Tony Hands

Tony Hands

Country	England
Born	c.1970
Men's singles
Highest ranking	No. 9 (31 December 1993)
Medal record Men's squash Representing   England European Team Championships 1993 Aix-en-Provence Team 1994 Zoetermeer Team

Tony Hands (born c.1970) is an English former professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of 9 on 31 December 1993. ^[1]

Biography

Hands finished runner-up to Del Harris in the Suffolk Junior Open (U14) in March 1983 ^[2] and had progressed to Essex and East of England U19 champion by 1987. ^[3]

He played for Ardleigh Hall and represented Essex at county level. ^[4] He was called up for the England U19 team in 1989 and played for Chelmsford, while steadily moving up the British rankings. ^[5]

Hands later played for Lambwath Hall Sports and then North Walsham ^[6] and reached the 1991 semi-finals of the British National Squash Championships. ^[7] He had reached the world's top 30 and Britain's top 10 by the beginning of 1992 and was world number 18 by the end of the year. ^[8]

Hands won two gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships at the 1993 European Squash Team Championships ^[9] and the 1994 European Squash Team Championships. ^{[10] [11]}

He was ranked 4 in Britain in August 1993 and joined Cardiff-based Leekes Wizards along with fellow England internartional Chris Walker. ^[12] Hands reached world number 9 at the end of 1993. ^[13]

References

1. "Tony Hands (England)". Squash Info. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
2. "Results" . Suffolk and Essex Free Press. 3 March 1983. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Squash Open's Massive entry" . Chatham Standard. 13 January 1987. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Booster for squash kids" . Brentwood Gazette. 13 January 1987. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "World of Squash" . Billericay Gazette. 15 December 1989. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Tony shows his class" . Hull Daily Mail. 29 January 1991. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Nicolle bids for semi-finals" . Halifax Evening Courier. 12 April 1991. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Broken nose victim back in hospital" . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 17 December 1991. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "England squash rivals!" . irmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 May 1993. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
11. "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
12. "Wizard Pair" . South Wales Echo. 3 August 1993. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "Scots squash star leaps into the world's top 20" . Dundee Courier. 31 December 1993. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.