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Matt Jenson

Nationality: Australian

Resides: San Francisco

Birthday: 1979-05-23

Occupation: Head squash professional Olympic Club

Preferred wall: Left

Player Photo:
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The youngest player ranked in the ISDA top-10 (he turned 30 this past May), Jenson teamed up with Clive Leach last season to reach at least the semifinal round seven times in the nine ranking events that they entered and to attain the final in Boston, where they emerged with a 16-15 fifth-game victory in the semis over Paul Price and Ben Gould before barely falling short in a grueling 3-2 final-round marathon against Viktor Berg and Damien Mudge, one of five five-game matches that went against them during the course of the season. Jenson, whose older brother Dan had been Mudge’s chief nemesis in singles during their teenage years and gone on to make the PSA top-five before injuries ended his career, played for several years on the PSA tour himself, then moved on to early-2000’s stints at the Birmingham Athletic Club in Michigan and at Piping Rock in Long Island. Prior to this past season, Jenson had reached the finals of the ’08 tour stops in Cleveland with Preston Quick and at Sea Island, where he and Leach in their debut as partners followed a solid semifinal win over Quick and John Russell by going up 2-1, 11-8 against Berg and Mudge before losing that game in a tiebreaker and the fifth 15-8. Appointed to the head pro position at the well-regarded Olympic Club in San Francisco this past summer, Jenson will now take on the dual challenge of building upon his and Leach’s successful showing last season while also developing a major junior program at his new club.

Career highlights

• 2009 represented Australia World Double Championships
• Highest PSA ranking of #59
• Semi-finalist Sao Paulo Open

ISDA highlights

• 2009 Hashim Khan champion
• 2009 Briggs Cup finalist
• 2009 Big Apple Open semi-finalist
• 2008 Tavern Club semi-finalist
• 2008 Maryland Club Open semi-finalist 
• 2008 Big Apple Open semi-finalist
• 2008 Sea Island Open finalist