WSA World Tour 2012 | |
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Details | |
Event name | WSA World Tour 2012 |
Tournaments | 69 |
Categories | WSA World Open WSA World Series (5) WSA World Series Finals WSA Gold & Silver (14) WSA Tour (48) |
Website www | |
Achievements | |
World Number 1 | Nicol David (12 months) |
World Champion | Nicol David |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Nicol David |
Comeback player of the year | Alison Waters |
Breakthrough player of the year | Nour El Sherbini |
The WSA World Tour 2012 is the international squash tour and organized circuit, organized by the Women's Squash Association (WSA) for the 2012 squash season. The most important tournament in the series is the World Open held in Cayman Island. The tour features three categories of regular events, the World Series, which features the highest prize money and the best fields, Gold and Silver tournaments. [1] The Tour is concluded by the WSA World Series Finals, the end of season championship for the top 8 rated players.
The Women's Squash Association organises the WSA World Tour, the female equivalent of the PSA World Tour [2] Listed below are the most important events on the tour.
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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WSA World Open 2012 Cayman Island World Open – World Series Platinum $165,000 – Draw | 13–21 December 2012 | Nicol David 11–6 11–8 11–6 | Laura Massaro | Raneem El Weleily Jenny Duncalf | Alison Waters Low Wee Wern Madeline Perry Natalie Grinham |
Final tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Round Robin |
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WSA World Series Finals 2012 Queen's Club, London, England WSA World Series Finals $50,000 – Draw | 2–6 January 2013 | Nicol David 11–3, 11–2, 11–9 | Laura Massaro | Jenny Duncalf Camille Serme | Raneem El Weleily Nour El Sherbini Annie Au Natalie Grinham |
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Cleveland Classic 2012 Cleveland, United States Gold 50 $50,000 – Draw | 29 January – 1 February 2012 | Nicol David 7–11, 12–10, 11–7, 11–8 | Laura Massaro | Madeline Perry Amanda Sobhy | Jenny Duncalf Raneem El Weleily Annie Au Donna Urquhart |
Australian Open 2012 Canberra, Australia Gold 50 $50,000 – Draw | 15–19 August 2012 | Nicol David 17–15, 11–2, 11–6 | Laura Massaro | Madeline Perry Dipika Pallikal | Kasey Brown Donna Urquhart Alison Waters Amanda Sobhy |
Carol Weymuller Open 2012 Brooklyn, United States Gold 50 $50,000 – Draw | 27–30 September 2012 | Laura Massaro 11–8, 11–4, 11–5 | Raneem El Weleily | Nour El Sherbini Alison Waters | Nicol David Jenny Duncalf Annie Au Joelle King |
China Squash Open 2012 Shanghai, China Gold 50 $55,000 – Draw | 25–28 October 2012 | Low Wee Wern 6–11, 11–4, 3–11, 11–3, 11–9 | Joelle King | Alison Waters Kasey Brown | Raneem El Weleily Annie Au Aisling Blake Omneya Abdel Kawy |
Tournament | Date | Champion | Runner-Up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Greenwich Open 2012 New York City, United States Silver 35 $35,000 | 19–22 January 2012 | Raneem El Weleily 11–8 11–8 6–11 11–4 | Joelle King | Samantha Terán Dipika Pallikal | Madeline Perry Kasey Brown Natalie Grinham Jaclyn Hawkes |
World Tour Pyramides 2012 Le Port-Marly, France Silver 35 $35,000 | 28 June- 1 July 2012 | Alison Waters 11–8 12–14 11–5 11–8 | Low Wee Wern | Camille Serme Omneya Abdel Kawy | Madeline Perry Kasey Brown Natalie Grinham Aisling Blake |
Matamata Open 2012 Matamata, New Zealand Silver 35 $35,000 | 23–26 August 2012 | Alison Waters 11–5 8–11 15–13 7–11 13–11 | Joelle King | Low Wee Wern Jaclyn Hawkes | Madeline Perry Annie Au Rachael Grinham Donna Urquhart |
Rank | 2012 | |
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1 | Nicol David | 2415.625 |
2 | Raneem El Weleily | 1670.000 |
3 | Laura Massaro | 1430.250 |
4 | Alison Waters | 1049.789 |
5 | Joelle King | 1043.412 |
6 | Nour El Sherbini | 943.281 |
7 | Low Wee Wern | 865.556 |
8 | Annie Au | 840.222 |
9 | Madeline Perry | 736.105 |
10 | Dipika Pallikal | 608.912 |
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