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01/01/2019
men's January Rankings
Gawad Returns to Top Five in Men’s Rankings
Egypt’s Karim Abdel Gawad will start the new year inside the top five on
the PSA Men’s World Rankings after his title-winning run at the
inaugural CIB Black Ball Squash Open in Cairo last month.
Alexandria-born Gawad, a former World No.1, defeated World No.2 Ali
Farag in the final to capture his first PSA World Tour Platinum
tournament since January 2017 and is rewarded with a four-place rise to
World No.5 in the January rankings.
Fellow Egyptian Mohamed ElShorbagy stays at No.1 for a 10th successive
month after Farag squandered the chance to take top spot at the Black
Ball Open. The battle for World No.1 will reignite at the J.P. Morgan
Tournament of Champions later this month - if Farag wins the tournament
and ElShorbagy bows out at the semi-final stage or earlier, then the
former will claim top spot.
Germany’s Simon Rösner is the highest-ranked non-Egyptian at No.3, while
Tarek Momen is the other player featured in the top five.
Colombia’s Miguel Angel Rodriguez and New Zealand’s Paul Coll stay at
No.6 and No.7, respectively, while Marwan ElShorbagy drops three places
to No.8. Frenchman Gregory Gaultier - who is currently out of action due
to a knee injury - drops to No.9, with Mohamed Abouelghar completing the
top 10.
Peru's Diego Elias stays at No.11, while India’s Saurav Ghosal (No.12),
Hong Kong’s Max Lee (No.13) and Australia’s Ryan Cuskelly (No.14) all
retain their places. Germany’s Raphael Kandra has moved up two places to
a career-high No.15 ranking.
England’s James Willstrop drops a place to No.16, with Egypt’s Omar
Mosaad moving up to No.17. Switzerland’s Nicolas Mueller rises two
places to No.18, while England’s Daryl Selby falls three spots to No.19.
The final place in the top 20 is taken up by Englishman Tom Richards,
who returns to the top 20 for the first time since August 2013.
PSA Men's World Rankings Top 20 – January 2019
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Full Men's Rankings |
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Rank |
Prev |
Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
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Mohamed ElShorbagy |
1,630 |
EGY |
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2 |
= |
Ali Farag |
1,542 |
EGY |
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3 |
= |
Simon Rösner |
1,144 |
GER |
|
4 |
= |
Tarek Momen |
1,078 |
EGY |
|
5 |
↑4 |
Karim Abdel Gawad |
849 |
EGY |
|
6 |
= |
Miguel Rodriguez |
768 |
COL |
|
7 |
= |
Paul Coll |
744 |
NZL |
|
8 |
↓3 |
Marwan ElShorbagy |
691 |
EGY |
|
9 |
↓1 |
Gregory Gaultier |
565 |
FRA |
|
10 |
= |
Mohamed Abouelghar |
553 |
EGY |
|
11 |
= |
Diego Elias |
492 |
PER |
|
12 |
= |
Saurav Ghosal |
465 |
IND |
|
13 |
= |
Max Lee |
394 |
HKG |
|
14 |
= |
Ryan Cuskelly |
385 |
AUS |
|
15 |
↑2 |
Raphael Kandra |
381 |
GER |
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16 |
↓1 |
James Willstrop |
380 |
ENG |
|
17 |
↑1 |
Omar Mosaad |
367 |
EGY |
|
18 |
↑2 |
Nicolas Mueller |
345 |
SUI |
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19 |
↓3 |
Daryl Selby |
337 |
ENG |
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20 |
↑2 |
Tom Richards |
324 |
ENG |
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Full Men's Rankings |
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