Women's International Squash Players Association

Women's International Squash Players Association WISPA
Sport	Women's Professional squash
Formation date	1984
Location	London, United Kingdom
President	Jaclyn Hawkes
Chairman	Ingrid Lofdahl-Bentzer
Chief Exec	Ingrid Lofdahl-Bentzer
Official website
www.wispa.net

The Women's International Squash Players Association (WISPA) is an organization for female squash professionals. It is responsible for running the women's professional tour and the women's world rankings.^[1] It is based in London, England.

The goals of the association are to:

Enable more players to consider a career in professional squash economically viable through the development of a world tour;
Produce and publish world rankings;
Increase exposure for the sport and its players;
Encourage professionalism among its members;
Raise the administrative standards at events;
Increase the level of support and advice offered to promoters; and
Improve communication and relationships with other squash organizations and the press.

The association was founded in 1983 as the Women's Squash Players Association.

1 World Tour
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

World Tour

The Women's International Squash Players Association organises the WISPA World Tour, the female equivalent of the PSA World Tour^[2] Listed below are the most important events on the tour.

World Series

Tournament	Country	Location	Prize money	Date
Cayman Islands Open	Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	$68,500	4 April - 9 April 2011
Malaysian Open Squash Championships	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	$68,500	19 July - 23 July 2011
Australian Open	Australia	Canberra	$74,000	8 August - 14 August 2011
US Open	United States	Philadelphia	$60,000	1 October - 6 October 2011
Qatar Classic	Qatar	Doha	$74,000	16 October - 21 October 2011
Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	$74,000	14 November - 20 November 2011

Gold 50

Tournament	Country	Location	Prize money	Date
Cleveland WISPA Classic	United States	Cleveland	$55,800	29 January 2011 - 2 February 2011
Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	$53,500	16 March - 20 March 2011
Singapore Womens Masters	Singapore	Singapore	$53,500	26 July 2011 - 30 July 2011
Carol Weymuller Open	United States	Brooklyn	$50,400	22 September 2011 - 25 September 2011

Silver 25

Tournament	Country	Location	Prize money	Date
Greenwich Open	United States	New York City	$37,450	20 January 2011 - 23 January 2011
Texas Open	United States	Dallas	$40,000	14 April - 17 April 2011

Tour 15

Tournament	Country	Location	Prize money	Date
Atwater Cup	Canada	Montreal	$25,900	30 March - 2 April 2011
Irish Squash Open	Ireland	Dublin	$26,200	13 April - 16 April 2011
Hurghada International	Egypt	Hurghada	$20,000	14 May - 19 May 2011
Boca Del Río Open	Mexico	Boca del Río	$20,000	23 June - 26 June 2011
World Tour Pyramides	France	Le Port-Marly	$26,700	30 June- 3 July 2011
BC Honda Sun & Surf	Canada	Vancouver	$27,450	4 August- 7 August 2011
Alexandria International Open	Egypt	Alexandria	$20,000	25 September- 28 September 2011
China Open	China	Shanghai	$25,300	11 October - 14 October 2011
Monte Carlo Classic	Monaco	Monaco	$20,000	11 October - 14 October 2011

References

External links

WISPA website

WISPA World Tour 2011

World Open	World Open (2011)

World Series	Cayman Islands Open Malaysian Open Squash Championships Australian Open United States Open Qatar Classic Hong Kong Open

Finals	WISPA World Series Finals

Gold 50	Cleveland WISPA Classic Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships Singapore Womens Masters Carol Weymuller Open