Phil Kenyon

Phil Kenyon
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1956-05-07) 7 May 1956
Blackpool, England
Sport
Men's singles
Highest rankingNo. 4 (February 1987)
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  Great Britain
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place1979 BrisbaneTeam
Representing  England
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place1976 BrusselsTeam
Gold medal – first place1978 AmsterdamTeam
Gold medal – first place1979 HamburgTeam
Gold medal – first place1982 CardiffTeam
World Amateur Championship
Silver medal – second place1979 MelbourneSingles

Philip Kenyon (born 7 May 1956) is a former English professional squash player.

Biography

Born in Blackpool, Kenyon finished runner-up behind Jahangir Khan in the 1979 World Amateur Squash Championship held in Melbourne, Australia.[1] Kenyon was part of the British team with Jonathan Leslie, Peter Verow and Andrew Dwyer that won the 1979 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Brisbane, Australia.[2]

He became the English number one in 1982 and was still the England number 1 at the end of the 1985/86 season.[3]

He also represented England at the 1981, 1983 & 1985 World Team Squash Championships.[4]

Kenyon won four gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships in 1976, 1978, 1979 and 1982.[5][6]

Kenyon was four-times British national champion in 1977, 1981, 1983 and 1985.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Kenyon loses world final". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 16 October 1979. p. 14. Retrieved 16 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Phil's finale". Daily Express. 29 October 1979. Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Halpin, Larry (1986). The Squash Rackets Association Annual 1986-87. SRA Francis House. pp. 25–31. ISBN 0-900698-098.
  4. ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
  5. ↑ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "History - British National Squash Champions 1974-2021". British National Squash Championships. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
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