Simon Rösner

Simon Rösner (born 5 November 1987) is a German former professional squash player. He broke into the Top 10 PSA World Rankings for the first time in November 2014, going on to become the highest-ranked male German squash player of all time.^[1] Rösner subsequently reached a world ranking of No. 6 matching Germany's Sabine Schone's career-high world ranking of No. 6 in June 2015.^[2] Rösner broke into the world Top 5 in June 2018 and Top 3 in December 2018 making him the highest-ever-ranked German player.

Simon Rösner

Rösner in 2016
Country	Germany
Born	(1987-11-05) 5 November 1987 (age 37) Würzburg, Germany
Residence	Paderborn, Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2020
Plays	Right Handed
Coached by	Ronny Vlassaks, Thomas Prange (Athletic-Coach)
Racquet used	Oliver
Men's singles
Highest ranking	No. 3 (December 2018)
Current ranking	No. 7 (January 2020)
Title(s)	9
Tour final(s)	17
World Open	SF (2019)
Medal record Men's squash Representing  Germany World Championships 2018–19 Chicago Singles 2019–20 Doha Singles World Games 2017 Wrocław Singles 2013 Cali Singles
Updated on March 2018.

Career overview

In October 2012, Rösner won the Santiago Squash Open against Cameron Pilley in the final.

In 2013, in what was referred to as the battle of the giants, he beat Omar Mosaad in 5 games in the North American Open to reach the quarter-finals of a World Series tournament for the second time.^[3][4] In the same year, he became a silver medalist at the World Games in Cali and won the Alwatan and Asnan International, a PSA International 50 tournament, in Kuwait defeating Borja Golán in the final in 3 games.

He won a gold medal at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland.

In January 2018, he became the first German player to win a PSA World Series tournament at the Tournament of Champions, played in Grand Central Station, New York, after he followed up a stunning semi-final upset of World No.1 Grégory Gaultier to take an 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5 victory over World No.7 Tarek Momen in 71 minutes.^[5]

Rösner reached two consecutive finals and three consecutive semi-finals in the US-Open, Qatar Classics and Hong Kong Open, respectively making 2018 his best year on the World Tour. He was the world No. 5 between June 2018 and November 2018 and No. 3 in December 2018.^[6][7]

On 21 December 2020, Rösner announced his retirement from the PSA World Tour. He was ranked No.1 in Germany and No.8 in the world.^[8]

Titles and finals

Major finals (3)

Major tournaments include:

• PSA World Championships
• PSA World Tour Finals
• Top-tier PSA World Tour tournaments (Platinum/World Series/Super Series)

Year/Season	Tournament	Opponent	Result	Score
2018	Tournament of Champions	Tarek Momen	Win (1)	11-8 11-9 6-11 11-5
2018	U.S. Open	Mohamed El Shorbagy	Loss (1)	11-8 8-11 11-6 8-11 4-11
2018	Qatar Classic	Ali Farag	Loss (2)	9-11 7-11 5-11