Annie Au

Annie Au Wing Chi (Chinese: 歐詠芝; Jyutping: au¹ wing⁶ zi¹; born February 9, 1989), known as Annie Au, is a former professional squash player who represented Hong Kong.

Career

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.

Au reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 6 in May 2012.

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. 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. Au retired in 2020 to join the police force.