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{{short description|Canadian squash player}}
{{no footnotes|date=August 2010}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name                    = Jonathon Power
| image                   = 
| image_size              = 
| caption                 = 
| fullname                = Jonathon Tyler Power
| nickname                = The Magician
| country                 = {{CAN}}
| residence               = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| birth_date              = {{birth date and age|1974|8|9}}
| birth_place             = [[Comox, British Columbia]]
| height                  = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight                  = {{convert|82|kg|lb}}
| turnedpro               = 1991
| retired                 = 2006
| plays                   = Right handed
| coach                   = Mike Way
| racquet                 = Harrow, [[Dunlop Sport|Dunlop]]

| event                   = Men's singles 
| highest_ranking         = No. 1 
| date_of_highest_ranking = May, 1999
| titles                  = 36
| finals                  = 58
| WorldOpenresult         = '''W''' ([[1998 Men's World Open Squash Championship|1998]])
| medaltemplates          =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[squash (sport)|squash]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Squash Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1998 Men's World Open Squash Championship|1998 Doha]] | Singles}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2002 Men's World Open Squash Championship|2002 Antwerp]] | Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[WSF World Team Squash Championships|World Team Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 Men's World Team Squash Championships|1997 Petaling Jaya]] | [[Canada men's national squash team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Squash at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Squash at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Singles]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Squash at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Singles]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Squash at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Squash at the 1995 Pan American Games|Singles]] }}
| updated = September 19, 2010
}}

'''Jonathon Tyler Power''' (born August 9, 1974) is a Canadian retired professional [[Squash (sport)|squash]] player. In 1999, he became the first North American squash player to reach the World No. 1 ranking. He won 36 top-level squash events during his career, including the [[World Open (squash)|World Open]] in 1998, and the [[British Open Squash Championships|British Open]] in 1999.

==Career overview==
Power began playing squash at the age of seven and turned professional at age 16. After joining the [[Professional Squash Association]] (PSA) Tour in May 1991, he went on to win 36 PSA tournaments, and appeared in 58 finals. Career highlights included winning the World Open (1998), the British Open (1999), the [[PSA Super Series|Super Series]] Finals (2003 & 2005), the [[PSA Masters]] (2001, 2002 & 2005), the [[Tournament of Champions (squash)|Tournament of Champions]] (1996, 1999, 2000 & 2002), and the men's singles Gold Medal at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games results#Squash|2002 Commonwealth Games]].

Power is considered to be one of the greatest shotmakers in the history of the game, having perfected a wide range of [[Squash (sport)#Types of shots played|drop shots]] and deception shots. He was often a crowd favourite,{{According to whom|date=November 2014}} partly because of his emotional outbursts and verbal exchanges with referees, which sometimes led to him being compared with [[John McEnroe]]. Power's rivalry with [[United Kingdom|Scotland]]'s [[Peter Nicol]] was one of the most famous and extended in the history of the game.

In January 2006, Power returned to the World No. 1 ranking, four-and-a-half years after the previous time he was ranked in the top spot (marking the longest gap between periods of holding the World No. 1 ranking of any player in history). He lost the No. 1 ranking in February 2006 to [[David Palmer (squash player)|David Palmer]], but regained it again on 1 March 2006. One day later, on 2 March, Power announced his retirement from professional squash. His wife, Sita, gave birth to their daughter named Parker on January 23, 2007.

Power played for Canada at the 2007 and 2009 World Team Championships. He defeated several highly ranked players and showed he was still competitive at world level.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} He also won the 2008 Canadian Championships, defeating [[Shahier Razik]] in the final.

== World Open final appearances ==

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#c7dcf6"
| colspan="3" | '''Wins (1)'''
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|'''Year'''
|'''Opponent in final'''
|'''Score in final'''
|-
| [[1998 Men's World Open Squash Championship|1998]] || [[Peter Nicol]] || 15–11, 15–12, 15–12
|}

== British Open final appearances ==

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#c7dcf6"
| colspan="3" | '''Wins (1)'''
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|'''Year'''
|'''Opponent in final'''
|'''Score in final'''
|-
| 1999 || [[Peter Nicol]] || 15–17, 15–12 (retired)
|}

== Commonwealth Games final appearances ==

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#c7dcf6"
| colspan="3" | '''Wins (1)'''
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|'''Year'''
|'''Opponent in final'''
|'''Score in final'''
|-
| 2002 || [[Peter Nicol]] || 9–4, 4–9, 9–3, 9–0
|- bgcolor="#c7dcf6"
| colspan="3" | '''Runners-up (1)'''
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|'''Year'''
|'''Opponent in final'''
|'''Score in final'''
|-
| 1998 || [[Peter Nicol]] || 3–9, 9–2, 9–1, 2–9, 9–2
|}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162308/https://theshowcourt.com/players/jonathon-power-squash-2-0 Jonathon Power as a professional coach to Diego Elias]}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710045640/http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,13121~110,00.html |title=Jonathon Power – PSA World Tour profile}}
* {{Squash Info|6}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061103013357/http://www.squashpics.com/jonathon_power.htm Page at Squashpics.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060914093211/http://squashtalk.com/html/news/feb06/news06-2-155.htm SquashTalk article on Power's retirement]
* [http://www.squashsite.co.uk/power_retires.htm SquashSite article on Power's retirement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227044141/http://www.squashsite.co.uk/power_retires.htm |date=2015-02-27 }}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/squash/4781718.stm BBC article on Power's retirement]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060411222204/http://www.squashphotos.com/powertribute.html Photo tribute at Squashphotos.com]
* [http://www.brucegrierson.com/?p=77 Bruce Grierson article "Court Jester" on Power's rise]

{{s-start}}
{{s-sports}}
{{succession box |
 | before = [[Peter Nicol]] <br /> [[Peter Nicol]] <br /> [[Peter Nicol]] <br />[[Thierry Lincou]] <br /> [[David Palmer (squash player)|David Palmer]]
 | after = [[Peter Nicol]] <br /> [[Peter Nicol]] <br /> [[Peter Nicol]] <br /> [[David Palmer (squash player)|David Palmer]]<br /> [[Amr Shabana]]
 | title = [[Official Men's Squash World Ranking|World No. 1]]
 | years = May 1999 - September 1999 <br /> November 1999 - January 2000 <br /> April 2001 - July 2001 <br />January 2006 <br />March 2006
|}}
{{s-end}}

{{Squash World Number Ones (men)}}
{{British Open squash men's singles champions}}
{{Squash World Open men's champions}}

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