Grainger has made a welcome return to form this year after a series of injury and illness layoffs. After becoming a US citizen in February, the 29-year-old former South African international won the Burning River Classic in Cleveland, then clinched her first US Nationals crown. Last month, the former world number one from Washington DC took the Texas Open title to secure the 13th WISPA World Tour title of her career.
Australia's Natalie Grinham remains at No2 in the new list, ahead of older sister Rachael Grinham at three, and England's Tania Bailey at four.
New Zealand's Jaclyn Hawkes celebrates her top twenty debut in the June rankings, rising a single place to No20. The 24-year-old from Auckland claimed two unexpected WISPA Tour final places this year, reaching the climax of the Dayton Open in the USA in January and the Irish Open in April. Last month, Hawkes was a semi-finalist in both the Texas Open and Subway Goshen Open in the USA>
1 [1] Nicol David MAS 2 [2] Natalie Grinham AUS 3 [3] Rachael Grinham AUS 4 [4] Tania Bailey ENG 5 [6] Natalie Grainger USA 6 [5] Vicky Botwright ENG 7 [7] Omneya Abdel Kawy EGY 8 [8] Madeline Perry IRL 9 [9] Vanessa Atkinson NED 10 [10] Jenny Duncalf ENG 11 [11] Alison Waters ENG 12 [12] Laura-Jane Lengthorn ENG 13 [13] Shelley Kitchen NZL 14 [15] Rebecca Chiu HKG 15 [14] Engy Kheirallah EGY 16 [16] Kasey Brown AUS 17 [18] Annelize Naude NED 18 [17] Isabelle Stoehr FRA 19 [19] Sharon Wee MAS 20 [21] Jaclyn Hawkes NZL
For the complete WISPA ranking list, see www.wispa.net
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| Issued by Howard Harding on behalf of WISPA Women’s International Squash Players' Association Tel: (+44) 1737-243333; Mobile: (+44) 7773-325130; Email: [email protected] WISPA: Tel: (+44) 20 7222 1667; Email: [email protected] WSQ 3918 1 June 2007 |
