Ken Binns

Career

Born February 8, 1935. Spending winters in Naples, Florida, Ken still plays tennis, swims and golfs almost daily. At the age of 80, golf is now his passion.

Sporting Person: BINNS, KEN, Squash/tennis

He represented Australia on the first touring side to England in 1962/3, reaching the semi-finals of the British Open Squash Championships.

In 1967 Binns accepted an offer to be touring player and coach at the Montreal Squash and Badminton Club and the Mount Royal Tennis Club in Canada. Binns was runner-up to Sharif Khan at the North American Open in 1971.

Binns competed a handful of times at the Canadian Open tennis championship, most notably reaching the round of 16 in 1969.

Achievements

• Currently living in Toronto, Canada and father of three children: Todd Binns who was also a World Ranked Squash Champion (October 1957), Susan Masse (June, 1961) and Jo-Anne Binns(October, 1962). Ken Binns won the Newcastle, Australia Squash Championship from 1960 to 1966, the NSW Country Squash Titles until asked not to play because of his previous dominance. Ken had previously been outstanding in tennis: Newcastle Singles champion 1956/57/60 and NSW Country Singles Champion 1957/58/59/61. In an amazing feat of stamina and skill, Ken won both the Tennis and Squash Country Championships which were run concurrently in Wollongong, Australia circa 1960. Ken was the Newcastle and NSW Country Champion in tennis from 1957 to 1967. At the same time, from 1961 to 1966, he was the Newcastle and NSW Country Champion in squash. He represented Canada in the World Masters in tennis, was a finalist in the North American Open Squash championship, which was won by Sharif Khan, son of Hashim Khan, the famed World Champion of many years. Ken continued to win numerous World Doubles titles with Mohibullah Khan. Partnering Mo Khan, Binns won both the United States and Canadian national doubles titles.