Squash / Topic 11

Illness and non-bleeding injury

World Squash · 2025 v1.2
Last checked: 23 October 2026
Source: World Squash Singles Rules 2025 V1.2 · Source pages: 10–11
In short

Cramp, nausea, breathlessness and similar illness do not create a standard medical timeout: continue or concede the game and use the available game interval, then resume or concede the match. The referee first confirms and classifies an injury.

On this pageThe ruleIn practice

The rule

Cramp, nausea, breathlessness and similar illness do not create a standard medical timeout: continue or concede the game and use the available game interval, then resume or concede the match. The referee first confirms and classifies an injury.

In practice

A new self-inflicted injury allows up to three minutes; an accidental injury involving both players up to 15. An injury caused solely by the opponent has different match-award consequences. Recurrence of an earlier injury does not earn fresh recovery time. The injured player decides whether to resume.

Independent explanations and translations, not official federation publications. This guide covers World Squash Singles Rules 2025, version 1.2, effective 1 September 2025. Two opponents share an enclosed court and alternate hitting the ball against the front wall; these are not doubles rules.
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