This article is a list of PSA women's number 1 ranked players in the Official Women's Squash World Ranking.
The Official Women's Squash World Ranking are the Professional Squash Association's (PSA) merit-based method for determining the world rankings in women's squash. The top-ranked player is the player who, over the previous 12 months, has garnered the most PSA ranking points. Points are awarded based on how far a player advances in tournaments and the category of those tournaments. The WISPA, the WSA and the PSA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since April 1984.
An updated rankings list is released each Monday.
* | Current number 1 [1] |
↑ | PSA Women's Ranking record |
No. | Country | Name | Start date | End date | Months | Accumulated total (months) | Days | Accumulated total (days) |
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1 | AUS | Vicki Cardwell | April 1983 | March 1984 | 12 | 12 | 366 | 366 |
2 | NZL | Susan Devoy | April 1984 | February 1988 | 47 | 47 | 1430 | 1430 |
3 | ENG | Lisa Opie | March 1988 | April 1988 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 61 |
NZL | Susan Devoy (2) | May 1988 | February 1993 | 58 | 105 | 1765 | 3195 | |
4 | AUS | Michelle Martin | March 1993 | October 1996 | 44 | 44 | 1341 | 1341 |
5 | AUS | Sarah Fitz-Gerald | November 1996 | October 1998 | 24 | 24 | 730 | 730 |
AUS | Michelle Martin (2) | November 1998 | December 1999 | 14 | 58 | 426 | 1767 | |
6 | ENG | Cassie Jackman | January 2000 | October 2000 | 10 | 10 | 305 | 305 |
7 | NZL | Leilani Rorani | November 2000 | September 2001 | 11 | 11 | 334 | 334 |
AUS | Sarah Fitz-Gerald (2) | October 2001 | October 2002 | 13 | 37 | 396 | 1126 | |
8 | NZL | Carol Owens | November 2002 | November 2002 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30 |
AUS | Sarah Fitz-Gerald (3) | December 2002 | February 2003 | 3 | 40 | 90 | 1216 | |
NZL | Carol Owens (2) | March 2003 | May 2003 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 122 | |
9 | USA | Natalie Grainger | June 2003 | June 2003 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30 |
NZL | Carol Owens (3) | July 2003 | January 2004 | 7 | 11 | 215 | 307 | |
ENG | Cassie Jackman (2) | February 2004 | July 2004 | 6 | 16 | 182 | 487 | |
10 | AUS | Rachael Grinham | August 2004 | November 2005 | 16 | 16 | 487 | 487 |
11 | NED | Vanessa Atkinson | December 2005 | December 2005 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 31 |
12 | MAS | Nicol David | January 2006 | March 2006 | 3 | 3 | 90 | 90 |
NED | Vanessa Atkinson (2) | April 2006 | July 2006 | 4 | 5 | 122 | 153 | |
MAS | Nicol David (2) | August 2006 | August 2015 | 109 ↑ | 112↑ | 3318 ↑ | 3408↑ | |
13 | EGY | Raneem El Weleily | September 2015 | December 2015 | 4 | 4 | 122 | 122 |
14 | ENG | Laura Massaro | January 2016 | April 2016 | 4 | 4 | 122 | 122 |
15 | EGY | Nour El Sherbini | May 2016 | November 2018 | 31 | 31 | 944 | 944 |
EGY | Raneem El Weleily (2) | December 2018 | June 2020 | 19 | 23 | 547 | 669 | |
16 | EGY | Nouran Gohar | July 2020 | October 2020 | 4 | 4 | 123 | 123 |
EGY | Nour El Sherbini (2) | November 2020 | March 2022 | 17 | 48 | 516 | 1460 | |
EGY | Nouran Gohar (2) | April 2022 | Aug 28, 2022 | 5 | 9 | 150 | 273 |
No. | Country | Name | Start date | End date | Weeks | Accumulated total | Days | Accumulated total (days) |
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EGY | Nouran Gohar | Aug 29, 2022 | May 7, 2023 | 36 | 36 | 252 | 525 | |
EGY | Nour El Sherbini (3) | May 8, 2023 | Jun 4, 2023 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 1488 | |
EGY | Nouran Gohar (3) | Jun 5, 2023 | Present (Jul 30, 2023) | 8 | 44 | 56 | 581 |
Accumulated totals are bolded on each player's final streak.
Bold | The current World No. 1 player |
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‡ | Active players |
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As 30th of July 2023
Note: Active streak is in bold.
Country | No. of players | No. of months | No. of weeks | No. of days | Players | |
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1. | New Zealand | 3 | 128 | 3836 | Susan Devoy, Leilani Rorani, Carol Owens | |
2. | Australia | 3 | 114 | 3470 | Michelle Martin, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Rachael Grinham | |
3. | Malaysia | 1 | 112 | 3408 | Nicol David | |
4. | Egypt | 3 | 80 | 48 | 2738 | Nour El Sherbini, Raneem El Weleily, Nouran Gohar |
5. | England | 3 | 22 | 560 | Cassie Jackman, Laura Massaro, Lisa Opie | |
6. | Netherlands | 1 | 5 | 153 | Vanessa Atkinson | |
7. | United States | 1 | 1 | 30 | Natalie Grainger |
As 30th of July 2023
‡ | Active players |
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