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31/01/2019
Men's February Rankings

Coll Rises to Career-High Ranking as Gaultier’s Record Streak Ends

New Zealand’s Paul Coll has risen to a career-high ranking of World No.6 after the PSA Men’s World Rankings for February were released today (February 1).

Coll, the highest ranked Kiwi male since Ross Norman in 1993, reached the quarter-finals of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions at New York’s Grand Central Terminal in January. As a result, the 26-year-old has risen a place to overtake Colombia’s Miguel Angel Rodriguez, who moves down to No.7.

Meanwhile, Frenchman Gregory Gaultier has seen his record 154-month unbroken run inside the world’s top 10 come to an end after the 36-year-old fell three places to No.12.

Gaultier, a former World No.1 and World Champion, has been out of action since October due to knee surgery, and he is replaced inside the top 10 by Peru’s Diego Elias.

Egypt’s Mohamed ElShorbagy stays atop the rankings for a 12th consecutive month, but he is guaranteed to lose top spot to World No.2 Ali Farag on March 1. ElShorbagy’s ranking points for the Windy City Open - which he won - will expire at the end of this month, meaning Farag’s points average will be higher going into March.

Tarek Momen makes it an all-Egyptian top three after overtaking Germany’s Simon Rösner, while Karim Abdel Gawad completes the top five. ElShorbagy’s younger brother, Marwan, and Mohamed Abouelghar take the other spots inside the top 10.

India’s Saurav Ghosal rises a place to a joint career-high No.11 ranking, with Omar Mosaad moving up four places to No.13. Hong Kong’s Max Lee drops a place to No.14, while Germany’s Raphael Kandra stays at No.15.

England’s former World No.1 James Willstrop remains at No.16 ahead of compatriot Daryl Selby, with Australia’s Ryan Cuskelly dropping four places to No.18.

Welshman Joel Makin rises four spots to No.19 - marking the first time he has featured inside the top 20 - with England’s Declan James claiming the final spot inside the top 20.

Meanwhile, Egypt’s three-time World Champion Ramy Ashour has fallen 11 places to No.35. The 31-year-old hasn’t featured on the PSA Tour since March 2018 due to a knee injury and he now resides at his lowest ranking since January 2006.

PSA Men's World Rankings Top 20 – February 2019
 

Full Men's Rankings

Rank Prev Player............................ Pts Ctry

1

=

Mohamed ElShorbagy

1,743

EGY

2

=

Ali Farag

1,712

EGY

3

↑1

Tarek Momen

1,034

EGY

4

1

Simon Rösner

949

GER

5

=

Karim Abdel Gawad

918

EGY

6

↑1

Paul Coll

774

NZL

7

1

Miguel Rodriguez

756

COL

8

=

Marwan ElShorbagy

691

EGY

9

↑1

Mohamed Abouelghar

559

EGY

10

↑1

Diego Elias

519

PER

11

↑1

Saurav Ghosal

464

IND

12

3

Gregory Gaultier

460

FRA

13

↑4

Omar Mosaad

405

EGY

14

1

Max Lee

391

HKG

15

=

Raphael Kandra

381

GER

16

=

James Willstrop

379

ENG

17

↑2

Daryl Selby

359

ENG

18

4

Ryan Cuskelly

346

AUS

19

↑4

Joel Makin

321

WAL

20

↑1

Declan James

319

ENG

Full Men's Rankings