Lee Beachill Takes Over at Number One Officially

Oct 1, 2004 by Howard Harding © 2004
match sequence © 2004 Debra Tessier

[top Americas players]

Lee Beachill (l) moves to #1 while Peter Nicol falls to #3 after the US Open photo © 2004 Debra Tessier

Lee Beachill from England, who's rise to world #1 was a certaintly after he defeated Peter Nicol in the finals of the US Open in Boston MA USA last week, today officially supplanted Peter Nicol as the World #1 squash player.

Nicol, who spent a total of 60 months as the #1 (not in succession) now falls to #3, while Jonathon Power who had to pull out of the US Open with a minor injury, falls to ninth. Power is entered in a succession of events this month in a quest to regain a strong ranking position.

1 [2] Lee Beachill ENG
2 [3] Thierry Lincou FRA
3 [1] Peter Nicol ENG
4 [4] David Palmer AUS
5 [8] Nick Matthew ENG
6 [5] Amr Shabana EGY
7 [7] John White SCO
8 [9] Karim Darwish EGY
9 [6] Jonathon Power CAN
10 [10] Joseph Kneipp AUS
11 [11] Gregory Gaultier FRA
12 [12] James Willstrop ENG
13 [16] Adrian Grant ENG
14 [13] Anthony Ricketts AUS
15 [14] Omar Elborolossy EGY
16 [15] Mohammed Abbas EGY
17 [19] Renan Lavigne FRA
18 [20] Dan Jenson AUS
19 [17] Graham Ryding CAN
20 [18] Mark Chaloner ENG

Other Players from the Americas in the top 100 (Oct 1 2004):

31 (32) Shahier Razik CAN
61 (55) Viktor Berg CAN
64 (62) Matthew Giuffre CAN
72 (70) Eric Galvez MEX
74 (79) Rafael Alarcon BRA
81 (80) Shawn DeLierre CAN
84 (84) Ian Power CAN
85 (85) Nick Kyme BER
89 (91) David Phillips CAN

and the top Americans:
119 (135) Beau River USA
122 (122) Julian Illingworth USA
123 (134) Dylan Patterson USA
127 (140) Preston Quick USA
140 (156) Christopher Gordon (USA)

[complete rankings for June]

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