Phil Kenyon

Phil Kenyon
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1956-05-07) 7 May 1956 (age 70)
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. 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.