Andrew Douglas, the 2023 U.S. Men’s Champion and 2019 Pan American Games gold medalist, has announced his retirement from professional squash as the twenty-five-year-old pursues a law degree this fall.
Douglas’ career spans a trophy-laden junior career and success on the international stage representing Team USA, culminating in his first and final U.S. Championship title in 2023.
The Brooklyn native started his squash journey from an early age competing in the U11s, and quickly rose to a top-ranked player in the country by the U15s. Douglas first reached the junior squash summit in 2016 when he captured his first U19 junior national title at seventeen years old, which he followed up with the U.S. Junior Open U19 title later that year. Douglas made a name for himself on the international stage during the 2017 British Junior Open, where he defeated the top-ranked player in the world to reach the quarterfinals as an unseeded player. Douglas represented Team USA at the World Juniors twice in 2016 and 2017. In 2016 Douglas led the U.S. Junior Men’s Team who recorded what was then a best ever finish of third place in Poland. In 2017, Douglas became the first American to reach the men’s individual quarterfinals.
In 2017, Douglas captured his second consecutive junior national title, and in the same month pulled off a surprise run to the S.L. Green U.S. Men’s Championship final with a semifinal upset over three-time champion Todd Harrity. Douglas reached the S.L. Green final again in 2018, but finally got his hands on the S.L. Green trophy in 2023 when he defeated Spencer Lovejoy.
Douglas’ collegiate career at the University of Pennsylvania saw the American play No. 1 all four years and become the first four-time All-American in program history. Douglas was just the program’s third player to reach All-Ivy three times, and led Penn to back-to-back Potter Cup finals.
Douglas cemented his name in U.S. squash history at the 2019 Pan American Games where he–along with Todd Harrity and Chris Hanson–led Team USA to its first ever men’s team gold medal at the quadrennial games. It was Douglas’ win that sealed the medal for Team USA.
Douglas played on the PSA World Tour for the past two years, reaching a high of world No. 48 in the rankings in January 2024, and hanging up his racquet at world No. 52 this month. Douglas reached six PSA finals, and won four PSA titles.
Read Douglas’ full statement below:
“I am incredibly grateful to those who supported and believed in my professional squash journey; without these people I would not have taken the leap of turning professional, a decision I am extremely thankful to have made. The highs of the past two years often felt eternal, and the lows insurmountable, but the moments I will cherish most are the ones shared with my coaches and teammates competing for the U.S. These opportunities to represent myself and my country on the sport’s biggest stages were the most significant and fulfilling of my career. Although I no longer represent Team USA on the court, I’m excited to cheer on my friends from the bleachers as they chase their dreams!”
