2011 WSA World Tour

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.[1] The Tour is concluded by the WSA World Series Finals, the end of season championship for the top 8 rated players.

WSA World Tour 2011
Details
Event nameWSA World Tour 2011
CategoriesWSA World Open
WSA World Series (6)
WSA World Series Finals
WSA Gold & Silver (15)
Website
www.wsaworldtour.com
Achievements
World Number 1Malaysia Nicol David
(12 months)
World ChampionMalaysia Nicol David
Awards
Player of the yearEngland Laura Massaro
Young player of the yearEgypt Nour El Tayeb
Most improved player of the yearEgypt Raneem El Weleily

2011 Calendar

World Open

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
World Open 2011
Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
World Open - World Series Platinum
$143,000 - Draw
1–6 November 2011 Malaysia Nicol David
11-2, 11-5, 11-0
England Jenny Duncalf Netherlands Natalie Grinham
Mexico Samantha Terán
England Laura Massaro
Australia Kasey Brown
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
India Dipika Pallikal

World Series

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Cayman Islands Open 2011
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
World Series Gold
$68,500 - Draw
4–9 April 2011 Malaysia Nicol David
11-7, 11-6, 12-14, 11-4
England Jenny Duncalf Australia Rachael Grinham
Australia Donna Urquhart
Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
France Camille Serme
England Sarah Kippax
Netherlands Natalie Grinham
Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2011
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
World Series Gold
$68,500 - Draw
19–23 July 2011 Malaysia Nicol David
11-6, 12-10, 11-5
England Jenny Duncalf Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy
France Camille Serme
Australia Rachael Grinham
Australia Kasey Brown
England Laura Massaro
New Zealand Joelle King
Australian Open 2011
Australia Canberra, Australia
World Series Gold
$74,000 - Draw
8–14 August 2011 Malaysia Nicol David
11-8, 11-4, 11-6
England Jenny Duncalf Australia Rachael Grinham
Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
Hong Kong Annie Au
Australia Donna Urquhart
New Zealand Joelle King
Netherlands Natalie Grinham
US Open 2011
United States Philadelphia, United States
World Series Gold
$60,000 - Draw
1–6 October 2011 England Laura Massaro
5-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5
Australia Kasey Brown England Jenny Duncalf
Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
Malaysia Nicol David
Australia Rachael Grinham
France Camille Serme
Hong Kong Annie Au
Qatar Classic 2011
Qatar Doha, Qatar
World Series Gold
$74,000 - Draw
16–21 October 2011 Malaysia Nicol David
11-2, 11-7, 11-3
Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry Australia Rachael Grinham
Egypt Nour El Tayeb
Egypt Raneem El Weleily
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
England Emma Beddoes
Egypt Nour El Sherbini
Hong Kong Open 2011
Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
World Series Gold
$74,000 - Draw
14–20 November 2011 Malaysia Nicol David
11-5, 11-4, 11-9
Egypt Raneem El Weleily Hong Kong Annie Au
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
Australia Rachael Grinham
England Laura Massaro
France Camille Serme
Hong Kong Joey Chan
Final tournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsRound Robin
WSA World Series Finals 2011
England Queen's Club, London, England
WSA World Series Finals
$50,000 - Draw
4–8 January 2012 Malaysia Nicol David
11-9, 11-9, 11-9
Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry England Jenny Duncalf
England Laura Massaro
Australia Rachael Grinham
France Camille Serme
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
Australia Donna Urquhart

Gold 50

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Cleveland Classic 2011
United States Cleveland, United States
Gold 50
$55,800
29 January - 2 February 2011 England Laura Massaro
11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8
Malaysia Nicol David Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
Hong Kong Annie Au
England Jenny Duncalf
Netherlands Natalie Grinham
United States Amanda Sobhy
England Sarah Kippax
Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships 2011
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Gold 50
$53,500
16–20 March 2011 Malaysia Nicol David
11-6, 11-6, 11-2
Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry England Alison Waters
Hong Kong Annie Au
Australia Rachael Grinham
Australia Kasey Brown
France Camille Serme
Hong Kong Joey Chan
Singapore Women's Masters 2011
Singapore Singapore
Gold 50
$53,500
26–30 July 2011 Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9
England Laura Massaro Malaysia Nicol David
France Camille Serme
Australia Rachael Grinham
Australia Kasey Brown
Hong Kong Annie Au
New Zealand Jaclyn Hawkes
Carol Weymuller Open 2011
United States Brooklyn, United States
Gold 50
$50,400
22–25 September 2011 Egypt Raneem El Weleily
11-7, 15-13, 11-4
England Jenny Duncalf Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
Australia Kasey Brown
Australia Rachael Grinham
France Camille Serme
Hong Kong Annie Au
New Zealand Joelle King

Silver 30

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Greenwich Open 2011
United States New York City, United States
Silver 30
$37,450
20–23 January 2011 Australia Kasey Brown
11-2, 11-7, 11-4
New Zealand Joelle King Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
United States Amanda Sobhy
Australia Rachael Grinham
Netherlands Natalie Grinham
Egypt Raneem El Weleily
England Sarah Kippax
Texas Open 2011
United States Dallas, United States
Silver 30
$40,000
14–17 April 2011 Australia Rachael Grinham
11-5, 10-12, 12-10, 11-7
Australia Kasey Brown New Zealand Joelle King
England Sarah Kippax
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
Mexico Samantha Terán
Hong Kong Joey Chan
Netherlands Natalie Grinham

Silver 20

TournamentDateChampionRunner-UpSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
Atwater Cup 2011
Canada Montreal, Canada
Silver 20
$25,900
30 March - 2 April 2011 Netherlands Natalie Grinham
11-6, 11-7, 14-12
New Zealand Joelle King Netherlands Vanessa Atkinson
New Zealand Jaclyn Hawkes
Mexico Samantha Terán
United States Amanda Sobhy
France Isabelle Stoehr
United States Olivia Blatchford
Irish Squash Open 2011
Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Silver 20
$26,200
13–16 April 2011 Egypt Nour El Tayeb
13-15, 5-11, 11-9, 12-10, 16-14
New Zealand Jaclyn Hawkes Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
Netherlands Vanessa Atkinson
Republic of Ireland Aisling Blake
England Dominique Lloyd-Walter
Italy Manuela Manetta
South Africa Tenille Swartz
Hurghada International 2011
Egypt Hurghada, Egypt
Silver 20
$20,000
14–19 May 2011 Egypt Raneem El Weleily
11-5, 12-10, 11-9
Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy Australia Rachael Grinham
Egypt Nour El Tayeb
France Camille Serme
Denmark Line Hansen
Egypt Engy Kheirallah
Egypt Heba El Torky
Mexico Squash Open 2011
Mexico Boca del Río, Mexico
Silver 20
$20,000
23–26 June 2011 Mexico Samantha Terán
7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5
Netherlands Natalie Grinham Hong Kong Joey Chan
Republic of Ireland Aisling Blake
United States Latasha Khan
United States Olivia Blatchford
Netherlands Milou van der Heijden
Brazil Thaisa Serafini
World Tour Pyramides 2011
France Le Port-Marly, France
Silver 20
$26,700
30 June - 3 July 2011 France Camille Serme
11-4, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9
Netherlands Natalie Grinham India Dipika Pallikal
India Joshna Chinappa
Republic of Ireland Aisling Blake
Denmark Line Hansen
Czech Republic Lucie Fialová
South Africa Tenille Swartz
BC Honda Sun & Surf 2011
Canada Vancouver, Canada
Silver 20
$27,450
4–7 August 2011 Mexico Samantha Terán
11-2, 11-5, 11-3
New Zealand Jaclyn Hawkes England Emma Beddoes
United States Latasha Khan
Egypt Heba El Torky
England Victoria Lust
Egypt Engy Kheirallah
Japan Misaki Kobayashi
Atlantis Open 2011
Egypt Alexandria, Egypt
Silver 20
$20,000
25–28 September 2011 Egypt Nour El Sherbini
11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8
New Zealand Nour El Tayeb Denmark Line Hansen
Egypt Kanzy Emad El Defrawy
Republic of Ireland Aisling Blake
Egypt Lauren Briggs
Egypt Nouran El Torky
Egypt Yathreb Adel
China Squash Open 2011
China Shanghai, China
Silver 20
$25,300
11–14 October 2011 Malaysia Low Wee Wern
13-15, 11-8, 11-4, 12-10
Malaysia Delia Arnold New Zealand Jaclyn Hawkes
Egypt Heba El Torky
Hong Kong Joey Chan
South Africa Siyoli Waters
Japan Misaki Kobayashi
Egypt Nouran El Torky
Monte Carlo Classic 2011
Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
Silver 20
$20,000
11–14 October 2011 Netherlands Natalie Grinham
7-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-8
Hong Kong Annie Au England Sarah Kippax
Denmark Line Hansen
Republic of Ireland Aisling Blake
Czech Republic Lucie Fialová
England Emily Whitlock
England Lauren Briggs

Year end world top 10 players

Rank 2011
1Malaysia Nicol David3279.412
2England Jenny Duncalf1934.118
3England Laura Massaro1411.765
4Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry1409.200
5Australia Kasey Brown1111.667
6Australia Rachael Grinham1078.524
7Egypt Raneem El Weleily1022.789
8Hong Kong Annie Au948.952
9Netherlands Natalie Grinham920.889
10France Camille Serme877.175

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:

See also

References

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