2025-26 Men's Squash Roster
Biography
Junior (2025-26)
Named to All-Ivy League Second Team … Compiled an 11-4 record in the 2025-26 season … Competed mostly at the No. 3 position where he went 9-4 … Played two matches at the No. 2 where he went 2-0 … Started the season with a win against No. 18 Western Ontario’s Rohan Paliwal, winning 3-1 in the No. 2 spot (Nov. 15th)… Defeated Ethan Chan of MIT in a 3-0 sweep at the no. 2 position (Nov. 18th)… Faced No. 9 Dartmouth’s Wei Yan Tho and swept him 3-0 from the No. 3 (Dec. 2nd)… Defeated JP Tew from No. 4 Virginia 3-1 at the No. 3 (Dec. 5th) … Swept Franklyn Smith of No. 6 Columbia 3-0 from the No. 3 spot (Jan. 17th)… Beat Edward Thng 3-0 No. 10 Cornell from the No. 3 spot (Jan. 18th) … Azzam competed in the CSA Individual National Championship (Jan. 23rd) … Defeated Yuri Pollak Pelbart (Drexel) 3-1 in the Round of 64 (Jan. 23rd) … Defeated Federico Sosa (Princeton) 3-1 in the Round of 32 (Jan. 23rd) … Faced Tad Carney (Yale) in the Round of 16 and swept him 3-0 (Jan. 24th) … Matched up with Low Wa-Sern (Trinity) in the Quarterfinals and defeated him 3-2 (Jan. 25th) … Faced Benedek Takacs from No. 1 Trinity and defeated him 3-2 in the No. 3 spot (Jan. 30th) … Earned a 3-2 win against Arav Bhagwati from No. 4 Yale from the No. 3 position (Feb. 1st) … Leading 2-0 against Federico Sosa of No. 3 Princeton before Harvard Advanced in the Ivy League Tournament (Feb. 21st) … Faced Franklyn Smith of No. 3 Columbia in the Quarterfinals of the CSA Team National Championships and defeated him 3-1 in the No. 3 spot (Mar. 6th) … Earned a 3-1 victory over Marwan Abdelsalam against No. 2 Penn in the No. 3 spot in the Potter Cup Semifinals.
Sophomore (2024-25)
Competed in two matches for the Crimson during an injury-shortened sophomore campaign … Posted a 1-1 record at the eighth position … Missed a large portion of the season due to injury … Debuted in the match against Drexel, defeating Thiago Cabrejos at eights, 3-1 (Feb. 15) … Competed in the Crimson’s narrow CSA National Championship quarterfinal loss to Yale (Mar. 7).
First-Year (2023-24)
All-Ivy League Team Selection … Compiled a 9-5 record in his first collegiate season … Competed primarily at the no. 2 spot on the ladder where he went 3-5 on the season … Also earned wins at the No. 1, 3, 4 and 5 spots on the ladder … Made his collegiate debut against Brown (Nov. 14), earning a 3-0 sweep at the No. 5 position to clinch the match for the Crimson … Earned the win at the No. 3 position against Northeastern (Nov. 15) with a 3-0 sweep … Defeated David Rubin of No. 10 Dartmouth, 3-1 (5-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6) at the no. 4 position (Nov. 29) … Was victorious in his match at the No. 4 position against Virginia’s Francis Hajek, winning 3-0 to help the Crimson defeat the No. 8 Cavaliers (Dec. 2) … Swept No. 16 MIT’s Robert Albani his match at No. 4 to clinch the match for Harvard (Jan. 11) … Came away with a thrilling 3-2 win over No. 3 Yale’s Arav Bhagwati at the No. 2 position to help Harvard defeat the Bulldogs (Jan. 19) … Swept Spencer Yager of No. 6 Cornell in their match at No. 2 (Feb. 3) … Earned a 3-1 win over Harold Castiaux
of Columbia at the No. 2 position to help Harvard defeat the No. 7 Lions (Feb. 4) … Picked up a 3-2 win at the No. 1 position in the victory over No. 13 Tufts (Feb. 6).
Before Harvard
Represents Egyptian Junior National Team … Made pro tournament debut by defeating world No. 14 Nicolas Mueller in 2023 The Black Ball Open … Placed eighth at the 2023 British Junior Open U19 … Ranked No. 1 in Egypt U17 in 2022 … Represented Egypt at the 2022 World Junior Championships in France … Place third at 2021 US Junior Open U17 … 2018 Egyptian National Junior Champion.
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