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PSA PLAYER BIOGRAPHY

Name: Nick Matthew
Country: England
Date of Birth: 25 July 1980
Height: 183 cms
Place of Birth: Sheffield
Place of Residence: Sheffield
Current World Ranking (Mar 06): 10
Highest World Ranking (Oct 04): 5
National Ranking:
PSA Titles: 4
PSA Final Appearances: 18

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After a promising junior career – in which he represented England in both the European and World Team Championships and was runner-up in the 1998 European Junior Open and winner of the 1999 British Junior Open – Nick Matthew exploded into the senior ranks in 2003 with a string of remarkable successes on the PSA Tour which saw him leap to a career-high No5 in the Dunlop PSA World Rankings in October 2004. 

Born and raised in Sheffield in Yorkshire, Matthew enjoyed an excellent run in 2003 – reaching the quarter-finals of both the English Open (in his home town) and US Open as a qualifier – thereafter making his senior England debut in the World Team Championships in Austria – where he was unbeaten as England secured a bronze medal finish. 

The best was yet to come, however, as Nick claimed two of the biggest scalps of his career in the Qatar Classic, beating fifth seed Jonathon Power and third seed David Palmer to reach the semi-finals of the Super Series event. 

Matthew continued his progress in 2004, exceeding his seeding in the Swedish Open to reach the final after wins over 4th seed Joseph Kneipp and 8th seed James Willstrop before finishing as runner-up to Egypt’s Karim Darwish. 

He pulled off two sensational victories in the Bermuda Open in March – firstly despatching top seed Thierry Lincou, the Frenchman who became world No1 in January, then defeating Egypt’s world champion Amr Shabana to reach the semi-finals. 

In April, Nick claimed his first PSA Tour title for almost two years when he upset second seed Greg Gaultier in the final of the Windy City Open in Chicago – then the following month, in his first appearance in the Super Series Finals in London, he trounced two former world number ones Peter Nicol and Jonathon Power to reach the semi-finals – eventually taking fourth place after losing to another former world No1 John White in the play-off for third place. 

Matthew celebrated his first appearance in a Super Series event final in September when he engineered a major semi-final upset over David Palmer took him through to the final of the Hong Kong Open.  This time Lincou was too strong, winning in straight games. 

As the year reached its conclusion, injury woes began to hamper Matthew's progress – and, after reaching the quarter-finals of the Tournament of Champions in February 2005, his back problems surfaced again as Nick had to concede his match against Thierry Lincou midway through the third game after winning the opener.

NICK MATTHEW
TOURNAMENT SUCCESSES:
 

Jan 06 Quarter-finalist Windy City USA

Apr 05 Finalist Mamut English Open ENG

Sep-04 Semi-finalist US Open USA

Nov 05 Semi-finalist Saudi International SAU

Jul 05 Quarter-finalist Pakistan Open ENG

Apr 05 Quarter-finalist Bermuda Masters BER

Feb 05 Quarter-finalist *Tournament of Champions USA

Jan 05 1st round Windy City Open USA

Dec 04 Semi-finalist *Pakistan Open PAK

Dec 04 1st round *World Open QAT

Nov 04 1st round Canadian Classic CAN

Nov 04 Quarter-finalist British Open ENG

Oct 04 Quarter-finalist Hungarian Open HUN

Sep 04 Quarter-finalist US Open USA

Sep 04 Runner-up *Hong Kong Open HKG

Aug 04 Quarter-finalist English Open ENG

May 04 4th place *Super Series Finals ENG

Apr 04 1st round *PSA Masters QAT

Apr 04 Winner Windy City Open USA

Mar 04 Semi-finalist Bermuda Open BER

Feb 04 Quarter-finalist Tournament of Champions USA

Feb 04 Runner-up Swedish Open SWE

Dec 03 Quarter-finalist *World Open PAK

Dec 03 Semi-finalist *Qatar Classic QAT

Nov 03 Runner-up Financially Plumb Open USA

Oct 03 (England No4) Men’s World Team Championships AUT

Sep 03 Quarter-finalist US Open USA

Aug 03 Quarter-finalist Prince English Open ENG

Mar 03 Quarter-finalist Windy City Open USA

Dec 02 Runner-up Dutch Open NED

Oct 02 Runner-up CAS International PAK

Sep 02 Quarter-finalist Motor City Open USA

Sep 02 Runner-up French Open FRA

Mar 02 Runner-up Milo Open MAS

Sep 01 Semi-finalist Ciutat de Barcelona ESP

May 01 Winner Atlanta Open USA

May 01 Quarter-finalist Italian Open ITA

Apr 01 Winner Milo Open MAS

Oct 00 Quarter-finalist Bolle Open USA

May 00 Quarter-finalist Italian Open ITA

Apr 00 Runner-up Atlanta Open USA

Nov 99 Runner-up South of England Championships ENG

Oct 99 Semi-finalist Trofeo Aquarius Open ESP

Oct 99 Winner Ciutat de Barcelona ESP

May 99 Quarter-finalist Versilia Open ITA

Apr 99 Runner-up Castellanza Open ITA

Apr 99 Semi-finalist #European Junior Championship AUT

Mat 99 Runner-up Swiss Open SUI

Jan 99 Quarter-finalist Midlands Open ENG

Jan 99 Winner #British Junior Open (U19) ENG

Sep 98 Runner-up Ciutat de Barcelona ESP

Aug 98 Semi-finalist #World Junior Open USA

Apr 98 Runner-up #European Junior Championship BEL

Jan 98 Semi-finalist #British Junior Open (U19) ENG

Feb 96 Runner-up #British U16 Nationals ENG

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* Super Series event


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