David Troy Palmer (born 28 June 1976 in Lithgow, New South Wales) is an Australian retired professional squash player. He won the Super Series finals in 2002, the World Open in 2002 and 2006; the British Open in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2008; and the Australian Open in 2008.Dent A It's Palmer—finally at squashsite.co.uk He attained World No. 1 ranking in September 2001 and again (for one month) in February 2006.
Career overview At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Palmer won a Gold Medal with partner Zac Alexander in the men's doubles. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Palmer won a men's singles Silver Medal after losing in the final to England's Peter Nicol. At the same 2006 Commonwealth Games he also won Bronze Medals in the men's doubles (partner Dan Jensen) and the mixed doubles (partner Rachael Grinham). In the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won Bronze Medals in both the men's singles and the men's doubles (partner Paul Price).
In technical terms, Palmer plays a classic all-court attrition game with hard-hitting attacking shots from his opponent's loose shots. He is known for the power of his striking, and the strength of his physical play,Commentary by Malcolm Willstrop from Canary Wharf Classic 2009 Final, Retrieved 4 May 2009. contributed to by rigorous attention to fitness. His training regime involves completing the multi-stage fitness test five times with a three-minute break between tests.
Palmer has served as president of the Professional Squash Association (PSA). Following the 2004 World Doubles Squash Championships in Chennai, India, he was banned from playing in events run by the World Squash Federation (WSF) for 13 months after a disciplinary panel found him guilty of verbally abusing the referee.Beck R.
In 2009, Palmer was approached by the Wallabies coach Robbie Deans to help increase his team fitness.
Following his retirement as a professional squash player in 2011, Palmer maintained his status as a successful, high-level coach at his David Palmer Squash Academy in Orlando, Florida. In November 2016, Palmer made his college squash coaching debut as he was named The James Broadhead '57 Head Coach of Squash at Cornell University. Palmer now leads both the men's and women's squash team at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
World Open final appearances
2 titles & 1 runner-up
Outcome Year Location Opponent in the final Score in the finalWinner 2002 Antwerp, Belgium John White 13–15, 12–15, 15–6, 15–14, 15–11 Runner-up 2005 Hong Kong Amr Shabana 11–6, 11–7, 11–8Winner 2006 Doha, Qatar Grégory Gaultier 9–11, 9–11, 11–9, 16–14, 11–2
Major World Series final appearances
British Open: 4 finals (4 titles, 0 runner-up)
Outcome Year Opponent in the final Score in the finalWinner 2001 Chris Walker 12–15, 13–15, 15–2, 15–9, 15–5Winner 2003 Peter Nicol 15–13, 15–13, 15–8Winner 2004 Amr Shabana 14–16, 11–7, 13–11, 11–7Winner 2008 James Willstrop 11–9, 11–9, 8–11, 6–11, 13–11
Hong Kong Open: 1 final (1 title, 0 runner-up)
Outcome Year Opponent in the final Score in the finalWinner 2001 Thierry Lincou 15–13, 15–6, 15-9
Qatar Classic: 4 finals (0 title, 4 runner-up)
Outcome Year Opponent in the final Score in the finalRunner-up 2001 Peter Nicol 15–12, 15–5, 10–15, 12–15, 15-10Runner-up 2002 Peter Nicol 15–9, 13–15, 15–6, 13–15, 15-7Runner-up 2005 James Willstrop 11–1, 11–7, 11-7Runner-up 2007 Ramy Ashour 8-11, 11–9, 11–9, 11-6
US Open: 3 finals (1 title, 2 runner-up)
Outcome Year Opponent in the final Score in the finalWinner 2002 Stewart Boswell 15–13, 15–10, 15-11Runner-up 2003 Peter Nicol 15–10, 14–15, 15–14, 17-15Runner-up 2005 Lee Beachill 11–7, 9-11, 8-11, 11–1, 11-8
Commonwealth Games final appearances 2006 Melbourne Games, Men's Singles Runners-up (1)YearOpponent in finalScore in final 2006 Peter Nicol 9–5, 10–8, 4–9, 9–2
2018 Gold Coast Games, Winner (1) Men's Doubles with Zac AlexanderYearOpponent in finalScore in final 2018 Daryl Selby and Adrian Waller 11–9, 3-11, 11-6 Total medals won, 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze
Career statistics
Singles performance timeline (since 1999)
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.
Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Career SR Career W-L PSA World Tour Tournaments World Open3RNot HeldW3RSFFWSFSF2R3RQF2 / 1135–9 British Open2RSFW2RWWASFSFWQFNot Held4 / 1031–6 Hong Kong Open1R2RWSFNHSFNHSFSFQF2R2RA1 / 1021–9 Qatar ClassicNot HeldFFQFNHFFSFQFQF2R2R0 / 1027–10 PSA MastersNH1RFSFAF2RQFNot HeldQFAbsent0 / 716–7 Tournament of ChampionsNA2R1R2RSF2RSF2RQFSFQFQFQF0 / 1221-12 North American OpenNot HeldNot World SeriesAbsent2RQF2RQF0 / 46–4 Kuwait PSA CupNot Held1RANHSF2RNHAbsent0 / 34–3 US OpenAbsentNHWFSFFSFANHSFA2R1 / 718–6 Saudi InternationalNot Held2RSFSFSFSFNot Held0 / 513–5 Pakistan InternationalANot HeldSFNHQFFANHNWSNot Held0 / 39–3 Win Ratio0 / 30 / 52 / 52 / 81 / 61 / 80 / 71 / 80 / 61 / 70 / 90 / 50 / 58 / 82(9,8%)NA Win–loss3 / 35 / 518 / 325 / 614 / 519 / 720 / 723 / 720 / 621 / 617 / 97 / 59 / 5NA201 / 74(73,1%)
Note: NA = Not Available
See also Official Men's Squash World Ranking
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