The World International Doubles Squash Championships is a squash

Squash (sport)

Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...

 tournament which includes Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Under the rules of the championships, double pairs must be made up of two players from the same country. The event has been held three times – in 1997, 2004, and 2006.

The championships are played on courts measuring 32 feet (9.75 metres) by 21 feet – a court size approved by the World Squash Federation

World Squash Federation

The World Squash Federation is the international federation for squash, an indoor racquet sport which was formerly called "Squash rackets."It is based in Hastings in England. As of 2009 it has 147 member federations...

 in 1992 for the international doubles game. This court size is the same depth as courts for the singles game, but appears to be slightly wider (singles courts are also 21 feet wide).

A separate world championship event, known as the World Hardball Doubles Squash Championships, is also held once every two years for players of the hardball

Hardball squash

Hardball squash is a format of the indoor racquet sport squash which was first developed in North America in the late 19h century and early 20th century. It is sometimes referred to as being the "American version" of the sport...

 version of doubles squash (which is played with a different type of ball, on courts measuring 45 feet by 25 feet).

Men's Doubles championship

Year	Champions	Runners-up
2006	Stewart Boswell Stewart Boswell Stewart Boswell is a professional squash player from Australia.-Career Overview:... / Anthony Ricketts Anthony Ricketts Anthony Ricketts is a former professional squash player from Australia.Ricketts won the British Open in 2005, beating James Willstrop in the final 11-7, 11-9, 11-7... (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )	Dan Jenson Dan Jenson Dan Jenson is a professional squash player from Australia. He joined the professional tour in 1993, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in 1999...  / Joe Kneipp Joe Kneipp Joseph Kneipp is a professional squash player from Australia.Kneipp was born in Brisbane and grew up near Cairns. He began playing squash at the age of seven. As a junior, he won the Australian under-13 squash championship title. At the age of 14, he attended the Australian Institute of Sport for...  (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )
2004	Byron Davis Byron Davis Byron Davis is a squash coach and former professional squash player from Australia.As a player, his most notable successes came in doubles play. He won the men's doubles title at the World Doubles Squash Championships in 2004 , and was a men's doubles silver medalist at the 1998 Commonwealth Games... / Cameron White Cameron White (squash player) Cameron White is a professional squash player from Australia.In 2004, White won the men's doubles title at the World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering Byron Davis.- External links :* *... (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )	Ritwik Bhattacharya Ritwik Bhattacharya The flag bearer of Indian Squash on Professional Squash Association tour rock was the first of the accomplished junior players to spurn an education in the United States to follow his dreams in squash...  / Saurav Ghosal Saurav Ghosal Saurav Ghosal is a professional squash player from India and currently ranked No.24 in the world....  (India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... )
1997	Mark Cairns Mark Cairns (squash player) Mark Cairns is a former professional squash player from England.Cairns reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 1995. In 1997, he won the British National Squash Championships and teamed-up with Chris Walker to win the men's doubles title at the inaugural World Doubles Squash... / Chris Walker Chris Walker (squash player) Chris Walker is a squash coach and former professional squash player from England.Walker was a member of the England teams which won the World Team Squash Championships in 1995 and 1997. He finished runner-up at the British Open in 2001... (England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... )	Dan Jenson Dan Jenson Dan Jenson is a professional squash player from Australia. He joined the professional tour in 1993, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in 1999... / Craig Rowland Craig Rowland Craig Rowland is a squash coach and former professional squash player from Australia. As a player, he reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 1996. He won a Gold Medal in the mixed doubles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, partnering Michelle Martin...  (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )

Women's Doubles championship

Year	Champions	Runners-up
2006	Shelley Kitchen Shelley Kitchen Shelley Celia Kitchen MNZM is a female professional squash player from New Zealand.At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Kitchen beat World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysia in the third-place match to capture the women's singles Bronze Medal... / Tamsyn Leevey Tamsyn Leevey Tamsyn Leevey is a professional squash player from New Zealand. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, she won a Silver Medal in the women's doubles, partnering Shelley Kitchen... (New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... )	Robyn Cooper Robyn Cooper Robyn Cooper is a professional squash player from Australia. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in 1996. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games, she won a Silver Medal in the women's doubles, partnering Rachael Grinham. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Cooper won a Bronze Medal in the...  / Sarah Fitz-Gerald Sarah Fitz-Gerald Sarah Elizabeth Fitz-Gerald AM is an Australian women's squash player who is perhaps the greatest of the 1990s, collecting five World Open titles – 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002. She ranks alongside Susan Devoy, Michelle Martin and Heather McKay as the sport's greatest...  (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )
2004	Natalie Grinham Natalie Grinham Natalie Marie Grinham is a professional squash player. During her career, she has won three Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, and finished runner-up at both the World Open and the British Open. She reached the World No. 2 ranking in 2007. She represented Australia in international squash... / Rachael Grinham Rachael Grinham Rachael Margaret Grinham is a professional squash player from Australia. She won the World Open in 2007, and the British Open in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009. She reached the World No... (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )	Louise Crome Louise Crome Louise Crome is a professional squash player from New Zealand.In 2004, Crome finished runner-up in the women's doubles event at the World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering Lara Petera. Crome graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Commerce in Information Systems and a...  / Lara Petera Lara Petera Lara Petera is a professional squash player from New Zealand.In 2004, Petera finished runner-up in the women's doubles event at the World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering Louise Crome.- External links :*...  (New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... )
1997	Philippa Beams / Leilani Joyce Leilani Joyce Leilani Joyce is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from New Zealand. During her career, she won the British Open in 1999 and 2000, and finished runner-up at the World Open in 2000 and 2001.... (New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... )	Cassie Jackman / Sue Wright Sue Wright Sue Wright is a former professional squash player from England. She was runner-up at the British Open in 1991 and 2000, and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3 in 1998. She won the British National Championship title four times in 1992, 1997, 1998 and 2001. As a junior player, Wright...  (England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... )

Mixed Doubles championship

Year	Champions	Runners-up
2006	Rachael Grinham Rachael Grinham Rachael Margaret Grinham is a professional squash player from Australia. She won the World Open in 2007, and the British Open in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009. She reached the World No... / Joe Kneipp Joe Kneipp Joseph Kneipp is a professional squash player from Australia.Kneipp was born in Brisbane and grew up near Cairns. He began playing squash at the age of seven. As a junior, he won the Australian under-13 squash championship title. At the age of 14, he attended the Australian Institute of Sport for... (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )	Amelia Pittock Amelia Pittock Amelia Pittock is a professional squash player from Australia.Pittock was born in Mornington, Victoria. In 2006, Pittock finished runner-up in the mixed doubles event at the World Doubles Squash Championships, partnering Cameron Pilley....  / Cameron Pilley Cameron Pilley Cameron Pilley is a professional squash player from Australia.Pilley was born in Grafton, New South Wales. From 2001 to 2005, he attended the Australian Institute of Sport on a squash scholarship, where he trained under Geoff Hunt and Rodney Martin.As a junior player, Pilley won the Australian...  (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )
2004	Rachael Grinham Rachael Grinham Rachael Margaret Grinham is a professional squash player from Australia. She won the World Open in 2007, and the British Open in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009. She reached the World No... / David Palmer David Palmer (squash player) David Palmer is a professional squash player from Australia. He won the Super Series finals in 2002, the World Open in 2002 and 2006; the British Open in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2008; and the Australian Open in 2008. He attained World No... (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )	Shelley Kitchen Shelley Kitchen Shelley Celia Kitchen MNZM is a female professional squash player from New Zealand.At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Kitchen beat World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysia in the third-place match to capture the women's singles Bronze Medal...  / Glen Wilson Glen Wilson Glen Wilson is a squash coach and former professional squash player from New Zealand.As a player, Wilson was a three-time New Zealand national champion, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No...  (New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... )
1997	Liz Irving Liz Irving Liz Irving is a squash coach and former professional squash player from Australia.Irving was runner-up to her fellow Australian player Michelle Martin at the World Open in 1993. She was also a three-time finalist at the British Open, losing the final to New Zealand's Susan Devoy in 1988, and to... / Dan Jenson Dan Jenson Dan Jenson is a professional squash player from Australia. He joined the professional tour in 1993, and reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in 1999... (Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... )	Cassie Jackman / Chris Walker Chris Walker (squash player) Chris Walker is a squash coach and former professional squash player from England.Walker was a member of the England teams which won the World Team Squash Championships in 1995 and 1997. He finished runner-up at the British Open in 2001...  (England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... )

External links

• World Squash Federation website