Damien Mudge
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| Nationality | Australia |
| Born | 12 May 1976 |
Damien Mudge (born 12 May 1976) is an Australian professional male doubles squash player, from Adelaide, South Australia, currently residing in New York City. He holds the all-time record of 135 pro doubles tour titles. Mudge and his current doubles partner Ben Gould are currently ranked number 1 in the world. Damien Mudge has been ranked on the number 1 hard ball doubles team for 13 consecutive years, since 2000.
The Johnson tournament held annually in Brooklyn Heights, NY, has been dominated for 13 consecutive years by Damien Mudge and three of his partners, consisting of Ben Gould, Viktor Berg, and Gary Waite. The previous record for the Johnson had been ten wins, not consecutive, by partner Gary Waite. This record was broke by Damien Mudge in 2014 by winning his 13th consecutive first place title, with partner, Ben Gould.
Damien is the Head Squash Professional at the University Club of New York. He has been working at the University Club since he came to America in 1998, and has been the Head Squash Pro at the private club since 2001.
He turned pro in 1995, at the age of 19. He had been playing squash since the age of 7. Mudge got to number 48th in the world on the pro singles tour in 1997 and transitioned to playing hard ball doubles in 1998.
The squash season runs from October to April each year and is a privatized sport in North America. You can follow Damien Mudge by following @sdaprotour on Twitter.