Adrian Waller
{{Short description|English squash player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Adrian Waller
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|12|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Enfield, London, England
| death_date =
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| height = {{height|m=1.90|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| turnedpro = 2008
| retired = Active
| plays =
| coach = Paul Carter
| racquet = Prince
| website =
| event = Men's singles
| highest_ranking = No. 17
| date_of_highest_ranking = November 2019
| current_ranking = No. 56
| date_of_current_ranking = June 2025
| titles = 8
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's squash}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalComp|World Team Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Marseille|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Washington D.C.|Team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2023 Tauranga | Team}}
{{MedalComp|World Doubles Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Glasgow|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|Doubles}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Herning | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Warsaw | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2019 Birmingham | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2022 Eindhoven | Team}}
{{MedalGold | 2023 Helsinki | Team}}
}}
Adrian Waller (born 26 December 1989) is a professional squash player who represents England.[http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,13121~1367,00.html PSA Player Profile][https://www.squashinfo.com/player/1447-adrian-waller SquashInfo Player Profile] He reached a career high ranking of 17 in the world during November 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/1447-adrian-waller |title=Profile and world ranking |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}
Career
Waller won British Junior National titles at various age categories before joining the PSA Tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/1447-adrian-waller |title=Adrian Waller profile |website=Squash Info |access-date=4 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.psaworldtour.com/view-player/player/adrian-waller/ |title=Adrian Waller profile |website=PSA Tour |access-date=4 May 2023}}
At the 2016 European Squash Team Championships in Warsaw, Waller won his first European Squash Team Championships and at the 2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships, he was part of the England team that won the silver medal at the World Team Championships in Marseille and repeated the success two years later at the 2019 Championships. In 2018, he won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the men's doubles with Daryl Selby.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43767395 |title=Commonwealth Games: Selby & Waller beat Willstrop & Declan |website=BBC |access-date=4 May 2023}} During the 2019-20 season he won the Life Time Chicago Open.
In November 2019, he hit a career best world ranking (at the time) of 17 and won a second European Team gold in Birmingham. In 2021, he finished runner up to Joel Makin at the British National Squash Championships.{{cite web |url=https://thesquashsite.com/british-nationals-2021 |title=BRITISH NATIONALS FINALS |website=Squash Site |access-date=4 May 2023}}
In 2022, he won two more Commonwealth Games silver medals, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62452510 |title=Commonwealth Games: England's Waters & Waller into squash mixed doubles final |website=BBC |access-date=4 May 2023}} Also in 2022, he won his 10th tour title after winning the Jansher Khan Canberra Open.
He was a member of the England team that won the European Team tite in 2022 and 2023. In December 2023, Waller won a silver medal with England, at the 2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships in New Zealand.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/squash/67741947 |title=World Squash Team Championship: Egypt defeat England to retain men's title |website=BBC Sport | date=17 December 2023 |access-date=19 December 2024 }}
References
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External links
- {{PSA|new_id=adrian-waller|old_id=1367|archive=20170624090229|archive2=20130819192940}}
- {{Squash Info|1447}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|squash/athlete-profile-n6029785-adrian-waller}}
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Category:English male squash players
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in squash
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games