Diehl Mateer

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G. Diehl Mateer Jr. (born 1927) is an American hardball squash player. He was one of the leading squash players in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. He won 3 US national singles titles between 1954 and 1960, and a record 11 US national doubles titles between 1949 and 1966. He was also runner-up at the US national doubles championship on 9 further occasions (including twice partnering his son Gil – his boys Gil and Drew won 5 national titles in all, including once together in 1986). Diehl also won 2 intercollegiate titles, and was the only amateur to win the US Open twice (in 1955 and 1959). He was inducted into the United States Squash Racquets Association Hall of Fame in 2000.