ISDA Squash Tour 2012

Damien Mudge

Nationality: Australian

Resides: New York City

Birthday: 1976-05-12

Occupation: Head squash professional University Club New York

Preferred wall: Either

This “all-time leading scorer” in ISDA play, whose100 career titles dwarfs the total of any other active player, came up withthe single most memorable shot of the 2009-10 season in Brooklyn late lastFebruary, when with his partner Viktor Berg immobilized by a severe anklesprain several points earlier and with their 14-8 fifth-game final-roundlead over Paul Price and Ben Gould having been whittled all the way down to14-13, Mudge daringly executed a perfect inside-out forehand roll-cornerwinner from the back-left corner of the court. This phenomenal salvoextended to nine Mudge’s personal consecutive-tournaments-won streak atHeights Casino (from 2002-07 with Gary Waite and the last three years withBerg): no other player has an active streak more than a third that long inany ISDA venue. He holds the tournaments-won record among active players notonly with his nine at Heights Casino but also in ISDA tour stops inBaltimore (five), Greenwich (nine), Wilmington (seven), Boston (five), theBriggs Cup (three) and the Kellner Cup (seven), in which latter event he hadnever been stopped short of the finals until he and Berg lost in the semisthis past spring to Clive Leach and Matt Jenson. An early 1990’s member ofthe Australian squad that competed in the World Junior Championships, thislongtime (more than a decade) pro at the University Club of New York hassustained a series of injuries (including his third concussion just thispast spring) and undergone several surgeries, but seems to always return inpeak form.

Career highlights

• 2009 represented Australia World Team Doubles Championships
• Represented Australia in World Junior Championships

ISDA highlights

• 3 undefeated seasons 1999-2000; 2001-2002; 2004-2005
• 8 time US Pro Championship champion
• 7 time Kellner Cup champion
• 3 time Briggs Cup champion
• 8 time North American Open champion
• 7 time David Johnson Memorial champion
• 3 time Jim Bentley Cup champion
• 2009 Vancouver Open Doubles champion
• 2009 Big Apple Open champion
• 2009, 2008 University Club Pro doubles champion
• 2009, 2008 Tavern Club Invitational champion
• 2008 Hashim Kham Championships champion
• 2008 Racquet Club of St. Louis champion
• 2008 Sea Island champion