The Official Women's Squash World Ranking is the official world ranking for women's squash. The ranking is to rate the performance level of female professional squash player. It is also a merit-based method used for determining entry and seeding in women's squash tournaments. The rankings are produced monthly.[1] The current world number one is Nouran Gohar of Egypt, who replaced Raneem El Welily in July 2020.
The WISPA, the WSA and the PSA has used a computerized system for determining the rankings since April 1984.
Players competing in PSA tournaments earn ranking points according to how far they get in the draw. The points available depend on the prize money and the draw size. The monthly rankings (issued on the 1st of the month) are used in selecting entries to tournaments and in determining the seeds.
The total number of points a player earns in the previous twelve months is divided by the number of tournaments played (a minimum divisor of ten is used) to give a ranking average. Where a player has played more than 9 tournaments the best scores may be selected (i.e. the lowest are not included) according to the Averaging Formula. (See table below.)
For example, a player who has competed in 13 events will have his best 10 scores used. These will be accumulated and divided by 10.
Players competing in PSA World Tour Events earn ranking points according to the prize money, classification of the event, and the final position in the draw the player reaches.
PSA World Tour
Ranking Points
Rank
Prize Money US$
Ranking Points
Winner
Runner up
3/4
5/8
9/16
17/32
33/48
Platinum
$164,500–$180,500
19188 points
2750
1810
1100
675
410
250
153
Gold
$100,000–$120,500
10660 points
1750
1150
700
430
260
160
Silver
$70,000–$88,000
7470 points
1225
805
490
300
182.5
112.5
Bronze
$51,000–$53,000
5330 points
875
575
350
215
130
80
PSA World Tour Finals
Ranking Points
Rank
Prize Money US$
Ranking Points
Winner
Runner up
3/4
Round-Robin Match Win
Undefeated bonus
World Tour Finals
$165,000
1000
550
200
150
150
PSA Challenger Tour
Ranking Points
Rank
Prize Money US$
Ranking Points
Winner
Runner up
3/4
5/8
9/16
17/32
33/48
Challenger Tour 30
$28,000
3194 points
525
345
210
130
78
147.5
Challenger Tour 20
$18,000
2112 points
350
230
140
85
51
31.5
Challenger Tour 10
$11,000
1218 points
200
130
80
50
30
18
Challenger Tour 5
$5,500
609 points
100
65
40
25
15
9
PSA World Championships
Ranking Points
Rank
Prize Money US$
Ranking Points
Winner
Runner up
3/4
5/8
9/16
17/32
33/64
PSA World Championships
$300,000
25045 points
3175
2090
1270
780
475
290
177.5
Divisor[]
A divisor is selected based on the number of tournaments played during the year as shown in the table below (the minimum divisor is ten). The average is calculated from the highest points scored for this number of events over the past twelve months: