Noor Zaman
{{Short description|Pakistani squash player}}
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| country = Pakistan
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| birth_place = Peshawar, Pakistan
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| turnedpro = 2019
| retired = Active
| plays = Right-handed
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| event = Men's singles
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| highest_ranking = No. 60
| date_of_highest_ranking = April 2025
| current_ranking = No. 60
| date_of_current_ranking = April 2025
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Noor Zaman (born 1 April 2004) is a Pakistani squash player who won a team silver medal in the 2022 Asian Games. He reached a career high ranking of 60 in the world during April 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/15419-noor-zaman |title=Profile and world ranking |website=Squash Info |access-date=28 December 2024 }} He is the under-23 world squash champion.
Biography
Noor is the grandson of squash player Qamar Zaman.{{Cite web |title=Noor Zaman wins 29th Asian Junior Squash Championship title |url=https://pakobserver.net/noor-zaman-wins-29th-asian-junior-squash-championship-title/}}
In 2022, he won in the boys under 19 categories at the Asian Junior Squash Championships.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-06-20 |title=Noor Zaman clinches Asian junior squash title |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1695712 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
He was selected in the national team for the 2022 Asian Games. In the final against India, he played against Abhay Singh, and was defeated, winning two games out of five.{{Cite news |last=Ganesan |first=Uthra |date=2023-09-30 |title=Hangzhou Asian Games {{!}} India beat Pakistan to win gold in men’s team squash |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/hangzhou-asian-games-india-upstages-pakistan-to-win-gold-in-mens-team-squash/article67365494.ece |access-date=2023-10-04 |issn=0971-751X}} The team won the silver medal.
In 2024, Zaman won his 2nd PSA title after securing victory in the CAS Serena Hotels International during the 2024–25 PSA Squash Tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/24-Nov-2024/noor-zaman-claims-cas-serena-int-l-squash-c-ship-title |title=Noor Zaman claims CAS-Serena Int'l Squash C’ship title |website=The Nation |date=24 November 2024 |access-date=28 December 2024 }}
In March 2025 he won the Liverpool Cricket Club Open (his 3rd PSA title) and a 15k PSA Challenger event, defeating Rory Stewart 3-0 in the final and one month later in April 2025, he beat K. El Torkey from Egypt to win the Under-23 World Squash Championships.