Official Women's Squash World Ranking

The Official Women's Squash World Ranking is the official world ranking for women's squash. The ranking is to rate the performance level of female professional squash player. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in women's squash tournaments. The rankings are produced monthly. The current world number one is Nicol David of Malaysia, who replaced Vanessa Atkinson in July 2006.

WSA Ranking Policy

Players competing in WSA tournaments earn ranking points according to how far they get in the draw. The points available depend on the prize money and the draw size. The monthly rankings (issued on the 1st of the month) are used in selecting entries to tournaments and in determining the seeds.

The total number of points a player earns in a year (52 weeks) is divided by the number of tournaments played (a minimum of eight are required) to give a ranking average. Where a player has played more than 8 tournaments the best scores may be selected (i.e., the lowest are not included).

For example, a player who has competed in 13 events will have selected her best 10 scores, which will be accumulated and divided by 10.

Players competing in WSA World Tour Events earn ranking points according to the prize money, classification of the event, and the final position in the draw the player reaches.

Tournament Classification			Ranking Points
Rank	Prize Money US$	Ranking Points	Winner	Runner up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	Last Rnd Q.
World Open	$150,000 +	35,050	5,300	3,630	2,150	1,150	575	330	170
World Series Platinum	$95,000 - $149,999	30,000	4,800	3,300	1,950	1,050	525	300	150
World Series Gold	$70,000 - $94,999	21,000	3,360	2,310	1,365	7,35	365.5	210	105
Gold 50	$50,000 - $69,999	14,000	2,450	1,610	980	595	350	-	175
Silver 35	$35,000 - $49,999	9,000	1,575	1,035	630	382.5	225	-	112.5
Silver 25	$25,000 - $34,999	5,100	892.5	586.5	357	216.75	127.5	-	63.75
Tour 15	$15,000 - $24,999	3,200	560	368	224	136	80	-	40
Tour 10	$10,000 - $14,999	2,000	350	230	140	85	50	-	25
Tour 5	$5,000 - $9,999	1,200	210	138	84	51	30	-	15
Super Challengers	$1,000 +	610	105	69	42	26	15	8	/
Challenger	$500 – $3,999	320	60	36	22	13	8	4	/

Divisor

The total number of points a player accumulates in any year (52 week period) is divided by the number of tournaments played (minimum 8 tournaments in 52 weeks) to give an average score:

Events Played	Divisor
1–8	8
9	8
10	8.5
11	9
12	9.5
13	10
14	10.5
15	11
16	11.5
17	12
18	13
19	14
20+	15

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Current world ranking

PSA Women's World Rankings, of May 2015^[2]
Rank	Player	Average Points	Move^†
1	Nicol David (MAS)	3,590.620
2	Raneem El Weleily (EGY)	2,998.750
3	Alison Waters (ENG)	1,540.590
4	Laura Massaro (ENG)	1,424.060
5	Nour El Tayeb (EGY)	1,380.180
6	Camille Serme (FRA)	1,157.850	1
7	Low Wee Wern (MAS)	1,066.250	1
8	Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY)	996.500	1
9	Nour El Sherbini (EGY)	919.375	3
10	Amanda Sobhy (USA)	852.188
11	Annie Au (HKG)	679.722	1
12	Rachael Grinham (AUS)	658.696	1
13	Emma Beddoes (ENG)	623.824	1
14	Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)	568.438	1
15	Nouran Gohar (EGY)	527.972	1
16	Jenny Duncalf (ENG)	521.250	1
17	Madeline Perry (IRL)	472.559	1
18	Dipika Pallikal (IND)	454.625	7
19	Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY)	440.676	5
20	Nicolette Fernandes (GUY)	425.278

World number 1 since 1983

Number one ranked players

Main article: List of PSA women's number 1 ranked players

The following is a list of players who have achieved the world number one position since April 1983 (active players in green):

#	Player	Date reached	Total months
1	Vicki Cardwell	April 1983	12
2	Susan Devoy	April 1984	105
3	Lisa Opie	March 1988	2
4	Michelle Martin	March 1993	58
5	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	November 1996	40
6	Cassie Jackman	January 2000	16
7	Leilani Rorani	November 2000	11
8	Carol Owens	November 2002	11
9	Natalie Grainger	June 2003	1
10	Rachael Grinham	August 2004	16
11	Vanessa Atkinson	December 2005	5
12	Nicol David	January 2006	109

Last update: May 2015

2013–2016

Month	2013	2014	2015
January	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
February	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
March	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
April	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
May	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
June	Nicol David	Nicol David
July	Nicol David	Nicol David
August	Nicol David	Nicol David
September	Nicol David	Nicol David
October	Nicol David	Nicol David
November	Nicol David	Nicol David
December	Nicol David	Nicol David

2009–2012

Month	2009	2010	2011	2012
January	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
February	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
March	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
April	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
May	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
June	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
July	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
August	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
September	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
October	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
November	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
December	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David

2005–2008

Month	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	Rachael Grinham	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
February	Rachael Grinham	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
March	Rachael Grinham	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
April	Rachael Grinham	Vanessa Atkinson	Nicol David	Nicol David
May	Rachael Grinham	Vanessa Atkinson	Nicol David	Nicol David
June	Rachael Grinham	Vanessa Atkinson	Nicol David	Nicol David
July	Rachael Grinham	Vanessa Atkinson	Nicol David	Nicol David
August	Rachael Grinham	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
September	Rachael Grinham	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
October	Rachael Grinham	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
November	Rachael Grinham	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David
December	Vanessa Atkinson	Nicol David	Nicol David	Nicol David

2001–2004

Month	2001	2002	2003	2004
January	Leilani Rorani	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens
February	Leilani Rorani	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Cassie Jackman
March	Leilani Rorani	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Cassie Jackman
April	Leilani Rorani	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Cassie Jackman
May	Leilani Rorani	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Cassie Jackman
June	Leilani Rorani	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Natalie Grainger	Cassie Jackman
July	Leilani Rorani	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Cassie Jackman
August	Leilani Rorani	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Rachael Grinham
September	Leilani Rorani	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Rachael Grinham
October	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Rachael Grinham
November	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Carol Owens	Rachael Grinham
December	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Rachael Grinham

1997–2000

Month	1997	1998	1999	2000
January	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	Cassie Jackman
March	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	Cassie Jackman
May	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	Cassie Jackman
July	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	Cassie Jackman
September	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	Cassie Jackman
November	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Leilani Rorani

1993–1996

Month	1993	1994	1995	1996
January	Susan Devoy	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin
March	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin
May	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin
July	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin
September	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin
November	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald

1989–1992

Month	1989	1990	1991	1992
January	Susan Devoy	Susan Devoy	Susan Devoy	Susan Devoy
April
July
October

1986–1988

Month	1986	1987	1988
January	Susan Devoy	Susan Devoy	Susan Devoy
March			Lisa Opie
May			Susan Devoy
July
September
November

1983–1985

Month	1983	1984	1985
January		Vicki Cardwell	Susan Devoy
April	Vicki Cardwell	Susan Devoy
July
October

Year end world top 10 players and ranking point tallies since 1994

2012-2014

Rank	2012		2013		2014
1	Nicol David	2415.625	Nicol David	3499.380	Nicol David	3398.120
2	Raneem El Weleily	1670.000	Laura Massaro	2278.940	Laura Massaro	2088.530
3	Laura Massaro	1430.250	Raneem El Weleily	1656.250	Raneem El Weleily	1984.120
4	Alison Waters	1049.789	Alison Waters	1185.940	Nour El Sherbini	1362.310
5	Joelle King	1043.412	Camille Serme	1071.880	Alison Waters	1248.890
6	Nour El Sherbini	943.281	Joelle King	1040.290	Camille Serme	1084.130
7	Low Wee Wern	865.556	Jenny Duncalf	952.941	Low Wee Wern	1033.160
8	Annie Au	840.222	Low Wee Wern	904.706	Nour El Tayeb	1000.500
9	Madeline Perry	736.105	Natalie Grinham	902.294	Annie Au	857.250
10	Dipika Pallikal	608.912	Madeline Perry	867.579	Omneya Abdel Kawy	788.571

2009-2011

Rank	2009		2010		2011
1	Nicol David	2692.778	Nicol David	3340.000	Nicol David	3279.412
2	Jenny Duncalf	1474.955	Jenny Duncalf	1621.765	Jenny Duncalf	1934.118
3	Natalie Grinham	1469.389	Alison Waters	1480.625	Laura Massaro	1411.765
4	Rachael Grinham	1324.000	Omneya Abdel Kawy	1292.353	Madeline Perry	1409.200
5	Natalie Grainger	1258.125	Rachael Grinham	1166.000	Kasey Brown	1111.667
6	Alison Waters	1256.579	Madeline Perry	1005.800	Rachael Grinham	1078.524
7	Omneya Abdel Kawy	989.238	Kasey Brown	882.381	Raneem El Weleily	1022.789
8	Madeline Perry	949.333	Vanessa Atkinson	790.059	Annie Au	948.952
9	Laura Lengthorn-Massaro	908.025	Laura Massaro	770.211	Natalie Grinham	920.889
10	Vanessa Atkinson	516.211	Camille Serme	769.895	Camille Serme	877.175

2006–2008

Rank	2006		2007		2008
1	Nicol David	3057.188	Nicol David	3057.222	Nicol David	3542.353
2	Rachael Grinham	1650.889	Natalie Grinham	2425.238	Natalie Grinham	1678.824
3	Vanessa Atkinson	1279.375	Rachael Grinham	1874.545	Rachael Grinham	1398.524
4	Natalie Grinham	1208.750	Natalie Grainger	1572.045	Natalie Grainger	1237.941
5	Tania Bailey	1140.882	Tania Bailey	1231.579	Alison Waters	965.722
6	Madeline Perry	844.063	Vicky Botwright	1008.810	Jenny Duncalf	960.444
7	Natalie Grainger	789.906	Jenny Duncalf	877.609	Omneya Abdel Kawy	904.211
8	Vicky Botwright	789.684	Vanessa Atkinson	831.250	Laura Lengthorn-Massaro	847.900
9	Jenny Duncalf	752.222	Omneya Abdel Kawy	817.000	Madeline Perry	761.700
10	Omneya Abdel Kawy	734.421	Shelley Kitchen	742.107	Shelley Kitchen	710.474

Note:
1) Natalie Grinham changed her nationality in 2008.

2003–2005

Rank	2003		2004		2005
1	Carol Owens	1270.938	Rachael Grinham	2039.118	Vanessa Atkinson	2409.000
2	Cassie Jackman	955.026	Cassie Jackman	1783.053	Rachael Grinham	1817.368
3	Rachael Grinham	782.063	Vanessa Atkinson	1530.667	Nicol David	1747.105
4	Natalie Grinham	723.500	Natalie Grainger	1321.353	Natalie Grinham	1356.250
5	Natalie Grainger	699.000	Natalie Grinham	1019.941	Vicky Botwright	1042.833
6	Linda Elriani	675.588	Nicol David	834.789	Linda Elriani	894.000
7	Vanessa Atkinson	653.125	Linda Elriani	752.636	Natalie Grainger	872.353
8	Rebecca Macree	535.658	Fiona Geaves	669.750	Jenny Duncalf	664.450
9	Vicky Botwright	421.737	Omneya Abdel Kawy	607.635	Tania Bailey	646.765
10	Stephanie Brind	358.147	Rebecca Macree	582.409	Omneya Abdel Kawy	604.478

2000–2002

Rank	2000		2001		2002
1	Leilani Rorani	2326.625	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	2611.667	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	2078.750
2	Carol Owens	1681.000	Leilani Rorani	1537.750	Carol Owens	1745.278
3	Linda Elriani	988.111	Carol Owens	1291.563	Natalie Grainger	1389.050
4	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	912.500	Cassie Jackman	913.688	Linda Elriani	972.688
5	Tania Bailey	812.938	Fiona Geaves	853.500	Tania Bailey	908.139
6	Natalie Grainger	804.111	Linda Elriani	843.375	Rachael Grinham	879.667
7	Suzanne Horner	742.500	Stephanie Brind	802.875	Vanessa Atkinson	876.750
8	Cassie Jackman	741.250	Rachael Grinham	693.222	Cassie Jackman	848.750
9	Fiona Geaves	602.438	Suzanne Horner	676.944	Rebecca Macree	592.300
10	Stephanie Brind	566.833	Rebecca Macree	564.861	Fiona Geaves	572.278

1997–1999

Rank	1997	1998		1999
1	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin	1973.000	Leilani Rorani	2326.625
2	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	1531.818	Carol Owens	1681.000
3	Cassie Jackman	Cassie Jackman	1128.750	Linda Elriani	988.111
4	Sue Wright	Sue Wright	945.000	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	912.500
5	Carol Owens	Suzanne Horner	696.111	Tania Bailey	812.938
6	Sabine Schoene	Linda Elriani	565.833	Natalie Grainger	804.111
7	Suzanne Horner	Leilani Rorani	560.227	Suzanne Horner	742.500
8	Liz Irving	Carol Owens	544.722	Cassie Jackman	741.250
9	Linda Elriani	Sabine Schoene	539.167	Fiona Geaves	602.438
10	Fiona Geaves	Liz Irving	508.889	Stephanie Brind	566.833

1994–1996

Rank	1994	1995	1996
1	Michelle Martin	Michelle Martin	Sarah Fitz-Gerald
2	Suzanne Horner	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Michelle Martin
3	Cassie Jackman	Liz Irving	Cassie Jackman
4	Liz Irving	Suzanne Horner	Suzanne Horner
5	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Carol Owens	Sue Wright
6	Carol Owens	Cassie Jackman	Liz Irving
7	Fiona Geaves	Sabine Schoene	Carol Owens
8	Sue Wright	Fiona Geaves	Sabine Schoene
9	Claire Nitch	Jane Martin	Claire Nitch
10	Jane Martin	Claire Nitch	Fiona Geaves

Year-end number 1

	Years ended No. 1
1.	Nicol David	9
	Susan Devoy	9
3.	Michelle Martin	5
4.	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	4
5.	Vicki Cardwell	1
	Leilani Rorani	1
	Carol Owens	1
	Rachael Grinham	1
	Vanessa Atkinson	1

1983: Vicki Cardwell
1984: Susan Devoy
1985: Susan Devoy (2)
1986: Susan Devoy (3)
1987: Susan Devoy (4)
1988: Susan Devoy (5)
1989: Susan Devoy (6)
1990: Susan Devoy (7)
1991: Susan Devoy (8)
1992: Susan Devoy (9)
1993: Michelle Martin
1994: Michelle Martin (2)
1995: Michelle Martin (3)
1996: Sarah Fitz-Gerald
1997: Sarah Fitz-Gerald (2)
1998: Michelle Martin (4)
1999: Michelle Martin (5)
2000: Leilani Rorani
2001: Sarah Fitz-Gerald (3)
2002: Sarah Fitz-Gerald (4)
2003: Carol Owens
2004: Rachael Grinham
2005: Vanessa Atkinson
2006: Nicol David
2007: Nicol David (2)
2008: Nicol David (3)
2009: Nicol David (4)
2010: Nicol David (5)
2011: Nicol David (6)
2012: Nicol David (7)
2013: Nicol David (8)
2014: Nicol David (9)

Notes and references

↑ http://wsaworldtour.com/site/about-wsa/wsa-tour-rules
↑ "Current WSA World Rankings". psaworldtour.com. WSA World Tour, Inc.

External links

WSA World Tour seasons

World rankings – Top ten squash players as of May, 2015

PSA Women's World No. 1 players

Vicki Cardwell (1983/1984 - 12 m) Susan Devoy (1984/1993 - 105 m) Lisa Opie (1988 - 2 m) Michelle Martin (1993/1999 - 58 m) Sarah Fitz-Gerald (1996/2003 - 40 m) Cassie Jackman (2000/2004 - 16 m) Leilani Rorani (2001 - 11 m) Carol Owens (2002/2004 - 11 m) Natalie Grainger (2003 - 1 m) Rachael Grinham (2004/2005 - 16 m) Vanessa Atkinson (2005/2006 - 5 m) Nicol David (2006/2015 - 109 m)

WISPA-WSA-PSA Rankings incepted on April, 1983 (year first held/year last held – number of months (m)) Current World No. 1 in bold, as of May, 2015

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