Tony Hands
| Country |  England | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | c.1970 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 9 (31 December 1993) | |||||||||||||||||
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Tony Hands (born c.1970) is an English former professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of 9 on 31 December 1993.[1]
Biography
[edit]Hands finished runner-up to Del Harris in the Suffolk Junior Open (U14) in March 1983[2] and had progressed to Essex and East of England U19 champion by 1987.[3]
He played for Ardleigh Hall and represented Essex at county level.[4] He was called up for the England U19 team in 1989 and played for Chelmsford, while steadily moving up the British rankings.[5]
Hands later played for Lambwath Hall Sports and then North Walsham[6] and reached the 1991 semi-finals of the British National Squash Championships.[7] He had reached the world's top 30 and Britain's top 10 by the beginning of 1992 and was world number 18 by the end of the year.[8]
Hands won two gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships at the 1993 European Squash Team Championships[9] and the 1994 European Squash Team Championships.[10][11]
He was ranked 4 in Britain in August 1993 and joined Cardiff-based Leekes Wizards along with fellow England internartional Chris Walker.[12] Hands reached world number 9 at the end of 1993.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tony Hands (England)". Squash Info. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Results". Suffolk and Essex Free Press. 3 March 1983. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Squash Open's Massive entry". Chatham Standard. 13 January 1987. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Booster for squash kids". Brentwood Gazette. 13 January 1987. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "World of Squash". Billericay Gazette. 15 December 1989. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tony shows his class". Hull Daily Mail. 29 January 1991. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Nicolle bids for semi-finals". Halifax Evening Courier. 12 April 1991. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Broken nose victim back in hospital". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 17 December 1991. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England squash rivals!". irmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 May 1993. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ "Wizard Pair". South Wales Echo. 3 August 1993. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scots squash star leaps into the world's top 20". Dundee Courier. 31 December 1993. Retrieved 5 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.