Alison Waters (born 19 March 1984 in London) is a former professional squash player from England.

Career

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

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in the final. Waters won the

British National Squash Championships The British National Squash Championships are the national squash championships for players from the United Kingdom & Ireland. They are held annually in early February, currently in Nottingham. The Championships were inaugurated in 1974 are no ...

in February 2010, beating

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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. In 2012, she was part of the England team that won the silver medal at the

2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships The 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2012 World Team Squash Championships, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held in Nîmes, France and took place from November ...

. 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 The 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships was the women's edition of the 2014 World Team Squash Championships, which is the world team championship for squash players. The event was held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, from December 1 to De ...

. In 2016, she was part of the English team that won the silver medal at the

2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships The 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2016 World Team Squash Championships, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event held in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France and takes place from ...

. In 2018, she won her fourth silver medal at the

2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships The 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships was the women's edition of the 2018 World Team Squash Championships, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event held in Dalian, China took place from 11 to 19 September ...

Major World Series final appearances

Malaysian Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)

References

External links

Alison Waters official site
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waters, Alison 1984 births Living people English female squash players Sportspeople from London Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in squash Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Career

Major World Series final appearances

Malaysian Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)

See also

References

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