Del Harris (born 13 July 1969) is a former professional

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player from England. Harris won the

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title in 1988, and went on to become one of the leading players in the men's professional game in the 1990s. He represented England in the

1989 Men's World Team Squash Championships The 1989 Men's Singapore Airlines & Ascot Sport World Team Squash Championships were held in Singapore and took place from October 9 until October 16, 1989. Seeds Results Pool A Pool B Quarter-finals Semi-finals Third P ...

and

1991 Men's World Team Squash Championships The 1991 Men's World Team Squash Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland and took place from November 12 until November 17, 1991. Seeds Results Pool A Pool B Semi-finals Third Place Play Off Final See also *Wo ...

. In 1995, Harris reached the final of the

1995 Men's World Open Squash Championship The 1995 PSA Men's Detjen World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1995 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Nicosia in Cyprus from 6 November to 11 November 1 ...

, where he lost to the legendary Pakistani player

Jansher Khan Jansher Khan PP SI HI ( ur, جان شیر خان; born 15 June 1969, in Peshawar, Pakistan) is a former World No. 1 professional Pakistani squash player. During his career, he won the World Open a record eight times, and the British Open s ...

15–10, 17–14, 16–17, 15–8. That year Harris was also part of the winning England team in the 1995 Men's World Team Squash Championships and in addition he won the

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Finals event, beating Brett Martin of Australia in the final 10–8, 7–9, 9–4, 6–9, 9–2. Further success came in 1997 when he was once again part of the winning England team in the 1997 Men's World Team Squash Championships. Harris won the

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twice, in 1987 and 1989 and reached his career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in March 1996.

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* * English male squash players 1969 births Living people {{UK-squash-bio-stub