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PSA PLAYER BIOGRAPHY Name: Jonathon Power Country: Canada Date of Birth: 10 August 1974 Height: 1.83m Place of Birth: Comox, BC Place of Residence: Montreal Current World Ranking (Feb 05): 5 Highest World Ranking (May 99): 1 National Ranking: 1 PSA Titles: 32 PSA Final Appearances: 54 |
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Jonathon Power is the most successful North American squash player of all time. The charismatic and colourful Canadian made his mark on the international squash stage in 1996, despatching higher-ranked opposition in the Tournament of Champions and German Masters to win both major titles and burst into the top ten at the beginning of 1997. Four further titles in 1997, including his first Super Series trophy in the Qatar International, led to the high-point in his career at the end of 1998 when he clinched the World Open title for the first time in Qatar – then crowned his status as North America’s most successful squash player ever by reaching No1 in the PSA World Rankings in May 1999. Power joined the PSA Tour in May 1991. He reached the World Junior final in Hong Kong and claimed his first PSA Tour title in July 1992. There are few titles that have eluded the 30-year-old from Montreal. In addition to the World Open crown in 1998, he boasts a British Open trophy in 1999, Tournament of Champions titles in 1999, 2000 and 2002, the US Open in 1997 and 2000, and the Super Series Finals title in May 2003. In July 2002, Power stormed to gold in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England - avenging his loss to Nicol in the 1998 final in Malaysia to upset the top seed 9-4 4-9 9-3 9-0. In May 2003, Jonathon won the Canadian National title for the fifth time, beating regular sparring partner Graham Ryding in the final. Power was a finalist in five PSA events in 2003. He followed his victory over Peter Nicol in the Super Series Finals final by reaching the final of the English Open in August, then clinched the Motor City Open trophy in Detroit and the Canadian Classic title in November. After breaking his finger in the 2003 Qatar Classic in December, Power went on to be beset by further setbacks in 2004, injuring his ankle in the Super Series Finals in May, then sustaining a further injury in the Hong Kong Open which caused him to withdraw from the following month's US Open in Boston. In four events in October, however, Power made the semi-finals in three and went on to win the fourth, the Hungarian Open in Budapest – his first PSA title success for 11 months – where he beat Gregory Gaultier in the final after overcoming Australian Anthony Ricketts in the semis. Back in his former home town in November, Power delighted his Toronto fans by defeating James Willstrop, old rival Peter Nicol and Ricketts to contest the Canadian Classic final with Thierry Lincou – the Frenchman winning after an 80-minute five-game battle. But his biggest disappointment of the year was to be drawn against Nicol in the second round of the World Open in Qatar – and losing in four games. His 2005 campaign got off to a perfect start – winning the Apawamis Open after a four-game victory over Karim Darwish in the final. Later in January, at the Windy City Open in Chicago, Power toppled second seed Thierry Lincou in the quarter-finals before losing to John White in the semis. Bidding to win his fifth title in the Tournament of Champions in February, Power came unstuck at the quarter-final stage when he was beaten by David Palmer in a 94-minute marathon. |
JONATHON POWER TOURNAMENT SUCCESSES: Feb 05 Quarter-finalist *Tournament of Champions USA Jan 05 Semi-finalist Dayton Open USA Jan 05 Semi-finalist Windy City Open USA Jan 05 Winner Apawamis Open USA Dec 04 Semi-finalist *Pakistan Open PAK Dec 04 2nd round *World Open QAT Nov 04 Runner-up Canadian Classic CAN Oct 04 Winner Hungarian Open HUN Oct 04 Semi-finalist Cleveland Classic USA Oct 04 Semi-finalist Motor City Open USA Oct 04 Semi-finalist St Louis Open USA Sep 04 Quarter-finalist Hong Kong Open HKG May 04 Qualifier *Super Series Finals ENG Apr 04 Quarter-finalist *PSA Masters QAT Mar 04 Semi-finalist Bermuda Open BER Feb 04 Semi-finalist Tournament of Champions USA Feb 04 Semi-finalist Swedish Open SWE Jan 04 Semi-finalist Kuwait Open KUW Nov 03 Winner Canadian Classic CAN Nov 03 Runner-up *Canadian Open CAN Oct 03 (Canada No1) World Team Championships AUT Oct 03 Semi-finalist British Open ENG Sep 03 Winner Motor City Open USA Sep 03 Quarter-finalist US Open USA Aug 03 Runner-up Prince English Open ENG May 03 Winner *Super Series Finals ENG May 03 Winner Canadian Nationals (non-PSA) CAN Feb 03 Semi-finalist *Tournament of Champions USA Dec 02 Semi-finalist *World Open BEL Nov 02 Winner Canadian Classic CAN Oct 02 Quarter-finalist *Qatar Classic QAT Sep 02 Quarter-finalist US Open USA Aug 02 Runner-up *Hong Kong Open HKG Jul 02 Gold medallist Commonwealth Games Men’s Singles ENG May 02 Winner Canadian Nationals (non-PSA) CAN Apr 02 Winner *PSA Masters QAT Apr 02 Semi-finalist *British Open ENG Mar 02 Winner *Pakistan Open PAK Feb 02 Winner *Tournament of Champions USA Jan 02 Runner-up US Open USA Nov 01 Semi-finalist Canadian Classic CAN Oct 01 (8th-placed team) World Team Championships AUS Oct 01 Quarter-finalist *Qatar Classic QAT Sep 01 Runner-up *Al-Ahram International EGY May 01 Winner Canadian Nationals CAN Apr 01 Winner *PSA Masters EGY Feb 01 Runner-up *Tournament of Champions USA Dec 00 Winner YMG Capital Classic CAN Nov 00 Winner Florida Open USA Nov 00 Winner US Open USA Sep 00 Runner-up *Hong Kong Open HKG May 00 Winner Canadian Nationals CAN Mar 00 Runner-up *PSA Masters EGY Mar 00 Runner-up Irish Open IRL Feb 00 Winner *Tournament of Champions USA Dec 99 Winner *British Open SCO Dec 99 Runner-up US Open USA Aug 99 Runner-up *Hong Kong Open HKG Jun 99 Winner Libertel Open NED May 99 Winner Canadian Nationals CAN Feb 99 Winner Flanders Open BEL Jan 99 Winner *Tournament of Champions USA Dec 98 Winner *World Open QAT Nov 98 Runner-up Heliopolis Open EGY Nov 98 Runner-up US Open USA Sep 98 Quarter-finalist Commonwealth Games Men's Doubles MAS Sep 98 Silver medallist Commonwealth Games Men's Singles MAS Aug 98 Winner *Hong Kong Open HKG Nov 97 Winner *Qatar International QAT Oct 97 Runner-up *Egyptian Open EGY Sep 97 Winner US Open USA Aug 97 Runner-up *Hong Kong Open HKG Mar 97 Winner Hungarian Open HUN Feb 97 Winner International Tours FRA Nov 96 Winner German Masters GER Oct 96 Winner Tournament of Champions USA Dec 95 Winner MAAA Invitational CAN Oct 95 Runner-up Canadian Open CAN Oct 95 Winner Pittsburgh Open USA Jul 95 Winner Squash Inn Open MEX Jun 95 Winner San Francisco Open USA Apr 95 Runner-up Cedar Springs Open USA Nov 94 Runner-up MAAA Invitational CAN Jul 94 Runner-up Albuquerque Open USA Aug 93 Winner Florida State Open USA Aug 93 Winner Flagship Open USA Oct 92 Runner-up Jamaica Open JAM Sep 92 Runner-up Curzons Open CAN Jul 92 Winner Downtown Sports Classic USA Jun 92 Runner-up World Junior Open HKG * Super Series events |