Peter Barker (squash player)

Peter Barker (born 26 September 1983)^[1] is a professional squash player from Upminster, England. He reached a career high ranking of 13 in the world during November 2007.

Peter Barker

Barker during the 2011 Australian Open quarter-final.
Country	England
Born	(1983-09-26) 26 September 1983 (age 41) London, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2015
Plays	Left Handed
Coached by	Lee Davies
Racquet used	Wilson
Men's singles
Highest ranking	No. 5 (December, 2012)
Title(s)	16
Tour final(s)	26
World Open	SF (2010)
Medal record Men's squash Representing  England World Championships 2010 Khobar Singles World Team Championships 2007 Chennai Team 2011 Paderborn Team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Mixed doubles 2010 Delhi Men's singles 2014 Glasgow Men's singles European Team Championships 2006 Vienna Team 2007 Riccione Team 2008 Amsterdam Team 2009 Malmö Team 2010 Aix-en-Provence Team 2011 Espoo Team 2012 Nuremberg Team 2013 Amsterdam Team 2014 Riccione Team 2015 Herning Team

XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Squash (Men’s) Peter Barker of England in an action against Stewart Boswell of Australia, at Sirifort Sports Complex, in New Delhi on 6 October 2010

Biography

Barker was born in London and was educated at Brentwood School from 1995 to 2002.^[2]

In September 2008, Barker defeated David Palmer twice, with a decisive 3–0 victory over David Palmer in Chicago at the Sweet Home Chicago Open, and a 3–2 victory in Baltimore at the Merrit Properties Open. Barker's highest world ranking of 5 was reached in December 2012.^[1] Shortly afterwards he was selected to represent the senior England team at the World Team Championships in December 2008, held in India.^{[citation needed]} and has 12 professional tour titles to his name out of 15 final appearances.

In 2010, Barker won the bronze medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games squash men's singles event in Delhi after defeating Mohd Azlan Iskandar from Malaysia in straight sets, 11-5, 11–4, 11–2. The match ended in 45 minutes. Barker had a match point against Ramy Ashour in the quarterfinals of the 2012 U.S. Open, but ended up losing the match. Ashour would go on to win the US Open, beating Gregory Gaultier in the finals.^[3]

Barker won eight gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.^[4][5]

Barker is currently a broker (ish).^[6]