Rodney Eyles is best remembered for winning the World Open title in 1997.
16 Facts About Rodney Eyles
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An alumnus of St James College, Eyles joined the professional squash tour as a 16-year-old in May 1984 and was an athlete in the inaugural Australian Institute of Sport Squad from 1985.
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Rodney Eyles was on the PSA World Tour for 16 years and held the position of president from 1996 to 1998.
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Rodney Eyles retired in November 2000 at the age of 33.
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Rodney Eyles was part of the winning Australian team at the 1991 Men's World Team Squash Championships and was a runner-up in the 1993 Men's World Team Squash Championships.
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Rodney Eyles was a member of the Australian teams which won the World Team Squash Championships in 1991 and the World Junior Team Championships in 1986.
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Rodney Eyles won a silver medal for Australia in the men's doubles event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
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In 2009 Rodney Eyles managed the Australian Men's Team in Denmark, was the manager and head coach for the 2010 Australian Boys Junior Squash Team in Ecuador, and the manager of the successful Australian Squash Team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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In 2010, Rodney Eyles joined the Squash Australia Team as an AIS consultant coach before becoming the national talent development coach in 2011.
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From 2010 - 2015, Rodney Eyles was the national talent development coach for Squash Australia.
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Rodney Eyles was the manager and head coach of the Australian U21 World Cup Team which traveled to Chennai, India, in 2012 and was the manager and head coach of the U19 Boys Team at the World Junior Championships in Doha, Qatar.
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In 2013, Rodney Eyles became the head of squash at the Palm Beach Currumbin High School, Sports Excellence Program.
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Rodney Eyles was the head coach for the Australian U19 Girls Team at the World Junior Championships in Poland and the Australian Men's Team at the World Men's Championships in France.
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Rodney Eyles was the coach of the most successful squash competing country at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, with Australia ending up on the top of the medal tally.
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From 2015, Rodney Eyles has been coaching on the East Coast of the US and is the current head squash professional at the Greenwich Country Club.
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Rodney Eyles was inducted into the Australian Squash Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Queensland Squash Hall of Fame in 2005.