Hania El Hammamy of Egypt is the two-time defending champion of the Hong Kong Open and it will be interesting if she can maintain her winning record in Hong Kong in December. The youngster overcame the top two seeds on her way to winning the 2022 title, first beating top seed Gohar in the semi-finals before claiming victory over El Sherbini, the second seed, in the final. At last year’s tournament, she reached the final after beating Nele Coll in the semis. And in the final when the score reached 6-5 in the opening game, her opponent Amanda Sobhy of United States suffered an Achilles tendon injury which forced the American out of the contest. El Hammamy has already made her name known around the squash world, after winning the 2020 Black Ball Women’s Open at the tender age of just 19, and has already gone on to a mass number of major titles and reach the world’s top three. She was awarded the Young Player of the Year for the 2019/20 season. After capturing the Hong Kong Open title in late 2023, El Hammamy did not see any victories, but consistently featured in the latter stages of the majors. She reached the finals in two Tour Gold events and was in the last four in all the big tournaments such as the Tournament of Champions, World Championships, British Open, World Tour Finals, Egyptian Open, Paris Squash and Qatar Classic.