |
DPD Open | 10/30 16:30 | 7 | Borja Golan v Karim Abdel Gawad | 1-3 | |
US Open | 10/08 20:30 | 7 | Paul Coll v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-1 | |
DPD Open | 10/01 03:30 | 1 | Mohamed ElShorbagy v Karim Abdel Gawad | 3-0 |
Karim Abdel Gawad (born July 30, 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.