PSA PLAYER BIOGRAPHY

Name: Anthony Ricketts
Country: Australia
Age: 24
Seed: 8
World Ranking (Apr ’03): 7
PSA Titles: 5


A five-time winner on the PSA tour, Anthony will be making his debut appearance at the Super Series Finals in 2003. The 24-year-old from Brisbane is another of the promising young crop of Australian players currently making their mark on the PSA Tour. Already a winner in 2003, Anthony claimed the Dayton Open title in Ohio in January, pulling off a shock defeat of top seed Thierry Lincou in the final.

Just four weeks later he went on to make the Quarter-Final stages of the Tournament of Champions in New York, before falling to the eventual winner Peter Nicol, in four.

Nicol also proved Anthony's nemesis at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games back in July, the Australian falling to England’s world No.1 in the 3rd round. A graduate of the Australian Institute of Sport,

Anthony is currently enjoying a career-high world ranking of 7.

ANTHONY RICKETTS
TOURNAMENT SUCCESSES:

Feb 03 Quarter-finalist *Tournament of Champions USA
Jan 03 Winner Dayton Open USA

Dec 02 Quarter-finalist *World Open BEL
Oct 02 Quarter-finalist *Qatar Classic QAT
Sep 02 Semi-finalist Motor City Open USA
Sep 02 Quarter-finalist US Open USA
Aug 02 Quarter-finalist *Hong Kong Open HKG
Jul 02 3rd round Commonwealth Games ENG
Apr 02 1st round *PSA Masters QAT
Apr 02 1st round *British Open ENG
Mar 02 Quarter-finalist *Pakistan Open PAK
Jan 02 2nd round *Tournament of Champions USA
Jan 02 Runner-up Pittsburgh Open USA

Dec 01 Winner Malaysian Open MAS
Nov 01 Quarter-finalist Macau Open MAC
Aug 01 Winner CNS International PAK

Sep 00 Winner Australian Open AUS
Sep 00 Semi-finalist Hong Kong Open HKG
Apr 00 Semi-finalist Milo Open MAS
Apr 00 Quarter-finalist Mega Italia Open ITA
Feb 00 Runner-up Maadi Open EGY

Nov 99 Quarter-finalist Grasshopper Cup SUI
Nov 99 Quarter-finalist Lakeshore Classic USA
Oct 99 Quarter-finalist CAS International PAK
Jul 99 Winner YTL Open MAS
May 99 Semi-finalist Versilia Open ITA
May 99 Semi-finalist Mega Italia Open ITA
Apr 99 Quarter-finalist Castellanza Open ITA
Apr 99 Quarter-finalist Finnish Open FIN

Nov 98 Quarter-finalist Lakeshore Classic USA
Jun 98 Winner Australian U19 Nationals AUS
May 98 Quarter-finalist Pakistan Circuit No2 PAK

Sep 97 Semi-finalist Chile Open CHI
Jun 97 Quarter-finalist Japan Open JPN
May 97 Semi-finalist Manta Magic International AUS
Mar 97 Semi-finalist Swiss Open SUI