The PSA World Rankings had been frozen as a result of the six-month suspension due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. But the rankings are unfrozen from today onwards with a new ranking system coming into place to ensure that no player rankings are affected during the restart of the PSA World Tour, which resumed last month at the Manchester Open.
The new system uses a cumulative total of points made up of the top 10 tournament results for men and top nine for women. This differs from the previous system, which divided the total number of points a player had accumulated over a 12-month period by the number of tournaments played to give an average score.
In addition, to safeguard players’ rankings during the pandemic, the number of months counting towards the ranking system will be temporarily increased. Rankings from October 1, 2020 – January 21, 2021 will include points earned in tournaments from March 2019 to date.
Points will then gradually come off in a staggered rhythm from February 1, 2021, with the normal 12-month rolling time period expected to return by 1 July 2021.
24-year-old Glamour Salma overtakes India’s Joshna Chinappa to secure the No.10 spot, while her compatriot, CIB Nouran Gohar, stays at World No.1 for a fourth month in succession.
The rest of the top 10 remains unchanged, with Nour El Sherbini (No.2), Manchester Open winner CIB Nour El Tayeb (No.4), CIB Hania El Hammamy (No.6), Amanda Sobhy (No.7). Rowan Elaraby drops to No.16, Nadine Shahin (No.17), Nada Abbas (No.19)
PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 – October 2020
|
RANKING |
PLAYER |
NATIONALITY |
POINTS |
UP/DOWN |
|
1 |
Nouran Gohar |
EGY |
13,265.000 |
= |
|
2 |
Nour El Sherbini |
EGY |
12,195.000 |
= |
|
3 |
Camille Serme |
FRA |
11,820.000 |
= |
|
4 |
Nour El Tayeb |
EGY |
10,990.000 |
= |
|
5 |
Sarah-Jane Perry |
ENG |
7,405.000 |
= |
|
6 |
Hania El Hammamy |
EGY |
7,280.000 |
= |
|
7 |
Amanda Sobhy |
USA |
6,600.000 |
= |
|
8 |
Joelle King |
NZL |
6,075.000 |
= |
|
9 |
Tesni Evans |
WAL |
4,335.000 |
= |
|
10 |
Salma Hany |
EGY |
3,620.000 |
↑1 |
|
11 |
Joshna Chinappa |
IND |
3,605.000 |
↓1 |
|
12 |
Olivia Clyne |
USA |
3,470.000 |
= |
|
13 |
Yathreb Adel |
EGY |
3,305.000 |
= |
|
14 |
Nele Gilis |
BEL |
3,250.000 |
↑2 |
|
15 |
Alison Waters |
ENG |
3,180.000 |
↓1 |
|
16 |
Rowan Elaraby |
EGY |
3,077.500 |
↓1 |
|
17 |
Nadine Shahin |
EGY |
2,880.000 |
= |
|
18 |
Tinne Gilis |
BEL |
2,725.000 |
= |
|
19 |
Nada Abbas |
EGY |
2,605.000 |
= |
|
20 |
Coline Aumard |
FRA |
2,422.500 |
= |
