2008 Women's World Open Squash Championship

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Women's World Open 2008
25th WISPA World Squash Championship
Women's World Squash 2008.png
Location Manchester, England, UK
Date(s) 11–19 October 2008
Website
squashsite.co.uk/world_open_2008.htm
WISPA World Tour
Category WISPA World Open
Prize money $114,000
Results
Gold medal world centered-2.svg Champion Flag of Malaysia.svg Nicol David
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Runner-up Flag of England.svg Vicky Botwright
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Semi-finalists Flag of Ireland.svg M Perry / Flag of England.svg J Duncalf
  2007 Flag of Spain.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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]

Squash (sport) racquet sport

Squash is a ball sport played by two (singles) or four players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. The players must alternate in striking the ball with their racquet and hit the ball onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court.

The National Squash Centre is a squash venue in Eastlands, Manchester, England, which was constructed for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The National Squash Centre is part of the Sportcity complex.

Contents

Ranking points

In 2008, the points breakdown were as follows:

World Open (2008)
EventWFSFQF2R1R
Points (WISPA)4800330019501050525300

Seeds

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

Draw and results

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

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

See also

2008 Mens World Open Squash Championship

The 2008 Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in the Manchester in England from 11 to 19 October 2008. Ramy Ashour won his first World Open title, defeating Karim Darwish in the final.

2008 Womens World Team Squash Championships

The 2008 Women's World Team Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2008 World Team Squash Championships organized by the World Squash Federation, which serves as the world team championship for squash players. The event were held in Cairo, Egypt and took place from November 30 to December 6, 2008. The tournament was organized by the World Squash Federation and the Egyptian Squash Association. The Egypt team won his first World Team Championships beating the English team in the final.

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References

  1. "Tournament official site". worldsquash2008.com. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
Preceded by
Spain (Madrid)
2007
WISPA World Open
England (Manchester)

2008
Succeeded by
Netherlands (Amsterdam) 2009