World International Doubles Squash Championships

The World International Doubles Squash Championships is a squash tournament which includes Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Under the rules of the championships, double pairs must be made up of two players from the same country. The event has been held three times – in 1997, 2004, and 2006. Australia will be holding the 4th edition of the tournament in August 2016.[1]

The championships are played on courts measuring 32 feet (9.75 metres) by 25 feet – a court size approved by the World Squash Federation in 1992 for the international doubles game. This court size is the same depth as courts for the singles game, but appears to be slightly wider (singles courts are 21 feet wide).

A separate world championship event, known as the World Hardball Doubles Squash Championships, is also held once every two years for players of the hardball version of doubles squash (which is played with a different type of ball, on courts measuring 45 feet by 25 feet).

Past results

Men's Doubles championship

YearVenueChampionsRunners-up
2006Australia MelbourneAustralia Stewart Boswell / Anthony RickettsAustralia Dan Jenson / Joe Kneipp
2004India Chennai, IndiaAustralia Byron Davis / Cameron WhiteIndia Ritwik Bhattacharya / Saurav Ghosal
1997Hong Kong Hong KongEngland Mark Cairns / Chris WalkerAustralia Dan Jenson / Craig Rowland

Women's Doubles championship

YearVenueChampionsRunners-up
2006Australia MelbourneNew Zealand Shelley Kitchen / Tamsyn LeeveyAustralia Robyn Cooper / Sarah Fitz-Gerald
2004India Chennai, IndiaAustralia Natalie Grinham / Rachael GrinhamNew Zealand Louise Crome / Lara Petera
1997Hong Kong Hong Kong,New Zealand Philippa Beams / Leilani JoyceEngland Cassie Jackman / Sue Wright

Mixed Doubles championship

YearVenueChampionsRunners-up
2006Australia MelbourneAustralia Rachael Grinham / Joe KneippAustralia Amelia Pittock / Cameron Pilley
2004India Chennai, IndiaAustralia Rachael Grinham / David PalmerNew Zealand Shelley Kitchen / Glen Wilson
1997Hong Kong Hong KongAustralia Liz Irving / Dan JensonEngland Cassie Jackman / Chris Walker

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australia Set to Host 2016 World Doubles Championship - Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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