About Chris Walker

Nationality: English Resides: Greenwich, CT Birthday: 1967-06-11 Occupation: Squash Professional/Entrepreneur & Coach including US Men's and Women's National team coach. Chris started playing squash when he was 8 years old. "I probably held my first squash racket when it stood taller than me! I studied and at 18 years old took a job as a computer programmer - Cobol was my game. After less than 6 months I decided that I had more to give to Squash and so sold my car and bought a plane ticket to the be able to compete on the World tour.
The rest as they say is history!

Singles Squash Career
Walker was a member of the England teams which won the World Team Squash Championships in 1995 and 1997. He finished runner-up at the British Open in 2001 and won the Men's World Doubles title at the inaugural World Doubles Squash Championships in 1997 (partnering Mark Cairns).

Major Singles career highlights are:

World ranked 4. English ranked 1.
World Doubles Champion • England Captain with over 70 caps
• 3 x European Champion • Capt. of the England World Team Championship winning side 1995 & 1997 • Capt. of the England World Doubles Championship winning team 1997 • Capt. of the England European Team Champions 1995,96,98 & 99 • Winner of New York Apawamis Open 96 • World Super series Finalist 92/93, 95/96 & 96/97 • Semi-finalist World Open 94/95 • Semi-Finalist British Open 94/95 • Finalist Austrian Open 98 • Semi-Finalist Apawamis Open 2000 • Finalist British Open 2001 • Semi-finalist Tournament of Champions 2002.
Represented various teams across Europe in National league competitions: Kiel BOASTERS (4 time champions) in Germany, in England for Northumberland Lawn Tennis and Squash Club and ICL Lionherts (League and Cup champions), and in Austria for RED BULL Reutte (3 time champions).

Doubles Squash Career
Perhaps statistically the most accomplished PSA performer currently on the ISDA tour, this southpaw fitness specialist and former PSA top-four has reached eight ranking-tournament ISDA finals (winning the Cleveland ’06 and Denver ’07 tourneys) during two mid-2000’s years as Viktor Berg’s partner and had an impressive first half of the 2007-08 campaign with Clive Leach that netted them consecutive season-opening titles in St. Louis and Baltimore, followed soon thereafter by runner-up finishes in Toronto, Chicago and Boston. His outstanding autumn 2009 has been highlighted by a final-round advance with Leach in Toronto and a winning performance with new partner Mark Chaloner in Wilmington, where on simultaneous-championship-point Walker himself emphatically decided the issue with a razor-sharp forehand reverse-corner winner. Now 42 he is still as fleet and well-conditioned as ever! Preferred wall: Left

Major Doubles career highlights are:

• Highest world ISDA ranking of #1 • 2010 Greenwich Open semi-finalist • 2009 Racquet Club of St. Louis Challenger champion • 2009 Jim Bentley Cup finalist • 2007 Racquet Club of St. Louis Open champion • 2007 Maryland Club Open champion • 2007 Hashim Khan Championships champion • 2007, 2005 Tavern Club champion • 2006 Kellner Cup finalist

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This film and theatre buff has expanded his squash involvement in recent years to include coaching the USA men’s team and co-owning a squash club in San Diego (the venue for his well-renowned Surf and Squash camps), where in 2006 he founded a youth-enrichment group, Surf City Squash (www.surfcitysquash.org), that serves under-privileged youngsters with squash instruction, academic tutoring and community service.
We only have one pair of eyes, Chris strongly recommend that all club players and juniors should wear eye protection. When playing hardball doubles he wears the I-mask without fail. Order your own pair from the I-mask website. On the subject of string. Chris has been using Tecnifibre string for over 20 years!!! "I can't believe I have been around that long....but it's true!!"