Squash World Championships in doubles and mixed 1997 / men's doubles

The men's doubles of the World Championships in doubles and mixed 1997 in squash took place from 11th to 14th December 1997.

Chris Walker and Mark Cairns from England prevailed in the final of the two top seeded pairings against the Australians Dan Jenson and Craig Rowland with 15: 114 and 15:13 and thus became the first squash world champions in doubles.

The field of participants consisted of twelve double pairings, each of which competed with six pairings in two groups in round robin mode . The group winners and runners-up made it to the semi-finals and played out places one to four in the knockout system .

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Dan Jenson Craig Rowland   final 02.  Chris Walker Mark Cairns   victory

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	Settlement	Double	Sp.	S.	N	S.-Diff.	P. diff.	Pt.
1	1	Dan Jenson Craig Rowland	5	4th	1	9: 3	173: 140	8th
2		Zubair Jahan Khan Amjad Khan	5	4th	1	9: 3	166: 139	8th
3		Abdul Faheem Khan Jackie Lee	5	3	2	6: 6	172: 157	6th
4th		Jamie Crombie Doug Parent	5	2	3	5: 7	150: 148	4th
5		Aidan Harrison John Clarke	5	1	4th	3: 8	137: 166	2
6th		Ronny Vlassaks Sjef van der Heijden	5	1	4th	3: 8	118: 166	2

player player Result Jenson / Rowland Vlassaks / van der Heijden 15: 9, 17:15 Khan / Khan Crombie / Parent 15:11, 13:15, 15:12 Khan / Lee Harrison / Clarke 16:17, 15: 9, 15:12 Jenson / Rowland Crombie / Parent 15:10, 15: 9 Khan / Khan Harrison / Clarke 17:15, 15: 9

player player Result Vlassaks / van der Heijden Khan / Lee 15:11, 17:16 Crombie / Parent Harrison / Clarke 15: 9, 15: 9 Khan / Lee Jenson / Rowland 13:15, 15:10, 15:12 Khan / Khan Vlassaks / van der Heijden 15: 2, 15: 5 Crombie / Parent Vlassaks / van der Heijden 15:17, 15: 1, 15: 9

player player Result Khan / Khan Khan / Lee 17:14, 15:12 Jenson / Rowland Harrison / Clarke 15:12, 15:13 Jenson / Rowland Khan / Khan 14:17, 15: 7, 15: 5 Khan / Lee Crombie / Parent 15:12, 15: 6 Harrison / Clarke Vlassaks / van der Heijden 15:12, 17:16

Group B

rank	Settlement	Double	Sp.	S.	N	S.-Diff.	P. diff.	Pt.
1	2	Chris Walker Mark Cairns	5	4th	1	9: 3	170: 122	8th
2		Kenneth Low Michael Soo	5	4th	1	9: 3	160: 143	8th
3		Paul Steel Daniel Sharplin	5	4th	1	9: 4	142: 155	8th
4th		Michael Tootill Morgan Morris	5	2	3	5: 6	139: 134	4th
5		Peter Hill Anthony Chua	5	1	4th	2: 9	111: 155	2
6th		Graeme Sword Alan Thomson	5	0	5	1:10	107: 161	0

player player Result Walker / Cairns Sword / Thomson 15: 7, 15: 9 Steel / Sharplin Hill / Chua 15:12, 15:12 Low / Soo Tootill / Morris 15:13, 15: 9 Walker / Cairns Low / Soo 15: 5, 12:15, 15: 7 Steel / Sharplin Sword / Thomson 15:10, 15: 8

player player Result Tootill / Morris Hill / Chua 15: 9, 15: 5 Walker / Cairns Hill / Chua 15: 7, 15: 6 Low / Soo Sword / Thomson 15: 8, 15:11 Steel / Sharplin Tootill / Morris 11:15, 15:11, 15: 6 Walker / Cairns Tootill / Morris 15:13, 15:12

player player Result Low / Soo Steel / Sharplin 13:15, 15:13, 15:13 Hill / Chua Sword / Thomson 11:15, 15:11, 15: 9 Steel / Sharplin Walker / Cairns 15:10, 11:15, 15:13 Low / Soo Hill / Chua 15:11, 15: 8 Tootill / Morris Sword / Thomson 15:11, 15: 8

Final round

Semifinals

final

1

Dan Jenson Craig Rowland

15th

15th

Kenneth Low Michael Soo

14th

8th

1

Dan Jenson Craig Rowland

11

13

2

Chris Walker Mark Cairns

15th

15th

Zubair Jahan Khan Amjad Khan

13

12

2

Chris Walker Mark Cairns

15th

15th

3rd place match

Kenneth Low Michael Soo

12

10

Zubair Jahan Khan Amjad Khan

15th

15th

Web links

• Results on squashinfo.com (English)