Annie Au | |
Country: | China (Hong Kong) |
Residence: | Hong Kong |
Birth Name: | Au Wing Chi |
Birth Date: | 9 February 1989 |
Birth Place: | Hong Kong |
Turnedpro: | 2004 |
Retired: | 2020 |
Plays: | Left Handed |
Coach: | Abdul Faheem Khan |
Racquet: | harrow |
Event: | Women's singles |
Highest Ranking: | No. 6 |
Date Of Highest Ranking: | May, 2012 |
Titles: | 17 |
Finals: | 27 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Updated: | March, 2020 |
Annie Au Wing Chi (; born February 9, 1989), known as Annie Au, is a former professional squash player who represented Hong Kong.
Annie is a left-hander from Asia who has made a great impression as a junior. Not only winning British Junior Open titles but reaching the final of the Asian Junior and being a member of the Hong Kong team which won the world juniors is also on her record. She is a tribute to the Hong Kong Squash development schemes. She started playing squash at school aged thirteen through the promotional scheme. She was coached by national coach Abdul Faheem Khan, a former professional squash player from Pakistan.[1]
Au reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in May 2012.[2] [3]
In 2016, she was part of the Hong Kong team that won the bronze medal at the 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships in France.[4] Two years later in 2018, she was again part of the Hong Kong team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[5] Au retired in 2020 to join the police force.[6]