July PSA Rankings: Ramy Records His Longest World No1 Run by Howard Harding 1 July 2013
- Ramy Ashour moves into his seventh successive month at the top of the
Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings to establish his longest
unbroken run as world number one in the July list published today by
the Professional Squash Association.
The 25-year-old from Egypt first topped the rankings at the beginning
of 2010. But it was in January this year that Ashour began his latest
run as the world's highest-ranked player - one which saw him achieve
the highest points average ever recorded, in April.
Ashour is the dominant force in world squash today after winning his
eighth successive PSA World Tour title at the Allam British Open in May.
In an unchanged world top 20, Frenchman Gregory Gaultier holds onto
second place - his highest ranking for more than a year - while
Englishmen James Willstrop and Nick Matthew are at No3 and No4,
respectively.
Egypt's strength on the world stage is emphatically demonstrated by the
support Ashour has in the elite list, with five compatriots - Karim
Darwish, Mohamed Elshorbagy, Amr Shabana, Tarek Momen and Omar Mosaad -
occupying places 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11, respectively.
July 2013 top 20 (inc. points average): 1 [1] Ramy Ashour EGY 1,761 2 [2] Gregory Gaultier FRA 1,109 3 [3] James Willstrop ENG 982 4 [4] Nick Matthew ENG 941 5 [5] Karim Darwish EGY 705 6 [6] Mohamed Elshorbagy EGY 674 7 [7] Peter Barker ENG 520 8 [8] Amr Shabana EGY 514 9 [9] Borja Golan ESP 471 10 [10] Tarek Momen EGY 459 11 [11] Omar Mosaad EGY 410 12 [12] Simon Rosner GER 347 13 [13] Cameron Pilley AUS 343 14 [14] Daryl Selby ENG 336 15 [15] Alister Walker BOT 310 16 [16] Stephen Coppinger RSA 268 17 [17] Tom Richards ENG 267 18 [18] Laurens Jan Anjema NED 265 19 [19] Miguel Angel Rodriguez COL 260 20 [20] Saurav Ghosal IND 259
