This case study gives a probability model for the game of
international squash which is used to determine the probability that
a particular player will win a game, the expected duration of a game
and the expected number of handouts. The distribution of final point
scores is also calculated and a method is used to determine the order
of importance of rallies. Statistical methods are used to analyse
whether squash and tennis players have the capacity to be able to
"try harder" in certain circumstances. The results of these analyses
are used to revise the values for the probability that a particular
player will win a game given different state probabilities and are also
used to "explain", in mathematical and statistical terms, the
phenomenal achievements of Heather McKay and Geoff Hunt
