Olivia Clyne

Olivia Clyne (née Blatchford) first rose to prominence at junior level in 2007 when she won the British Junior Open U-15 event and the United States-based player hasn't looked back since, and is now one of four Americans in and around the world’s top 20.

She joined the Tour a year previously in 2006 and won her first Tour title in 2010 at the SRC Open in May 2010. Her first Tour 15 crown came at the Abierto Mexicano de Raquetas where she stunned Siyoli Waters in the final and her first title in Europe, and her fifth overall, was found at the Paderborn Open where she played to her number one seed ranking.

Clyne appeared in her biggest ever PSA W70 final against legendary Malaysian, Nicol David in March 2017 at the Ciudad de Floridablanca. Clyne reached the final after Amanda Sobhy’s event was cut short as she tore her achilles whilst on court with Clyne in the semi-finals. A month later, she took home her first US Nationals title, before then going on to make the quarter finals of the Oracle NetSuite Open in the same year. The young American then also reached the last eight in the Cleveland Classic, Macau Open and Carol Weymuller Open in 2018.

Clyne then made it to the final of the Edinburgh Sports Club Open, but missed out on the title in a tough match with Hania El Hammamy. She then made it to the quarter finals of the Bahl and Gaynor Cincinnati Cup before then taking her only title of the 2018-19 season at the Calgary CFO Consulting Services PSA Women’s Squash Week.

The American started the 2019-2020 season with a quarter-final appearance at the Open de France - Nantes presented by Tailor Capital, and she secured a victory at the Detroit Pro Classic in her final tournament of the decade.

Clyne then made consecutive appearances in at least the last eight at the Cleveland Classic, Bahl and Gaynor Cincinnati Cup and the Windy City Open presented by the Walter Family, the latter being her first quarter-final at a Platinum tournament. The American also made it to the last 16 of both Black Ball Squash Open’s in 2020, reaching that stage in both March and December.

Her good form at the Black Ball Sporting Club continued into 2021, as she reached another Platinum quarter final, before then making it into the third round of the PSA World Championships, Allam British Open and CIB Egyptian Open. A semi-final result at the DAC Pro Classic rounded out a good year for the American.

Clyne started 2022 in the same form, reaching the last eight of both the Cleveland Classic and the Cincinnati Gaynor Cup. She made the same stage of the Carol Weymuller Open and J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions at the back end of the 2021-2022 campaign. The American consistently made it into the third round of the majors to start the new season, and also reached the semis of the City Tattersalls Club Australian Open.

Clyne had an upturn of form at the start of 2023, making at least the semis of five consecutive PSA World Tour events, including reaching three finals. She loved the North American swing of tournaments, making it to the final of the Cleveland Classic, Bahl and Gaynor Cincinnati Cup and the Chestnut Hill Classic, along with reaching the semis of both the DAC Pro Squash Classic and the Canadian Women’s Open.