Rodney Eyles

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Rodney Eyles

Country

Australia

Residence

Gold Coast

Born

September 15, 1967
Brisbane

Retired

November 2000

Plays

Right-Handed

Men's Singles

Highest ranking

2 (November 1995)

World Open

W (1997)

Medal record

Competitor for Australia
Squash
Commonwealth Games
Silver	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Men's Doubles

Last updated on: 20 December 2011.

Rodney Eyles (born 15 September 1967, in Brisbane, Australia) is a former professional squash player from Australia. He is best remembered for winning the World Open title in 1997.

Eyles joined the professional squash tour as a 16 year-old in May 1984 and was an athlete in the inaugural Australian Institute of Sport Squad from 1985. He was on the PSA World Tour for 16 years and held the position of President from 1996-1998. He retired in November 2000 at the age of 33. His career-high world ranking was World No. 2.

The pinnacle of his career was reached in 1997 when he became world champion, defeating Peter Nicol in the final of the World Open 15-11, 15-12, 15-12. Eyles attained a wealth of title's including:

World Men’s Team Champion (1991), Australian Open Champion (1997), Australian Junior Champion, Commonwealth Games Men’s Doubles Silver Medal (1998), US Open Champion (1993 and 1996), French Open Champion, Hong Kong Open Champion, Hungarian Open Champion, Italian Open Champion, Mahindra Open Champion, North American Open Champion, Tournament of Champions, New York (Champion 1994 & Finalist), British Open (Finalist), Qatar Open (Finalist 3 times), Pakistan Open (Finalist)

As a junior player, Eyles was runner-up to Jansher Khan in the final of the 1986 World Junior Squash Championship. Between 1980 and 1986, he won four Australian junior titles and three Queensland junior titles.

Eyles was a member of the Australian teams which won the World Team Squash Championships in 1991 and the World Junior Team Championships in 1986. He also won a silver medal for Australia in the men's doubles event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games (partnering Byron Davis).

After retiring from the tour, Rodney coached up and coming players in Italy, Hong Kong and the USA before returning to the Gold Coast and establishing the Rod Eyles Squash Academy to focus on the development of juniors, seniors and professional squash players.

In 2009 Rodney managed the Australian Men’s Team in Denmark, was the Manager and Head Coach for the 2010 Australian Boys Junior Squash Team in Ecuador, and the Manager of the successful Australian Squash Team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

In 2010, Rodney joined the Squash Australia Team as an AIS consultant coach before becoming the National Talent Development Coach in 2011.

Rod was inducted into the Australian Squash Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Queensland Squash Hall of Fame in 2005.

External links

List of Squash World Open Men's Singles Champions

(1976) Geoff Hunt
(1977) Geoff Hunt
(1979) Geoff Hunt
(1980) Geoff Hunt
(1981) Jahangir Khan
(1982) Jahangir Khan
(1983) Jahangir Khan
(1984) Jahangir Khan
(1985) Jahangir Khan
(1986) Ross Norman
(1987) Jansher Khan
(1988) Jahangir Khan
(1989) Jansher Khan
(1990) Jansher Khan
(1991) Rodney Martin
(1992) Jansher Khan
(1993) Jansher Khan
(1994) Jansher Khan
(1995) Jansher Khan
(1996) Jansher Khan
(1997) Rodney Eyles
(1998) Jonathon Power
(1999) Peter Nicol
(2002) David Palmer
(2003) Amr Shabana
(2004) Thierry Lincou
(2005) Amr Shabana
(2006) David Palmer
(2007) Amr Shabana
(2008) Ramy Ashour
(2009) Amr Shabana
(2010) Nick Matthew
(2011) Nick Matthew
(2012) Ramy Ashour
(2013) Nick Matthew

Persondata
Name	Eyles, Rodney
Alternative names
Short description	Australian squash player
Date of birth	15 September 1967
Place of birth	Brisbane, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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