Jaclyn Hawkes

Jaclyn Hawkes
Jaclyn Hawkes 2009
Nationality:	New Zealand
Birthday:	3rd December 1982
1st professional season:	2003
Resignation:	2012
Playing hand:	Right
successes
Career title:	3
Career finals:	11
Best placement:	12 (December 2010)
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links )

Jaclyn Hawkes (born December 3, 1982 in Hong Kong ) is a former New Zealand squash player .

Career

Jaclyn Hawkes began her professional career in 2003 and won a total of three titles on the WSA World Tour . She reached her highest place in the world rankings with twelfth in December 2010. She celebrated her greatest success at the Commonwealth Games 2010 when she won the gold medal in doubles with Joelle King . In 2009 Jaclyn Hawkes won the national championship . She was a regular for the New Zealand national team for many years . At the end of 2012, she announced the end of her career due to her pregnancy.

Private

Jaclyn Hawkes was born in Hong Kong , where she grew up. It wasn't until the age of 15 that she moved to New Zealand with her family. She is the daughter of Richard Hawkes , a former professional tennis player, who played once for the New Zealand Davis Cup team in 1968 , and Julie Hawkes , who was multiple national squash champion in Hong Kong and was three times Asian champion . She has several siblings. Two of her sisters were also successful national squash players. In 2004 she graduated with a degree in law and marketing . On June 7, 2012 Jaclyn Hawkes married the English squash professional Jonathan Kemp . Hawkes announced in late 2012 that she and Kemp were expecting a child. In early June 2013, Jaclyn Hawkes had a daughter. A short time later the couple had another daughter.

successes

• Won WSA -Titel: 3
• Commonwealth Games : 1 × gold ( doubles 2010 )
• New Zealand Champion : 2009

Web links

• Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} WSA: Aisling Blake is new president , squashuk.com. Retrieved January 29, 2013.