WISPA Awards
Encyclopedia
The WISPA Awards are presented annually by the Women's International Squash Players Association
, the organization which organizes the women's world squash
circuit.
Women's International Squash Players Association
The Women's International Squash Players Association is an organization for female squash professionals. It is responsible for running the women's professional tour and the women's world rankings...
, the organization which organizes the women's world squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
circuit.
Player of The Year
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Vanessa Atkinson Vanessa Atkinson Vanessa Louise Atkinson is a former professional squash player from the Netherlands, who won the World Open in 2004 and reached the World No. 1 ranking in December 2005.... |
| 2005 | Nicol David Nicol David Datuk Nicol Ann David is a Malaysian female professional squash player. She is currently ranked world number 1 in women's squash, and is the first Asian woman to achieve this... |
| 2006 | Nicol David (2) |
| 2007 | Nicol David (3) |
| 2008 | Nicol David (4) |
| 2009 | Nicol David (5) |
| 2010 | Nicol David (6) |
| 2011 | Laura Massaro |
Young Player of the Year
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Raneem El Weleily Raneem El Weleily Ranim Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Walily is a professional squash player from Egypt.Raneem followed her brother into squash at the age of six and first played for Egypt in the World Juniors 2001 in Penang, then aged ten... |
| 2005 | Raneem El Weleily (2) |
| 2006 | Tenille Swartz Tenille Swartz Tenille Swartz, is a professional squash player who represented South Africa. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 28 in April 2008.- External links :... |
| 2007 | Camille Serme Camille Serme Camille Serme, is a professional squash player who represents France. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in August 2010.- External links :... |
| 2008 | Annie Au Annie Au Au Wing Chi, is a professional squash player who represented Hong Kong.Annie is a left-hander from Asia who has made a great impression as a junior. Not only winning British Junior Open titles but reaching the final of the Asian Junior and being a member of the Hong Kong team which won the world... |
| 2009 | Nour El Sherbini |
| 2010 | Nour El Tayeb Nour El Tayeb Nour El Tayeb, is a professional squash player who represented Egypt. She reached a career-high world ranking of twelve in November, 2011.El Tayeb – daughter of a squash playing father, Prof. Dr... |
| 2011 | Nour El Tayeb (2) |
Most Improved Player of the Year
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Alison Waters Alison Waters Alison Waters is a professional squash player from England.Waters won the British National Squash Championships in February 2010, beating Jenny Duncalf in the final 10–12, 11–7, 4–11, 11–7, 12–10... |
| 2005 | Alison Waters (2) |
| 2006 | Nicolette Fernandes Nicolette Fernandes Nicolette Fernandes, is a professional squash player who represented Guyana. She won the only gold medal for Guyana at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia beating Samantha Teran in the final which lasts in 5 sets... |
| 2007 | Shelley Kitchen Shelley Kitchen Shelley Celia Kitchen MNZM is a female professional squash player from New Zealand.At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Kitchen beat World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysia in the third-place match to capture the women's singles Bronze Medal... |
| 2008 | Laura Lengthorn-Massaro Laura Lengthorn-Massaro Laura Massaro is a professional squash player from England.Massaro won her first top-level title at the German Open in 2004... |
| 2009 | Camille Serme Camille Serme Camille Serme, is a professional squash player who represents France. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in August 2010.- External links :... |
| 2010 | Kasey Brown Kasey Brown Kasey Brown is a professional squash player who represented Australia.Brown was born in Taree, New South Wales. She was the Australian junior champion in 2003 and 2004 and was then the senior champion in 2006 and in the same year, had also won the Australian Open title.Currently a member of the... |
| 2011 | Raneem El Weleily Raneem El Weleily Ranim Mohamed Yasser Saad El Din El Walily is a professional squash player from Egypt.Raneem followed her brother into squash at the age of six and first played for Egypt in the World Juniors 2001 in Penang, then aged ten... |
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