Tania Bailey also had considerable success in 2007, including a runners-up berth in the European Championships in France and reaching the final of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. The 28-year-old from Stamford equalled her career-high world No4 ranking throughout most of the year and battled through to the semi-finals of the Women's World Open in Madrid in October.
In a relatively unchanged women's list, Manchester's Vicky Botwright moves back to number two, ahead of England team-mates Jenny Duncalf, from Harrogate, at three; Londoner Alison Waters at No4; and Lancashire's Laura Lengthorn-Massaro at five.
Men
1 [1] James Willstrop (Yorks)
2 [2] Nick Matthew (Yorks)
3 [3] Lee Beachill (Yorks)
4 [5] Peter Barker (Essex)
5 [4] Adrian Grant (Kent)
6 [6] Jonathan Kemp (Shropshire)
7 [11] Alister Walker (Glos)
8 [7] Bradley Ball (Suffolk)
9 [8] Daryl Selby (Essex)
10 [9] Joey Barrington (Somerset)
11 [10] Simon Parke (Yorks)
12 [12] Stacey Ross (Surrey)
13 [13] Scott Handley (Oxon)
14 [16] Andrew Whipp (Cheshire)
15 [15] Tim Vail (Sussex)
16 [17] Alex Stait (Glos)
17 [24] Chris Ryder (Herts)
18 [22] Ben Ford (Kent)
19 [19] Stephen Meads (Berks)
20 [18] Hadrian Stiff (Devon)
Women
1 [1] Tania Bailey (Lincs)
2 [3] Vicky Botwright (Lancs)
3 [2] Jenny Duncalf (Yorks)
4 [4] Alison Waters (Middx)
5 [5] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (Lancs)
6 [6] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Middx)
7 [7] Lauren Briggs (Essex)
8 [8] Laura Hill (Derbyshire)
9 [10] Sarah Kippax (Cheshire)
10 [9] Rebecca Botwright (Lancs)
11 [11] Suzie Pierrepont (Sussex)
12 [12] Lauren Siddall (Yorks)
13 [15] Emma Beddoes (Warwicks)
14 [14] Kirsty McPhee (Yorks)
15 [-] Vicky Hynes (Warwicks)
16 [13] Georgina Stoker (Merseyside)
17 [-] Emma Chorley (Somerset)
18 [16] Deon Saffery (Yorks)
19 [17] Jenna Gates (Sussex)
20 [18] Rachel Willmott (Sussex)