Simon Rösner
 Rösner in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Paderborn, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 November 1987 Würzburg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned Pro | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right Handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ronny Vlassaks, Thomas Prange (Athletic-Coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Oliver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 3 (December 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 7 (January 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated: March 2018. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simon Rösner (born 5 November 1987 in Würzburg) is a professional squash player who represents Germany. He broke the Top 10 in the PSA World Rankings for the first time in November 2014, going on to become the highest ranked male German player of all time.[1] Rosner subsequently reached a world ranking of No. 6 matching Germany's Sabine Schone's career-high world ranking of No. 6 in June 2015.[2] Rosner broke into the world Top 5 in June 2018 and Top 3 in December 2018 making him the highest ever ranked German player.
Career overview
In October 2012, Rosner won the Santiago Squash Open against Cameron Pilley in the final.
In 2013, in what was referred to as he battle of the giants, he beat Omar Mosaad in 5 games in the North American Open to reach the quarter-finals of a World Series tournament for the second time.[3][4] In the same year, he was silver medalist of the World Games in Cali and won the Alwatan and Asnan International, a PSA International 50 tournament, in Kuwait defeating Borja Golán in the final in 3 games.
In 2017, he won a gold medal at The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland.
In January 2018, he became the first German player to win a PSA World Series tournament at the Tournament of Champions, played in Grand Central Station, New York, after he followed up a stunning semi-final upset of World No.1 Grégory Gaultier to take an 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5 victory over World No.7 Tarek Momen in 71 minutes.[5]
Rosner reached two consecutive finals and three consecutive semi-finals in the US-Open, Qatar Classics and Hong Kong Open, respectively making 2018 the best year on the World Tour. He has been the world No. 5 between June 2018 and November 2018 and No. 3 in December 2018.[6][7]
References
- ^ At nine in the world, Simon Rosner is the highest-ranked male German player of all time
- ^ http://www.squashinfo.com/players/872-sabine-schoene/
- ^ PSA World Tour Player Profile
- ^ SquashInfo Player Profile
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/WorldRankings/
- ^ "Simon Rösner, Squash World's No. 5 player, is thrilled to be the first professional squash athlete to gain all the advantages of training daily with interactiveSQUASH at Paderborner Squash Club (Germany)". InteractiveSQUASH. 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
External links
- Simon Rosner – PSA World Tour profile at the Wayback Machine (archived June 26, 2013)
- Simon Rösner at PSA (archived)
- Simon Rösner at Squash Info
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