Sport and Games Atlas

How The Game Is Played
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Athlete

Anthony Ricketts

Racket Sports

Anthony Ricketts is an Australian former professional squash player, born on 12 March 1979 in Sydney, New South Wales. He rose from 18th to 7th in the world rankings in 2002 and to World No. 6 in October 2003, then lost time to a knee injury in 2004. In 2005 he won the Tournament of Champions in New York, beating the world champion Thierry Lincou in the final, and the British Open in Manchester, beating James Willstrop in the final, which took him to a career-high World No. 3 and made him the top-ranked Australian for the first time. He won the Super Series Finals in 2006, took men's doubles silver medals with Stewart Boswell at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, and won the 2006 World Doubles Squash Championships. He was in the Australian team that won the 2003 World Team Championships and retired in December 2007 after a knee injury.

Facts
Birth Year
1979 1
Gender
Male 1
Connections

Competed In

Source Anthony Ricketts (Wikipedia)
Source Anthony Ricketts (Wikipedia)

Plays

Squash, Sports
Source Anthony Ricketts (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Anthony Ricketts (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
is an Australian former professional squash player
Sources
1. Anthony Ricketts (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth year
    (born 12 March 1979 in Sydney, New South Wales)
  • Biography, gender
    Ricketts won a silver medal in the men's doubles, partnering Stewart Boswell.
  • Lead, nationality
    is an Australian former professional squash player
  • Plays: Squash, Lead
    is an Australian former professional squash player
  • Competed In: British Open Squash Championships, Competition record
    Ricketts won the British Open in 2005, beating James Willstrop in the final 11-7, 11-9, 11-7.
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Competition record
    At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Ricketts won a silver medal in the men's doubles, partnering Stewart Boswell.
View the Source

Take a Related Quiz

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.