Salma Hany is another of the young crop of talented Egyptians ascending the path to the top of the rankings.
She drew a lot of admirers in 2012 and 2013 for a number of impresive performances as she captured three Tour titles over that period. After besting Farah Abdel Meguid in the Konutlari International, Ibrahim went on to secure back-to-back titles at the Sram NSC Series No2 and the Malaysian Squash Tour 8th Leg.
Despite suffering something of a trophy drought in the next two years, a number of consistent performances ensured that she would break into the world's top 20 for the first time in her career. Hany then reached the quarter finals of the Oracle NetSuite Open, before a semi final appearance at the Carol Weymuller Open, both in the latter part of 2017.
She finished runner-up at the Macau Open in 2018, losing to Nouran Gohar in the final. She then made the semis of the Carol Weymuller once again, before a last eight appearance in the 2019 Tournament of Champions.
Hany started the 2019-2020 season by reaching the quarter-finals of the J.P. Morgan China Squash Open, before consistently reaching the last 16 of the major tournaments throughout the campaign, including at the CIB PSA Women’s World Championship in front of the Pyramids. The young Egyptian reached the quarter-finals of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions for the second consecutive year, before also reaching the last four of the Carol Weymuller Open just a couple of weeks later.
A quarter-final appearance at the Manchester Open, as squash returned following it’s six-month suspension due to COVID-19, was enough to see Hany move into the top ten of the World Rankings for the first time in her career in October 2020. She followed that up with another last eight result, making that mark at the Platinum level CIB Egyptian Open.