Shahid to 14, Boswell to 63, Gordon to 80

July 1, 2005 by Ron Beck © 2005
photo © 2005 Stephen J Line

[top Americas players]

Stewart Boswell jumped another 21 ranking positions this month! photo © 2005 Debra Tessier.

Lincou Celebrates Sixth Month As World Number One

In an inactive month for the top players, France's Thierry Lincou moves into the second half of the year as number one in the new July Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, announced today (30 June) by the Professional Squash Association.

But the biggest mover, for the second month in a row is former top 5 player Stewart Boswell, who vaults another 21 places on his steady climb back to the top, to # 62.

Lincou, 29, who has held the position unopposed since January, heads an unchanged top ten list, in front of England's Lee Beachill at two; Australian David Palmer at three; and Canada's Jonathon Power at number four. England's Peter Nicol is at five, the ranking he first attained in November 1994 and has only dropped below once since that date!

Lower in the list, Pakistan's Shahid Zaman leaps three places to a career-high 14 - boosted by his third PSA Tour win of the year last month when he lifted the Pakistan Circuit No2 title in Lahore.

Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar, runner-up in Lahore, returns to his career-best No17 position.

1 [1] Thierry Lincou FRA
2 [2] Lee Beachill ENG
3 [3] David Palmer AUS
4 [4] Jonathon Power CAN
5 [5] Peter Nicol ENG
6 [6] Amr Shabana EGY
7 [7] Anthony Ricketts AUS
8 [8] James Willstrop ENG
9 [9] Nick Matthew ENG
10 [10] John White SCO
11 [11] Karim Darwish EGY
12 [12] Gregory Gaultier FRA
13 [13] Graham Ryding CAN
14 [17] Shahid Zaman PAK
15 [14] Joseph Kneipp AUS
16 [15] Ong Beng Hee MAS
17 [18] Mohd Azlan Iskandar MAS
18 [16] Adrian Grant ENG
19 [19] Olli Tuominen FIN
20 [20] Mohammed Abbas EGY

[complete rankings for July ]

Other Players from the Americas in the top 100 (July 1 2005):

39 (37) Shahier Razik CAN
48 (48) Matthew Giuffre CAN
54 (51) Eric Galvez MEX
66 (63) Nick Kyme BER
69 (82) Rafael Alarcon BRA
73 (73) Viktor Berg CAN
80 (76) Ian Power CAN
82 (78) David Phillips CAN
82 (80) Christoper Gordon USA
91 (88) Shawn DeLierre CAN

and the other top Americans:

103 (99) Kumail Mehmood USA
107 (100) Beau River USA
112 (106) Julian Illingworth USA
119 (116) Michael Puertas USA

other notables:

21 (21) Simon Parke ENG
22 (22) Dan Jenson AUS
24 (27) Mansoor Zaman PAK
31 (30) Laurens Jan Anjema NL
57 (59) Ritwik Bhattacharya IND
62 (83) Stewart Boswell AUS

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