Abdel Kawy, 22, from Cairo, claimed her fifth WISPA World Tour title last month at the Hurghada International in her home country - reaching the final for the fifth time in a row after upsetting Australia's world champion Rachael Grinham in the semi-finals.
Grinham retains her third place in the list, just behind younger sister Natalie Grinham, at No2, and ahead of fourth-placed Natalie Grainger, from the USA, and England's Tania Bailey at five.
Dutch star Vanessa Atkinson, the former world champion who reached the semi-finals of March's KL Open in Malaysia unseeded, rises to nine.
Australia's Kasey Brown celebrates a career-high ranking in the May list: The 22-year-old from New South Wales won the Atwater Cup in Canada last month - bringing her Tour title haul to eight - and now rises to world No13.
France's Isabelle Stoehr is also celebrating a return to the top 20. The 28-year-old from Montpellier finished as runner-up in the Atwater Cup - and moves up four places to 18.
Of special note is the fact that players occupying the first seven places represent seven different countries - and the top twenty is made up of players from 10 nations!
1 [1] Nicol David MAS
2 [2] Natalie Grinham NED
3 [3] Rachael Grinham AUS
4 [4] Natalie Grainger USA
5 [5] Tania Bailey ENG
6 [9] Omneya Abdel Kawy EGY
7 [7] Shelley Kitchen NZL
8 [6] Jenny Duncalf ENG
9 [10] Vanessa Atkinson NED
10 [8] Vicky Botwright ENG
11 [11] Alison Waters ENG
12 [12] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro ENG
13 [15] Kasey Brown AUS
13 [14] Rebecca Chiu HKG
14 [14] Madeline Perry IRL
15 [16] Engy Kheirallah EGY
16 [17] Jaclyn Hawkes NZL
18 [22] Isabelle Stoehr ENG
19 [18] Annelize Naude NED
20 [19] Samantha Teran MEX
For the complete WISPA ranking list, see www.wispa.net
