ISDA Squash Tour 2012

James Hewitt

Nationality: Canadian

Resides: Toronto, Canada

Birthday: 1968-11-17

Occupation: Real estate developer and ISDA Executive Director

Preferred wall: Left

Co-founder of the ISDA in January 2000 and for thepast three years its Executive Director charged with the promotion andadministration of the tour, this Toronto-based former University of WesternOntario standout (where one of his teammates was 1996 North American OpenDoubles champion Scott Stoneburgh) has spent this past autumn building upona 2009-10 season whose remarkable consistency of achievement is mostcompellingly depicted by his being the only player on the entire touroutside the top four to win at least one main-draw match in every tournamenthe played in all season --- 11 for 11 in this latter category, Hewittattained five quarterfinals with Greg Park and three with Steve Scharff,while also reaching the semis in Cleveland for the second straight year(with Jonny Smith in ’09 and with Park in ’10), both times defeating JohnRussell and Preston Quick in the quarters. So far this season, Hewitt hasreached three semifinals (in Baltimore and Philadelphia with Park and inVancouver with Clive Leach), while partnering Chris Deratnay to the final ofthe Buffalo Challenger. Hewitt, who with his wife Steph has won the past twoCanadian Mixed Doubles, also played in three of the four Challenger eventslast season, getting to the semis in St. Louis and the Racquet Club ofPhiladelphia with Park and to the final at Germantown with Mark Price. Whennot playing on and directing the ISDA tour, this artist and father of threeplays hockey and does conditioning work-outs with NHL players during thesummer to get ready for the squash season.

Career highlights

• 2009 represented Canada in World Team Doubles Championships
• 2009 Canadian Mixed Champion
• 2006 World Doubles Championships third
• 2004 World Mixed finalist
• 2004 US Mixed champion
• 2000 Canadian National Doubles champion
• 2002, 2000 Marianne Caldwell Invitational champion
• Certified National Doubles Referee

ISDA highlights

• 2009 Racquet Club of Philadelphia champion
• 2008 Pittsburgh Cup finalist
• 2008 US Pro Championship semi-finalist
• 2009, 2007 Tavern Club Invitational semi-finalist
• 2006 Monticello Open semi-finalist
• 2005, 2002 Hashim Khan semi-finalist
• 2004 University Club of Boston semi-finalist