Ross Norman Ross Norman Ross William Norman (born 7 January 1959) is a former professional squash player from New Zealand. He is best remembered for winning the World Open in 1986, when he beat Jahangir Khan of Pakistan in the final 9-5, 9-7, 7-9, 9-1. The win marked the end of an unbeaten run for Khan that had stretched for over five years (the longest in the history of professional sport). Norman had been ranked the World No. 2 behind Khan for some time going into the match, but despite a single-minded determination to end his unbeaten run had been unable to
Gordon Watson (squash player) Karim No. 1; Bari No. 2; and Gordon Watson No. 3. English squash professional and writer Jack Giles wrote in Squash Player International in 1974, "The first [Australian] player to really make an impact on the international scene was G.J. (Gordon) Watson. A very popular and respected figure, Gordon was a player of undoubted world class. He was afflicted by that bane of so many potentially great players - lack of real all-year round competition. He could get that competition in those days only by coming to the U.K, then only for a month at a time. An expensive and