A women’s squash shoe is not a men’s shoe in a smaller size and a brighter colour. It is a model the maker actually publishes as a women’s shoe — on a women’s fit, in a women’s size run, and in two cases here with something rarer still: a published wide option, and a last a maker describes as fitting a wide range of foot shapes. These seven are organised by that decision, and every specification on every card is the maker’s own published figure.
⚡ TL;DR — The Short Answer
For the best all-round women’s pick, buy the ASICS Gel-Rocket 12 Women — GEL cushioning, a TRUSSTIC midsole, a non-marking outsole, and a wide width ASICS’s own comparison marks as available. For lateral support through the lunge, the Salming Hawk Women builds a HexaGrip outsole with two LMSplus 8° areas around a Recoil ERF midsole at 252 grams. The lightest published figures belong to the Salming Falco Women and the Mizuno Cyclone Speed 5 Women, both at 245 grams on their stated bases. The adidas Ligra 8 Women is the toe-drag pick, the HEAD Sprint Pro 3.5 Indoor Women the squash-specific build, and the adidas Speedcourt Women the lightweight starter on a gum-coloured non-marking outsole.
Quick Picks — Best Squash Shoes for Women at a Glance
GEL plus TRUSSTIC on a non-marking outsole — and the only maker-published wide width here.
HexaGrip with two LMSplus 8° areas and an ExoSkeleton cage, at 252 grams in a US 7.5.
245 grams at UK 5.5 on a 14 mm heel stack — Salming’s lowest indoor profile, per Salming.
An Adituff wrap over the toe and medial forefoot — the patch a squash lunge drags.
A last Mizuno says fits a wide range of foot shapes, over a flat, flexible sole.
A women’s indoor model whose listing names squash outright, with Lateral Control.
A mesh build on a non-marking Adiwear outsole, in gum colourways, UK 4 to 9.
In This Guide
Start With the Fit the Maker Actually Publishes
Most shoe shopping for women starts with a quiet compromise: find the unisex or men’s model you like, drop down a size or two, and hope the fit follows. Sometimes it does. But a size conversion is not a fit description, and this guide refuses to treat it as one. Every shoe below is a model its maker publishes as a women’s shoe, with a women’s size run on the listing — UK 4 to 9 for the ASICS and both adidas models, US 7 to 10 for the Salming Hawk, EU 36 to 42 for the Falco, US 6 to 11 for the Mizuno, US 5.5 to 10 for the HEAD. Where a maker goes further and publishes fit information — a width, a wide option, a last description — the card prints it. Where a maker publishes nothing beyond the women’s label itself, the card says that too, rather than inventing a “women-specific last” the maker never claimed.
Two cards carry the fit information this guide is organised around. ASICS’s own comparison table for the Gel-Rocket 12 marks a wide width as available on the women’s model, alongside the standard B width its retailer spec tables list — the only published wide option here. And Mizuno describes the Cyclone Speed 5’s last as made so it can comfortably fit a wide range of foot shapes — Mizuno’s own wording, carded exactly as stated, a different and broader promise than a wide fitting. Everything else is a standard women’s fit as published, and the honest answer for a genuinely wide foot starts with those two cards, in that order.
One boundary before the picks. If you are choosing across all players and fits, that wider decision belongs to our pillar guide to the best squash shoes, which ranks the all-player field. This page narrows the field to women’s models and does not re-rank a single shoe from that guide. Read the pillar for the full shortlist, then come back here when the question becomes which women’s model, which published fit, and which build for the way you move. And if the player is still in junior sizes, start instead with our guide to the best squash shoes for kids.
Outsoles, Support Builds and Published Weights
The non-marking outsole is the court’s entry requirement, and this guide quotes it exactly as makers state it. Five of the seven cards carry the label in their published specifications: a non-marking rubber outsole on the Gel-Rocket 12, the Ligra 8, the Speedcourt and the Cyclone Speed 5, and a sole with a non-marking system on the HEAD Sprint Pro 3.5 Indoor. The two Salming cards are stated differently, and the difference is printed rather than smoothed over: the squash retailers name the Hawk’s outsole as HexaGrip without using the words “non-marking”, and the Falco’s women’s spec tables do not name an outsole compound at all. Both are indoor shoes sold by squash retailers for squash — but if your club’s rulebook uses the exact words, check the exact listing before you buy, because this guide will not upgrade a maker’s wording on your behalf.
Support builds split the guide the way squash movement splits it. The lunge-and-stop pattern loads a shoe sideways, hard, hundreds of times a match, and the support end answers with structure: the Hawk’s ExoSkeleton inner cage tied into its lacing and its two LMSplus 8° outsole areas, the Gel-Rocket 12’s TRUSSTIC midsole application, and HEAD’s Lateral Control and DeltaStrap systems. The lightweight end answers with less shoe and a lower stance: the Falco’s 14 mm heel stack, which Salming calls the lowest profile in its indoor range, and the Speedcourt’s mesh build on a gum outsole. Neither philosophy is wrong. Lungers who plant deep and drag a toe should shop the support end — and read the Ligra 8 card, whose Adituff toe wrap covers the drag zone by name. Retrievers who live on first-step speed should shop the light end.
Weights are printed only where a maker or its spec tables publish them, on the basis stated. The Falco publishes 245 grams at UK 5.5 and the Hawk 252 grams at US 7.5. The Ligra 8’s 304 grams comes from its retailer spec table, and the Cyclone Speed 5 carries two figures from two bases — 245 grams in the women’s spec table and a 9.6-ounce measurement on a US 7 — both reported in its card. ASICS, HEAD and adidas publish no weight for their three models here, so those cards say “not published” instead of estimating: a figure on an unstated basis would look like knowledge and behave like a guess.
The 7 Best Squash Shoes for Women, Compared
Seven women’s models, one shared brief — a non-marking court sole where the maker states it, a fit the maker actually publishes, and a build matched to how squash moves. Read the card that matches your feet and your game first.
ASICS Gel-Rocket 12 Women
The complete women’s answer — GEL cushioning, a torsion-controlling midsole, a non-marking outsole, and the only published wide option in this guide.
Start with the fit, because the fit is why this shoe leads the guide. ASICS publishes the Gel-Rocket 12 as a women’s court shoe, and in ASICS’s own comparison material a wide width is marked as available for the model — a published fact you can order against, not a tip about sizing up and hoping. The standard women’s version is listed at a B width, in a UK 4 to 9 run. For the player who has spent seasons squeezing into standard court shoes, or swimming in a men’s small size bought for its width, this is the only card that answers the width question in the maker’s own print.
The rest of ASICS’s published specification is a balanced indoor brief, stated in ASICS’s terms. The shoe is designed with a supportive upper construction intended, ASICS says, to help you move confidently during lateral movements — the squash load, named by the maker. GEL technology sits in the midsole as ASICS’s shock-attenuating material, a TRUSSTIC application is there to increase stability through quick transitions, and flex grooves in the outsole improve flexibility. Retailer spec tables reproducing ASICS data complete the picture: a breathable mesh upper with synthetic overlays, a traditional lacing system, a non-marking rubber outsole, and squash among the model’s sports. ASICS publishes no weight for the women’s version, so none is printed here. The racket half of an all-court setup is covered in our guide to the best squash rackets for women.
What we like
- Wide width marked available in ASICS’s own comparison — unique in this guide
- GEL cushioning plus a TRUSSTIC midsole application for stability in transitions
- Non-marking rubber outsole with flex grooves, as published
- Full women’s size run, UK 4 to 9, at a standard B width
Worth knowing
- ASICS publishes no weight for the women’s version
- Check the listing’s width option before ordering — standard and wide share the model name
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Salming Hawk Women
The lunge-support build — an ExoSkeleton cage, two angled LMSplus areas and Recoil foam, at a published 252 grams.
Squash’s hardest load is not the sprint; it is the stop — the full-stretch lunge that plants your weight sideways over one shoe and asks it not to roll, twist or let your foot slide inside it. The Hawk is built around exactly that moment, and its published specification reads like a checklist for it. Salming’s ExoSkeleton inner cage is connected to the lacing system, so tightening the laces tightens the cage around the midfoot. The HexaGrip outsole carries two LMSplus 8° areas, which Salming positions for stability during multidirectional movements. And the profile stays low to the ground, so the support comes from structure rather than a tall, tippy stack.
The numbers are published and specific: 252 grams in a US 7.5, a 7 mm drop, and a stack of 23 mm at the heel and 16 mm at the ball of the foot. The midsole pairs Salming’s Recoil ERF — its Energy Rebound Foam — with an offset SoftFOAM cushioning area in the heel, which Salming says provides energy return and comfort in every step. The upper is a multi-layer air mesh for breathability (the squash retailers describe four layers; one general retailer says six, and the card follows the squash listings). Two honest notes belong here. First, fit: the squash retailer carrying the women’s model advises ordering half a size larger than usual — follow that. Second, the outsole: the published specs name it HexaGrip and do not use the words “non-marking”, so if your club’s rule is worded strictly, confirm the listing with the club before a league match rather than after one.
What we like
- The most complete lateral-support specification in this guide
- Published weight, drop and stack — 252 g, 7 mm, 23/16 mm
- ExoSkeleton cage works through the lacing, not around it
- Sold by squash retailers as a women’s squash shoe, in US 7 to 10
Worth knowing
- Retailer fit advice is half a size up — do not order your usual size blind
- Published specs name the HexaGrip outsole without the words “non-marking”
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Salming Falco Women
245 grams and a 14 mm heel stack — Salming calls it the lowest profile in its indoor range, and the published numbers back the claim.
Where the Hawk answers the lunge with structure, the Falco answers it with proximity. Salming’s own copy states that the Falco is based on its Viper 4 and features the lowest profile of all its indoor shoes — the smallest distance between floor and foot in the range — and its published stack figures show what that means in numbers: 14 mm at the centre of the heel and 6 mm at the ball of the foot, on an 8 mm drop. A shoe that low does not need to convince you it is stable at full stretch; there is simply very little shoe to tip over. Salming says the profile connects you to the court, enabling feel, speed and stability, which is the speed player’s whole brief in the maker’s own words.
The cushioning is targeted rather than thick. The midsole compound is a lightweight EVA, and in the heel impact zone sits a C35 cushioning insert that Salming says is designed to reduce impact forces when lunging — the one landing squash repeats most, given the one insert it gets. The upper is a three-layer construction, the published weight is 245 grams in a UK 5.5, and the women’s size run spans EU 36 to 42. One gap is printed rather than filled: the women’s spec tables reviewed list the midsole, weight, drop, stack and upper, but do not name an outsole compound, so this guide does not borrow one from another Salming model. It is also the natural step-up destination for a retriever graduating from the junior ranges: the movement pattern it rewards is the one taught in our guide on how to play squash.
What we like
- Lowest published stack here — 14 mm heel, 6 mm forefoot
- Lightest Salming figure in the guide: 245 g at UK 5.5
- C35 heel insert aimed at the lunge landing, per Salming
- Full women’s EU size run, 36 to 42
Worth knowing
- Women’s spec tables do not name the outsole compound — check the listing for your club’s sole rule
- The low, thin platform is the least cushioned ride in this guide by design
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adidas Ligra 8 Women
The drag-zone pick — an Adituff wrap over the toe and medial forefoot, on a non-marking Adiwear outsole in a regular women’s fit.
Watch a squash player’s trailing foot during a forehand lunge and you will see the inside of the toe scrape the floorboards on almost every shot. That medial toe patch is where squash shoes die first, and the Ligra 8 armours it by name: adidas’s Adituff toe wraps around the toe and the medial forefoot, which adidas says helps protect against foot drag. No other card here names the drag zone in its published specification — for a hard lunger who has worn through a mesh toe before, that single line is worth more than any cushioning acronym.
The rest of adidas’s published details are a dependable all-round brief. The fit is a regular fit with a lace closure — adidas’s own words, and a useful contrast with the performance-tight builds above it. The upper combines synthetic leather and mesh, with synthetic leather overlays adding support. Underfoot sits an EVA midsole and an Adiwear rubber outsole the spec tables list as non-marking, at a published weight of 304 grams — the heaviest figure in this guide, and the honest price of the overlays and the toe wrap. The women’s run is UK 4 to 9 at a B width, squash is listed among the model’s sports, and adidas states the shoe contains at least 20% recycled content. Buy it if your shoes fail at the toe before they fail anywhere else.
What we like
- Adituff wrap covers the toe and medial forefoot — the drag zone, by name
- Non-marking Adiwear outsole and an EVA midsole, as published
- Regular fit, per adidas — the roomiest stated fit brief here
- Published weight (304 g) and a full UK 4 to 9 women’s run
Worth knowing
- The heaviest published weight in this guide
- Regular fit is a looser brief than the lockdown builds — lace it firmly for lunging
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Mizuno Cyclone Speed 5 Women
The accommodating fit — Mizuno says the last is made to fit a wide range of foot shapes, over a flat, highly flexible sole.
Read this card carefully, because its fit claim is the most misquotable in the guide. Mizuno does not sell the Cyclone Speed 5 Women as a wide fitting, and this guide does not call it one. What Mizuno says, in its own product copy, is that the shoe is made with a last so that it can comfortably fit a wide range of foot shapes. That is a promise about accommodation, not a width grade: a foot that finds standard court shoes pinchy in one place and loose in another is exactly the foot that wording is aimed at. Paired with the Gel-Rocket 12’s published wide option at card #1, it gives this guide two honest answers to the width question — one graded, one shaped.
Mizuno positions the model for beginner players: a light weight, a comfortable feel, a flat sole and excellent flexibility, in its own summary. It describes the sole as highly flexible yet stable and flat, helping players feel the court through the whole foot while still bending easily, and a removable cup insole follows the shape of the foot. The women’s specification table adds the numbers: a mesh upper with reinforcing synthetic parts Mizuno says provide support during sideways movements, an EVA midsole, a rubber outsole, an 11.5 mm drop and a 28/16.5 mm stack. The women’s listing at Zappos specifies a non-marking rubber outsole and a US 6 to 11 run in B-Medium. On weight, this card reports both published figures rather than choosing: the women’s spec table lists 245 grams, while Zappos measured 9.6 ounces on a US 7 — different bases, both attributed. Zappos also flags one colourway as running small and recommends half a size up; check the note on your colourway before ordering.
What we like
- A maker-stated last for a wide range of foot shapes — no width-grade guesswork
- Flat, highly flexible sole design is a distinct, beginner-friendly brief
- Non-marking rubber outsole specified on the women’s listing
- Removable cup insole, per Mizuno
Worth knowing
- Two published weight figures on different bases (245 g spec; 9.6 oz measured) — both are reported in the card
- One colourway is flagged as running small by its retailer — check before ordering
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HEAD Sprint Pro 3.5 Indoor Women
The squash-named pick — a women’s indoor model whose listing is dedicated to squash, with Lateral Control, Drift Defense and a non-marking sole.
Most cards here are indoor-court shoes squash shares with volleyball, handball and badminton. This one is sold the other way round: the women’s listing for the Sprint Pro 3.5 Indoor presents it as a squash shoe, full stop — a lightweight model for players who need quick movement and fast changes of direction, with a sole carrying a non-marking system dedicated to squash or indoor sports. If you want the shoe whose published brief names your sport first, this is that shoe.
The published details support the positioning. The upper is a strong, breathable mesh panel construction — the listing stresses that the mesh is built to be more durable while keeping ventilation — with an integrated tongue it says translates into good stabilisation, and numerous reinforcements for durability. The technology list is HEAD’s lateral-movement toolkit: Lateral Control for the sideways load, Drift Defense around the drag-prone zones, a DeltaStrap working with the lacing, the Sock Support System for the fit, and the Hybrasion+ compound underneath. The women’s size chart runs US 5.5 to 10 (EU 36 to 42, UK 3.5 to 8). Two cautions, printed plainly. HEAD publishes no weight for this model in the sources reviewed, so none is claimed. And the name needs care at checkout: a tennis-surface Sprint Pro 3.5 with a hybrid tread exists under a very similar name — the word Indoor on the listing is the difference between the squash shoe and the tennis shoe.
What we like
- Sold as a women’s squash shoe, with a non-marking sole stated for squash and indoor sports
- Lateral Control, Drift Defense and DeltaStrap address the lunge pattern directly
- Integrated tongue and reinforced mesh answer the two usual indoor-shoe failures
- Full women’s size chart published on the listing
Worth knowing
- HEAD publishes no weight for this model
- Verify the word “Indoor” on the listing — a tennis-surface namesake exists
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adidas Speedcourt Women
The simple, light start — a breathable mesh build on a gum-coloured non-marking Adiwear outsole, in a full UK 4 to 9 women’s run.
Not every women’s squash shoe needs a support cage and a foam acronym. The Speedcourt is adidas’s straightforward indoor brief — a lightweight shoe with a durable rubber outsole, built for quick reactions — and for a player starting squash, or returning to it, that simplicity is the point. The upper is a breathable mesh with synthetic overlays wrapping the forefoot, which the spec copy says work with the lacing to give a snug fit and prevent slipping during activity. The outsole is Adiwear rubber, listed as non-marking, and the range includes the gum colourways pictured at the top of this guide — the classic court look, with the non-marking wording moulded into the rubber itself.
Two specification notes belong on this card, in the open. First, the midsole credit varies by listing: the current women’s spec table credits an ADIPRENE+ midsole, while some other colourway listings credit EVA — this card leads with the current table and reports the variation rather than printing one as settled. Second, adidas publishes no weight for the women’s version, so “lightweight” above is adidas’s own positioning, not a figure this guide can verify — the lightest published weights here belong to the two Salming cards and the Mizuno. What can be verified is the rest: a B width, a UK 4 to 9 women’s run, and squash among the sports its spec tables list. Players who split their week between squash and the padel court will find the equivalent logic in our guide to the best padel shoes for women.
What we like
- Non-marking Adiwear outsole, with gum colourways in the range
- Breathable mesh upper with forefoot overlays for a snug fit
- Full UK 4 to 9 women’s run at a B width
- The simplest spec in the guide — nothing to overthink for a first pair
Worth knowing
- Midsole credit varies by colourway listing (ADIPRENE+ / EVA) — check the exact listing
- adidas publishes no weight; “lightweight” is the maker’s positioning, not a verified figure
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Side-by-Side Comparison Table
| Model | Best For | Published Weight | Outsole (as maker states it) | Fit / Sizes (as published) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASICS Gel-Rocket 12 Women | Best overall · wide option | Not published | Non-marking rubber, flex grooves | B width · wide available · UK 4–9 |
| Salming Hawk Women | Lateral support | 252 g (US 7.5) | HexaGrip, two LMSplus 8° areas | US 7–10 · half size up advised |
| Salming Falco Women | Lightest · lowest profile | 245 g (UK 5.5) | Compound not named in women’s specs | EU 36–42 |
| adidas Ligra 8 Women | Toe drag | 304 g | Adiwear rubber, non-marking | Regular fit · UK 4–9, B |
| Mizuno Cyclone Speed 5 Women | Varied foot shapes | 245 g (spec) · 9.6 oz measured | Non-marking rubber | Wide-range last · US 6–11, B |
| HEAD Sprint Pro 3.5 Indoor Women | Squash-specific build | Not published | Non-marking system · Hybrasion+ | US 5.5–10 |
| adidas Speedcourt Women | Lightweight starter | Not published | Adiwear rubber, non-marking | UK 4–9, B |
The weight column is the one this guide refuses to tidy up. Three makers publish no weight for their women’s models, one model carries two figures on two different bases, and the two Salming figures are quoted at different sizes in different systems. Printed as found, the column tells you something real about each maker’s published position; estimated, it would tell you nothing at all. Buy on what the makers do publish: the fit description, the outsole wording, and the build that matches how you move.
Buying Guide: Width, Weight and the Lunge Test
1. Width: use the two published answers, in order
If width is your problem, shop this guide in a specific order. First, the ASICS Gel-Rocket 12 Women: the only model here where the maker’s own comparison material marks a wide width as available, so the only true wide option that can be ordered as published — confirm the width option on the listing, because standard B and wide share the model name. Second, the Mizuno Cyclone Speed 5 Women: not a wide fitting, and never described as one here, but built on a last Mizuno says fits a wide range of foot shapes, which suits feet that are awkward rather than simply wide. Everything else is a standard women’s fit as published. If neither published answer fits, the honest next step is a fitting in person, not a size conversion into a men’s model bought blind.
2. Non-marking: match the maker’s wording to your club’s rule
Most clubs require a non-marking sole, and five cards here carry that exact wording in their published specifications: both adidas models, the Gel-Rocket 12, the Cyclone Speed 5 and the HEAD indoor model. The two Salming cards are the nuance: their squash retailers name the Hawk’s HexaGrip outsole without the non-marking label, and do not name the Falco’s compound at all. This guide reports their specifications exactly — but a strict club official reads labels, not intentions. If your club checks soles, take the listing wording with you, or choose one of the five labelled cards and remove the question entirely.
3. Support build or lightweight build: choose by your failure mode
Every squash shoe fails somewhere first, and your last pair tells you where yours will. If the toe wore through, buy the Ligra 8 and its Adituff wrap, or the reinforced HEAD. If the shoe rolled or your foot slid inside it at full stretch, buy structure: the Hawk‘s cage and angled outsole areas, or the Gel-Rocket 12’s TRUSSTIC midsole. If the shoe simply felt like too much shoe — slow to the front, heavy by the fourth game — buy the light end: the Falco‘s 14 mm stack or the Speedcourt‘s mesh build. Choosing by failure mode beats choosing by ranking, because the ranking cannot know your feet — and your old shoes can.
4. Weights: compare only like with like
The published figures here are quoted on four different bases — a UK 5.5, a US 7.5, a spec-table figure and a retailer’s measurement of a US 7 — and three models publish nothing. Treat the numbers as evidence that a shoe sits in the light class (245–252 grams where Salming and Mizuno publish) or the substantial class (304 grams for the Ligra 8), not as a league table accurate to the gram. Drop and stack, where published, tell you more about feel: the Falco’s 14/6 mm stack will feel radically lower than the Mizuno’s 28/16.5 mm, whatever either weighs in your size.
5. Stepping up from junior sizes
When a young player outgrows the junior ranges — the Falco Junior ladder in the kids’ guide tops out at EU 40, and the women’s Falco here starts at EU 36 — the overlap is real, and the deciding factor is the build, not the birthday. A junior still growing into her movement is usually better served by the flexible, accommodating end of this guide (the Cyclone Speed 5, the Speedcourt) than by the Hawk’s support cage. The reverse also holds: a strong junior playing adult league squash belongs in an adult build, sized from the women’s charts printed on each card, using the maker’s own chart — EU, UK and US figures above are printed exactly as their sources publish them.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes a squash shoe a women’s squash shoe?
A women’s squash shoe is a model its maker publishes as a women’s shoe, in a women’s size run and fit — every card in this guide meets that test. Two go further in print: ASICS marks a wide width as available for the Gel-Rocket 12 Women, and Mizuno describes the Cyclone Speed 5 Women’s last as made to fit a wide range of foot shapes. Where a maker publishes no women-specific fit information beyond the women’s model itself, this guide says so rather than relabelling a unisex small size as a women’s pick.
Do squash shoes have to be non-marking?
Most squash clubs require a non-marking sole, so treat it as a hard requirement and buy on the maker’s exact wording. Five cards in this guide carry the non-marking label in their published specifications: the ASICS Gel-Rocket 12 Women, the adidas Ligra 8 Women, the adidas Speedcourt Women, the Mizuno Cyclone Speed 5 Women and the HEAD Sprint Pro 3.5 Indoor Women. The two Salming cards are stated differently — the Hawk’s outsole is named as HexaGrip and the Falco’s compound is not named in its women’s spec tables — so check your club’s wording against the listing before league play.
Which is the lightest women’s squash shoe in this guide?
Two models publish 245-gram figures, on different bases: the Salming Falco Women at 245 grams in a UK 5.5, and the Mizuno Cyclone Speed 5 Women at 245 grams in its women’s specification table — Mizuno’s shoe was also measured at 9.6 ounces in a US 7 by its retailer. The next published figure is the Salming Hawk Women at 252 grams in a US 7.5. ASICS, HEAD and adidas publish no weight for the other three models, so no lightest-by-default claim is made for them.
Which women’s squash shoe suits wide feet?
Start with the ASICS Gel-Rocket 12 Women: ASICS’s own comparison material marks a wide width as available for the model, alongside the standard B width — the only published wide option in this guide. The second answer is the Mizuno Cyclone Speed 5 Women, whose last Mizuno describes as made to fit a wide range of foot shapes; that is an accommodating last, not a wide fitting, and this guide does not describe it as one. Everything else here is a standard women’s fit as published.
Can I just buy a unisex or men’s court shoe in a smaller size?
You can, and many players do — but a size conversion is not a fit description, and it is not what this guide ranks. This page cards only models their makers publish as women’s shoes, with women’s size runs and, where published, women’s fit information such as the Gel-Rocket 12’s wide option and the Cyclone Speed 5’s wide-range last. For the full all-player field, including unisex and men’s models in every size, use our pillar guide to the best squash shoes instead.
How should women’s squash shoes fit for lunging?
Buy for lockdown through the midfoot and heel, with just enough toe room for braking at the front wall — a foot that slides inside the shoe will lose every argument with a full-stretch lunge. Then follow each maker’s published fit notes rather than a general rule: the Salming Hawk Women’s squash retailer advises ordering half a size larger than usual, one Mizuno Cyclone Speed 5 colourway is flagged as running small with the same half-size advice, and the adidas Ligra 8 is published in a regular fit that should be laced firmly for lunging.
What is the difference between this guide and the all-player squash shoe guide?
The all-player guide owns the full selection across men’s, women’s and unisex models, and ranks the specialist flagships, cushioning builds and budget picks for every player. This guide narrows the same court to one decision: genuine women’s models, compared on the fit information, outsole wording, weights and size ranges their makers actually publish. No shoe from the all-player guide is re-ranked here — read it for the complete shortlist, and this page for the women’s fit decision.
The Verdict
Buy the fit the maker publishes, not the size conversion you hope for. The ASICS Gel-Rocket 12 Women is the complete women’s answer — GEL, TRUSSTIC, a non-marking outsole and the only published wide option here. The Salming Hawk Women owns the lunge, at a published 252 grams. The Salming Falco Women is the low, light specialist at 245 grams on a 14 mm stack, and the adidas Ligra 8 Women is the drag-proof regular fit with the Adituff toe. The Mizuno Cyclone Speed 5 Women accommodates the widest range of foot shapes, the HEAD Sprint Pro 3.5 Indoor Women is the squash-named build, and the adidas Speedcourt Women is the clean, gum-soled place to start. Seven women’s shoes, four honest decisions — width, support, weight and wording.
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