Versatile 2024 World Open Champ Diego Elias Wins 2025 Canadian National Doubles With Robin Clarke    
By Rob Dinerman



Dateline March 30, 2025 --- In an unprecedented demonstration of squash versatility, the reigning World Open singles champion Diego Elias teamed up with Robin Clarke to capture the 2025 Canadian National Doubles crown this afternoon at the Granite Club in Toronto. The first-time pairing rallied from a two games to one deficit in the semis to overtake former SDA superstar Gary Waite and Peter Reiko by decisively winning the final two games 15-9, 15-4 and carried that momentum to a 15-10, 11 and 9 final-round victory over No. 1 seeds Matthew Henderson and Jackson Kay, four-game semis winners over Cole Osborne and Michael Woods.

Their victory represented the seventh Canadian National Doubles title for Clarke ---- preceded by his wins from 2014-17 and in 2019 with Scott Arnold and in 2023 with Robert Nigro --- while Elias, who was making his competitive debut in hardball doubles, became the first squash player ever to win both a World Open and a national doubles championship (let alone to hold both distinctions at once). Top seeds Nikki Todd and Jackie Moss swept to victory in the women’s draw without dropping a game, culminating their triumphant three-match path with a 15-11, 8 and 13 final-round victory over 2015 and 2023 champs Steph Hewitt and Seanna Keating, both of whom are also past champions multiple times in this event with other partners as well.