Cassie Jackman

Cassie Jackman

Country	England
Residence	Norwich, England
Born	(1972-12-22) 22 December 1972 North Walsham, England
Turned Pro	1990
Retired	2004
Plays	Right Handed
Racquet used	Prince
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 1 (January, 2000)
Medal record Representing  England Women’s Squash Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Women's Doubles 2002 Manchester Women's Doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Women's Singles 2002 Manchester Women's Singles
Last updated on: March 3, 2010.

Cassie Jackman (born 22 December 1972 and competing in some years as Cassie Campion) is a former English squash player who won the World Open in 1999. She has been England's leading player throughout much of the 1990s and early 21st century. She retired due to a recurring back injury in December 2004.

Career

Born in North Walsham, Norfolk, she won five British under-23 titles, and five senior British national titles.^[1]

She represented England at four World Team Championships in 1992 in Vancouver, 1994 in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, 1996 in Malaysia and 2004 in Amsterdam.

She lost the 1996 World Open final to Sarah Fitz-Gerald 9–4, 9–2, 4–9, 9–6 who would go on to win another four World Opens. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal in the doubles with Sue Wright, and a bronze in the singles.

In 1999 she won the World Open title, beating Michelle Martin 9–6, 9–7, 9–7 in Seattle. However, she lost in the British Open final to Leilani Joyce in Aberdeen.

World Open

Finals: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1994 Women's World Open Squash Championship	Guernsey	Michelle Martin	9–1, 9–0, 9–6
Runner-up	1996 Women's World Open Squash Championship	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	9–0, 9–3, 9–4
Winner	1999 Women's World Open Squash Championship	Seattle, United States	Michelle Martin	9–6, 9–7, 9–7
Runner-up	2003 Women's World Open Squash Championship	Hong Kong	Carol Owens	3–9, 9–2, 9–7, 9–3

World Team Championships

Finals: 3 (0 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Location	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1994 Women's World Team Squash Championships	Saint Peter Port, Guernsey	Australia	3-0
Runner-up	1996 Women's World Team Squash Championships	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia	Australia	2-1
Runner-up	2004 Women's World Team Squash Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Australia	2-0

See also

• List of WISPA number 1 ranked players
• Official Women's Squash World Ranking

References