30/09/2020
Women's October Rankings
News
Hany Reaches Top 10 of PSA
Women’s World Rankings
Egypt’s Salma Hany has broken into the top 10 of the PSA Women’s World
Rankings for the first time following a quarter-final finish at the
Manchester Open last month.
The PSA World Rankings had been frozen as a result of the six-month
suspension due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. But the rankings are
unfrozen from today onwards with a new ranking system coming into place
to ensure that no player rankings are affected during the restart of the
PSA World Tour, which resumed last month at the Manchester Open.
The new system uses a cumulative total of points made up of the top 10
tournament results for men and top nine for women. This differs from the
previous system, which divided the total number of points a player had
accumulated over a 12-month period by the number of tournaments played
to give an average score.
In addition, to safeguard players’ rankings during the pandemic, the
number of months counting towards the ranking system will be temporarily
increased. Rankings from October 1, 2020 – January 21, 2021 will include
points earned in tournaments from March 2019 to date.
Points will then gradually come off in a staggered rhythm from February
1, 2021, with the normal 12-month rolling time period expected to return
by 1 July 2021.
24-year-old Hany overtakes India’s Joshna Chinappa to secure the No.10
spot, while her compatriot, Nouran Gohar, stays at World No.1 for a
fourth month in succession.
The rest of the top 10 remains unchanged, with Nour El Sherbini (No.2),
Camille Serme (No.3) and Manchester Open winner Nour El Tayeb (No.4) all
hot on the heels of Gohar.
Sarah-Jane Perry stays at No.5 ahead of Hania El Hammamy (No.6), Amanda
Sobhy (No.7), Joelle King (No.8) and Tesni Evans (No.9).
Belgium’s Nele Gilis is the other player inside the top 20 to move up
the rankings, with the 24-year-old rising two spots to a career-high
No.14 ranking following a second round finish in Manchester.
England’s Alison Waters and Egypt’s Rowan Elaraby drop to No.15 and
No.16, respectively. Nadine Shahin (No.17), Tinne Gilis (No.18), Nada
Abbas (No.19) and Colime Aumard make up the rest of the top 20.
New Zealander Lauren Clarke is the biggest mover on the women’s tour
this month, rising 29 places to No.278.
PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 – October 2020
Full Women's Rankings |
Rank |
Prev |
Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
1 |
= |
Nouran Gohar |
13,265 |
EGY |
2 |
= |
Nour El Sherbini |
12,195 |
EGY |
3 |
= |
Camille Serme |
11,820 |
FRA |
4 |
= |
Nour El Tayeb |
10,990 |
EGY |
5 |
= |
Sarah-Jane Perry |
7,405 |
ENG |
6 |
= |
Hania El Hammamy |
7,280 |
EGY |
7 |
= |
Amanda Sobhy |
6,600 |
USA |
8 |
= |
Joelle King |
6,075 |
NZL |
9 |
= |
Tesni Evans |
4,335 |
WAL |
10 |
↑1 |
Salma Hany |
3,620 |
EGY |
11 |
↓1 |
Joshna Chinappa |
3,605 |
IND |
12 |
= |
Olivia Clyne |
3,470 |
USA |
13 |
= |
Yathreb Adel |
3,305 |
EGY |
14 |
↑2 |
Nele Gilis |
3,250 |
BEL |
15 |
↓1 |
Alison Waters |
3,180 |
ENG |
16 |
↓1 |
Rowan Elaraby |
3,077 |
EGY |
17 |
= |
Nadine Shahin |
2,880 |
EGY |
18 |
= |
Tinne Gilis |
2,725 |
BEL |
19 |
= |
Nada Abbas |
2,605 |
EGY |
20 |
= |
Coline Aumard |
2,422 |
FRA |
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