World Squash Doubles Championships

The Championship was held in North America from 1981 until 1987 when it was sanctioned by the International Squash Racquets Federation. It was then held bi-ennially from 1994 as the World Hardball Doubles and was held in North America and largely competed for by players from North America.^[1] The hardball variation has not been contested since 2017.^[2]

Since 1997 there has also been a separate World Doubles Championship using the softball and is held under WSF rules, which require double pairs to be made up of two players from the same country. This event is contested by players from around the world.^[3][4]

The WSF Championships are played on courts measuring 32 feet (9.75 metres) by 25 feet – a court size approved by the World Squash Federation in 1992 for the international doubles game. This court size is the same depth as courts for the singles game, but appears to be slightly wider (singles courts are 21 feet wide).

The World Hardball Doubles Squash Championships (organised by the Squash Doubles Association), was held once every two years for players of the hardball version of doubles squash (which is played with a different type of ball, on courts measuring 45 feet by 25 feet).