Peter Barker (squash player)
English squash player (born 1983)
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Peter Barker (born 26 September 1983)[1] is a professional squash player from Upminster, England. He reached a career high ranking of 13 in the world during November 2007.
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Barker during the 2011 Australian Open quarter-final. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 26 September 1983 London, England |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Handedness | Left Handed |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Coached by | Lee Davies |
| Retired | 2015 |
| Racquet used | Wilson |
| Men's singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (December, 2012) |
| Title | 16 |
| Tour final | 26 |
| World Open | SF (2010) |
Medal record | |
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Biography
Barker was born in London and was educated at Brentwood School from 1995 to 2002.[2]
In September 2008, Barker defeated David Palmer twice, with a decisive 3–0 victory over David Palmer in Chicago at the Sweet Home Chicago Open, and a 3–2 victory in Baltimore at the Merrit Properties Open. Barker's highest world ranking of 5 was reached in December 2012.[1] Shortly afterwards he was selected to represent the senior England team at the World Team Championships in December 2008, held in India.[citation needed] and has 12 professional tour titles to his name out of 15 final appearances.
In 2010, Barker represented the 2010 England team[3] and won the bronze medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games squash men's singles event in Delhi after defeating Mohd Azlan Iskandar from Malaysia in straight sets, 11-5, 11–4, 11–2. The match ended in 45 minutes.[4] Barker had a match point against Ramy Ashour in the quarterfinals of the 2012 U.S. Open, but ended up losing the match. Ashour would go on to win the US Open, beating Gregory Gaultier in the finals.[5]
Barker went to another Commonwealth Games after representing the 2014 England team[6] at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland,[7] where he competed in the squash events and won two medals.[8]
Barker won eight gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.[9][10]
Barker is currently a broker.[11]
