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19/01/2010
WOMEN'S JANUARY RANKINGS

Nicol David Begins Fifth Year As World Number One

Nicol David Begins Fifth Year As World Number One

 

Malaysia's Nicol David begins her fifth year – and her 42nd consecutive month – as world number one, according to the January 2010 Women's World Squash Rankings, published by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA).

 

The 26-year-old from Penang first took over the top spot in January 2006 – then began her current uninterrupted world number one run in August 2006.  Despite suffering four shock defeats in 2009, Nicol David secured seven WISPA World Tour titles in the year, as well as her second World Games gold medal. 

 

In September, in her training base of Amsterdam, David retained her World Open title – not only notching up the 40th Tour title of her career, but also becoming only the third player in history to win the sport's premier title four times.

 

World Open runner-up Natalie Grinham, from the Netherlands, squeezes past Jenny Duncalf to reclaim second place in the list, while the English player slips to three, ahead of fourth-placed Rachael Grinham, of Australia, and USA's Natalie Grainger at five.

 

Australia's Kasey Brown moves up a single place to celebrate her debut in the world top 10 – while France's 20-year-old Camille Serme continues her relentless rise up the rankings to mark a career-high No12 position.

 

Also celebrating a best-ever ranking in the New Year is Samantha Teran, the 28-year-old from Mexico City who consolidates her status as the most successful Mexican woman ever by reaching No14.

 

January top 20 (inc. points average):
 

  FULL WISPA RANKINGS
Rank Prev Player Pts Ctry
1 [1] Nicol David   2692 Mas
2é [3] Natalie Grinham    1469 Ned
3ê [2] Jenny Duncalf 1474 Eng
4 [4] Rachael Grinham   1324 Aus
5 [5] Natalie Grainger   1258 Usa
6 [6] Alison Waters   1256 Eng
7 [7] Omneya Abdel Kawy  989 Egy
8 [8] Madeline Perry   949 Irl
9 [9] Laura Massaro 908 Eng
10é [11] Kasey Brown 505 Aus
11ê [10] Vanessa Atkinson   516 Ned
12é [13] Camille Serme 489 Fra
13é [14] Engy Kheirallah 473 Egy
14é [15] Samantha Teran   457 Mex
15 [16] Annie Au 456 Hkg
16ê [12] Shelley Kitchen  496 Nzl
17 [17] Jaclyn Hawkes   424 Nzl
18é [19] Isabelle Stoehr 419 Fra
19é [20] Rebecca Chiu   417 Hkg
20ê [18] Tania Bailey 421 Eng
FULL WISPA RANKINGS