Country: AUS
Date of Birth: 28/06/1976
Place of Birth: Australia
Place of Residence: Antwerp, Belgium
WSQ-M08 Seeding:
Highest World Ranking: 4
World Tour Titles: 20
World Tour Finals: 43
Squash Achievements: Three times World Champion
Ambitions: Regain the World Number One ranking and win as many titles as possible
A former World Number One, David Palmer has been
Australia’s leading player since the turn of the century and became
the first Australian for twenty years to win the British Open title
when he landed the prestigious prize in 2001.
Palmer won the first of his three World crowns the following
year in a thrilling final against Scotland’s John White, showing
his typical battling qualities to fight back from two games down, a
feat he repeated in 2006 to defeat Gregory Gaultier.
The Australian has been one of the most consistent players on
the tour over the last decade, reaching a staggering 43 finals
and winning 20 of them. Palmer has enjoed a solid start to
2008 reaching the final of the EBS Dayton Open before losing to
Thierry Lincou.