 Kasey Brown, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | New York City, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 August 1985 Taree, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned Pro | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right Handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Harrow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 5 (December 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: October 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kasey Brown (born 1 August 1985) is an Australian former squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in December 2011.[ citation needed ]
Brown was born in Taree, New South Wales was the Australian junior champion in 2003 and 2004 and was then the senior champion in 2006 and in the same year also won the Australian Open title.[ citation needed ] Brown was coached by Rodney Martin and was based in Greenwich, Connecticut.[ citation needed ]
During 2006, she won five WISPA events in Australia as well as the Central Open in New Zealand.[ citation needed ]
During 2010, Brown established herself as a contender on the WISPA Tour reaching the top ten world rankings at the start of 2010. She started the year with two quarter finals at the Greenwich Open and Cleveland Classic, going down to Egyptians Omneya Abdel Kawy and Raneem El Weleily. February saw Brown take her tenth tour title at the Dayton Open. Running out a straight games victory over England's Sarah Kippax in the final. She reached her first Gold level semi final in March at the Chennai Open, going down to Nicol David in the semi-final. She again lost out in David in the quarter-final of the KL Open the following week, pushing the world number one to two tie breaks in the first two games. The next few months saw Brown stack up some solid results, quarter final appearances in Cayman, Malaysia, Australia and Hong Kong. [1]
During the 2010 Women's World Open Squash Championship as the tenth seed she reached the quarter-final defeating Madeline Perry in the round of sixteen in a 100-minute marathon. Omneya Abdel Kawy got the better of her again in the quarters. [2] In October 2010, she represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and secured three medals. A truly dramatic win over Madeline Perry in the quarter-final of the singles was memorable, especially coming from two games down. She lost out to Nicol David in the semi-final and the received a walk over Alison Waters in the bronze medal play off. She took another bronze medal with teammate Donna Urquhart in the Women's Doubles. The icing on the cake was the Gold medal she achieved in the Mixed Doubles with partner Cameron Pilley. [3] A semi final in Mexico,and the Carol Weymuller Open and a quarter final in the Qatar Classic followed. Another standout moment for Brown came in December as part of the Australian team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships. [4] Brown was rewarded for her rise in form by being given Wispa's 'Most Improved Player of the Year' award.
In 2011, she collected her eleventh and biggest tour title at the Greenwich Open with victory over Joelle King in the final. [5] [6]
She retired in October 2014 after competing a last time in the US Open. [7]
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