Tony Hands

Tony Hands (born c.1970) is an English former professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of 9 on 31 December 1993.^[1]

Tony Hands

Country	England
Born	c.1970
Men's singles
Highest ranking	No. 9 (31 December 1993)
Medal record Men's squash Representing  England European Team Championships 1993 Aix-en-Provence Team 1994 Zoetermeer Team

Biography

Hands finished runner-up to Del Harris in the Suffolk Junior Open (U14) in March 1983^[2] and had progressed to Essex and East of England U19 champion by 1987.^[3]

He played for Ardleigh Hall and represented Essex at county level.^[4] He was called up for the England U19 team in 1989 and played for Chelmsford, while steadily moving up the British rankings.^[5]

Hands later played for Lambwath Hall Sports and then North Walsham^[6] and reached the 1991 semi-finals of the British National Squash Championships.^[7] He had reached the world's top 30 and Britain's top 10 by the beginning of 1992 and was world number 18 by the end of the year.^[8]

Hands won two gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships at the 1993 European Squash Team Championships^[9] and the 1994 European Squash Team Championships.^[10][11]

He was ranked 4 in Britain in August 1993 and joined Cardiff-based Leekes Wizards along with fellow England internartional Chris Walker.^[12] Hands reached world number 9 at the end of 1993.^[13]