World Squash Doubles Championships

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World Squash Doubles Championships
LocationCarrara, Australia (2019)
VenueCarrara Squash Centre
Date(s)ISDA (1981–1987/1994–present)
WSF (1997–present)
Website
Official website (WSF)
Official website (SDA)

The World Squash Doubles Championship was held in North America from 1981 until 1987 when it was sanctioned by the International Squash Racquets Federation. It was then held bi-ennially from 1994 as the World Hardball Doubles. There has also been a separate World Softball Doubles held under WSF rules, which require double pairs to be made up of two players from the same country. The WSF event has been held since 1997.

Format

In its most recent format, teams enter through their national governing body and the event is sanctioned by the WSF.

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 (organised by the Squash Doubles Association), was 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).

Competitors

Countries who have competed include Australia, Canada, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland and U.S.A.

Past winners

Under ISRF & ISDA

Year Men's Women's Mixed Location
1981 Mo Khan & Clive Caldwell Canada Toronto
1982 Michael Desaulniers & Maurice Heckscher, II Canada Toronto
1983 Michael Desaulniers & Maurice Heckscher, II Canada Toronto
1986 Todd Binns & Gordon Anderson United States Buffalo
1987 Todd Binns & Thomas E. Page United States Buffalo

Under ISDA

Year Men's Women's Mixed Location
1994 Jamie Bentley & Kenton Jernigan Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell Canada Toronto
1996 Jamie Bentley & Gary Waite Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell Demmer Holleran & Keen Butcher United States Philadelphia
1998 Gary Waite & Mark Talbott Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell Jessie Chai & Gary Waite Canada Toronto
2000 Jamie Bentley & Willie Hosie Karen Jerome & Jessie Chai Jessie Chai & Gary Waite United States Philadelphia
2002 Gary Waite & Damien Mudge Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell Jessie Chai & Gary Waite Canada Toronto
2004 Gary Waite & Damien Mudge Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell Jessie Chai & Viktor Berg United States Philadelphia
2006 Preston Quick & Chris Deratney Narelle Krizek & Stephanie Hewitt Preston Quick & Narelle Krizek Canada Toronto
2009 Ben Gould & Paul Price Jessica Dimauro & Stephanie Hewitt United States San Francisco
2011 Ben Gould & Damien Mudge Stephanie Hewitt & Seanna Keating Canada Toronto
2013 Ben Gould & Damien Mudge Natalie Grainger & Amanda Sobhy Narelle Krizek & Paul Price United States New York City
2015 John Russell & Clive Leach Suzie Pierrepont & Carrie Hastings Stephanie Hewitt & Viktor Berg United States Chicago
2017 John Russell & Clive Leach Georgina Stoker & Suzie Pierrepont Natalie Grainger & Chris Callis United States St. Louis

Under WSF

Year Men's Women's Mixed Location
1997  England
Chris Walker/Mark Cairns
 New Zealand
Leilani Rorani/Philippa Beams
 Australia
Liz Irving/Dan Jenson
Hong Kong Hong Kong
2004  Australia
Byron Davis/Cameron White
 Australia
Natalie Grinham/Rachael Grinham
 Australia
Rachael Grinham/David Palmer
India Chennai
2006  Australia
Anthony Ricketts/Stewart Boswell
 New Zealand
Shelley Kitchen/Tamsyn Leevey
 Australia
Rachael Grinham/Joseph Kneipp
Australia Melbourne
2016  Scotland
Alan Clyne/Greg Lobban
 New Zealand
Joelle King/Amanda Landers-Murphy
 New Zealand
Joelle King/Paul Coll
Australia Darwin
2017  Australia
Ryan Cuskelly/Cameron Pilley
 New Zealand
Joelle King/Amanda Landers-Murphy
 New Zealand
Joelle King/Paul Coll
England Manchester
2019  Australia
Ryan Cuskelly/Cameron Pilley
 Australia
Donna Lobban/Christine Nunn
 Australia
Donna Lobban/Cameron Pilley
Australia Carrara
2022  England
Declan James/James Willstrop
 India
Joshna Chinappa/Dipika Pallikal
 India
Saurav Ghosal/Dipika Pallikal
Scotland Glasgow

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