Lisa Opie MBE is a retired British squash player, who was one of the game's leading woman players in the 1980s and early-1990s. Her biggest successes were winning the British Open in 1991 and four consecutive World Team Championships from 1985 to 1990. Until the rise of Cassie Campion she was England's number 1 player.
Sue Wright is a former professional squash player from England. She was runner-up at the British Open in 1991 and 2000, and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3 in 1998. She won the British National Championship title four times in 1992, 1997, 1998 and 2001. As a junior player, Wright captained the England team which won the world junior team title in 1987. During the last few years of her career, Wright suffered from viral pneumonia, which left her with ear problems that prevented her from flying and competing outside the United Kingdom.
Sue Cogswell is a retired squash player from England. She was runner-up at the 1979 Women's World Open Squash Championship, where she lost in the final to the Australian player Heather McKay 6–9, 9–3, 9–1, 9–4. Cogswell was also a three-time runner-up at the British Open, losing in the final to McKay in 1974, to Barbara Wall in 1979, and to Vicki Cardwell in 1980. Cogswell won the British National Squash Championship title five times in 1975 and 1977-79.
Cogswell was part of the winning British team during the 1979 Women's World Team Squash Championships and runner-up in the 1981 Women's World Team Squash Championships.
Suzanne Horner is a former professional squash player from England. She was runner-up at the British Open in 1990 and 1993. In 1994, she captured the US Open title and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 2. She won the British National Squash Championships in 1994 and 1996. She was a silver commonwealth medallist in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, when she competed with Simon Parke in the doubles competition. She won the World Over-35 Championship in 1999.
Lucy Soutter is a former professional squash player from England. She was part of the successful England team that won the 1987 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Auckland, New Zealand and the 1990 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Perth, Australia.
Barbara Wall is a former squash player from Australia.
Sue Newman is a former squash player from Australia. She won the British Open in 1978, beating her fellow Australian player Vicki Hoffman in the final 9-4, 9-7, 9-2. Newman was also runner-up at the British Open in 1976, when she lost in the final to Australia's Heather McKay.
Angela Smith is a retired professional English squash player: she was one of the world's top ranked squash players from 1979 to 1990. She was also the first female squash player to turn professional and was widely recognized for changing the face of women's squash by doing so.
Margaret Varner Bloss is a retired American athlete and professor of physical education from El Paso, Texas who excelled in three distinctly different racket sports: badminton, squash, and tennis. She is the only person to have represented the US at the highest level of international competition in all three sports, and is the only person to have won the U.S. national singles championships of both badminton and squash or to have been inducted into the respective U.S. halls of fame of both sports.
Fran Marshall was a retired squash player from England. She won the British Open in 1961, defeating Ruth Turner in the final in straight sets 9–3, 9–5, 9–1. She was also the runner-up at the championship in 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1969. She also won the Scottish Open in 1962 beating Heather McKay in straight games, making her the last woman to defeat Heather McKay in squash.
Phil Kenyon is a former English professional squash player.
Ahmed Safwat (1947–2003) was an Egyptian professional squash player. Born in Cairo on 6 June 1947 he was the son of a diplomat and turned professional in 1971. He moved to London and won the British Professional Championship seven times. He reached the semi-finals of the 1977 Men's British Open Squash Championship when he was ranked the second best player in the world. He also represented Egypt at the 1981 & 1983 World Team Squash Championships.
Aly Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian former professional squash player. Aziz was born in Alexandria and turned professional in 1957. He won the 1973 Egyptian Open and represented Egypt in the 1981 World Team Squash Championships.
Ross Thorne is a former Australian professional squash player.
Barbara Diggens is a former English professional squash player.
Alison Cumings is a former English professional squash player.
Barbara Oldfield is a former Australian professional squash player.
Ruth Strauss is a former English professional squash player.
Geoff Williams is a former English professional squash player.
John Timperley was an English badminton & squash player. Born in 1931 he was capped by the England badminton team and reached the National number one ranking before switching to squash. During his squash career he played for Surrey and captained the Surrey over 45's. He became a coach and official, refereeing the British Open Squash Championships Final at Wembley. He was married to June Timperley née June White a leading badminton player.
