After reaching his first PSA Tour final for more than seven months at the Saudi International last month, Shabana beat Ashour in four games to avenge April's defeat in the Kuwait Open climax.

The PSA rankings calculations concluded that Shabana's average points total for the new month was 1,098.75, whilst Ashour achieved 1097.50!

The two Egyptians boast a 300-point lead over France's third-placed Gregory Gaultier; who is followed by Australia's David Palmer in fourth place; and Englishman James Willstrop at No5.

England's Nick Matthew jumps four places to No6 in the new list following his victory in the US Open in New York at the beginning of last month.

Fellow Englishman Peter Barker also has cause for celebration after rising to a career-high 13th place in the rankings.  The 24-year-old from Essex followed his title victory in the Colombian Open in September by securing a surprise quarter-final berth in the Dunlop British Open later in the month.

     1      [1]        Amr Shabana               EGY
     2     [2]        Ramy Ashour               EGY
     3     [3]        Gregory Gaultier          FRA
     4     [4]        David Palmer                AUS
     5     [5]        James Willstrop          ENG
     6     [10]      Nick Matthew              ENG
     7     [7]        Thierry Lincou             FRA
     8     [9]        Karim Darwish             EGY
     9     [6]        Anthony Ricketts         AUS
     10    [8]        John White                 SCO
     11    [12]      Wael El Hindi              EGY
     12    [11]       Lee Beachill                 ENG
     13    [14]      Peter Barker                ENG
     14    [15]      Mohammed Abbas       EGY
     15    [13]      Stewart Boswell           AUS
     16    [17]      Olli Tuominen              FIN
     17    [16]      Mohd Azlan Iskandar  MAS
     18    [18]      Ong Beng Hee              MAS
     19    [20]      Adrian Grant               ENG
20        [19]      Borja Golan      ESP

For full list – see www.psa-squash.com/