Jaclyn Hawkes

{{Short description|New Zealand squash player (born 1982)}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}

{{EngvarB|date=July 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox squash player

| name = Jaclyn Hawkes

| image = Jaclyn Hawkes.jpg

| caption = Hawkes in 2009

| fullname =

| nickname =

| country = {{NZL}}

| residence = Halifax, England

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong

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| height =

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| turnedpro = 2003

| retired = 2013

| plays = Right Handed

| coach = Paul Hornsby

| racquet = Wilson

| website =

| event = Women's singles

| years_active =

| highest_ranking = No. 12

| date_of_highest_ranking = December 2010

| current_ranking = No. 19

| date_of_current_ranking = November 2012

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| titles = 3

| finals = 11

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's squash}}

{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2010 Delhi|Doubles}}

| updated = November 2012

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File:XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Squash (Women’s) Jaclyn Hawkes of New Zealand in an action against Jenny Duncalf England, at Sirifort Sports Complex, in New Delhi on October 06, 2010.jpg

Jaclyn Hawkes (born 3 December 1982 in Hong Kong) is a New Zealand professional squash player.

Hawkes grew up in Hong Kong and lived there until she was 15 when she moved to New Zealand.{{Cite web |date=2010-10-03 |title=Squash: Allrounder Hawkes finds her calling |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/other-sport/squash-allrounder-hawkes-finds-her-calling |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}} She started playing squash aged five because her mother Julie Hawkes was a New Zealand representative and is an ex-World Masters champion. While Hawkes played squash when she was younger she was much more keen on playing tennis (her father Richard was a Davis Cup player for New Zealand), hockey and netball. However, when she moved to New Zealand she made the New Zealand Junior team and travelled to Antwerp for the World Juniors in 1997 and really began to enjoy playing squash. It was after making the New Zealand Senior team in 2004 and competing in Amsterdam at the World Teams event that she decided to make squash her profession.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Hawkes is now{{when|date=October 2015}} based in Halifax in England after having completed a double degree in law and commerce in 2004 and has been playing full-time since the beginning of 2005.

She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in December 2010.[http://www.horizonsoftware.net/entry/wispa/ranking.php?player=T00574 WISPA Player Profile][https://www.squashinfo.com/player-346 Player Profile at SquashInfo]{{Cite web|date=2010-12-02|title=Hawkes still realistic despite squash rankings|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/4416502/Hawkes-still-realistic-despite-squash-rankings|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Stuff |language=en}}