Country | South Africa |
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Born | 12 April 1962 |
Died | 26 August 2020 58) | (aged
Plays | Right Handed |
Men's singles |
Stuart Hailstone (12 April 1962 – 26 August 2020) was a South African squash player, representing South Africa and Scotland. He reached 14th place in the world in 1987, his best career ranking. [1] Between 1986 and 1991, he was thrice the national champion of South Africa and twice the runner-up. [2]
Born in South Africa, Hailstone grew up in Zimbabwe and lived in England during his professional career. At the end of the Apartheid boycott, he represented South Africa at the 1993 WSF World Team Squash Championships.
While recovering from sepsis, Stuart Hailstone died of a stroke on 26 August 2020 at the age of 58. [3]
Jahangir Khan is a former professional Pakistani squash player. He was trained by Saad Bashir. He won the World Open title six times, and the British Open title ten times (1982–1991). Jahangir Khan is widely regarded as the greatest squash player of all time, and one of the greatest sportsmen in Pakistan history. From 1981 to 1986, Khan was unbeaten and during that time won 555 consecutive matches – the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sport as recorded by Guinness World Records.
Jansher Khan PP SI HI NI 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 six times. Jansher Khan is widely regarded as one of the greatest squash players of all time. Ranked number 1 in the world for a decade, from January 1988 till January 1998, Jansher Khan retired in the year 2001. He was troubled by back, knee and groin injuries throughout his career. During his career, he won PSA Professional 293 matches out of total 331, PSA Professional Tour Finals 99 out of 118 and from 1990 until 1996 in 81 matches he was unbeaten for a record six years; this was the longest winning matches streak in top-level professional sports as recorded by Guinness World Records.
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.
Chris Dittmar is an Australian sports commentator who was formerly the World No. 1-ranked men's squash player.
Rodney Martin is an Australian former professional squash player, who is best known for winning the 1991 World Open and becoming the first player to defeat Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan in the same event. After retiring as a player due to injury, he became a squash coach, working in Australia and the United States.
Rodney James Eyles is a former professional squash player from Australia. He is best remembered for winning the World Open title in 1997.
Hugo Henri Broos is a Belgian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the South Africa national team.
Hidayet "Hiddy" Jahan is a squash player who was ranked among the top-6 players in the world from 1970 through to 1986.
Stuart Davenport is a New Zealand former professional squash player. He reached the World No. 3 ranking in 1987.
Stuart William Baxter is an English-Scottish football coach and former player.
James Kirk Harrell is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Boris Zhukov, as well as his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions as Private Jim Nelson.
Mohamed El Shorbagy is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He represented Egypt from a young age until June 2022, when he switched to represent England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in November 2014, March 2018, February 2020, and again in July 2021 and was the 2017 World Squash champion.
Karim Abdel Gawad is a professional squash player who has represented Egypt. He is a former world champion and world number 1.
Tom Richards is a retired Professional Squash player on the PSA World Tour who represented England. He reached a career-high World ranking of No. 12, winning a total of 6 PSA Titles. At the age of 25, Richards was a member of the England Elite squad and a full England International, winning the European Team Championships in 2012, 2016 and 2019.
Campbell Grayson is a New Zealand retired professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 24 in February 2020.
The 1989 Hi-Tec British Open Championships was held at the Lambs Squash Club and the Wembley Conference Centre in London from 12–17 April 1989.
Jahangir Khan won his eighth consecutive title defeating Rodney Martin in the final. This eighth win equalled the record previously set by Geoff Hunt of Australia.
The 1991 Hi-Tec British Open Championships was held at the Lambs Squash Club with the later stages being held at the Wembley Conference Centre from 12 to 22 April 1991.
Jahangir Khan won his tenth consecutive title defeating Jansher Khan in the final.
Jahangir was only seeded fourth because he had previously taken time off from competition through illness and exhaustion.
Jamie Hickcox and Austin Adarraga now represented Canada and Australia respectively.
Jesse Engelbrecht is a retired South African male squash player who has also represented Zimbabwe formerly in international competitions including the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Kyle Douglas Steyn is a professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for United Rugby Championship club Glasgow Warriors. Born in South Africa, he represents Scotland at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Senga Macfie also spelt as Senga MacFie is an English born Scottish former professional squash player. After retiring from playing professionally, she now coaches squash at Abercorn Sports Club in Edinburgh. She represented Scotland national women's squash team in several international competitions including the British Open Squash Championships, World Open Squash Championships and in World Team Squash Championships in a career spanning from 1993 to 2010. She achieved her highest career PSA ranking of 16 in January 1995 as a part of the 1995 PSA World Tour.