Zac Alexander
Country | Australia | |||||||||||||
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Residence | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||
Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 11 February 1989|||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||
Turned Pro | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Retired | Active | |||||||||||||
Plays | Right Handed | |||||||||||||
Coached by | Byron Davis, Rodney Martin | |||||||||||||
Racquet used | Black Knight | |||||||||||||
Men's singles | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 36 (September 2012) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 94 (July 2016) | |||||||||||||
Title(s) | 11 | |||||||||||||
Tour final(s) | 16 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated: July 2016. |
Zac Alexander (born 11 February 1989) is a professional squash player who represented Australia. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 36 in September 2012[1][2] and has won a total of 26 PSA titles.[3]
Zac won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast teamed with David Palmer defeating Daryl Selby and Adrian Waller of England (11–9, 3-11, 11-6).[4][circular reference] In doubles Zac also won a Silver Medal at the World Doubles in Darwin in 2016 and a Gold Medal at the Malaysian Open Doubles Championships later the same year.[3] This has been a very successful period for Zac who made the Australian doubles team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow but was forced to leave the games early.[5][6][7]
In the lead up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Zac dominated squash tournaments for the 2016-2017 season in Australia:[8]
- Winner Tasmanian Open 2016 (defeated Ko Youngjo (KOR) 3-0: 11-8, 11-1, 11-4)[9]
- Winner NSW Squash Open 2016 (defeated Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 3-0: 11-6, 11-7, 11-9)[10]
- Winner North Coast Open 2016 (defeated Joshua Larkin (AUS)13-11 11-4 11-2)[11]
- Winner Q Squash Ltd Queensland open 2016 (defeated Joshua Larkin (AUS) 3-1: 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7)[12]
- Winner Mackay Open 2016 (defeated Manuel Wanner (SUI) 11-6, 11-8, 11-3)[13]
- Winner Pacific Toyota Cairns Squash International 2016 (defeated Steven Finitis (AUS) 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7)[14]
- Winner Pure Blonde Elanora Open 2017 (defeated Josh Larkin (AUS) 11-2, 11-6, 11-6)[15]
- Winner Australian Closed Championships 2017 (defeated Rhys Dowling (AUS) 11-7, 11-2, 11-1).[16]
References[]
- ^ PSA Player Profile
- ^ "SquashInfo Player Profile". Squashinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Zac Alexander's Official Website Launch - Squash Australia". Squash.org.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ David Palmer (squash player)
- ^ "Australian squash player Zac Alexander leaves Glasgow after losing verdict". Smh.com.au. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Jon Ralph2 min read (24 July 2014). "Aussie squash player Zac Alexander leaves Glasgow on eve of competition after appeal win by fellow player Matthew Karwalski | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site". News.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Bygones are squashed before Games return". Brisbanetimes.com.au. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ [3][dead link]
- ^ "hot-form-continues-for-north-coast-open-winners". www.tweeddailynews.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ [4][dead link]
- ^ "Seventh Heaven! Zac Alexander does it again in Mackay - Squash Australia". Squash.org.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ [5][dead link]
- ^ [6][dead link]
- ^ "11ASPM17-04.cdr" (PDF). Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zac Alexander. |
- Zac Alexander – PSA World Tour profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-08-15)
- Zac Alexander at PSA
- Zac Alexander at Squash Info
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Australian male squash players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in squash
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games