J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions 2020 Program

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PSA TITLES
BORN
2010
Rhyl, Wales
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10/15/92
TESNI
EVANS
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Tesni Evans is a five-time Welsh National Champion and the leading
Welshwoman on the PSA World Tour. The gregarious and energetic Taff became
the first Welsh player to land the prestigious British National Championship
when she beat Alison Waters in the final in Manchester last season. Evans is the
first Welsh player to lift the title (male or female). Evans defended her British
National title in 2019.
The twenty-seven year old won her first PSA Tour Tour title in May of 2015
powering past four local favorite Egyptians to capture the Sharm El Sheikh
International crown. That victory catapulted the Welsh star into the world’s top
30 and on to a pathway that sees her as World No. 9 today.
Her best result to date on the World Tour came in October 2018 when she
reached the semifinals of the $150,000 Platinum-level US Open in Philadelphia.
This past year her highlights included reaching the finals respectively of the
$51,000 Cleveland Open and $76,000 Manchester Open.
Evans competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and claimed her maiden
Commonwealth Games medal after stunning defending Commonwealth Games
champion Nicol David of Malaysia in the bronze medal match of the women’s
singles event. This medal was also the first Commonwealth Games medal
earned by Wales in squash in 20 years.
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Cairo, Egypt
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09/01/00
HANIA
EL HAMMAMY
Relative Tour newcomer Hania El Hammamy is definitely on
her way up. She became the first player born this century to
win a PSA Tour title, which came at the 42nd Geneva Open in
March 2015 with a shock win over Fiona Moverley in the final,
but has really made her mark this year.
After a series of 2nd round and quarterfinal successes, the
19-year-old reached the semis respectively of the 2019 China
Open and 2019 French Open at Nantes before surprising the
field to reach the semifinals of the 2019 World Open on home
soil in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza. That stellar result in
the world’s most important championship propelled her from
No. 15 to No. 10 in the world.
Hania’s interests include music and traveling.
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