Tania Bailey Climbs to Eighth

Still unbeaten on the tour this year, Vanessa Atkinson celebrates her fourth successive month as number one in the new July Women’s World Squash Rankings, published today (Friday) by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA). 

The Dutch star, from The Hague, has won three WISPA titles this year – and next week heads a star-studded field at the Qatar Airways Challenge in Hyderabad in a bid to win her first trophy in India. 

While Malaysia's World Open champion Nicol David holds onto her position at No2, Australia's Grinham sisters swap the next two places for the second time in two months – older sibling Rachael Grinham returning to No3 and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Natalie Grinham slipping back to four. 

In a relatively unchanged top twenty list, England's Tania Bailey moves up to eight – her highest position this year. 

            1           [1]        Vanessa Atkinson            NED
            2          [2]        Nicol David        MAS
            3          [4]        Rachael Grinham  AUS
            4          [3]        Natalie Grinham  AUS
            5          [5]        Vicky Botwright  ENG
            6          [6]        Jenny Duncalf    ENG
            7          [7]        Madeline Perry    IRL
            8          [9]        Tania Bailey       ENG
            9          [10]       Omneya Abdel Kawy         EGY
            10         [8]        Linda Elriani      ENG
            11          [11]       Alison Waters    ENG
            12         [12]       Laura-Jane Lengthorn      ENG
            13         [13]       Shelley Kitchen   NZL
            14         [15]       Natalie Grainger USA
            15         [14]       Annelize Naude   NED
            16         [16]       Engy Kheirallah   EGY
            17         [17]       Fiona Geaves      ENG
            18         [18]       Rebecca Chiu       HKG
            19         [19]       Isabelle Stoehr  FRA
            20         [20]      Pamela Nimmo     SCO