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

2011 Calendar

World Open

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
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

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
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 tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Round 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

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
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

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
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

Tournament	Date	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
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
1	Malaysia Nicol David	3279.412
2	England Jenny Duncalf	1934.118
3	England Laura Massaro	1411.765
4	Republic of Ireland Madeline Perry	1409.200
5	Australia Kasey Brown	1111.667
6	Australia Rachael Grinham	1078.524
7	Egypt Raneem El Weleily	1022.789
8	Hong Kong Annie Au	948.952
9	Netherlands Natalie Grinham	920.889
10	France Camille Serme	877.175

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:

Netherlands Vanessa Atkinson (born 10 March 1976 in Newcastle, England) joined the pro tour in 1995, reached the world no. 1 ranking in December 2005. Keeping the spot for four month in 2005. She won the World Open in 2004 against Natalie Grinham. She also has won major tournaments as the Qatar Classic, the Malaysian Open, the Tournament of Champions in New York and the US Open. She retired in August after win the Nottingham Open, the 24th WSA World Tour title of her career.
France Isabelle Stoehr (born 9 June 1979 in Tours, France) joined the pro tour in 1996, reached the singles no. 10 spot in February 2009. She won 7 WSA World Tour titles including the Alexandria Open and the WISPA des Pyramides. She retired in November after competing the Qatar Classic.
Hong Kong Rebecca Chiu (born 24 November 1978 in Hong Kong) joined the pro tour in 1993, reached the singles no. 13 spot in October 2007. She won 16 WSA World Tour titles including Japan Open in 2001 and the Singapore Open in 2004. She retired in February 2011.
South Africa Tenille Swartz (born 13 May 1987 in Parys, South Africa) joined the pro tour in 2006, reached the singles no. 28 spot in April 2008. She won 2 WSA World Tour titles. She retired in November after losing in the first round of the Qatar Classic.