Tommy Berden
Tommy Berden | |
Nationality: | Netherlands |
Birthday: | April 22, 1979 |
Size: | 174 cm |
1st professional season: | 1997 |
Resignation: | 2005 |
Playing hand: | Right |
Trainer: | Sjef van der Heijden |
successes | |
Career title: | 7th |
Career finals: | 14th |
Best placement: | 22 (January 2002) |
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) |
Tommy Berden (born April 22, 1979 in Hilversum ) is a former Dutch squash player .
Career
Tommy Berden was active on the PSA World Tour from 1997 to 2005 and won seven titles, including the Australian Open and the Motor City Open . In January 2002 he achieved his best position in the world rankings with 22nd place. In 2001 and 2003 to 2005 he was a four-time Dutch champion . Between 2002 and 2004 he took part in three world championships . In 2002 he failed in the first round, while the following year he reached the second round after two wins. There he was defeated by Thierry Lincou . At the 2004 tournament he reached the main round through qualification and lost his opening game against David Palmer . With the Dutch national team , he took part in several European championships , including the 2001 and 2003 world championships .
He has been married to squash player Natalie Grinham since 2006 and the couple have two sons. From 2014 he was the managing director of the Women's Squash Association . When this merged into the Professional Squash Association , he became part of the management as Chief Commercial Officer .
successes
- Won PSA -Titel: 7
- Dutch champion : 4 titles (2001, 2003-2005)
Web links
- Player profile at psaworldtour.com ( Memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Berden, Tommy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch squash player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hilversum , Netherlands |