Australian Open (squash)

The Australian Open is an annual squash tournament conducted by Squash Australia and held since 1980. The event is on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) international circuit.

Australian Open
Details
Event name	City Tattersalls Group Australian Open
Location	Sydney, Australia
Venue	Sydney University Aquatic Centre
Website www.squash.org.au/w/events/Australian_Open
Men's Winner
Category	PSA World Tour Bronze

History

The Australian Open replaced the Australian Amateur Championship, which was conducted from 1928 until 1979.

Past winners

Men

Year	Winner	Runner-up	score	Notes/Ref
1979	Geoff Hunt
1980	Geoff Hunt
1981	Geoff Hunt	Dean Williams	9–3, 9–1, 10–9	[1]
1982	Jahangir Khan
1983	Ross Thorne	Chris Dittmar	10-8, 9-6, 3-9, 9-1
1984	Tristan Nancarrow	Dean Williams	3–1	[2]
1985	Rodney Martin	Geoff Hunt	7–9, 9–2, 2–9, 9–1, 9–3	[3]
1986	Rodney Martin	Rodney Eyles	9–4, 9–0, 9–2
1987	Chris Robertson	Rodney Martin	5–9, 9–6, 5–9, 9–1, 9–4	[4]
1988	Chris Dittmar	Rodney Martin	9–1, 9–4, 9–3	[5]
1989	Chris Dittmar	Rodney Martin	9–5, 9–3, 9–4	[6]
1990	Rodney Martin	Chris Dittmar	15–11, 13–15, 15–9, 15–10	[7]
1991	Chris Dittmar	Jahangir Khan	15-10, 14-17, 15-10, 15-8
1992	Rodney Martin	Jansher Khan	15-12, 15-12, 15-8
1993	Rodney Martin	Chris Dittmar	15-13, 14-17, 15-8, 15-7
1994	Brett Martin	Billy Haddrell	15–12, 15–13, 8–15, 15–11	[8]
1995 No competition
1996	Brett Martin
1997	Rodney Eyles	Brett Martin	15-9, 11-15, 17-15, 15-17, 17-15
1998	Jonathon Power	Anthony Hill	15-10, 15-8, 15-8
1999 No competition
2000	Anthony Ricketts	Paul Price	15-6, 12-15, 15-2, 11-15, 15-13
2001	Tommy Berden	Anthony Ricketts	15-12, 17-16, 11-15, 12-15, 15-13	[9]
2002	Stewart Boswell	Anthony Ricketts	13-15, 9-15, 15-9, 15-2, 15-11
2003	Dan Jenson	Paul Price	12-15, 15-12, 15-11, 15-2
2004	Dan Jenson	Cameron Pilley	4-15, 15-5, 15-8, 15-5
2005	Anthony Ricketts	David Palmer	11-9, 11-8, 11-9
2006	Stewart Boswell	David Palmer	7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 12-10, 11-2
2007	Stewart Boswell	Cameron Pilley	11-4, 11-6, 6-11, 7-11, 11-6
2008	David Palmer	Kashif Shuja	11-7, 14-12, 11-8
2009	Stewart Boswell	Cameron Pilley	11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9
2010	Nick Matthew	Ramy Ashour	14-16, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4
2011	Ramy Ashour	Nick Matthew	14-12, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8, 11-4
2012	Ramy Ashour	Omar Mosaad	11-9, 11-9, 11-6
2013–2014 No competition
2015	Paul Coll	Cameron Pilley	11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 11-5
2016	Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi	Campbell Grayson	6-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5
2017	Eain Yow Ng	Joshua Larkin	13-11, 11-6, 11-9
2018	Rex Hedrick	Dimitri Steinmann	11-4, 12-10, 11-5
2019	Victor Crouin	Mohammad Syafiq Kamal	11-8, 11-5, 11-4
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
2021	Rhys Dowling	Joseph White	11-8, 11-6, 11-4
2022	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	Greg Lobban	8–11, 11–8, 11–1, 11–9
2024	Youssef Soliman	Victor Crouin	11–8, 11–4, 4–11, 11–6	2023-2024 season
2025	Karim Gawad	Paul Coll	9–11, 11–6, 13–11, 11–9

Women

Year	Winner	Runner-up	score	Notes/Ref
1979	Vicki Hoffmann
1980	Vicki Hoffmann
1981	Rhonda Thorne	Vicki Hoffmann	10–9, 9–1, 9–6	[1]
1982	Vicki Cardwell
1983	Vicki Cardwell	Rhonda Thorne	9–1, 9–3, 9–4
1984	Vicki Cardwell
1985	Jan Miller	Diane Davies	9–3, 9–5, 9–7	[3]
1986	Lisa Opie
1987	Lisa Opie	Robyn Friday	9–6, 3–9, 4–9, 9–7, 9–7	[4]
1988	Vicki Cardwell	Michelle Martin	10–8, 5–9, 9–0, 9–7	[5]
1989	Vicki Cardwell	Danielle Drady	9–6, 9–2, 9–0
1990	Susan Devoy	Michelle Martin	13–15, 17–14, 15–10, 17–15	[7]
1991	Michelle Martin	Liz Irving	16-17, 15-12, 15-11, 15-12
1992	Susan Devoy	Cassie Jackman	15-10, 15-9, 11-15, 15-11
1993	Michelle Martin	Liz Irving	15-13, 15-8, 15-5
1994	Michelle Martin	Liz Irving	15–13, 15–6, 11–15, 15–13	[8]
1995	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	9-3, 9-4, 5-9, 9-5
1996	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	4-9, 9-5, 9-4, 9-1
1997	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	5-9, 9-4, 9-4, 9-0
1998	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	9-4, 2-9, 9-6, 9-5
1999	Michelle Martin	Leilani Rorani	9-7, 9-0, 9-3
2000	Leilani Joyce	Carol Owens	9-7, 9-5, 9-3
2001	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Natalie Grinham	9-0, 9-1, 9-2
2002	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Laura Keating	9-0, 9-2, 9-0
2003	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Natalie Grinham	9-0, 9-2, 9-2
2004	Natalie Grinham	Amelia Pittock	9-0, 9-0, 9-4
2005	Rachael Grinham	Amelia Pittock	9-3, 9-7, 9-1
2006	Kasey Brown	Dianne Desira	9-2, 9-1, 9-3
2007	Shelley Kitchen	Kasey Brown	9-4, 9-7, 9-4
2008	Annie Au	Kasey Brown	6-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 12-10
2009	Joelle King	Annie Au	11-6, 11-13, 14-12, 11-7
2010	Madeline Perry	Alison Waters	11-5, 12-10, 6-11, 4-11, 13-11
2011	Nicol David	Jenny Duncalf	11-8, 11-4, 11-6
2012	Nicol David	Laura Massaro	17-15, 11-2, 11-6
2013–2014 No competition
2015	Joelle King	Annie Au	11-5, 11-6, 11-9
2016	Dipika Pallikal	Mayar Hany	10-12,11-5,11-6,11-4
2017	Rachael Grinham	Sivasangari Subramaniam	11-5, 11-9, 11-7
2018	Low Wee Wern	Hana Ramadan	11-6, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6
2019	Sivasangari Subramaniam	Satomi Watanabe	5-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
2021	Rachael Grinham	Jessica Turnbull	15-13, 11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8
2022	Nele Gilis	Sabrina Sobhy	11-9, 11-8, 11-6	[10]
2024	Salma Hany	Amina Orfi	11–5, 11–8, 11–9	2023-2024 season
2025	Olivia Weaver	Amina Orfi	4–11, 11–9, 11–1, 11–9