| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1973-01-20) January 20, 1973 (age 51) Seattle, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right Handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yusuf Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Prince | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 18 (January 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Latasha Khan (born January 20, 1973, in Seattle) is an American professional female squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 18 in January 2000. She started to play at the age of 9. She earned a team and individual gold medal at the 2003 Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. With 3,410 points on the international points table in September 2009, she was ranked No. 28 in the international circuit. She is a right handed player. After spending some time as a junior player, Khan started to play professional squash back in 1992. Khan practices and plays at Seattle Athletic Club Downtown under the coaching of Yusuf Khan and uses Prince brand of racquets. In 2009, she earned points by appearing in Sun & Surf 2009, Squash Pyramides 2009, Seoul Squash Open 2009, Fassp St Luke's Open 2009, Subway Goshen Open 2009, Cayman Islands Open 2009, Racquet Club International 2009, Atwater Cup 2009, Burning River Classic 2009 and Liberty Bell Open 2009. Her hobbies and interests includes shopping and music. Her sister Shabana Khan is also a former professional squash player, and their father is a cousin of squash legend Jahangir Khan.
References
- WISPA Player Profile
- SquashInfo Player Profile
- "Seattle Sisters Won't be Squashed / Feud with sport's establishment taking some of the fun out of it". 19 May 2000.
External links
- Latasha Khan at WISPA (archived)
- Latasha Khan at WSA (archived)
- Latasha Khan at Squash Info
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