The 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships was the women's edition of the 2010

World Team Squash Championships The World Squash Team Championships are an international squash competition organised by the World Squash Federation and played between teams representing different nations. Countries enter teams of three or four players to represent them in th ...

organized by the

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, which serves as the world team championship for

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players. The tournament was organized by the

and

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. The tournament was held in

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from November 28 to December 4, 2010. The Australia team won their ninth World Team Championships, beating the English team in the final.

Participating teams

A total of 16 teams competed from all the five confederations:

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, and

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. It was

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's first participation in a world team championship.

Seeds

Squads

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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. Biography Duncalf was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, but was a pupil at Ha ...

Laura Massaro Laura Jane Massaro (née Lengthorn; born 2 November 1983) is an English retired professional squash player. She was ranked number 1 in the world. Biography She was born in Great Yarmouth and attended Albany High School, Chorley, which is ...

* Tania Bailey * Sarah Kippax ;

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Vanessa Atkinson Vanessa Louise Atkinson (born 10 March 1976 in Newcastle, England) is a former professional squash player from the Netherlands, who won the World Open in 2004 and reached the World No. 1 ranking in December 2005. Atkinson was born in Englan ...

Annelize Naudé Annelize Naudé (born 1 January 1977) is a Dutch former professional squash (sport), squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in January 2006, and won five Women's International Squash Players Association, WISPA tour ...

* Orla Noom * Milou van der Heijden ;

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Natalie Grainger Natalie Grainger (born 8 July 1977), also known for a period by her former married name Natalie Pohrer, is a former professional female squash player. Grainger was born in Manchester, United Kingdom but raised in South Africa, which she repre ...

Latasha Khan Latasha Khan (born January 20, 1973, in Seattle) is an American professional female squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 18 in January 2000. She started to play at the age of 9. She earned a team and individual go ...

Amanda Sobhy Amanda Sobhy (born June 29, 1993) is an American squash player. A five-time national champion, she was the first U.S.-born player to reach the top five in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings. She reached a career-high world ...

* Olivia Blatchford ;

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* Birgit Coufal * Sandra Polak *

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* Sabrina Rehman ;

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

Rachael Grinham Rachael Margaret Grinham (born 22 January 1977 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian former 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 rankin ...

Kasey Brown Kasey Brown (born 1 August 1985) is an Australian former squash (sport), squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in December 2011. Career Brown was born in Taree, New South Wales was the Australian junior champion ...

Sarah Fitz-Gerald Sarah Elizabeth Fitz-Gerald AM (born 1 December 1968) is an Australian former professional squash player who won five World Open titles – 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002. She ranks alongside Janet Morgan, Nicol David, Susan Devoy, Michel ...

Donna Urquhart Donna Lobban, also known as Donna Belle Urquhart, (born 19 December 1986) is an Australian retired professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of 13 in May 2011. Early life Lobban was born Donna Belle Urquhart. Ca ...

;

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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 ...

* Aisling Blake * Laura Mylotte * Zoe Barr ;

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Dipika Pallikal Dipika Pallikal (born 21 September 1991) is an Indian professional Squash (sport), squash player. She was the first Indian player to break into the top 10 in the Official Women's Squash World Ranking, world rankings. Early life Pallikal was bo ...

Joshna Chinappa Joshna Chinappa (born 15 September 1986) is an Indian professional Squash (sport), squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of #10 in 2016. She was the first Indian to win the British Junior Open Squash, British Junior Open in 20 ...

Anaka Alankamony Anaka Alankamony (born 10 July 1994) is an Indian squash player. She held a career-high world ranking of 59 in 2010 and won the Arjuna Award, the second-highest sporting honour of India, in 2014. Education She was a student of Sri Sivasubram ...

* Anwesha Reddy ;

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Misaki Kobayashi is a professional squash player who represents Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends ...

* Miwa Maekawa * Yuki Sakai * ''Not Used'' ;

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Omneya Abdel Kawy Omneya Abdel Kawy (; born 15 August 1985, in Cairo) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. Career Omneya crowned a successful junior career in 2003 in her home city of Cairo when she became the first Egyptian woman to win the World ...

Raneem El Weleily Raneem Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Welily (; born 1 January 1989, in Alexandria, Egypt) is a former professional squash player from Egypt. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in September 2015. She is a three-time finalist at the ...

* Engy Kheirallah *

Nour El Tayeb Nour El Tayeb (; born 8 March 1993) is a former professional squash player who represented Egypt. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 3, in March 2018. Career The highlight of her junior career was reaching the final of the Wo ...

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Camille Serme Camille Serme (born 4 April 1989) is a French professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 2 in February 2017. Career As a junior player, Camille Serme won three consecutive European Junior Championship ...

* Isabelle Stoehr * Coline Aumard * Maud Duplomb ;

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Tenille Swartz Tenille Swartz (born 13 May 1987 in Parys), now known as Tenille van der Merwe, is a South African professional squash player. She reached a career-high PSA ranking of World No. 28 in April 2008. See also *Official Women's Squash World Ranki ...

* Siyoli Waters * Milnay Louw * Cheyna Tucker ;

Samantha Terán Samantha Terán Quintanilla (born May 6, 1981, in Mexico City) is a professional female squash (sport), squash player who represents Mexico. Terán first joined the WISPA Tour in 2000, and she entered the world top twenty for the first time in ...

* Graciela Lopez Perez *

Nayelly Hernández Nayelly Hernández (born 23 February 1986) is a Mexican former professional squash player. She has represented Mexico internationally in several international competitions including the Central American and Caribbean Games, Pan American Games, ...

* Imelda Salazar Martinez ;

Jaclyn Hawkes Jaclyn Hawkes (born 3 December 1982 in Hong Kong) is a New Zealand professional squash (sport), squash player. Hawkes grew up in Hong Kong and lived there until she was 15 when she moved to New Zealand. She started playing squash aged five ...

Joelle King Joelle King (born 30 September 1988) is a New Zealand professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014. Early life King was born and raised in Cambridge, New Zealand. She is the youngest child ...

Shelley Kitchen Shelley Celia Kitchen (born 2 December 1979, in Kaitaia, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional squash player. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Kitchen beat World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysia in the thi ...

* Tamsyn Leevey ;

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Nicol David Malay titles#Datuk, Datuk Nicol Ann David (born August 26, 1983) is a Malaysian retired professional squash (sport), squash player. She was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, ceding the ranking in September 2015 ...

* Low Wee Wern *

Delia Arnold Delia Arnold (born 26 January 1986, in Kuala Lumpur) is a former professional squash (sport), squash player who represented Malaysia. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 12. Career Arnold, coached by Ahmed Malik and Peter Genever be ...

Sharon Wee Sharon Wee Ee Lin (born 5 October 1977 in Melaka) is a former professional squash player who represented Malaysia. Career During 2007, she reached the finals of four events and won her first WISPA title in November in the NSC Tour 10 No. 2 in ...

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* Elise Ng *

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* Karman Siu ;

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* Miranda Ranieri * Alexandra Norman * Stephanie Edmison *

Samantha Cornett Samantha Jean Lardner Cornett (born February 4, 1991) is a Canadian retired professional squash player. She is from Deep River, Ontario. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 23 in February 2018. She has won 4 Canadian National Ch ...

Group stage results

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Finals

Draw

Results

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Post-tournament team ranking

References

External links

Women's World Team Squash Championships 2010 Official Website
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