{{Short description|English squash player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox squash player | name= Fiona Geaves | image = | caption = | full_name = | nickname = | nationality = British (English) | residence = | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|6 December 1967}} | birth_place = Gloucester, England | height = | weight = | highest_ranking = No. 5 | date_of_highest_ranking = September 2001 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's squash }} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 1994 Saint Peter Port | Singles }} {{MedalBronze | 1995 Hong Kong | Singles }} {{MedalCompetition | World Team Championships }} {{MedalSilver | 1996 Petaling Jaya | Team }} {{MedalSilver | 2002 Odense | Team }} {{MedalSilver | 2004 Amsterdam | Team }} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2002 Manchester | Doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2002 Manchester | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1992 Aix-en-Provence | Team}} {{MedalGold | 1994 Zoetermeer | Team}} {{MedalGold | 1995 Amsterdam | Team}} {{MedalGold | 1996 Amsterdam | Team}} {{MedalGold | 1997 Odense | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2001 Eindhoven | Team}} {{MedalGold | 2002 Böblingen | Team}} }}
'''Fiona Geaves''' (born 6 December 1967) is a former professional squash player from England. She played on the professional tour from 1987 to 2006, winning six tour titles, reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in 2001, and remaining in the world's top-20 for an unbroken stretch of 19 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/300-fiona-geaves |title=Profile and world ranking |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref>
== Biography == Geaves won the British National Squash Championship title in 1995 but her best achievements were finishing third and winning the bronze medal at the World Championships in both 1994<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19941010/596/0035 |title=Squash |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=10 October 1994 |page=35 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> and 1995.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004998/19950701/032/0032 |title=Fiona's title chance is blown away |work=Gloucester Citizen |date=1 July 1995 |page=32 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref>
Geaves won seven gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 1992 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intersportstats.com/competition_types/292 |title=European Team Squash Championships |website=InterSportStats |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/history/100/mens/european-team-championship |title=Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events) |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref>
Geaves represented the 2002 England team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/bsp/statistics/events/squash_results.stm |title=Statistics |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> She competed in the women's doubles and mixed doubles and won two bronze medals, partnering Linda Charman and Chris Walker respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/court.htm#SQUASH |title=Commonwealth Games medallists - Court and Table Sports |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref>
Now Fiona works at the Heights Casino in Brooklyn, New York. She is the head coach and has started a doubles career with fellow coach Meredith Quick.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
== World Team Championships == ===Finals: 3 (0 title, 3 runner-up)===
{| class="sortable wikitable" !width="100"| Outcome !width="350"| Year !width="200"| Location !width="150"| Opponent in the final !width="150"| Score in the final |- | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up || 1996 Women's World Team Squash Championships || Petaling Jaya, Malaysia || {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia || 2-1 |- | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up || 2002 Women's World Team Squash Championships || Odense, Denmark || {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia || 2-1 |- | bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up || 2004 Women's World Team Squash Championships || Amsterdam, Netherlands || {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia || 2-0 |}
==See also== * Official Women's Squash World Ranking
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Squash Info|300}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070303024422/http://www.squashpics.com/topwomen/fiona_geaves.htm Page at Squashpics.com] * [http://www.squashsite.co.uk/fiona_geaves.htm Article of Geaves retirement at Squashsite.co.uk]
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