Founded in 1904 in
Philadelphia, the United States Squash Racquets Association was the world's first squash organization. As the first association to define and regulate the sport, it set rules about play, the ball, and the court. In 1923, the growing organization began to hold an annual executive board meeting to discuss policies, by-laws and goals of the organization. In February 1924, an American Squash Racquets Singles Championship was held in Boston, Massachusetts, and was won on February 24 by
Gerald Robarts of England, defeating William F. Harrity of Philadelphia in the final. As the 1950s approached, the organization added positions to the board positions and hired full-time executives to run it; in addition, the organization opened two subdivisions to separate the players by starting both the Junior Nationals and the Senior Nationals. In 1957, US Squash incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in the state of
New York. By the 1970s, US Squash had helped pioneer the female surge in athletics for America. The organization had started
The United States Women’s Squash Racquets Association to define and regulate the game for women the same way that the United States Squash Racquets Association did for men. The USWSRA and the USSRA merged in 1979. In 2006, the United States Squash Racquets Association renamed itself US Squash and moved its headquarters to New York City under the leadership of Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg, who was also its first female chairman of the board. In 2021, US Squash reestablished its headquarters in Philadelphia. == Participation ==