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WSA World Tour 2014
Details
Event nameWSA World Tour 2014
Tournaments73
CategoriesWSA World Championship
WSA World Series (4)
WSA Gold & Silver (11)
WSA Tour (57)
Website
www.wsaworldtour.com
Achievements
World Number 1Malaysia Nicol David
(12 months)
World ChampionMalaysia Nicol David
Awards
Player of the yearEgypt Raneem El Weleily
Young player of the yearUnited States Amanda Sobhy
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The WSA World Tour is the international squash tour and organized circuit, organized by the Women's Squash Association (WSA) for the 2014 squash season. The most important tournaments in the series are the World Championship, the US Open and the British Open. The tour features three categories of regular events, the World Series, which features the highest prize money and the best fields, and Gold and Silver tournaments. Players performances in the tour are rated by the WSA World Rankings. The Male equivalent is the PSA World Tour.

2014 Calendar

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The Women's Squash Association organises the WSA World Tour, the female equivalent of the PSA World Tour[1] Listed below are the most important events on the tour.

Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
WSA World Championship 2014
Egypt Cairo, Egypt
World Championship
$150,000 - Draw
15–20 December 2014 Malaysia Nicol David
5–11, 11–8, 7–11, 14–12, 11–5
Egypt Raneem El Weleily England Alison Waters
Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy
England Laura Massaro
France Camille Serme
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
Egypt Nour El Tayeb
Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
British Open 2014
England Hull, England
World Series Platinum
$100,000 - Draw
11–18 May 2014 Malaysia Nicol David
8–11, 11–5, 11–7, 11–8
England Laura Massaro Egypt Raneem El Weleily
England Alison Waters
New Zealand Joelle King
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy
England Sarah Kippax
Malaysian Open Squash Championships 2014
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
World Series Gold
$70,000 - Draw
18–23 August 2014 Egypt Raneem El Weleily
7–11, 11–3, 12–10, 2–11, 11–7
Egypt Nour El Tayeb Malaysia Nicol David
United States Amanda Sobhy
Hong Kong Annie Au
Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
England Sarah-Jane Perry
Egypt Habiba Mohamed
Hong Kong Open 2014
Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
World Series Gold
$77,000 - Draw
27–31 August 2014 Malaysia Nicol David
11–4, 12–10, 11–8
Egypt Nour El Tayeb England Laura Massaro
United States Amanda Sobhy
France Camille Serme
England Alison Waters
Australia Rachael Grinham
Hong Kong Joey Chan
US Open 2014
United States Philadelphia, United States
World Series Platinum
$115,000 - Draw
13–18 October 2014 Malaysia Nicol David
11–5, 12–10, 12–10
Egypt Nour El Sherbini Egypt Raneem El Weleily
France Camille Serme
England Laura Massaro
England Alison Waters
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
Egypt Yathreb Adel

Gold 50

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Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Tournament of Champions 2014
United States New York City, United States
Gold 50
$50,000 - Draw
18–24 January 2014 Malaysia Nicol David
11–4, 13–11, 11–8
England Laura Massaro England Alison Waters
France Camille Serme
New Zealand Joelle King
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
England Sarah-Jane Perry
Cleveland Classic 2014
United States Cleveland, United States
Gold 50
$50,000 - Draw
30 January – 4 February 2014 Malaysia Nicol David
13–11, 11–5, 11–6
Hong Kong Annie Au England Alison Waters
Egypt Nour El Tayeb
England Laura Massaro
Egypt Raneem El Weleily
France Camille Serme
Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy
Metro Squash Windy City Open 2014
United States Chicago, United States
Gold 50
$50,000 - Draw
28 February – 3 March 2014 England Laura Massaro
9–11, 11–8, 11–9, 3–11, 11–6
Egypt Raneem El Weleily New Zealand Joelle King
France Camille Serme
England Alison Waters
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
Hong Kong Annie Au
England Emma Beddoes
Texas Open 2014
United States Dallas, United States
Gold 50
$50,000 - Draw
8–13 April 2014 Egypt Nour El Sherbini
11–7, 5–11, 11–7, 11–8
India Dipika Pallikal Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
France Camille Serme
Malaysia Low Wee Wern
Australia Rachael Grinham
Guyana Nicolette Fernandes
England Emma Beddoes
China Squash Open 2014
China Shanghai, China
Gold 50
$50,000 - Draw
2–7 September 2014 Malaysia Low Wee Wern
11–8, 11–6, 8–11, 8–11, 12–10
France Camille Serme Egypt Nouran Ahmed Gohar
Egypt Salma Hany Ibrahim
Hong Kong Annie Au
India Dipika Pallikal
England Jenny Duncalf
England Sarah Kippax
Carol Weymuller Open 2014
United States Brooklyn, United States
Gold 50
$50,000 - Draw
30 September – 6 October 2014 England Alison Waters
9–11, 12–10, 11–5, 12–10
Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy England Laura Massaro
Egypt Raneem El Weleily
England Emma Beddoes
Guyana Nicolette Fernandes
Egypt Nour El Tayeb
Egypt Salma Hany Ibrahim
Macau Open 2014
Macau Macau, China
Gold 50
$50,0000 - Draw
21–26 October 2014 Malaysia Nicol David
11–8, 11–2, 11–8
Egypt Raneem El Weleily Australia Rachael Grinham
England Jenny Duncalf
Hong Kong Annie Au
England Sarah-Jane Perry
England Emma Beddoes
Malaysia Delia Arnold

Silver 35

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Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Greenwich Open 2014
United States Greenwich, United States
Silver 35
$35,000
22–24 January 2014 New Zealand Joelle King
11–6, 9–11, 8–11, 12–10, 11–8
Malaysia Low Wee Wern Hong Kong Annie Au
United States Amanda Sobhy
Egypt Nour El Sherbini
England Sarah-Jane Perry
Guyana Nicolette Fernandes
Hong Kong Joey Chan

Silver 25

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Tournament Date Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
Granite Open 2014
Canada Toronto, Canada
Silver 25
$25,000
2–7 March 2014 United States Amanda Sobhy
11–5, 11–9, 11–5
Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy Australia Rachael Grinham
England Sarah-Jane Perry
Denmark Line Hansen
England Sarah Kippax
Canada Samantha Cornett
Wales Tesni Evans
Hong Kong FC International 2014
Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
Silver 25
$25,000
19–24 May 2014 United States Amanda Sobhy
11–6, 11–2, 11–9
Australia Rachael Grinham Guyana Nicolette Fernandes
Egypt Salma Hany Ibrahim
Hong Kong Joey Chan
Australia Donna Urquhart
Egypt Heba El Torky
Malaysia Delia Arnold
Atlantis Open 2014
Egypt Alexandria, Egypt
Silver 25
$25,000
16–21 September 2014 Egypt Habiba Mohamed
11–13, 11–8, 11–5, 11–7
Egypt Nour El Tayeb Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy
Denmark Line Hansen
Egypt Nouran Ahmed Gohar
Egypt Salma Hany Ibrahim
Czech Republic Lucie Fialová
Netherlands Milou van der Heijden
Monte Carlo Classic 2014
Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
Silver 25
$25,000
4–7 November 2014 Egypt Nouran Ahmed Gohar
15–13, 10–12, 11–7, 7–11, 11–9
Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy India Dipika Pallikal
Egypt Habiba Mohamed
France Camille Serme
Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry
Republic of Ireland Aisling Blake
Egypt Mariam Ibrahim Metwally

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Year end world top 10 players

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Rank 2014
1 Malaysia Nicol David 3,398.120
2 England Laura Massaro 2,088.530
3 Egypt Raneem El Weleily 1,984.120
4 Egypt Nour El Sherbini 1,362.310
5 England Alison Waters 1,248.890
6 France Camille Serme 1,084.130
7 Malaysia Low Wee Wern 1,033.160
8 Egypt Nour El Tayeb 1,000.500
9 Hong Kong Annie Au 857.250
10 Egypt Omneya Abdel Kawy 788.571

Retirements

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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 2014 season:

  • Australia Kasey Brown (born 1 August 1985 in Taree) joined the pro tour in 2002, reached the singles no. 5 spot in December 2011. She won 11 WSA World Tour titles including the Greenwich Open in 2011 and the Australian Open in 2006. In 2011, she reached the final of the US Open, the biggest success of her career. She retired in October 2014 after competing a last time in the US Open.[3]
  • Italy Manuela Manetta (born 6 June 1983 in Parma) joined the pro tour in 2002, reached the singles no. 25 spot in December 2007. She reached in 2010 the semifinals of the US Open and won more of ten National championships in Italia.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tournaments | WSA World Tour". Archived from the original on 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  2. ^ "Tournaments | WSA World Tour". Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  3. ^ "Kasey Brown to retire". 8 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Manuela Manetta SquashInfo profile".
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