Ben Cawston (Rackets player)
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| Born | July 6, 1999 Harrow |
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| Occupation | Professional racquets (Rackets) player |
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Benjamin Richard Edwin Cawston is a professional racquets (Rackets) player currently ranked at number 1 in the world (April 2022).[1].
Early Life
Cawston was born in Harrow on the 6th July, 1999 (22 years old). in 2003, Ben's father Tim Cawston, was offered the job of head rackets professional at Winchester College. Ben, therefore, moved to Winchester at the age of 4. Ben played several sports at a young age and was a regional Squash (sport) champion in the under 11 category and later on also became a top ranked national table tennis player. Cawston started playing rackets at age 11 where his father taught him how to play.
State School
Cawston attended the Westgate School and played Rackets at Winchester College where his father worked. Ben won the under 15s National Championships at the age of 14.
Following this Ben was not able to compete in the Public School Doubles with partner Tom Foster. This reached the national press and was deemed fairly unpopular by most of the public[2][3]. Cawston and Foster were then allowed to participate the following year.
2017/18 season
At the age of 18 Cawston completed an internship at the Queens Club in London where he worked coaching Rackets. Cawston had a strong start to the year by managing to qualify for the Invitational Singles Championship[4] - an event reserved for the top 8 players in the world. Whilst working at Queens, Ben won the amateur singles championship (Queens) becoming the youngest ever to do so.
Ben also won the Manchester Gold Racket doubles[5] and Western Open doubles[6] (Chicago) with partner Ben Bomford.
Ben Cawston ended the season ranked at number 10 in the world, becoming the youngest ever player to reach the top 10.
2018/2019 Cawston began working at Tonbridge School, where he became the assistant rackets professional. Cawston won the Manchester Gold Racket singles[7] and reached the final of the British Open singles. Ben partnered up with Alex Duncliffe-Vines for the season and as a pair they won the Manchester Gold Racket and reached the final of the British Open doubles[8]. Cawston ended the season ranked at number four in the world.
2019/2020
Ben began working at Wellington College again becoming the assistant professional. Cawston won the Invitational Singles Championship at Queens which was his largest career singles win to date.[9] Cawston also reached the final of the British Open[10] singles which cemented his position as the number Two Rackets player in the world.
Ben competed in the US open in March and overcame Richard Owen 3-1 in the final to secure his first Open title[11]
2020/21
Cawston began attending Oxford Brookes University whilst also working at Radley College as the assistant Rackets Professional.
2021/22
Cawston started the year off successfully by retaining the Invitational Singles Championship[12]. Ben followed this up by Winning the US open Singles[13] earning him the right to play Tom Billings for the Word Championship in November 2022. Cawston also played doubles with new partner Mike Bailey in both the US and British Open doubles. They lost the US open final in New York to James Stout (rackets) and Peter Cipriano, in a close match that ended 3-1. In London they were defeated by World Champions Tom Billings and Richard Owen.[14][15] Cawston ended the 2021/22 season as the world number 1 and in doing so also won Oxford Brookes University sportsman of the year.
References
- ↑ "World Singles Ranking & Points". Tennis & Rackets Association. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Talented Teen Barred From Playing In Rackets Tournament - Because He Goes To A State School". HuffPost UK. 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Why teenage rackets champion is banned by public schools from". The Independent. 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Rackets World Rankings". apps.tennisandrackets.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Manchester Gold Racquet 2017 | News". Tennis & Rackets Association. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ nara. "2018 Western Open Results and Tournament Report | North American Racquets Association". Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Manchester Gold Racquet 2018 | News". Tennis & Rackets Association. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Brown Advisory British Open Doubles Championship 2019 | News". Tennis & Rackets Association. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Invitation Singles 2019 | News". Tennis & Rackets Association. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Brown Advisory British Open Singles Championships 2020 | Rackets…". Tennis & Rackets Association. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ Medlow, Conor. "US Open 2020 | North American Racquets Association". Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Invitation Singles UK 2021 | Rackets Fixture". Tennis & Rackets Association. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ nara. "US Open Round Up | North American Racquets Association". Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Brown Advisory British Open Doubles Rackets Championships 2022 |…". Tennis & Rackets Association. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Rackets British Open decided at Hammersmith's Queen's Club". South West Londoner. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
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