Alison Waters

Alison Waters
Alison Waters
Country England
Born (1984-03-19) 19 March 1984
London, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2021
PlaysRight Handed
Coached byPaul Carter
Racquet usedSalming
Women's singles
Highest rankingNo. 3 (October 2010)
Title(s)9
Tour final(s)19
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing England
World Championships
2009 Amsterdam Singles
2010 Sharm El Sheikh Singles
2014 Cairo Singles
World Team Championships
2006 Edmonton Team
2014 Niagara-on-the-Lake Team
2008 Cairo Team
2012 Nîmes Team
2016 Issy-les-Moulineaux Team
2018 Dalian Team
World Doubles Championships
2017 Manchester Doubles
2017 Manchester Mixed doubles
2022 Glasgow Doubles
2022 Glasgow Mixed doubles
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Mixed doubles
2014 Glasgow Doubles
2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles
2022 Birmingham Women's doubles
European Team Championships
2005 Amsterdam Team
2007 Riccione Team
2008 Amsterdam Team
2009 Malmö Team
2012 Nuremberg Team
2013 Amsterdam Team
2014 Riccione Team
2015 Herning Team
2016 Warsaw Team
2017 Helsinki Team
2018 Wrocław Team

Alison Claire Waters (born 19 March 1984) is an English former professional squash player.[1] She reached a career high ranking of 3 in the world during October 2010.[2]

Biography

As a junior player, Waters won her first major squash tournament – the British Under-12 title – at the age of nine-and-a-half. She retained the title the following year. She was a three-time runner-up at the British Open Under-14 Championships. She won her first professional title in 2005 at the Forbes Open, beating Carla Khan in the final.[3]

Waters won the British National Squash Championships in February 2010, beating Jenny Duncalf in the final 10–12, 11–7, 4–11, 11–7, 12–10. Waters also won the championship in 2008 beating Laura Lengthorn-Massaro and finished as the runner-up in 2005, 2007 and 2009.[4]

In 2012, she was part of the England team that won the silver medal at the 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[5]

In 2014, she was part of the team that helped England reclaim the world team title by winning the gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[6]

In 2016, she was part of the English team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[7] In 2018, she won her fourth silver medal at the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[8]

Waters won 11 gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 2005 to 2018.[9][10]

Major World Series final appearances

Malaysian Open

Outcome Year Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 2009 Nicol David 11–6, 11–8, 9–11, 11-7

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bio at Squashplayer.co.uk". Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Profile and world ranking". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Alexandria International Squash Open player profiles". Squash Site. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ "National Championships History". England Squash. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Women's WSF World Team Championship 2012, La Parnasse Arena, Nimes, France". Squash info. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  6. ^ "England Reclaim Women's World Team Championship Title". Squash info. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Egypt Beats England, Winning Women's World Team Squash Championship". Cairo Scene. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Women's World Team Championship squash: Egypt beat England to retain title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ^ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.