Country | Australia |
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Residence | Queensland, Australia |
Born | unknown |
women's singles |
Helen Paradeiser is an Australian former professional squash player. [1] Her sister Sonia Paradeiser was also a squash player who played in domestic level matches. [2]
She emerged as runner-up in the women's individual event at the 1983 World Junior Squash Championships. [3] Paradeiser lost to fellow Australian counterpart Robyn Lambourne in the women's singles final (10–8, 9–2, 9–3), her career best performance in international level and also became the first Australian to lose the women's junior world title final as it was an all-Australian clash. [4]
She also competed at the 1983 Women's World Open Squash Championship where she was knocked out of the second round.
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Sarah Elizabeth Fitz-GeraldAM is an Australian former professional squash player who won five World Open titles – 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002. She ranks alongside Janet Morgan, Nicol David, Susan Devoy, Michelle Martin and Heather McKay as the sport's greatest female players of all time.
Heather Pamela McKay is an Australian retired squash player, who is considered by many to be the greatest female player in the history of the game, and possibly also Australia's greatest-ever sportswoman. She dominated the women's squash game in the 1960s and 1970s, winning 16 consecutive British Open titles from 1962 to 1977, and capturing the inaugural women's World Open title in 1976, while remaining undefeated during that period. She was also a top-level player of other sports, including field hockey and racquetball.
Joshna Chinappa is an Indian professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 10 in July 2016. She was the first Indian to win the British Junior Squash Championship title in 2005 in the under-19 category and was also the youngest Indian women's national champion. She is the current record-holder of most national championship wins, with 18 titles. In 2024, she was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, by the Government of India.
Natalie Marie Grinham is an Australian former professional squash player. During her career, she has won three Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, and finished runner-up at both the World Open and the British Open. She reached the World No. 2 ranking in 2007. She represented Australia in international squash competitions up to 2006. She is married to the Dutch squash player Tommy Berden, and took up Dutch citizenship in February 2008. Both Tommy and Natalie became the first husband and wife team to win a joint championship in squash after winning the respective trophies at the inaugural edition of the Tranzparanz Open in June 2006 which was held in Almere, Netherlands.
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