El Sherbini Remains at Top Spot in Unchanged Women’s World Rankings Top 20

The 22-year-old is the fifth longest reigning World No.1 of all time in the women’s game and she is followed in the rankings by World Champion Raneem El Welily, World No.3 Nour El Tayeb, France’s World No.4 Camille Serme and New Zealand’s Joelle King, who completes the top five.

Egypt’s Nouran Gohar stays at No.6, while England’s Laura Massaro (No.7), her compatriot Sarah-Jane Perry (No.8), Malaysia’s Nicol David (No.9) and Alison Waters finish the top 10.

Hong Kong’s Annie Au comes next at No.11, followed by Tesni Evans (No.12), Victoria Lust (No.13), Olivia Blatchford (No.14) and Salma Hany (No.15).

Meanwhile, India’s Joshna Chinappa (No.16), Australia’s Donna Lobban (No.17), United States’ Amanda Sobhy (No.18), India’s Dipika Pallikal Karthik (No.19) and Egypt’s Hania El Hammamy take the final spots in the top 20.

There was movement lower down the rankings, however, with Japan’s Risa Sugimoto rising 38 places from No.204 to No.166. Iran’s Soheila Heidarzadi and Semiramis Orduo and Australia’s Stephanie Wighton also enjoyed significant rises, moving up to No.231, No.238 and No.172, respectively.

PSA Women's World Rankings Top 20 – September 2018

RANK	NAME	NATIONALITY	POINTS	UP/DOWN
1	Nour El Sherbini	EGY	1,932.222	=
2	Raneem El Welily	EGY	1,631.111	=
3	Nour El Tayeb	EGY	1,304.444	=
4	Joelle King	NZL	831.111	=
5	Camille Serme	FRA	781.667	=
6	Nouran Gohar	EGY	771.667	=
7	Laura Massaro	ENG	737.222	=
8	Sarah-Jane Perry	ENG	583.889	=
9	Nicol David	MAS	507.222	=
10	Alison Waters	ENG	502.778	=
11	Annie Au	HKG	441.000	=
12	Tesni Evans	WAL	438.333	=
13	Victoria Lust	ENG	333.889	=
14	Olivia Blatchford	USA	329.444	=
15	Salma Hany	EGY	325.556	=
16	Joshna Chinappa	IND	321.111	=
17	Donna Urquhart	AUS	314.444	=
18	Amanda Sobhy	USA	283.889	=
19	Dipika Pallikal Karthik	IND	255.000	=
20	Hania El Hammamy	EGY	252.778	=