Alison Waters

Alison Waters

File:Alison Waters.jpg Alison Waters
Personal information
Born	(1984-03-19) 19 March 1984 London, England
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	England
Handedness	Right Handed
Turned pro	1999
Coached by	Paul Carter
Retired	2021
Racquet used	Salming
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 3 (October 2010)
Title	9
Tour final	19
Medal record Women's squash Representing England World Championships Error creating thumbnail: 2009 Amsterdam Singles Error creating thumbnail: 2010 Sharm El Sheikh Singles Error creating thumbnail: 2014 Cairo Singles World Team Championships Gold medal – first place 2006 Edmonton Team Gold medal – first place 2014 Niagara-on-the-Lake Team Silver medal – second place 2008 Cairo Team Silver medal – second place 2012 Nîmes Team Silver medal – second place 2016 Issy-les-Moulineaux Team Silver medal – second place 2018 Dalian Team World Doubles Championships Silver medal – second place 2017 Manchester Doubles Silver medal – second place 2017 Manchester Mixed doubles Silver medal – second place 2022 Glasgow Doubles Silver medal – second place 2022 Glasgow Mixed doubles Commonwealth Games Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Mixed doubles Error creating thumbnail: 2014 Glasgow Doubles Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles European Team Championships Gold medal – first place 2005 Amsterdam Team Gold medal – first place 2007 Riccione Team Gold medal – first place 2008 Amsterdam Team Gold medal – first place 2009 Malmö Team Gold medal – first place 2012 Nuremberg Team Gold medal – first place 2013 Amsterdam Team Gold medal – first place 2014 Riccione Team Gold medal – first place 2015 Herning Team Gold medal – first place 2016 Warsaw Team Gold medal – first place 2017 Helsinki Team Gold medal – first place 2018 Wrocław Team

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

• Official Women's Squash World Ranking
• WISPA Awards

External links

• Alison Waters official site
• Alison Waters at WISPA (archived)
• Alison Waters at WSA (archived)
• Alison Waters at Squash Info
• Alison Waters at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Alison Waters at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)