Women's World Rankings
Paul.Baggott
WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS
JULY 1997
WORLD NUMBER ONE JOINS DUNLOP
The world's number one female squash player Sarah Fitz-Gerald, has teamed up
with the world's number one manufacturer of squash equipment Dunlop, in a
major sponsorship deal.
Sarah first came to international notice as a 19-year-old when she won the
World Junior Championship and from that moment set her sights on becoming
the world's best at senior level.
Victories in the Canadian Pacific RIM, the Monaco Invitation, the Adelaide
City Open, the Denmark Open and the Victoria Open, as well as a semi-final
place in the World Open, confirmed sarah's high promise before disaster
struck in April 1991 when she suffered a serious injury in training.
Away from the circuit for 14 months, Sarah's ranking dropped to No.18, but
she returned to the scene in dramatic fashion when she won the Japan Open in
1992, the first of four major titles she won that year.
Further successes followed as her rehabilitation continued and in 1995, she
came within an ace of being the first world junior champion to win the
senior title.
Twelve months later, Sarah achieved her dream with a level of dominance not
seen since the days of Heather McKay. She powered through the championship
with an attacking game which meant that not only did she not drop a game,
but her longest match was only 32 minutes.
Away from the court, Sarah has served as an energetic chairwoman of the
Women's International Squash Players Association (WISPA) since 1992, and in
that capacity has brought in more than #1,000,000 in sponsorship deals for
the women's game, securing financial security for the Women's Association
for years to come.
Sarah is a well-known figure in the Far East where she engineered the deal
for the JSM Open in Japan, a direct result of which was for the Men's
circuit to also visit Japan! Sarah plays regular league and tournament
events in England, France, Germany and the USA.
Sarah is contracted to Dunlop for rackets, clothing, strings, grips and
equipment luggage.
Visit Dunlop Squash on the web at http://www.dunlopsports.com/squash.htm
Rank [Prev] Name Country
1 [1] Sarah Fitz-Gerald AUS
2 [2] Michelle Martin AUS
3 [3] Cassie Jackman ENG
4 [4] Sue Wright ENG
5 [6] Carol Owens AUS
6 [5] Liz Irving AUS
7 [8] Sabine Schoene GER
8 [7] Suzanne Horner ENG
9 [9] Linda Charman ENG
10 [10] Fiona Geaves ENG
11 [11] Claire Nitch RSA
12 [13] Jane Martin ENG
13 [15] Robyn Cooper AUS
14 [17] Leilani Joyce NLZ
15 [12] Rebecca Macree ENG
16 [14] Philippa Beams NZL
17 [20] Natalie Grainger RSA
18 [27] Rachael Grinham AUS
19 [18] Toni Weeks AUS
20 [19] Jade Wilson NZL
21 [16] Meeghan Bell AUS
22 [25] Vicki Cardwell AUS
23 [21] Salma Shabana EGY
24 [26] Kate Major AUS
25 [37] Jenny Tranfield ENG
26 [28] Tracey Shenton ENG
27 [22] Carla Venter RSA
28 [29] Sarah Cook NZL
29 [33] Stephanie Brind ENG
30 [24] Natarsha Tippett AUS
31 [23] Narelle Tippett AUS
32 [30] Vanessa Atkinson NED
33 [36] Maha Zein EGY
34 [38] Hugoline Van Hoorn NED
35 [32] Demer Holleran USA
36 [34] Emma Major AUS
37 [31] Danielle Drady-Harte AUS
38 [40] Corinne Castets FRA
39 [39] Amanda Hopps AUS
40 [41] Sabine Baum GER
41 [45] Teresa Beresford ITA
42 [44] Daphne Jelgersma NED
43 [35] Senga Macfie SCO
44 [46] Louise Johnson ENG
45 [43] Yuko Kimura JAP
46 [48] Pamela Pancis AUT
47 [42] Janine Hickey AUS
48 [47] Melanie Jans CAN
49 [74] Rebecca Chiu HKG
50 [51] Choy Lin Kuan MAS
51 [55] Kym Keevil AUS
52 [49] Ellie Pierce USA
53 [56] Melissa Vacca AUS
54 [50] Natalia Meneu SPA
55 [60] Kia Paasivirta FIN
56 [53] Annelize Naude RSA
57 [52] Janelle Loader AUS
58 [58] Siu Lynn Leong MAS
59 [63] Amy Milanek USA
60 [57] Silke Bartel GER
61 [67] Chooi Yeen Chow MAS
62 [59] Berkeley Belknap USA
63 [90] May Hegazi EGY
64 [66] Miyuki Adachi JAP
65 [61] Ellen Petersen DEN
66 [62] Shabana Khan USA
67 [64] Latasha Khan USA
68 [69] Isabelle Stoehr FRA
69 [68] Kirsty Groves AUS
70 [65] Johanna Wahlberg SWE
71 [70] Kim Hannes BEL
72 [84] Chicca Ferrari ITA
73 [71] Tegwen Malik WAL
74 [72] Chantelle Fitzpatrick AUS
75 [73] Maria Castro COL
76 [76] Karin Beriere GER
77 [82] Janie Thacker ENG
78 [96] Masami Kofuji JAP
79 [77] Agnes Muller SWI
79 [77] Cheryl David MAS
81 [98] Birgitte Jensen DEN
82 [79] Misha Jehangir IND
83 [83] Natalie Grinham AUS
84 [109] Kyoko Takeda JAP
85 [81] Alison Wray ENG
86 [92] Marjolein Houtsma NED
87 [85] Marnie Baizley CAN
88 [88] Stephanie Richardson CAN
89 [89] Zeta Tzamalouka GRE
90 [86] Sandy Suck GER
90 [86] Lotta Vuorela FIN
92 [103] Rochelle Lyons AUS
93 [102] Sachi Funayama JAP
94 [93] Serena Lee MAS
95 [94] Carrie Yeo MAS
96 [103] Hamaji Chiho JAP
96 [103] Iris Chung HKG
98 [109] Sonia Pasteris ITA
99 [109] Miwa Kato JAP
99 [98] Karen Kelso USA
99 [109] Yuko Asano JAP
99 [109] Silvia Schryvers BEL
103 [-] Tanya Bone AUS
104 [101] Heidi Mather AUS
105 [-] Hiromi Nishikawa JAP
106 [117] Di Ricardo AUS
107 [103] Christina Mak HKG
107 [103] Margo Green CAN
109 [109] Yuko Ikeda JAP
109 [-] Karen Mooney NZL
109 [-] Katline Cauwels BEL
109 [109] Sandra Wu MAS
109 [109] Talita Naude RSA
109 [-] Anna Sterchele ITA
109 [-] Aurelia Eneide ITA
109 [-] Susy Gatta ITA
109 [-] Veronica Camp ITA
118 [124] Emma Geary AUS
118 [131] Laura Keating AUS
120 [120] Shelly Rae AUS
121 [108] Lorraine Hird AUS
121 [126] Sarah Nelson AUS
123 [127] Sally-Anne Hunt AUS
124 [120] Alicia McConnell USA
124 [95] Julie Eldridge AUS
124 [120] Mekhala Subedar IND
124 [129] Mandy Sommerville AUS
128 [131] Kylie Swan AUS
129 [-] Michelle Corby AUS
130 [134] Lisa McKenna SCO
130 [134] Josephine Keegan MLT
130 [-] Judith Mills AUS
133 [139] Sadie Mellar ENG
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