The 2025 U.S. Men’s Masters Championships saw Ned Monaghan, Richard Chin and Patrick Bedore claim back-to-back titles, while Richard Millman and Don Sheer returned to the top of the podium Sunday, April 13, at the Arlen Specter Center in Philadelphia.
View all results on the U.S. Men’s Masters tournament page. Tournament photography is available on the US Squash Smugmug Page. Watch interviews with the champions below.
Ten national champions–including five first-time champions–were crowned in age divisions ranging from 35+ to 80+.
Embodying the notion that squash is a sport for life, fifteen players from ten different states competed for the 80+ national title. Ned Monaghan became the first 80+ repeat champion since Ed Burlingame in 2015-2016. New Canaan, CT’s Monaghan entered the draw as the two seed and claimed the title without dropping a game, including a 3-0 final win against Utah’s Norbert Kornyei.
Arizona’s Don Sheer won his seventh Masters title in his fourth different age division. Sheer fulfilled his top seeding to win his first 75+ title, culminating in a 3-0 final win against two seed Bruce Simons-Morton.
Connecticut’s Lance Mald celebrated his first national title in the 70+ division. Mald edged Stuart Hardy and Thomas Bedore in the 1-3 playoff round robin to clinch the title.
Richard Millman made a victorious return to the Masters after an injury hiatus. Millman, the three seed, upset two seed Juan Mendez in a five-game semifinal before clinching the title in a three game final against fellow Englishman Nick Gollaglee. Millman marks his first 65+ title, and eighth overall Masters title.
California’s Goran Hagegard marked his fist Masters appearance since 2012 with his first title in the 60+ division. Hagegard, who entered reached the final as an unseeded player, defeated two-time champion Mark Sealy in a three-game final.
Richard Chin won his fourth-consecutive Masters title and first in the 55+ division. Chin, the top seed, overcame perennial rival and fellow New Yorker John Musto in a marathon final 6-11, 17-15, 8-11, 11-7, 17-15.
South African Rodney Durbach marked his U.S. Masters debut by winning the 50+ title without dropping a game, defeating Mexican top seed Marcos Mendez in the final.
Atlanta-based Englishman Mark Heather earned his first U.S. Masters title as the 45+ two seed. Heather beat defending champion David Ramsden-Wood in a four-game final.
Baltimore-based Aussie Wade Johnstone earned his first Masters title in the 40+ division, while New Jersey-based South African Tertius Raubenheimer placed second.
After winning his first Masters title alongside his father last year, Baltimore’s Patrick Bedore earned his third straight 35+ title, defeating Karamatullah Khan in the final.
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