ISDA Squash Tour 2010

Clive Leach

Nationality: English

Resides: Jersey City, NJ

Birthday: 1972-11-18

Occupation: Squash professional New York Athletic Club

Preferred wall: Right

A formidable ISDA tour fixture throughout the decade of the 2000’s, this former PSA top-30 has reached two or more finals during each of the past nine years, his 2009-10 pair having already occurred when he partnered Matt Jenson to the season-opening Briggs Cup final and did the same with Chris Walker in Toronto several weeks later. There are no fewer than eight players (namely Blair Horler, Willie Hosey, Michael Pirnak, Preston Quick and Scott Butcher in addition to Walker and Jenson) who have teamed with Leach to advance to an ISDA final. All told, this paragon of graceful court movement and creatively lethal shot-making has 22 final-round appearances and six tour titles (three with Horler, including the ’03 Kellner Cup; two with Walker, with whom Leach briefly held the No. 1 team ranking in autumn ’07; and one with Hosey) to his credit. Now 37 and with several prime years still ahead of him, this soccer and tennis enthusiast is based at the New York Athletic Club and lives in northern New Jersey with his wife and young daughter.

Career highlights

• 2009 represented Australia in World Team Doubles Championships
• Highest world PSA ranking of #28
• 14 CAPS England Junior International
• Highest ranking of UK #12

ISDA highlights

• 2009 World Doubles finalist
• 2009 Briggs Cup finalist
• 2007 St. Louis Racquet Club Open champion
• 2007 Maryland Club Open champion
• 2007 US National Doubles finalist
• 2004 Kellner Cup champion
• 2004 Canadian Pro champion
• 2004, 2002 Philadelphia Open champion
• 2002 World Doubles finalist