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31/07/2016
WOMEN'S AUGUST RANKINGS
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New World Rankings See Nicol David Return To Top
Three
Malaysia’s eight-time World Champion Nicol David will begin the
2016/17 PSA World Tour season ranked World No.3 after the latest PSA
Women's World Rankings were released.
For the first time ever, this month's rankings see both the Men's
and Women's systems adhering to the same criteria as the
Professional Squash Association (PSA) take another step towards
fully aligning the Women's and Men's games.
"Since creating a unified governing body for the administration of
both Men's and Women's squash last year our focus has been on
driving the sport forward and aligning both games across the board,"
said PSA Chief Executive Alex Gough.
"After successfully introducing the lower 17" tin to the Women's
game late last year to address what was one of the main fundamental
differences between the Men’s and Women’s games on court, this
latest step will help to ensure that our off court regulations are
also aligned.
"With more elements across the sport now in sync, we will be better
positioned to continue working towards our goals of increasing both
total prize money and playing opportunities available for both men
and women in squash."
Prior to 2015's amalgamation between the PSA and the Women's Squash
Association (WSA), both ranking systems were calculated using
different criteria, but both will now adhere to a system that
divides the total number of points a player has accumulated over a
12-month period by the number of tournaments played to give an
average score - with the Women’s minimum divisor being eight.
The previous Women's system saw the divisor increase incrementally
once 10 tournaments had been played, however, the new World Rankings
system sees the divisor stay at eight until 11 tournaments have been
played, at which point it will change to 9 and not increase further
until a player has appeared at 13 tournaments.
Another change to the Women’s World Rankings system is the amount of
World Ranking points available at tournaments. Previously, the
maximum World Ranking points available at a tournament was 5300, for
winning the PSA Women’s World Championship, with a World Series
tournament winner gaining 4800 points.
The maximum points on offer have now been reduced to fall in line
with the Men's system, with the winner of the World Championship set
to gain 2890 points and a World Series tournament winner now
amassing 2625 points.
The change in system means that David leapfrogs Egypt's Raneem El
Welily to return to the world’s top three for the first time since
March, while World Champion Nour El Sherbini of Egypt stays at No.1,
followed by England’s Laura Massaro.
World Junior Champion Nouran Gohar and France’s Camille Serme stay
at No.5 and No.6, respectively, but United States No.1 Amanda Sobhy
falls one place to No.8, switching places with Omneya Abdel Kawy.
New Zealander Joelle King remains at No.9 and Hong Kong’s Annie Au
rounds off the top 10 after two months outside.
Elsewhere, Alison Waters moves up two places to No.11, while India’s
Joshna Chinappa drops out of the top 10 to No.12. England’s Victoria
Lust is up three places to a career-high No.14, while compatriot
Jenny Duncalf falls to No.15.
Emily Whitlock moves down three spots to No.18, with Malaysia's
Delia Arnold rising one place to No.17. 2007 World Champion Rachael
Grinham drops out of the top 20 for only the second time in 19 years
and is replaced by Joey Chan.
PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 - August 2016
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Full Women's Rankings
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Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
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Nour El Sherbini |
1,638 |
EGY |
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2 |
= |
Laura Massaro |
1,510 |
ENG |
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3 |
↑1 |
Nicol David |
996 |
MAS |
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4 |
↓1 |
Raneem El Welily |
963 |
EGY |
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5 |
= |
Nouran Gohar |
875 |
EGY |
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6 |
= |
Camille Serme |
830 |
FRA |
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7 |
↑1 |
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
748 |
EGY |
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8 |
↓1 |
Amanda Sobhy |
691 |
USA |
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9 |
= |
Joelle King |
386 |
NZL |
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10 |
↑1 |
Annie Au |
360 |
HKG |
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11 |
↑2 |
Alison Waters |
356 |
ENG |
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12 |
↓2 |
Joshna Chinappa |
356 |
IND |
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13 |
↓1 |
Sarah-Jane Perry |
334 |
ENG |
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14 |
↑3 |
Victoria Lust |
301 |
ENG |
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15 |
↓1 |
Jenny Duncalf |
295 |
ENG |
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16 |
= |
Nour El Tayeb |
293 |
EGY |
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17 |
↑1 |
Delia Arnold |
280 |
MAS |
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18 |
↓3 |
Emily Whitlock |
272 |
ENG |
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19 |
= |
Dipika Pallikal |
248 |
IND |
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20 |
↑2 |
Joey Chan |
228 |
HKG |
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Full Women's Rankings
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