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
Year | Venue | Champions | Runners-up |
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2006 | Melbourne | Stewart Boswell / Anthony Ricketts | Dan Jenson / Joe Kneipp |
2004 | Chennai, India | Byron Davis / Cameron White | Ritwik Bhattacharya / Saurav Ghosal |
1997 | Hong Kong | Mark Cairns / Chris Walker | Dan Jenson / Craig Rowland |
Women's Doubles championship
Year | Venue | Champions | Runners-up |
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2006 | Melbourne | Shelley Kitchen / Tamsyn Leevey | Robyn Cooper / Sarah Fitz-Gerald |
2004 | Chennai, India | Natalie Grinham / Rachael Grinham | Louise Crome / Lara Petera |
1997 | Hong Kong, | Philippa Beams / Leilani Joyce | Cassie Jackman / Sue Wright |
Mixed Doubles championship
Year | Venue | Champions | Runners-up |
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2006 | Melbourne | Rachael Grinham / Joe Kneipp | Amelia Pittock / Cameron Pilley |
2004 | Chennai, India | Rachael Grinham / David Palmer | Shelley Kitchen / Glen Wilson |
1997 | Hong Kong | Liz Irving / Dan Jenson | Cassie Jackman / Chris Walker |