Squash is a racket game that pushes players to the limits of their stamina and requires a great level of speed and skill. It is a fast a brutal game that is highly respected when it comes to racket sports. Over the years, there have been players who have asserted their dominance over the sport by redefining the possibilities in the sport and have gone on to become some of the greatest squash players of all time.
These are the top five greatest squash players of all time:
Jahangir Khan
Country: Pakistan
Jahangir Khan is considered to be the greatest squash player of all time. At the early age of 15 years old, he had won the World Amateur Individual Championship and, eventually, within a span of two more years, had defeated Geoff Hunt, the legendary Squash player, by the time he turned 17 years old and had become the youngest-ever World Open champion.
Between 1981 and 1986, he went on to become undefeatable and won a string of 555 consecutive matches, which is a record that has been acknowledged by the Guinness World Records. Adding to his incredible achievements, he also won 10 consecutive British Open titles between 1982 and 1991, a record that has been unmatched when it comes to men’s squash.
Jahangir secured the World Open title six times, and his achievements speak to the level of skill he has and the consistency he has displayed. In the year 1988, he defeated Jansher Khan, who is widely known as his sport rival. Jahangir Khan is also a member of Pakistan’s World Team.
Jansher Khan
Country: Pakistan
Jansher Khan is also considered to be one of the greatest squash players of all time, who has a record of holding eight World Championship titles to his name. His name is often mentioned as one of the biggest sports rivals of Jahangir Khan. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Jansher was one of the dominant squash players. He also won the British Open six times. Over the course of his professional sports career, he received 99 titles and held the No.1 world ranking before officially retiring in the year 2001.
Geoff Hunt
Country: Australia
Geoff Hunt was known for his exceptional stamina and for helping the sport of squash gain popularity worldwide before the era of Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan began. He was a four-time World Open Champion for the years 1976,1997,1979, and 1980. and also claimed eight British Open titles in the 1970s and early 1980s. Over the course of his professional squash career, he received 178 titles. His adaptability, consistency, and tactical intelligence are why he is considered to be one of the greatest squash players of all time.
Nicol David
Country: Malaysia
Nicol David is a Malaysian Squash legend. She is known for her boundless energy and is the first player to have won the World Junior title twice in the year 1999 and 2001. Thereafter, between the years 2005 and 2014, Nicol won the World Open eight times and the British Open five times. Nicol David is all set to make her Squash Olympic debut at LA in 2028.
Heather Mckay
Country: Australia
Heather McKay is known for her technical brilliance and court control and for setting certain benchmarks for female squash players that are still referred to this day. During the course of her professional squash career, she remained unbeaten for nearly two decades between the years 1962 and 1981.
During the years 1962 to 1977, she won 16 consecutive British Open titles. She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 and elevated as a Legend of Australian Sport in 2000.
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