2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship

Women's World Open 2008
25th WISPA World Squash Championship
Location Manchester, England, UK
Date(s) October 11–19, 2008
Website
www.squashsite.co.uk/world_open_2008.htm
WISPA World Tour
Category WISPA World Open
Prize money $114,000
Results
Champion Malaysia Nicol David
Runner-up England Vicky Botwright
Semi-finalists Republic of Ireland M Perry / England J Duncalf
← 2007 Spain Netherlands 2009 →

The 2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place at the National Squash Centre in Manchester, England from 11 to 19 October 2008.[1]

Ranking points

In 2008, the points breakdown were as follows:

World Open (2008)
Event W F SF QF 2R 1R
Points (WISPA) 4800 3300 1950 1050 525 300

Seeds

  1. Malaysia Nicol David (Champion)
  2. Australia Rachael Grinham (Second Round)
  3. Netherlands Natalie Grinham (Quarterfinals)
  4. United States Natalie Grainger (Second Round)
  5. England Jenny Duncalf (Semifinals, retired due to injury)
  6. New Zealand Shelley Kitchen (Second Round)
  7. England Alison Waters (Quarterfinals)
  8. England Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (Second Round)
  9. Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy (Quarterfinals)
  10. Netherlands Vanessa Atkinson (First Round)
  11. England Vicky Botwright (Final)
  12. Australia Kasey Brown (Second Round)
  13. Hong Kong Rebecca Chiu (Second Round)
  14. Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry (Semifinals)
  15. France Isabelle Stoehr (Second Round)
  16. Mexico Samantha Teran (First Round)

Draw and results

First round Second round Quarter finals Semi finals
1 Malaysia N David 11 11 11    
  Malaysia S Wee 6 3 2     1 Malaysia N David 11 11 11    
13 Hong Kong R Chiu 8 6 11 11 11 13 Hong Kong R Chiu 3 8 7    
  England L Briggs 11 11 5 6 6 1 Malaysia N David 11 11 11    
8 England L L-Massaro 12 13 11     9 Egypt O A Kawy 8 1 9    
  Netherlands A Naudé 10 11 6     8 England L L-Massaro 23 17 14 6 7
9 Egypt O A Kawy 11 12 12     9 Egypt O A Kawy 21 19 12 11 11
Q Denmark L Hansen 6 10 10     1 Malaysia N David 11 11 11    
4 United States N Grainger 11 11 11     14 Republic of Ireland M Perry 6 8 6    
Q Canada A Miller 5 6 2     4 United States N Grainger 11 11 9 10 9
10 Netherlands V Atkinson 9 7 11 12 5   New Zealand J Hawkes 6 5 11 12 11
  New Zealand J Hawkes 11 11 8 10 11   New Zealand J Hawkes 11 11 9 10 9
6 New Zealand S Kitchen 11 11 11     14 Republic of Ireland M Perry 6 5 11 12 11
Q Malaysia D Arnold 7 7 4     6 New Zealand S Kitchen 5 6 2     Final
14 Republic of Ireland M Perry 6 11 13 11   14 Republic of Ireland M Perry 11 11 11    
  Egypt E Kheirallah 11 8 11 5   1 Malaysia N David 5 11 11 11  
Q Malaysia L W Wern 5 13 4 11   11 England V Botwright 11 1 6 9  
12 Australia K Brown 11 11 11 13   12 Australia K Brown 8 2 11    
  Egypt R E Weleily 3 11 12 7   5 England J Duncalf 11 11 13    
5 England J Duncalf 11 6 14 11   5 England J Duncalf 11 10 5 11 11
Q Hong Kong A Au 11 11 3 11   3 Netherlands N Grinham 8 12 11 6 7
16 Mexico S Teran 5 4 11 5   Q Hong Kong A Au 6 7 4    
  England D L-Walter 5 6 9     3 Netherlands N Grinham 11 11 11    
3 Netherlands N Grinham 11 11 11     5 England J Duncalf 3 6 r    
Q England S Kippax 5 6 5     11 England V Botwright 11 11 r    
15 France I Stoehr 11 11 11     15 France I Stoehr 3 1 7    
Q United States L Khan 9 6 14 4   7 England A Waters 11 11 11    
7 England A Waters 11 11 12 11   7 England A Waters 11 11 11 9  
Q Italy M Manetta 5 7 2     11 England V Botwright 13 5 13 11  
11 England V Botwright 11 11 11     11 England V Botwright 5 13 11 11  
  New Zealand L Crome 7 6 2     2 Australia R Grinham 11 11 8 8  
2 Australia R Grinham 11 11 11    

Note: * Q = Qualifier, * WC = Wild Card, * w/o = Walkover, * r = Retired

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament official site". worldsquash2008.com. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
Preceded by
Spain (Madrid)
2007		 WISPA World Open
England (Manchester)
2008 		Succeeded by
Netherlands (Amsterdam) 2009
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