Nick Matthew

Nicholas "Nick" Matthew ( born July 25, 1980 in Sheffield ) is an English squash player. He became world champion in 2010, 2011 and 2013 and has already led several times in the world rankings.

Career

Matthews career on the professional tour began in 1998. Later that year he was with the junior national team of England champion, as he reached the semi-finals in the Junior Singles. He finally succeeded in 2004 the first time into the top ten in the world rankings. With his victory at the British Open in 2006, he was the first Englishman since Jim Dear in 1939, who won the tournament on home soil. He repeated this success in 2009 and 2012. At the 2009 World Games in Taiwan won Matthew with a win over rival James Willstrop time the gold medal. Against Willstrop played with Matthew 26 meeting the most games so far in his career. Here, he can submit a 21:5 balance in his favor. With the England team Matthew has already collected numerous titles: So he was in 2005 and 2007 Team World Champion since 2005 and seven times European champions.

End of 2009, there was a hard battle for the world ranking guide: Matthew met at the PSA Masters in India on Ramy Ashour and lost with 1:3. Than a month later, they met each other again in a final, this time at the Saudi International, a tournament with Super Series status. At this time it was already clear that the winner of the game would take the lead in the world rankings - a position that both had not yet been reached by this time. In a hard fought game continued after 110 minutes ultimately again Ashour 3-2 and thus conquered the top position. Matthew, since then number two in the world, won the following year in 2010 at five tournaments four times to win the tournament, where he also Ramy Ashour was able to defeat once. The fourth tournament victory, a 3-1 win against Karim Darwish, Matthew finally catapulted in June 2010 for the first time to the top of world rankings. In August 2010, it came in the final of the Australian Open for the re- match against Ashour. With 3:0 Matthew kept this time clear the upper hand and won his third tournament of the already ongoing Super -Series - season. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games Matthew won both the singles and the doubles with Adrian Grant sovereign gold medal. In December 2010, Matthew crowned the year by winning the World Cup against his fellow countryman James Willstrop. The Squash World Team Championships 2013 Nick Matthew won his third team title. Through his tournament victory in the subsequent Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Squash Open 2013 Matthew conquered for the first time after February 2012, the world ranking leadership back.

Private

Since December 2012 Nick Matthew was engaged with the English physiologist Esme Taylor, the couple married in June 2013.

Achievements

  • World Champion: 2010, 2011, 2013
  • World champion with the team: 2005, 2007, 2013
  • European champion with the team: 9 tracks
  • Won PSA Title: 29
  • 19 months world number
  • World Games: 1x Gold ( 2009), 1x Bronze (2005)
  • Commonwealth Games: 2x Gold (Single and Double 2010)
  • British Champion: 6 titles (2006, 2009, 2010, 2012-2014 )
2010 Men's World Open Squash Championship 2011 Men's World Open Squash Championship 2013 Men's World Open Squash Championship European Squash Individual Championships Adrian Grant (squash player) 2013 Men's World Team Squash Championships Men's Hong Kong squash Open 2013 2005 Men's World Team Squash Championships 2007 Men's World Team Squash Championships Professional Squash Association Squash at the World Games Squash at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Geoff Hunt Jahangir Khan Ross Norman Jansher Khan Rodney Martin Jonathon Power Peter Nicol David Palmer (squash player) Amr Shabana
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