Here’s a squash equipment report from the 2016 World Championships / Wadi Degla tournament. This event happened back in November but I didn’t get around to doing the report until the last couple weeks, so there will have been a few equipment changes among the pros since this tournament wrapped. I couldn’t find photos of every player but tried to get as many as I could. All photos by Steve Cubbins of SquashSite. As always if you see any corrections or completions, please let us know in the comments!
Update: added charts and data!
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Racket: Harrow Vapor
Shoes: Salming Kobra
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Player: Alan Clyne
Racket: Harrow Vapor
Shoes: Adidas Adipower Stabil 11
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Player: Mohamed Reda
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 125 S
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 4
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Player: Ali Farag
Racket: Ali Farag Custom Dunlop
Shoes: Nike Court Shuttle V
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Player: Alister Walker
Racket: Tecnifibre Suprem 130
Shoes: Asics Gel Cyber Sensei
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Player: Amina Yousry
Racket: Head Graphene XT Cyano 120
Shoes: Asics Gel Domain 2
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Racket: Salming Cannone Pro
Shoes: Salming Viper
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Player: Cameron Pilley
Racket: Karakal T-120 FF
Shoes: Asics Gel Blast 5
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Player: Campbell Grayson
Racket: Salming Cannone Pro
Shoes: Salming Kobra
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Player: César Salazar
Racket: Head YouTek Xenon 135
Shoes: Salming Race R1
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Player: Chris Simpson
Racket: Karakal Tec Pro Elite
Shoes: Adidas BT Feather
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Player: Daryl Selby
Racket: Black Knight Ion Element PSX Daryl Selby
Shoes: Mizuno Wave Hurricane
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Player: Delia Arnold
Racket: Prince Pro Black SP 850
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 5
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Player: Dipika Pallikal
Racket: Tecnifibre Suprem 125
Shoes: Adidas but I'm not sure which model
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Player: Donna Lobban
Racket: Harrow Spark
Shoes: Asics Gel Netburner Ballistic
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Player: Eain Yow Ng
Racket: Dunlop Precision Elite
Shoes: Salming Viper
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Player: Evan Williams
Racket: Prince Team Black Original 800
Shoes: Adidas Court Stabil 12
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Player: Fares Dessouky
Racket: Eye V.Lite 120
Shoes: Adidas Court Stabil 12
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Player: Greg Gaultier
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Elite
Shoes: Adidas Adipower Stabil 10.1
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Player: Gregoire Marche
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 125 S
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 5
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Player: Heba El Torky
Racket: Harrow Stealth
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 5
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Player: James Willstrop
Racket: Unsquashable Y-Tec Pro
Shoes: Asics Gel Blast 7
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Player: Jaymie Haycocks
Racket: Harrow Vapor
Shoes: Salming Kobra
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Player: Jens Schoor
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Pro GTS 130
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 7
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Player: Joe Lee
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 130
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 5
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Player: Joel Makin
Racket: Unsquashable Y-Tec Pro
Shoes: Asics Gel Task
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Player: Karim Abdel Gawad
Racket: Harrow Vibe
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 5
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Player: Karim Ali Fathi
Racket: Karakal S-Pro Elite
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 7
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Racket: Prince Airstick 130
Shoes: Asics Gel Fireblast
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Player: Leo Au
Racket: Harrow Renegade
Shoes: They look like the Mizuno Wave Stealth but I'm not sure
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Player: Line Hansen
Racket: Head Graphene XT Cyano 120
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 7
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Player: Liu Tsz-Ling
Racket: Dunlop Force Evolution 120
Shoes: Asics Gel Domain 2
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Player: Mariam Metwally
Racket: Tecnifibre Dynergy AP 125
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 7
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Player: Marwan El Shorbagy
Racket: Harrow Silk
Shoes: Asics Gel Fastball 2
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Player: Mathieu Castagnet
Racket: Black Knight Ion Cannon PS (Castagnet Signature)
Shoes: Salming Race R1
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Player: Max Lee
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 125 S
Shoes: Salming Viper
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Player: Mayar Hany
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 130 S
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 7
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Player: Mazen Gamal
Racket: Head Graphene XT Xenon 135
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 7
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Player: Miguel Angel Rodriguez
Racket: Tecnifibre Dynergy AP 125
Shoes: Victor SH-A830
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Player: Mohamed Abouelghar
Racket: Prince Pro Rebel 950
Shoes: Salming Viper
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Player: Mohamed El Shorbagy
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 125 S
Shoes: Asics Gel Blast 7
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Player: Nafiizwan Adnan
Racket: Head Xenon 135 Slimbody
Shoes: Salming Race R2
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Player: Nathan Lake
Racket: Tecnifibre Suprem 125
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 7
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Player: Nick Matthew
Racket: Dunlop Force Evolution 120
Shoes: Hi Tec Adrenalin Pro Elite
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Player: Nicol David
Racket: Prince Pro Rebel 950
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 3
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Player: Nour El Tayeb
Racket: Head Graphene XT Cyano 120
Shoes: Nike Court Shuttle V
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Player: Nouran Gohar
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 130 S
Shoes: Asics Gel Domain 2
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Player: Olli Tuominen
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Pro GTS 130
Shoes: Victor SH8600
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Player: Omar Abdel Meguid
Racket: Karakal S-Pro Elite
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 7
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Player: Omar Mosaad
Racket: Head Xenon 135 Slimbody
Shoes: Adidas Adipower Stabil 10.1
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Player: Paul Coll
Racket: Eye V.Lite 115
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 4
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Player: Peter Creed
Racket: Head Xenon 135 Slimbody
Shoes: Salming Race R9 Mid
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Player: Raphael Kandra
Racket: Victor RTW Concave RK
Shoes: Victor SH-P9200
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Player: Ramy Ashour
Racket: Prince Textreme Pro Warrior 600 (Ramy Ashour Signature)
Shoes: Salming Race R9 Mid
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Player: Raneem El Welily
Racket: Harrow Vapor
Shoes: Asics Gel Court Control
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Player: Rex Hedrick
Racket: Head Xenon 120 Slimbody
Shoes: Salming Kobra
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Player: Ryan Cuskelly
Racket: Harrow Vapor
Shoes: Salming Race R1
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Player: Salma Hany
Racket: Harrow Stealth Ultralite
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 5
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Player: Saurav Ghosal
Racket: Head Xenon 120 Slimbody AFP
Shoes: Probably the Adidas BT Feather Team but it's a color I've never seen
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Player: Shehab Essam
Racket: Prince Pro Airstick Lite 550
Shoes: Adidas Court Stabil 10
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Player: Simon Rosner
Racket: Oliver Apex 700
Shoes: Asics Gel Domain 3
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Player: Stephen Coppinger
Racket: Salming Aero Forza [Blue]
Shoes: Salming Race R9 Mid
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Player: Tarek Momen
Racket: Prince Team Red 700
Shoes: Adidas Court Stabil 11
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Player: Tesni Evans
Racket: Karakal Tec Pro Elite
Shoes: Karakal XS 600
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Player: Todd Harrity
Racket: Prince Airstick 130
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 7
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Player: Tsz-Fung Yip
Racket: Salming Cannone Pro
Shoes: Salming Kobra
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Player: Youssef Ibrahim
Racket: Head Xenon 120 Slimbody
Shoes: Asics Gel Domain 3
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Player: Youssef Soliman
Racket: Prince Pro Airstick Lite 550
Shoes: Asics Gel Court Control
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Player: Zahed Salem
Racket: Head Xenon 135 Slimbody
Shoes: Adidas Court Stabil 12
Thanks
Thanks to @squashour and M for the tips!
Charts
And data!
Nawar says
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Thanks Pierre for the Chart & Data sheet… excellent tool !
Alpsy says
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Hi Pierre.
I believe Miguel Rodriguez is wearing the Victor SH-A830 shoes at the World Champs and not the SH-920‘s.
Pierre says
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Thanks, updated!
M says
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Delia Arnold’s actually using the successor to the Prince O3 Speedport Black, the Prince Pro Black SP 850.
Pierre says
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Good catch! Updated
Brock in HK says
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What about Marwan Elshorbagy? he had a Harrow, but couldn’t tell the model.
Pierre says
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I have him as a Harrow Silk
Iñaki says
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Pierre, he used to play with a Silk, but this one is a different model (bigger head size, etc.). His current raquet looks to me more like a http://www.harrowsports.com/harrow-response-squash-racquet-black-yellow#.WMG0IH-SY4I (different color, of course)
kkc88 says
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Nice work Pierre! It seems Salming shoes are getting more popular with pros. Aggressive advertisement on PSA and high profile sponsorships especially Ramy is taking away ASICS’s dominant market share!
D-Man says
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The phtoto of Tuominen looks like he’s holding an Eye racquet.
Pierre says
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It’s strange, he’s painted what looks like an Eye logo on the strings, but I still think it’s the 130 GTS. Here’s maybe a better photo.
Niklas says
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In Windy city, against Ramy Ashour, he was definitely using an Eye xlite 120 control Shabana edition and Eye clothing. He must have gotten a sponsor deal with Eye rackets and Joey Barrington (co-founder of Eye Rackets, I believe) on squash tv even gave him a new nickname “the silver surfer”. BTW he just won the Oregon open as the 3rd oldest world tour title winner
Pierre says
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You’re both right!
D-Man says
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Yeah, the picture vs. Elshorbagy does looks like a GTS 130 with an Eye stencil on the strings…