Jenny Duncalf
Jennifer Duncalf (born 10 November 1982) is an English professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in December 2009.
Duncalf was born in Haarlem, Netherlands. As a junior player, she won the European Junior Championship *le. Duncalf won the European Individual Championship *le in 2006 and 2007, and the British National Championship *le in 2007 and 2009. She was also a member of the England team which won the World Team Squash Championships in 2006. In 2008, she finished runner-up at the British Open (losing in the final to Nicol David). Duncalf ends the year 2009 on a high when she won three *les in a row—the Soho Square Open, the US Open and the prestigious Qatar Cl*ic.
Duncalf was a pupil at Harrogate Grammar School where she attended from 1994-2001.Duncalf made an appearance on the BBC2 quiz show Eggheads along with four other top-ranked British players, but they were unable to beat the show.
In October 2010, in the women's singles final of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Duncalf was defeated by Nicol David 11–3, 11–5, 11–7 in 40 minutes to settle for the silver medal.
Duncalf is openly lesbian and is in a same-sex relationship with fellow former No. 1 squash player Rachael Grinham.
Contents
- 1 World Open
- 1.1 Finals: 1 (0 *le, 1 runner-up)
- 2 Major World Series final appearances
- 2.1 British Open: 1 finals (0 *le, 1 runner-up)
- 2.2 Hong Kong Open: 1 final (0 *le, 1 runner-up)
- 2.3 Qatar Cl*ic: 1 final (1 *le, 0 runner-up)
- 2.4 Malaysian Open: 2 finals (0 *le, 2 runner-up)
- 3 See also
- 4 References
- 5 External links
World Open
Finals: 1 (0 *le, 1 runner-up)
Major World Series final appearances
British Open: 1 finals (0 *le, 1 runner-up)
Hong Kong Open: 1 final (0 *le, 1 runner-up)
Qatar Cl*ic: 1 final (1 *le, 0 runner-up)
Malaysian Open: 2 finals (0 *le, 2 runner-up)
See also
- Official Women's Squash World Ranking
References
External links
- Jenny Duncalf at WISPA (archived)
- Jenny Duncalf at WSA (archived)
- Jenny Duncalf at Squash Info