World Squash Doubles Championships
| World Squash Doubles Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Winners | |
| Men's |  Declan James and James Willstrop |
| Women's |  Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal |
| Mixed | Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal |
The World Squash Doubles Championship is a squash competition held every two years to deterime the doubles champions of the world. The event is organised by World Squash.
History
[edit]The 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 and was held in North America and largely competed for by players from North America.[1] The hardball variation has not been contested since 2017.[2]
Since 1997 there has also been a separate World Doubles Championship using the softball and is held under WSF rules, which require double pairs to be made up of two players from the same country. This event is contested by players from around the world.[3][4]
Format
[edit]The WSF 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).
The World Hardball Doubles Squash Championships (organised by the Squash Doubles Association), was 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).
Editions and winners
[edit]WSF World Doubles Squash Championships
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World Hardball Doubles
[edit]| Year | Men's | Women's | Mixed | Location |
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| 1981 | Mo Khan & Clive Caldwell |  Toronto
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| 1982 | Michael Desaulniers & Maurice Heckscher, II | Toronto
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| 1983 | Michael Desaulniers & Maurice Heckscher, II | Toronto
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| 1986 | Todd Binns & Gordon Anderson |  Buffalo
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| 1987 | Todd Binns & Thomas E. Page | Buffalo
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| 1994 | Jamie Bentley & Kenton Jernigan | Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell | Toronto
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| 1996 | Jamie Bentley & Gary Waite | Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell | Demmer Holleran & Keen Butcher | Philadelphia
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| 1998 | Gary Waite & Mark Talbott | Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell | Jessie Chai & Gary Waite | Toronto
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| 2000 | Jamie Bentley & Willie Hosie | Karen Jerome & Jessie Chai | Jessie Chai & Gary Waite | Philadelphia
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| 2002 | Gary Waite & Damien Mudge | Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell | Jessie Chai & Gary Waite | Toronto
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| 2004 | Gary Waite & Damien Mudge | Demer Holleran & Alica McConnell | Jessie Chai & Viktor Berg | Philadelphia
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| 2006 | Preston Quick & Chris Deratney | Narelle Krizek & Stephanie Hewitt | Preston Quick & Narelle Krizek | Toronto
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| 2009 | Ben Gould & Paul Price | Jessica Dimauro & Stephanie Hewitt | San Francisco
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| 2011 | Ben Gould & Damien Mudge | Stephanie Hewitt & Seanna Keating | Toronto
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| 2013 | Ben Gould & Damien Mudge | Natalie Grainger & Amanda Sobhy | Narelle Krizek & Paul Price | New York City
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| 2015 | John Russell & Clive Leach | Suzie Pierrepont & Carrie Hastings | Stephanie Hewitt & Viktor Berg | Chicago
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| 2017 | John Russell & Clive Leach | Georgina Stoker & Suzie Pierrepont | Natalie Grainger & Chris Callis | St. Louis
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References
[edit]- ^ "World Hardball Doubles Championships Historical Records" (PDF). Squash Canada. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ^ "Past Champions". World Doubles. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ^ a b "Two Historic Golds For India, One For England". WSF. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ^ "World Doubles Squash Championships". Squash Library. Retrieved 14 April 2026.