Squash is often called a game of angles, speed, and stamina rather than raw size. To test how true that is, we went through the SquashInfo player database as it stood at the end of 2025, more than 23,000 profiles, and pulled out the physical and generational extremes: the tallest and shortest players on record, and the oldest and youngest. Around 4,100 profiles list a height, and recorded ages run from 12 all the way to 94, so there is plenty to work with.
One note on the data first. These figures come from SquashInfo, are a point-in-time snapshot, and depend on what each profile has filled in. A small number of profiles carry obvious placeholder heights, which we excluded. With that said, here is what the numbers show.
The tallest squash players
The tallest player on record is Mehmood Raja of the United Arab Emirates at 200 cm (about 6 ft 7 in). Just behind him is a cluster at 198 cm, including Australia's Nathan Turnbull, South Africa's Carl Hampson, France's Lucas Rousselet, Pakistan's Ali Nasir, and Barbados' Shawn Simpson.
On the women's side, the tallest is Sweden's Malin Frank at 186 cm (about 6 ft 1 in), followed by Australia's Jessica Osborne and Ukraine's Milena Velychko at 185 cm. The most familiar name near the top is England's Sarah-Jane Perry at 183 cm, long one of the tallest players inside the world's top ten.
For context, the average listed height is about 178 cm for men and 165 cm for women, so even the tallest players stand only 15 to 20 cm above the norm.
| Tallest men | Height | Tallest women | Height |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmood Raja (UAE) | 200 cm | Malin Frank (Sweden) | 186 cm |
| Nathan Turnbull (Australia) | 198 cm | Jessica Osborne (Australia) | 185 cm |
| Carl Hampson (South Africa) | 198 cm | Milena Velychko (Ukraine) | 185 cm |
| Lucas Rousselet (France) | 198 cm | Sarah-Jane Perry (England) | 183 cm |
The shortest squash players
At the other end, the shortest credible heights on record sit at about 150 cm (just under 5 ft). The standout name is Egypt's Nada Abbas, listed at 150 cm and a former world number 12, clear proof that being small is no barrier to the top of the game. Others around 150 to 151 cm include India's Anjali Semwal, New Zealand's Dora Galloway, and Guyana's Mary Fung-A-Fat, herself a world top-110 player.
Squash rewards a low center of gravity, quick changes of direction, and tight movement into the front corners, all of which can favor smaller players. The full spread, from 150 cm to 200 cm at professional level, shows the sport has room for almost every body type.
| Player | Country | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Nada Abbas | Egypt | 150 cm |
| Anjali Semwal | India | 150 cm |
| Dora Galloway | New Zealand | 150 cm |
| Gonzalo Tapiz | Dominican Republic | 150 cm |
| Mary Fung-A-Fat | Guyana | 151 cm |
The oldest players on record
Squash is a sport for life, and the database backs that up. The oldest profiles belong to players aged 94: Canada's Donald Gunn and Diarmuid Swan, and Scotland's Alex Hamilton. A long line of veterans follows at 93, including the USA's Philip Leis and England's James Switzer and Michael McKean.
Most of these are masters and club-level competitors rather than touring professionals, but their presence is a reminder that competitive squash continues well into later life, through masters categories that run in five-year age bands.
The youngest players on record
The youngest players in the database are just 12 years old. They come from squash's strongest youth pipelines: Malaysia (Hisshan Nair Tan and Karesha Kugan), Singapore (Mabelle City Sy), China (Haoyu Ye), Pakistan (Mahnoor Ali), and Poland (Mateusz Lukawski), among many others.
That early start is typical in squash. Many of today's professionals were ranked juniors by their early teens, and nations such as Egypt, Malaysia, and Pakistan are known for deep junior development systems.
What the numbers tell us
Across more than 23,000 profiles, squash players range from roughly 150 cm to 200 cm in height and from 12 to 94 years of age. Height is clearly not destiny: a 150 cm player has reached the world's top 12, while plenty of players above 190 cm never cracked the top 100. As ever in squash, movement, racket skill, and tactics matter more than the tape measure.
Data source: SquashInfo player database, captured at the end of 2025 and analysed as a point-in-time snapshot. Heights and ages are as listed on each profile; obvious placeholder values were excluded.
