PHILLY SQUASH

1

Ramy Ashour from Egypt, the number one men’s player in the world as ranked by the Professional Squash Association and Nicol David from Malaysia, the number one women’s player in the world as ranked by the World Squash Federation WSF.  

3

The Number of times Episcopal Academy has won High School Nationals. 

4

The number of Colleges in the Philadelphia area with a squash team.  Penn, Drexel, Haverford and Swarthmore 

101

The number of international courts and doubles hardball courts, give or take,  in the Philadelphia including courts at High Schools, Colleges and Universities. 

188

The number of countries that have at least one squash court. 

8,500

The number of squash courts in England, the most of any country. 

49,908

The number of courts in the world according to the World Squash Federation. 

650-850

The number of calories a person burns in one hour of squash depending on intensity.  

32

Length of an international squash court in feet (short line is half, 16 feet)

21

Width of an international court in feet

15

Height of the front wall in feet

7

Height of the back wall in feet

6

Height of the service line in feet

19

Height of the tin in inches

17

Height of the tin on the World Squash Tour

39.5       

Size of the ball in millimeters

27

Max length of a squash racket in inches

8.5

Max width of a squash racket in inches