Moqaddas Ashraf


Moqaddas Ashraf is a Pakistani professional squash player. As of November 2020, she is ranked number 133 in the world.

Background

Ashraf was born to Mohammad Ashraf on 27 July 1987 in Lahore, Pakistan.

Career

National

Ashraf represents WAPDA in national competitions. At the National Games held in Peshawar in November 2019, she won silver in the women's team event. She had earlier lost in the singles quarter-finals to eventual winner, Madina Zafar of Pakistan Army.

South Asian Games

Ashraf was part of the team which competed at the 2004 South Asian Games held in Islamabad, Pakistan. She won a silver medal in the women's team event and bronze in the individual event. In 2006, she was again part of the team which competed at the South Asian Games held in Colombo, Sri Lanka and won a bronze medal in the team event. No women's team was sent to compete at the 2010 South Asian Games while she was not included in the 2016 Games. After a gap of over a decade, in 2019, Ashraf was again part of the team sent to the 2019 South Asian Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal. She won a silver medal in the women's team event.

Professional

Ashraf turned professional in 2005. She is currently coached by Abdul Rasheed while Yawar Islam had coached her earlier.
In 2018 at the Faletti's International Women's Squash Championship held in Lahore, as an unseeded player in the quarter-finals, she beat fellow countrywoman and the number 1 seed, Madina Zafar by 3 sets to 2 in 51 minutes. She fell in the semi-finals to number 4 seed of Egypt, Farida Mohamed by 3-0.
2019 saw her compete in a number of professional events including Pakistan International Championships, Northern Open and Pakistan Circuit no 1. Her best performance came in August when she was runners up to Amma Fayyaz at the Pakistan Circuit no 1 professional tournament held in Islamabad. In April and December she competed at the Pakistan International Championships. In April she reached the quarter-finals while in December she lost in the 2nd round. She also lost in the second round at the Northern Open in UK.
YearBestWorseYear end
2005124 127 127
2006118 148 148
2007112 112
2008107 133 133
2009121 195 195
2010141 170 170
2011203 276 264
2012219 253 227
2013193 230 201
2014167 227 227
2015155 234 155
2016130 184 184
2017187 231 No ranking
2018146 254 146
201991 126 126
2020