2014 WSA World Tour
| WSA World Tour 2014 | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Event name | WSA World Tour 2014 |
| Tournaments | 73 |
| Categories | WSA World Championship WSA World Series (4) WSA Gold & Silver (11) WSA Tour (57) |
| Website www | |
| Achievements | |
| World Number 1 | Malaysia Nicol David (12 months) |
| World Champion | Malaysia Nicol David |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Egypt Raneem El Weleily |
| Young player of the year | United States Amanda Sobhy |
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
[edit | edit source]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 |
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Gold 50
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Silver 35
[edit | edit source]| 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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Year end world top 10 players
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- Women's Squash Association (WSA)
- WSA World Series 2014
- WSA World Series Finals
- WSA World Open
- Official Women's Squash World Ranking
- PSA World Tour 2014
- 2014 Women's World Team Squash Championships
References
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