Stewart Boswell (born 29 July 1978 in
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory
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) is a professional
squash player from
Australia.
Career Overview
In 2003, Boswell had been ranked in the world's top-10 for two years and had reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4, when a mystery back ailment forced him to stop playing. He returned to the professional tour in 2005. On his return, he won six of the tour's lower-ranking tournaments in a row, and two further lower-ranking tournaments later in the year. He broke back into the world's top-20 in 2006 and the top-10 in 2007.
At the
Commonwealth Games
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in 2002, Boswell won a bronze medal in the men's singles, and silver medal in the men's doubles partnering
Anthony Ricketts
Anthony Ricketts (born 12 March 1979 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former professional squash player from Australia.
Ricketts won the British Open in 2005, beating James Willstrop in the final 11–7, 11–9, 11–7. He also won the 2 ...
. Boswell and Ricketts again won a men's doubles silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The pair won the men's doubles title at the 2006
World Doubles Squash Championships.
After losing out to
Grégory Gaultier
Grégory Gaultier (born 23 December 1982, in Épinal, France) is a former professional squash player from France. He has won the 2015 World Open Squash Championship, the British Open three times, in 2007, 2014 and 2017, the Qatar Classic in ...
during the
2011 Kuwait PSA Cup, Boswell announced he would retire from professional play.
Major
World Series
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final appearances
US Open: 1 finals (0 title, 1 runner-up)
References
External links
Stewart Boswell retires, Nov 2011*
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Australian male squash players
Living people
1978 births
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Squash players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Sportspeople from Canberra
Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in squash
Competitors at the 2009 World Games