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WSA World Tour 2011
The WSA World Tour 2011 is the international squash tour and organized circuit, organized by the Women's Squash Association (WSA) for the 2011 squash season. The most important tournament in the series is the World Open held in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. 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. The Tour is concluded by the WSA World Series Finals, the end of season championship for the top 8 rated players. 2011 Calendar World Open World Series Gold 50 Silver 30 Silver 20 Year end world top 10 players Retirements Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WSA World Rankings top 30 for at least one month) who announced their retirement from professional squash, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2011 season: * Vanessa Atkinson (born 10 March 1976 in Newca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Squash Association
The Women's Squash Association (WSA) was the governing body for the women's professional squash circuit between 2011 and 2014. It was based in London, England. The body operated in a similar fashion to the WTA for tennis. The WSA World Tour involved over 100 tournaments annually all over the globe. Over 250 players were registered with the WSA and rankings were updated monthly based on players' performances. In November 2014, the WSA and the PSA announced a historic merger between the two associations. A decision was reached that will see the PSA operate as the governing body for both the women's and men's ranks from January 1, 2015. WSA World Tour There were hundreds of WSA tournaments throughout the course of a season of the WSA World Tour, and they were classified into the following categories, based on prize money: * Rising Star (Women’s Under 19 age World, Regional and National Opens which offer ranking points to Full, Regional and Rising Stars members). * Challenger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Duncalf
Jennifer Duncalf (born 10 November 1982) is a former professional squash player from England. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in December 2009. Career Duncalf was born in Haarlem, Netherlands but was a pupil at Harrogate Grammar School where she attended from 1994-2001. As a junior player, she won the European Junior Championship title. Duncalf won the European Individual Championship title in 2006 and 2007, and the British National Championship title in 2007 and 2009. She was also a member of the England team which won the World Team Squash Championships in 2006. In 2008, she finished runner-up at the British Open (losing in the final to Nicol David). Duncalf ends the year 2009 on a high when she won three titles in a row—the Soho Square Open, the US Open and the prestigious Qatar Classic. In October 2010, in the women's singles final of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Duncalf was defeated by Nicol David 11–3, 11–5, 11–7 in 40 minutes to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Kippax
Sarah Campion (born 10 May 1983 in Chester), also known by her former name Sarah Kippax, is former professional squash player who represented England Career Based in Halifax became the first English woman in almost ten years to win three successive women's world tour titles when she clinched the Malco Open in Sweden in March 2009. She enjoyed a whirlwind second half to the year 2010 after she was selected for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In the singles she reached the third round as the 10th seed. She also reached the quarter finals of the doubles. Soon after, she was part of the English team that won the silver medal at the 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 15 in November 2011. In 2012, she was part of the England team that won the silver medal at the 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships. Campion retired in 2014 and became the head coach at the Queens' Sport Club in Halifax. Personal life She marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Serme
Camille Serme (born 4 April 1989 in Créteil) is a former professional squash player from France. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in February 2017. Career As a junior player, Camille Serme won three European Junior Championship titles in 2006, 2007 and 2008. And she was runner-up of the World Junior Championships in 2007 in Hong Kong against Raneem El Weleily. In September 2010, she reached the semifinals of the Soho Square Women's World Open 2010. She was the first female French player to reach this level of competition. In 2012, she reached the final of the prestigious Hong Kong Open against Nicol David. Serme won a bronze medal at The World Games 2013 and also in 2013, she achieved three feats in quick succession. In September, she lost in the semifinals of the Malaysian Open against Nicol David. The following month in October, she reached the final of Carol Weymuller Open and then won the Monte Carlo Open beating Laura Massaro for the 2nd time in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeline Perry
Madeline Perry (born 11 February 1977 in Banbridge, Northern Ireland) is a former professional squash player from Northern Ireland. She was raised in Northern Ireland and lives in Philadelphia. In November 2006 at the World Open in Belfast, she justified her seeding of eighth by reaching the quarter-finals. She then won the Irish Open 2007 title in Dublin. Her career highlights is at the defeat to Nicol David in the quarter-finals of the Forexx Dutch Open where she took the world number one to 9–7 in the fourth set. However, a serious head injury sustained when Madeline was mugged in Milan, Italy, put a halt to the rest of the season. The inactivity caused a dip in her ranking that took her out of the top ten after nearly two years. In her first event back in 2008, in the Buler Challenge in Hong Kong, she reached the final. A year later, Perry described her quarter-final defeat of then-ranked No. 1 Nicol David in the five-set, 76-minute quarter-final of the 2009 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Urquhart
Donna Lobban, also known as Donna Belle Urquhart, (born 19 December 1986) is a professional squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ... player who represents Australia. She reached a career high world ranking of 13 in May, 2011. Early life Lobban was born Donna Belle Urquhart. Career As a junior, she won five Australian Junior titles and was the runner-up at the Scottish and British Junior Opens in 2002 & 2003. She played for her country at the 2003 World Junior Women's Championships in Egypt where, at age 16, she made the last 16 of the individual draw, and was the runner-up in the teams event. In 2010, she was part of the Australian team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships. She reached a career-high world ranking of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Grinham
Rachael Margaret Grinham (born 22 January 1977 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian professional squash player. She won the World Open in 2007, and the British Open in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in August 2004 and held it for 16 consecutive months. Career Early years Rachael has a great pedigree as a squash player. Winner of the World Junior title in 1993 aged 16, she had an opportunity to defend in 1995, but was beaten by Jade Wilson from New Zealand in the final. Around that time she was also part of the Australian Institute of Sport squad. Since joining the WISPA World Tour during 1994, her array of strokes and strong temperament initially took her steadily towards the top 20, a barrier she finally breached in the middle of 1997. She won her first tournament in 1998 when she was 22 years old, beating Tracey Shenton for the Open Toulouse Central in France. She also lost to Tracey Shenton in the same year at the Isostar-Beverwijk tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the south of Cuba and northeast of Honduras, between Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The capital city is George Town on Grand Cayman, which is the most populous of the three islands. The Cayman Islands is considered to be part of the geographic Western Caribbean Zone as well as the Greater Antilles. The territory is a major world offshore financial centre for international businesses and wealthy individuals, largely as a result of the state not charging taxes on any income earned or stored. With a GDP per capita of $91,392, the Cayman Islands has the highest standard of living in the Caribbean. Immigrants from over 130 countries and territories reside in the Cayman Islands. History No archaeological evidence for an indigenous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cayman Islands Open 2011
The Cayman Islands Open 2011 is the women's edition of the 2011 Cayman Islands Open, which is a tournament of the WSA World Series event Gold (Prize money: $68,500). The event took place in Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands from 3 to 9 April. Nicol David won her third Cayman Islands Open trophy, beating Jenny Duncalf in the final. Prize money and ranking points For 2011, the prize purse was $68,500. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows: Seeds Draw and results See also * WSA World Series 2011 *Cayman Islands Open Cayman Islands Open is an annual squash tournament held in April in the Cayman Islands. The women's tournament is part of the WSA World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United St ... References External linksWSA Cayman Islands Open Squash Championships website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cayman Islands Open
Cayman Islands Open is an annual squash tournament held in April in the Cayman Islands. The women's tournament is part of the WSA World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World ..., the highest level of competition. The tournament was established in 2009. Past Results Women's Men's External linksCayman Islands Open - Squashsite website Squash tournaments Squash in the Cayman Islands Recurring sporting events established in 2009 {{squash-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipika Pallikal
Dipika Pallikal Karthik (née Pallikal; born 21 September 1991) is an Indian professional squash player. She is the first Indian to break into the top 10 in the PSA Women's rankings. Dipika Pallikal came to prominence in 2011, when she won three WISPA tour titles. She broke into the top 10 in December 2012. Early life Dipika Pallikal was born in Kottayam into a Malayali Christian family. She is the daughter of Sanjiv and Susan Pallikal. Her mother played international cricket for the Indian women's team. Professional career Deepika turned professional in 2006, but her career was filled with ups and downs initially. She became more consistent and started notching up winning performances after her brief training stint in Egypt in the beginning of 2011. She clinched her first of three WISPA titles for 2011 in September by winning the Orange County Open in Irvine, California. She notched up her second in the United States with another WISPA tour event victory. The third came i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Wee Wern
Low Wee Wern (; born 25 July 1990 in Penang, Malaysia) is a Malaysian professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in October 2014. Personal life Low attended Methodist Girls' School, Penang for her primary school years before moving to Sri Pelita for her secondary school years. She also has a sister Low Wee Nee who was a professional squash player. Career Low began playing squash at the age of nine based at the Penang International Squash Centre in Bukit Dumbar, Penang. Between 2001 and 2006, Low won 19 Junior titles including U19 Asian Junior and Pioneer Cup titles in 2006. In 2010, she was part of the Malaysian team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships. Two years later, she was again part of the Malaysian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Women's World Team Squash Championships. In 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Low took the women's singles silver medal after losing to her compatriot N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
