Rodney Eyles

Rodney Eyles, full name Rodney James Eyles, is a former professional squash player from Australia, born on 15 September 1967 in Brisbane and best remembered for winning the World Open in 1997, when he beat Peter Nicol in the final. He joined the professional tour at sixteen in May 1984, was in the first Australian Institute of Sport squash squad from 1985, spent 16 years on the PSA World Tour, was its president from 1996 to 1998 and retired in November 2000 with a career-high ranking of World No. 2. He was in the Australian teams that won the 1991 Men's World Team Squash Championships and the 1986 World Junior Team Championships, won the US Open in 1993 and 1996, and took a silver medal in the men's doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. After retiring he coached in Italy, Hong Kong and the United States and founded the Rod Eyles Squash Academy on the Gold Coast.