Thierry Lincou

Thierry Lincou

Country	France
Residence	Boston, USA
Born	(1976-04-02) 2 April 1976 Réunion Island
Height
Weight	78 kilograms (172 lb)
Turned Pro	1994
Retired	2012
Plays	Right handed
Coached by	Paul Sciberras Franck Carlino
Racquet used	Tecnifibre
Website	www.thierry-lincou.com
Men's singles
Highest ranking	No. 1 (January, 2004)
Title(s)	23
Tour final(s)	44
World Open	W (2004)
Medal record Men's squash Representing France World Team Championships 2003 Vienna Team 2009 Odense Team 2005 Islamabad Team 2007 Chennai Team 2013 Mulhouse Team World Games 2005 Duisburg Men's singles
Last updated on: 2 July 2012.

Thierry Lincou (born 2 April 1976 in La Réunion) is a retired professional squash player from France. He reached the World No. 1 ranking in January 2004. That year, Lincou won the World Open title, the Hong Kong Open and the Super Series Finals. He has been known as one of the greatest lateral movers in the game, as well as being one of the fittest players in the history of squash.

Career Overview

Lincou has enjoyed considerable success at the elite level of the game, rising steadily through the ranks since joining the professional squash circuit in 1994. He has beaten all of the world's top squash players including Peter Nicol, Jonathon Power, David Palmer, Lee Beachill, and many others. Lincou has been one of the most consistent players on the circuit – reaching the semi-finals of nine successive PSA events in 2003, and holding the World No. 1 ranking throughout 2005.

In 2003, Lincou was a member of the French team which finished runners-up to Australia at the World Team Squash Championships.

In 2004, he reached the PSA World Ranking Number 1 and became the first Frenchman to top the world rankings. In December, he won the 2004 World Open Squash Championship in Doha in Qatar against Lee Beachill 5–11, 11–2, 2–11, 12–10, 11–8. He became the first Frenchman to win the World Championship. In the same year, he won the Hong Kong Open against Nick Matthew in the final.

In 2006, he won 4 PSA World Tour titles including the Canary Wharf Squash Classic in London and the prestigious Pakistan Open in Islamabad.

He was runner-up of the prestigious British Open in 2006 against Nick Matthew and in 2007 against Grégory Gaultier.

He won 11 titles of the French Nationals and was one of only five players to have maintained themselves in the top 10 without interruption for 10 years at the PSA World Tour.

In October 2012, Thierry retired at the age of 36 after win the Bluenose Squash Classic, the 23rd PSA World Tour title of his career.

He is currently coaching the Massachusetts Institute of Technology varsity squash team.

World Open final appearances

1 title & 1 runner-up

Outcome	Year	Location	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2003	Lahore, Pakistan	Amr Shabana	15–11, 11–15, 15–8, 15–14
Winner	2004	Doha, Qatar	Lee Beachill	5–11, 11–2, 2–11, 12–10, 11–8

Major World Series final appearances

British Open: 2 finals (0 titles, 2 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2006	Nick Matthew	11–8, 5–11, 11–4, 9–11, 11–6
Runner-up	2007	Grégory Gaultier	11–4, 10–12, 11–6, 11–3

Hong Kong Open: 2 finals (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2001	David Palmer	15-13, 15-6, 15-9
Winner	2004	Nick Matthew	11-8, 11-4, 13-11

Pakistan International: 2 finals (2 titles, 0 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2005	David Palmer	11-9, 8-11, 11-1, 4-11, 11-7
Winner	2006	Gregory Gaultier	11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5

Career statistics

Singles performance timeline (since 1999)

Terms
W-L	Win-loss	NWS	Not a World Series event
NG50	Not an International event	NH	Not held
A	Absent	LQ/#Q	Lost in qualifying draw and round number
RR	Lost at round robin stage	#R	Lost in the early rounds
QF	Quarterfinalist	SF	Semifinalist
SF-B	Semifinalist, won bronze medal	F	Runner-Up
F	Runner-up, won silver medal	W	Winner

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Career SR	Career W-L
PSA World Tour Tournaments
World Open	2R	Not Held		QF	F	W	QF	SF	QF	2R	QF	QF	3R	A	1 / 11	30–10
British Open	2R	2R	A	SF	A	SF	A	F	F	SF	2R	Not Held		A	0 / 8	19–8
Hong Kong Open	1R	1R	F	QF	NH	W	NH	2R	SF	SF	QF	QF	1R	A	1 / 11	21–10
Qatar Classic	Not Held		QF	QF	SF	NH	SF	A	QF	SF	QF	QF	2R	A	0 / 9	20–9
PSA Masters	NH	QF	2R	QF	F	SF	QF	SF	Not Held		QF	QF	A	NH	0 / 9	21–9
Tournament of Champions	NA	1R	1R	2R	F	QF	F	QF	QF	Absent		QF	A	1R	0 / 10	17-10
North American Open	Not Held					Not World Series		Absent		QF	QF	QF	A	2R	0 / 4	7–4
Kuwait PSA Cup	Not Held					1R	A	NH	A	SF	NH	QF	3R	NH	0 / 4	6–4
US Open	A	1R	NH	SF	SF	1R	A	QF	QF	NH	A	QF	SF	A	0 / 8	13–8
Saudi International	Not Held						SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	Not Held			0 / 5	11–5
Pakistan International	SF	Not Held		2R	NH	A	W	W	NH	NWS	Not Held				2 / 4	14–2
Win Ratio	0 / 4	0 / 5	0 / 4	0 / 8	0 / 5	2 / 7	1 / 6	1 / 8	0 / 7	0 / 7	0 / 7	0 / 8	0 / 5	0 / 2	4 / 81 (4,9 %)	NA
Win–Loss	5 / 4	3 / 5	7 / 4	16 / 8	18 / 5	17 / 5	19 / 5	21 / 7	17 / 7	17 / 7	16 / 7	15 / 8	7 / 5	1 / 2	NA	179 / 79 (69,4 %)

Note: NA = Not Available

See also

• Official Men's Squash World Ranking

External links

• Thierry Lincou profile on the PSA official website
• Thierry Lincou profile on SquashInfo
• The Official Thierry Lincou website
• Page at Squashpics.com
• Article at Squashtalk.com (October 2001)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Peter Nicol Lee Beachill	World No. 1 January 2004 - February 2004 January 2005 - December 2005	Succeeded by John White Jonathon Power
Awards and achievements
Preceded by —	PSA Player of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Amr Shabana