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List Of Squash Players
This is a list of notable top international players of the racquet sport squash. Names are highlighted in bold if the player has officially been ranked the World No.1; has won the World Open; has been champion at the British Open (which was the effective world championship of the sport prior to the 1970s); has won a singles Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games; or has been ranked No. 1 on the professional hardball squash circuit. Men Women See also * Squash * World Open * British Open Squash Championships * World Doubles Squash Championships * World Team Squash Championships * Hardball squash References {{Reflist External links World player profiles, Current Squash Player ProfilesPSA Squash Squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ... *Squash players Player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squash (sport)
Squash is a racket-and- ball sport played by two or four players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow, rubber ball. The players alternate in striking the ball with their rackets onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court. The objective of the game is to hit the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. There are about 20 million people who play squash regularly world-wide in over 185 countries. The governing body of Squash, the World Squash Federation (WSF), is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but the sport is not part of the Olympic Games, despite a number of applications. Supporters continue to lobby for its incorporation in a future Olympic program. The Professional Squash Association (PSA) organizes the pro tour. History Squash has its origins in the older game of rackets which was played in London's prisons in the 19th century. Later, around 1830, boys at Harrow School noticed that a punctured b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Grant (squash Player)
Adrian Grant (born 6 October 1980 in London, United Kingdom) is a professional squash player from England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in August 2009. Grant finished as the runner-up at the British National Squash Championships in 2009 (losing in the final to Nick Matthew Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a c ...). References External links * * * 1980 births Living people English male squash players Sportspeople from London Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in squash {{England-squash-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Cairns (squash Player)
Mark Cairns (born 21 June 1967) is a male former professional squash player from England. Squash career Cairns reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 1995. In 1997, he won the British National Squash Championships and teamed-up with Chris Walker to win the men's doubles title at the inaugural World Doubles Squash Championships. Cairns and Walker also teamed-up to win a bronze medal for England in the men's doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Personal life Mark currently lives in Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ..., and works in property management. He has two children and lives with his wife. External links Profile at psa-squash.com* References 1967 births Living people English male squash players Commonw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Butcher
Donald Butcher was an English squash player, and the first player to win the British Open men's title in open play. Butcher was a professional squash player based at the Conservative Club in London when he played in the first British Open final in December 1930. His opponent Charles Read, a former English professional champion, was designated open champion at the initiation of the event, which was a 'challenge' event without any preliminary rounds, with the final played under a best-of-three-legs format. Butcher defeated Read in the first match at the Queen's Club 9–6, 9–5, 9–5. He then won the second match at the Conservative Club 9–3, 9–5, 9–3 to claim the title and make the third match unnecessary. In 1932, Butcher successfully defended his title against Charles Arnold, winning the first match at the Conservative Club 9–0, 9–0, 9–0, and the second match at the Bath Club 9–3, 9–0, 9–5. Butcher was unsuccessful in his defence of the Championship in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Andrew Burke
Mark Andrew Burke (born 3 September 1969 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian squash player. , he resides in Petegem-aan-de-Schelde, Belgium. Burke played squash professionally from 1997 to 2004. He achieved his highest World Tour ranking of 97 in January 2002. He represented ( dual nationality
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Gawain Briars
Gawain Peter Briars (born 4 April 1958) is a sportsman and lawyer in the United Kingdom. In the world of squash, he has won several major international titles and served as Executive Director of the Professional Squash Association. Career Briars learnt to play squash at Gresham's School, Holt, which he attended from 1968 to 1976, and became a professional squash player on leaving school at the age of eighteen, continuing as a professional until 1989. He became the British number one player in 1985, and at the top of his career was the fourth-ranked squash player in the world. He won titles in the USA, France, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Monte Carlo, Singapore and Malaysia, and was President of the world Professional Squash Association from 1985 to 1987. He also represented England at the 1981, 1983 & 1985 World Team Squash Championships. On retiring from the professional sport in 1989, Briars went to University College, Cardiff to study law, and subsequently qualified as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Boswell
Stewart Boswell (born 29 July 1978 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) is a professional squash player from Australia. Career Overview In 2003, Boswell had been ranked in the world's top-10 for two years and had reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4, when a mystery back ailment forced him to stop playing. He returned to the professional tour in 2005. On his return, he won six of the tour's lower-ranking tournaments in a row, and two further lower-ranking tournaments later in the year. He broke back into the world's top-20 in 2006 and the top-10 in 2007. At the Commonwealth Games in 2002, Boswell won a bronze medal in the men's singles, and silver medal in the men's doubles partnering Anthony Ricketts. Boswell and Ricketts again won a men's doubles silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The pair won the men's doubles title at the 2006 World Doubles Squash Championships. After losing out to Grégory Gaultier during the 2011 Kuwait PSA Cup, Boswell announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Binns
Kenneth Keith Binns is a former hardball squash player as well as tennis player from Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Born February 8, 1935 in Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia. Father of three children : Todd Binns who was also a World Ranked Squash Champion, Susan Masse and Jo-Anne Binns. Grandfather of Susan's children, Desiree Kotnala and Anthony Sabato. Having lived in Naples Florida, at the age of 85, he has recently returned to Australia and is now living in Queensland. Sporting Person: BINNS, KEN, Squash/tennis Ken Binns won the Newcastle, Australia Squash Championship from 1960 to 1966, the NSW Country Squash Titles until asked not to play because of his previous dominance. He represented Australia on the first touring side to England in 1962/3, reaching the semi-finals of the British Open Squash Championships. Ken had previously been outstanding in tennis: Newcastle Singles champion 1956/57/60 and NSW Country Singles Champion 1957/58/59/61. In an amazing feat of stamina and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Berg
Viktor Berg (born October 8, 1977 in Edmonton, Alberta) technically in Estonia and Finland ''count Viktor Berg de Sangaste'', is a Finnish-origin professional male squash player who represented Canada during his career. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 44 in June 2003 after having joined the Professional Squash Association The Professional Squash Association (PSA) is the governing body for the men's and women's professional squash circuit. The body operates in a similar fashion to the ATP and the WTA for tennis. The PSA's highest professional level, the PSA Wor ... in 1996. His grandfather fled from the early 1940s problems (and coming communist rule) in the Baltic countries, and settled to Canada, where he served in the grain development institute's research. He in his turn was a grandson of the Finnish baroness Maria Bruun and count Fredrik Berg, the famous improver of Baltic agriculture, particularly rye. Ancestors include also baron Theodor Bruun, Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Beachill
Lee Beachill (born 28 November 1977 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom) is a former World No. 1 squash player from England. Beachill reached the World No. 1 ranking in October 2004. He also finished runner-up at the World Open that year. Beachill was part of the English team which won the World Team Squash Championships in 2005. He has also won gold medals for England in the men's doubles at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006, partnering Peter Nicol on both occasions. Beachill has won the British National Squash Championships three times – in 2001, 2002 and 2005. Beachill announced his retirement from the game in February 2009 after undergoing hernia surgery. As a junior player, Beachill helped England win the World Junior Team Championship in 1997, and was the British champion at under-12, under-14, under-17 and under-19 levels. Lee first played the game at the Skelmanthorpe Squash Club in Yorkshire under the guidance of coach Chris Beck. He attended Horbury School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddharth Suchde
Siddharth Suchde (born 20 January 1985, in Mumbai) is a professional squash player from India. He grew up in India, Scotland and Switzerland. He studied in Cathedral School in Bombay and completed his high school education from Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, Scotland. Later, he attended Harvard University from 2003-2007 as an undergraduate, where he received a degree in Economics. The year that he graduated from Harvard, Suchde became National Champion of college level squash in the US, despite the title had eluding him during the first three years of his undergraduate life. His freshman year he stood Fourth, Sophomore year third and Junior Year he was runner-up in the same championship. He held the number one spot on the team for most of his time there. After completing his education, Suchde moved to Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
