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{{short description|Egyptian squash player}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Nour El Tayeb
| image = Nour El Tayeb Squash 2020.jpg
| caption = Tayeb at the 2020 Cleveland Classic
| fullname =
| nickname =
| country = {{EGY}}
| residence = [[Cairo]], Egypt
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|3|8}}
| birth_place = Cairo, Egypt
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Ali Farag]]|2016}}
| height = 5 ft 6 in
| turnedpro = 2007
| retired = 2024
| plays = Right Handed
| coach = Haitham Effat<br />Hossam Shaddad
| racquet = Dunlop Hyperfibre+ Revelation 125
| website =
| event = Women's singles
| highest_ranking = No. 3
| date_of_highest_ranking = March, 2018
| WorldOpenresult =
| titles = 3
| finals = 4
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[squash (sport)|squash]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{EGY}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Squash Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2018–19 PSA Women's World Squash Championship|2018–19 Chicago]] | Singles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2017 Women's World Squash Championship|2017 Manchester]] | Singles }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[WSF World Team Squash Championships|World Team Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2012 Nîmes]] | [[Egypt women's national squash team|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2018 Dalian]] | [[Egypt women's national squash team|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2022 Cairo]] | [[Egypt women's national squash team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships|2014 Niagara-on-the-Lake]] | [[Egypt women's national squash team|Team]]}}
| updated = December, 2020
}}

'''Nour El Tayeb''' ({{langx|ar|نُور الطَّيِّب}}; born 8 March 1993) is a former professional [[squash (sport)|squash]] player who represented Egypt. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3, in March 2018.<ref>[http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00851 WISPA Player Profile]</ref><ref>[https://www.squashinfo.com/player-459 SquashInfo Player Profile]</ref>

[[File:Nour El Tayeb - February 2017, Cleveland, Ohio USA.jpg|thumb|Nour El Tayeb - February 2017, Cleveland, Ohio USA]]

== Career ==
The highlight of her junior career was reaching the final of the World Juniors in 2009 at age sixteen, beating top seed [[Dipika Pallikal]] of India on the way, before losing to compatriot [[Nour El Sherbini]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-27 |title=Nour El-Tayeb: an Egyptian talent gone global - Dailynewsegypt |url=https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2016/04/27/nour-el-tayeb-egyptian-talent-gone-global/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2012, she was part of the team that regained the world team title after winning a gold medal at the [[2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/4471-womens-world-team-championship-2012 |title=Women's WSF World Team Championship 2012, La Parnasse Arena, Nimes, France |website=Squash info |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

In 2014, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the bronze medal at the [[2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/news/6445-england-reclaim-womens-world-team-championship-title |title=England Reclaim Women's World Team Championship Title |website=Squash info |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

In 2018, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the [[2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/squash/45542303 |title=Women's World Team Championship squash: Egypt beat England to retain title |website=BBC Sport |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> In 2022, she was part of the Egyptian team that won the [[2022 Women's World Team Squash Championships]]. It was her third world team title.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/egypt-defeat-usa-in-thriller-to-retain-wsf-womens-world-team-championship/ |title=Egypt defeat USA in thriller to retain WSF Women's World Team Championship |website=World Squash |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>

In May 2023, she reached the quarter final of the [[2023 PSA Women's World Squash Championship]], before losing to number 1 seed [[Nouran Gohar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldsquashchamps.com/draws/ |title=2023 World Championship draws |website=PSA |access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref>

Soon after reaching the quarter-final round at the [[2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship]],<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> she announced her retirement from the PSA tour in July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banks |first=Jonty |date=2024-07-16 |title=Nour El Tayeb Announces Retirement |url=https://www.psaworldtour.com/featured-news/nour-el-tayeb-announces-retirement/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=PSA World Tour |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Squash achievements ==
*Winner – WISPA Young Player of the Year 2010 <ref>[http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2009/worldsquashawards2010.htm World Squash Awards]</ref>
*Winner – Internationaux De Creteil, [[Paris, France]]
*Winner – British Junior Open U13, U15, U17, and U19
*Winner – Pioneer U11 and U13
*Winner – First National Championships U11 and U15
*Winner - World Junior Champion 2011

==Major [[WSA World Series|World Series]] final appearances==
===[[Hong Kong Open (squash)|Hong Kong Open]]: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="100"|Outcome
!width="50"|Year
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="200"|Score in the final
|-
| bgcolor="ffa07a"|Runner-up || [[Women's Hong Kong squash Open 2014|2014]] || {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Nicol David]] || 11–4, 12–10, 11-8
|}

===[[United States Open (squash)|U.S. Open]]: 2 final (1 title, 1 runner-up)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="100"|Outcome
!width="50"|Year
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="200"|Score in the final
|-
| bgcolor="ffa07a"|Runner-up || [[Women's United States Open (squash) 2015|2015]] || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laura Massaro]] || 11–6, 9–11, 6–11, 11–8, 11-7
|}

===[[Malaysian Open Squash Championships|Malaysian Open]]: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="100"|Outcome
!width="50"|Year
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="200"|Score in the final
|-
| bgcolor="ffa07a"|Runner-up || [[Women's Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2014|2014]] || {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Raneem El Weleily]] || 7–11, 11–3, 12–10, 2–11, 11-7
|}

== Personal life ==
She is married to fellow squash professional [[Ali Farag]]. The pair set a new record, becoming the first married couple to both win a major title on the same day after winning the [[United States Open (squash)|US Open]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/squash/41626734|title=US Open: Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb win titles on same day|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> The couple came close to repeating the feat in the 2019 US Open, but Tayeb lost her final in a narrow 5-game thriller.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} She stepped away from the professional squash tour during the 2020–21 season to give birth, but returned the next season and reentered the top 10.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheen |first=Connor |date=2023-10-26 |title="Expectations are still the same for me, I want to be at the top." - Nour El Tayeb |url=https://www.psaworldtour.com/news/expectations-are-still-the-same-for-me-i-want-to-be-at-the-top-nour-el-tayeb/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=PSA World Tour |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{WISPA|id=T00851}}
*{{WSA|id=nour-el-tayeb}}
*{{SquashInfo|id=459}}

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[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Egyptian female squash players]]
[[Category:21st-century Egyptian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Squash players from Cairo]]

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