Tania Bailey

As a junior player, Bailey won the World Junior Championship in 1997 and captained the England team to World and European junior team titles. A car accident led to a career-threatening knee injury at the age of 21, but she successfully recovered after surgery and resumed her playing career.^{[citation needed]}

Her greatest achievement was being part of the England team that won the 2000 Women's World Team Squash Championships held in Sheffield^[2] and later the 2006 Women's World Team Squash Championships in Edmonton, Canada.^[3]

Bailey represented the 2002 England team^[4] at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.^[5] She competed in the singles and doubles and won a silver medal in the doubles partnering Cassie Jackman.^[6]

In 2003, Bailey finished runner-up to Sarah Fitz-Gerald at the British Open. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 that year.^[7] In February 2006, Bailey clinched her first British National Championships in Manchester, defeating the No.1 seed and previous champion Linda Elriani 3–1 in a hotly contested 76-minute final.^[8]

Bailey won a bronze medal in the women's doubles event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia,^[9] partnering Vicky Botwright.^[10]

In 2010, she was part of the English team that won the silver medal at the 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships.^[11]

Bailey won seven gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1999 to 2010.^[12][13]