Grégory Gaultier with the US Open trophy in 2006
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Country | France |
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Residence | Aix-en-Provence, France |
Born |
Épinal, France |
23 December 1982
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Turned Pro | 1999 |
Retired | Active |
Plays | Right handed |
Coached by |
Renan Lavigne Mathieu Benoît |
Racquet used | Dunlop Biomimetic Grégory Gaultier Elite GTS Limited Edition |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (November, 2009) |
Current ranking | No. 2 (September, 2016) |
Title(s) | 30 |
Tour final(s) | 63 |
World Open | W (2015) |
Last updated on: July, 2016. |
Grégory Gaultier (born 23 December 1982, in Épinal, France) is a professional squash player from France. He has won the 2015 World Open Squash Championship, the British Open twice, in 2007 and 2014, the Qatar Classic in 2011, the US Open twice, in 2006 and 2013, the Tournament of Champions in 2009, and the PSA World Series Finals thrice, in 2008, 2009 and 2016. He reached the final of the World Open in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2013, and the World No. 1 ranking in 2009. Gaultier is affectionately known to his friends as Rubbery Gaultier.
Gaultier was the European junior squash champion in 2000 and 2001. He also won a British Junior Open title and finished as the runner-up at the World Junior Squash Championships.
In 2003, Gaultier was a member of the French team which finished runners-up to Australia at the World Team Squash Championships. In the semi-finals against England, Gaultier won the deciding match against Lee Beachill which took France through to the final.