Phil Kenyon

Phil Kenyon
Country England
Born (1956-05-07) 7 May 1956
Blackpool, England
Men's singles
Highest rankingNo. 4 (February 1987)
Medal record
Men's squash
World Team Championships
1979 Brisbane Team
Representing  England
European Team Championships
1976 Brussels Team
1978 Amsterdam Team
1979 Hamburg Team
1982 Cardiff Team

Philip Kenyon (born 7 May 1956) is a former English professional squash player.

Biography

Born in Blackpool, he became the English number one in 1982 and was still the England number 1 at the end of the 1985/86 season.[1] Kenyon was part of the British team with Jonathan Leslie, Peter Verow and Andrew Dwyer that won the 1979 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Brisbane, Australia.[2]

He also represented England at the 1981, 1983 & 1985 World Team Squash Championships.[3]

Kenyon won four gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 1976, 1978, 1979 and 1982.[4][5]

Kenyon was four-times British national champion in 1977, 1981, 1983 and 1985.[6]

References

  1. ^ Halpin, Larry (1986). The Squash Rackets Association Annual 1986-87. SRA Francis House. pp. 25–31. ISBN 0-900698-098.
  2. ^ "Phil's finale". Daily Express. 29 October 1979. Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
  4. ^ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. ^ "History - British National Squash Champions 1974-2021". British National Squash Championships. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
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