Rodney Eyles (born Brisbane 1967) was an athlete in the inaugural AIS squad from 1985. He was on the PSA tour for 16 years and held the position of President from 1996-1998.

The pinnacle of his career was reached in 1997 when he became the World Open Champion. Rod gained a highest World ranking of 2 in his squash career and attained a wealth of titles including:

World Men’s Team Champion (1991) Australian Open Champion Australian Junior Champion (1985 and 1986) Commonwealth Games Men’s Doubles Silver Medal (1998) US Open Champion (1994 and 1996) French Open Champion Hong Kong Open Champion Hungarian Open Champion Italian Open Champion Mahindra Open Champion North American Open Champion Tournament of Champions, New York (Champion & Finalist) British Open (Finalist) Qatar Open (Finalist 3 times) Pakistan Open (Finalist)

After retiring from the tour, Rodney coached up and coming players in Italy, Hong Kong and the USA before returning to the Gold Coast and establishing the Rod Eyles Squash Academy to focus on the development of juniors, seniors and professional squash players.

In 2009 Rodney managed the Australian Men’s Team in Denmark, was the Manager and Head Coach for the 2010 Australian Boys Junior Squash Team in Ecuador, and the Manager of the successful Australian Squash Team at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

In 2010, Rodney joined the Squash Australia Team as an AIS consultant coach before becoming the National Talent Development Coach in 2011.

Rod was inducted into the Australian Squash Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Queensland Squash Hall of Fame in 2005.