{{Short description|Egyptian squash player (born 2007)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Amina Orfi | image = | image_size = | caption = | country = Egyptian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2007|06|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Cairo, Egypt | height = {{convert|167|cm|ftin}} | weight = {{convert|55|kg|lb}} | turnedpro = 2022 | retired = | plays = | coach = | racquet = Dunlop | event = Women's singles | highest_ranking = No.2 | date_of_highest_ranking = January 2026 | current_ranking = No. 2 | date_of_current_ranking = January 2026 | titles = 11 | psa_id = amina-orfi | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's squash}} {{MedalCountry | {{EGY}} }} {{MedalComp|World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2026 Giza | singles}} {{MedalCompetition | World Team Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2024 Hong Kong | Team}} {{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold|2022 Maxeville|singles}} {{MedalGold|2023 Melbourne|singles}} {{MedalGold|2024 Houston|singles}} {{MedalGold|2025 New Cairo|singles}} }} '''Amina Orfi''' (born 29 June 2007) is an Egyptian professional squash player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women|title=PSA World Tour Rankings|publisher=The Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com|access-date=2022-11-22|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331190639/https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2026 she won the World individual championship and achieved her career-high PSA ranking of World No. 2 in January of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Squash Info {{!}} Amina Orfi {{!}} Squash |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/14445-amina-orfi |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=www.squashinfo.com}}</ref>
== Career == Orfi won the World Junior Championships 2022 (under 19), held in Nancy, France, and has won four British Junior Open championship age titles between 2018 and 2023.
As the 11th seed, she reached the third round at the 2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship in May, losing out to Nour El Sherbini.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/10361-womens-world-championship-2024 |title=$565,000 Women's 2023-2024 CIB PSA World Championship 2024, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt |website=Squash Info |access-date=20 December 2024 }}</ref> In 2024, Orfi won her 6th PSA title after securing victory in the Singapore Open during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.africanews.com/2024/11/25/egyptian-teenage-sensation-orfi-makes-squash-history/ |title=Egyptian teenage sensation Amina Orfi makes squash history |website=Africa News |date=26 November 2024 |access-date=28 December 2024 }}</ref>
In December 2024, Orfi helped Egypt win their fourth consecutive title at the 2024 Women's World Team Squash Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/egypt-complete-historic-clean-sweep-of-wsf-world-squash-team-championship-titles/ |title=Egypt complete historic clean sweep of WSF World Squash Team Championship titles |website=World Squash | date=18 December 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 }}</ref>
In March 2025, Orfi won her 7th PSA title after securing victory in the New Zealand Open during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/11085-womens-new-zealand-open-2025 |title=$93,000 Women's New Zealand Open 2025, Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, New Zealand |website=Squash Info |access-date=17 March 2025 }}</ref> She won her 8th PSA title in September after winning the London Classic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/572408/kiwi-paul-coll-retains-london-squash-classic-title-in-straight-sets |title=Kiwi Paul Coll retains London Squash Classic title in straight sets|website=RNZ |date=8 September 2025|access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref>
In October 2025, she won her ninth title, the Canadian Open, during the 2025–26 PSA Squash Tour. This was quickly followed by success in the China Open for title number 10.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/11456-womens-china-open-2025 |title=$124,500 Women's China Open 2025, Shanghai Xian Xia Tennis Center, Shanghai, China |website=Squash Info |access-date=17 November 2025}}</ref>
In January 2026, she won an 11th PSA title and reached a career high world ranking of 2. Later that year Orfi became world champion after winning the 2026 World Championship, defeating defending champion Nour El Sherbini in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.egyptindependent.com/mostafa-asal-crowned-world-squash-champion-for-the-second-time-in-a-row/ |title=Mosstafa Asal crowned World Squash Champion for the second time in a row |website=Egypt Independent |date=17 May 2026|access-date=21 May 2026}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Top ten squash players|psasingles=y}}
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