Career
He is best remembered for winning the World Open title in 1997. An alumnus of Street James College (Brisbane), Eyles joined the professional squash tour as a 16-year-old in May 1984 and was an athlete in the inaugural Australian Institute of Sport Squad from 1985. He was on the PSA World Tour for 16 years and held the position of President from 1996-1998.
He retired in November 2000 at the age of 33.
His career-high world ranking was World Number. 2. Rodney was part of the winning Australian team at the 1991 Men"s World Team Squash Championships and was also a runner-up in the 1993 Men"s World Team Squash Championships.
As a junior player, Eyles was runner-up to Jansher Khan in the final of the 1986 World Junior Squash Championship. After retiring from the tour, he coached up and coming players in Italy, Hong Kong and the United States of America before returning to the Gold Coast and establishing the Rod Eyles Squash Academy to focus on the development of juniors, seniors and professional squash players.
In 2010, Rodney joined the Squash Australia Team as an AIS consultant coach before becoming the National Talent Development Coach in 2011.
Eyles was inducted into the Australian Squash Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Queensland Squash Hall of Fame in 2005.
