30/11/2018
Women's December Rankings
El Welily is New Women’s World No.1
Egypt’s Raneem El Welily has become the new women’s World No.1 after the
PSA Women’s World Rankings for December were released today (December
1).
El Welily became the first female Egyptian in any sport to become World
No.1 when she ended Nicol David’s record nine-year reign at World No.1
back in September 2015. She then topped the rankings for four months
until surrendering the spot to England’s Laura Massaro in January 2016.
But her run to the final of the Hong Kong Open last week - coupled with
a quarter-final defeat for compatriot Nour El Sherbini - means that the
29-year-old has once again claimed the coveted World No.1 spot, ending
El Sherbini’s 31-month reign in the process.
"I started this season with the target of doing my best in every
tournament and every match, to try and make it to as many finals
possible and hopefully maybe win a title or two," said El Welily.
"I was lucky to have a good start to the season, but the second half of
the season will definitely be very exciting. The women's game is
currently so competitive, and each girl is proving to be at her best
this season."
El Sherbini drops to No.2 ahead of compatriot Nour El Tayeb, while New
Zealand’s Joelle King rises three places to No.4 after she beat El
Welily in Hong Kong to win her first PSA World Tour Platinum title.
France’s Camille Serme completes the top five.
Elsewhere, Sarah-Jane Perry (No.6) becomes the new England No.1, with
the previous holder of that honour - Laura Massaro - tumbling three
places to No.8 to record her lowest ranking since March 2011.
Nouran Gohar rises to No.7, while Wales’ Tesni Evans and England’s
Alison Waters close out the top 10. Malaysia’s eight-time World Champion
Nicol David drops out of the top 10, falling two places to No.12.
Hong Kong’s Annie Au rises a spot to No.11, with United States No.1
Amanda Sobhy staying at No.13. England’s Victoria Lust rises two places
to No.14, while India’s Joshna Chinappa falls to No.15.
Egypt’s Salma Hany (No.16), United States’ Olivia Blatchford Clyne
(No.17), Hong Kong’s Joey Chan (No.18), Australia’s Donna Lobban (No.19)
and Hania El Hammamy are the other players to feature in the top 20.
PSA Women's World Rankings Top 20 – December 2018
Full Women's Rankings |
Rank |
Prev |
Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
1 |
↑1 |
Raneem El Welily |
1,903 |
EGY |
2 |
↓1 |
Nour El Sherbini |
1,702 |
EGY |
3 |
= |
Nour El Tayeb |
1,166 |
EGY |
4 |
↑3 |
Joelle King |
913 |
NZL |
5 |
↓1 |
Camille Serme |
870 |
FRA |
6 |
= |
Sarah-Jane Perry |
775 |
ENG |
7 |
↑1 |
Nouran Gohar |
657 |
EGY |
8 |
↓3 |
Laura Massaro |
623 |
ENG |
9 |
= |
Tesni Evans |
494 |
WAL |
10 |
↑1 |
Alison Waters |
472 |
ENG |
11 |
↑1 |
Annie Au |
448 |
HKG |
12 |
↓2 |
Nicol David |
437 |
MAS |
13 |
= |
Amanda Sobhy |
428 |
USA |
14 |
↑2 |
Victoria Lust |
346 |
ENG |
15 |
↓1 |
Joshna Chinappa |
340 |
IND |
16 |
↓1 |
Salma Hany |
334 |
EGY |
17 |
↑1 |
Olivia Blatchford Clyne |
303 |
USA |
18 |
↑1 |
Joey Chan |
298.333 |
HKG |
19 |
↓2 |
Donna Lobban |
294.167 |
AUS |
20 |
= |
Hania El Hammamy |
280.000 |
EGY |
Full Women's Rankings |
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