Patrick Rooney (squash player)

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Patrick Rooney
Personal information
Born (1997-06-16) 16 June 1997 (age 28)
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Coached byJames Willstrop
RetiredActive
Racquet used305SQUASH ProCell XR120
Highest rankingNo. 18 (January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 50 (December 2025)
Title6
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
World Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Tauranga Team
European Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Eindhoven Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Helsinki Team

Patrick Rooney (born 16 June 1997) is an English professional squash player. [1] [2] [3] He reached a career high ranking of 18 in the world during January 2023. [4]

Career

Rooney first joined the PSA Tour in 2014 and won his first title in 2016, when he won the Madeira International. [5] [6]

By 2017 he had reached the world's top 100 players and then won the Vitesse Stratford Classic, Madeira International (for a second time) and the Arnold Homes Tring Open. He would later reach the last 16 of both the Gillen Markets Canary Wharf Classic and the Allam British Open. [6]

In 2022, he was a member of the England team that won the 2022 European Squash Team Championships. [7] In January 2023, he hit a career best world ranking (at the time) of 18 and was a member of the England team that won the 2023 European Squash Team Championships. [5]

In November 2023, Rooney won his 5th PSA title after securing victory in the Czech Open during the 2023–24 PSA World Tour [8] and one month later in December 2023, Rooney won a silver medal with England, at the 2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships in New Zealand. [9] Rooney won a sixth PSA title during the 2025–26 PSA Squash Tour, winning the Madeira International in December 2025. [10]

References

  1. "PSA World Tour Rankings | Professional Squash Association".
  2. "Squash Info | Patrick Rooney | Squash".
  3. "Patrick Rooney - Professional Squash Association".
  4. "Profile and world ranking". Squash Info. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Patrick Rooney profile". Squash Info. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Patrick Rooney profile". PSA Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. "England claim the Double in Eindhoven". Euro team Squash. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  8. "Rumbo a los Juegos Panamericanos: Jeremías Azaña". Squash Info. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  9. "World Squash Team Championship: Egypt defeat England to retain men's title". BBC Sport. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  10. "$15,000 Men's Madeira International Open 2025, Galo Active Health Club, Madeira, Portugal". Squash Info. Retrieved 17 December 2025.