Nicol David

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Nicol David

Country:	Malaysia
Residence:	Penang, Malaysia
Plays:	Right-Handed
Racquet:	Prince o3 Tour
Turned pro:	2000
Highest World Ranking:	1 (January 2006)
Current World Ranking:	1 (June 2008)
WISPA Tour Titles:	28
WIPSA Tour Finals:	12
Coach:	Liz Irving
Club Based At:	Squash City, Amsterdam

Nicol Ann David (born August 26, 1983 in Penang, Malaysia) is a Malaysian professional squash player. She is currently the World No. 1 in women's squash (she is the first Asian woman to be ranked World No. 1 in the sport). She captured the World Open title in 2005 and 2006, and the British Open title in 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Nicol David is the first squash player to have won the World Junior title twice (1999 and 2000) under the tutelage of Richard Glanfield. She remained the only female squash player to have achieved this, until Raneem El Weleily emulated David's feat by winning her second World Junior Championship in 2007.

On 4 December 2005, she beat Rachael Grinham in the final of the Hong Kong World Open to become the youngest world champion. On 25 November 2006, at the historic Ulster Hall in Belfast, she has defended her World Open title in 2006 by beating Natalie Grinham in the final. She became the first Malaysian athlete to win a world championship title for the 2nd consecutive time, and the fourth person in history to retain the world championship.

David's other titles include the Asian squash championship, which she won with a record of five times (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006).

She held a 13-month, 51-match winning streak, from March 2006 to April 2007 when she finally lost to Natalie Grinham in the final of the 2007 Seoul Open. In today's standard of professional squash, which is regarded by many as being much more competitive than what it was decades ago, having a winning streak comparable to this is an achievement not easily obtainable.

Nicol has been training in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, since she was 18, when she finished her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, scoring 7As.

Small and slight, the girl nicknamed the "Duracell Bunny" is extremely quick on her feet, a great retriever as well as an aggressive attacking player. Considering her young age, she is expected to remain the top female player in the game for a while to come.

Nicol David was also named WISPA Player of The Year for 2005 as she won six WISPA titles, as well as the World Games gold medal and the World Open title. David has risen in name after her near total dominance of the game in recent years. The Current Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a fellow Penangite, quipped once that David is "now more famous than me".

Contents 1 WISPA Titles (28) 2 WISPA Tour Finals (Runner-Up) 3 WISPA Titlist Leader (currently active players) 4 Other Titles 5 Family 6 References 7 External links

[edit] WISPA Titles (28)

All Results for Nicol David in WISPA World's Tour tournament ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2000	Savcor Finnish Open	Salma Shabana	9-1, 9-0, 9-5
2000	Kuala Lumpur Open	Elin Blikra	9-2, 9-5, 9-5
2002	Kuala Lumpur Open (2)	Ellen Petersen	9-2, 9-7, 8-10, 9-4
2005	Country View KL Women's Open (3)	Annelize Naude	9-4, 9-2, 9-0
2005	Sheikha Al Saad Kuwait Open	Natalie Grainger	4-9, 9-6, 9-7, 10-8
2005	Mamut Dutch Open	Linda Elriani	4-9, 2-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-3
2005	CIMB Malaysian Women's Open	Vanessa Atkinson	3-9, 9-3, 1-9, 9-1, 9-4
2005	Dunlop British Open	Natalie Grinham	9-6, 9-7, 9-6
2005	Carol Weymuller Open	Natalie Grinham	5-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-3
2005	CP/CSP World Open, HONG KONG	Rachael Grinham	8-10, 9-2, 9-6, 9-7
2006	Qatar Airways Challenge Open	Rachael Grinham	4-9, 9-5, 9-0, 9-0
2006	CIMB Malaysian Women's Open (2)	Tania Bailey	9-4, 9-6, 2-9, 5-9, 9-3
2006	Hotel Equatorial Penang Open	Rachael Grinham	9-6, 9-6, 5-9, 9-3
2006	Dunlop British Open (2)	Rachael Grinham	9-4, 9-1, 9-4
2006	Cathay Pacific Swiss Privilege Hong Kong Open	Tania Bailey	9-2, 10-8, 9-5
2006	World Open, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2)	Natalie Grinham	1-9, 9-7, 3-9, 9-5, 9-2
2007	CIMB KL Open (4)	Natalie Grinham	6-9, 9-3, 9-6, 7-9, 9-6
2007	Sheikha Al Saad Kuwait Open (2)	Natalie Grinham	9-6, 10-8, 2-9, 9-1
2007	Qatar Classic Open	Natalie Grinham	9-7, 2-9, 9-7, 9-2
2007	CIMB Malaysian Women's Open (3)	Tania Bailey	9-4, 9-3, 9-2
2007	Singapore Masters	Natalie Grinham	9-6, 9-5, 9-5
2007	Forexx Dutch Open (2)	Rachael Grinham	9-4, 9-1, 9-6
2007	Qatar Classic Open (2)	Natalie Grainger	9-6, 9-4, 10-9
2007	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open (2)	Natalie Grinham	9-3, 9-5, 10-8
2008	Apawamis Squash Open (1)	Natalie Grinham	9-1, 9-6, 6-6 (ret)
2008	CIMB KL Open (5)	Natalie Grinham	9-4, 9-2, 0-2
2008	Dunlop British Open (3)	Jenny Duncalf	9-1, 10-8, 9-0
2008	Seoul City Open	Rachael Grinham	9-5, 10-9, 9-6

[edit] WISPA Tour Finals (Runner-Up)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2000	Milo National Open	Rachael Grinham	2-9, 4-9, 6-9
2000	YTL Open	Carol Owens	1-9, 5-9, 2-9
2001	DMS Open	Rachael Grinham	4-9, 2-9, 4-9
2003	Mulpha HEAD Malaysian Open	Cassie Jackman	5-9, 9-1, 4-9, 7-9
2003	Monte Carlo Classic Open	Linda Elriani	10-8, 1-9, 6-9, 1-9
2004	Malaysia Airlines KL Open	Vanessa Atkinson	0-9, 7-9, 9-1, 2-9
2004	Malaysia Women's Open	Vanessa Atkinson	2-9, 4-9, 0-9
2004	Shanghai WISPA Worldstars Open	Cassie Jackman	2-9, 3-9, 0-9
2006	Apawamis Open	Vanessa Atkinson	6-9, 2-9, 10-9, 7-9
2006	CIMB KL Open	Vanessa Atkinson	7-9, 9-4, 1-9, 3-9
2007	Seoul City Open	Natalie Grinham	4-9, 4-9, 0-9
2007	Dunlop British Open	Rachael Grinham	9-7, 9-4, 3-9, 8-10, 1-9

[edit] WISPA Titlist Leader (currently active players)

These statistics are complete until 1st April 2008.

Player	No. of Titles	No. of Tournaments	% Tournament Won
Nicol David (Malaysia)	28	80	35.00
Rachael Grinham (Australia)	27	156	17.31
Samantha Teran (Mexico)	9	61	14.75
Rebecca Chiu (Hong Kong)	15	102	14.71
Kasey Brown (Australia)	7	50	14.00
Natalie Grainger (US)	16	118	13.56
Vanessa Atkinson (Netherlands)	19	151	12.58
Natalie Grinham (Australia)	10	122	8.20
Shelley Kitchen (New Zealand)	9	123	7.31
Isabelle Stoehr (France)	6	85	7.06
Madeline Perry (Ireland)	6	92	6.52
Sharon Wee (Malaysia)	7	112	6.25

[edit] Other Titles

2008 Asian Championship - Singles Champion (6)

2006 Asian Championship - Singles Champion (5), Asian Championship - Team Champion, 15th Asian Games Gold Medallist

2004 Asian Championship - Singles Champion (4), Asian Championship - Team Champion

2002 Asian Championship - Singles Champion (3), Asian Championship - Team Champion, Commonwealth Games 2002 Mixed Doubles - Silver Medalist, 14th Asian Games Silver Medalist

2001 Asian Junior Championship - Singles Champion, Asian Junior Championship - Team Champion, World Junior Champion (2)

2000 Asian Championship - Champion (2)

1999 British Junior Open - Under 17 champion, Asian Junior Championship - Singles Champion, Asian Junior Championship - Team Champion, German Junior Open - Champion, 1999 - Malaysian Junior Open Champion, World Junior Champion

1998 British Junior Open - Under 16 champion, Scottish Junior Open - Under 17 champion, Asian Women Champion, Asian Junior Squash Grand Circuit Final - Under-19 champion, 13th Asian Games Gold Medallist

1997 British Junior Open - Under 14 champion, Scottish Junior Open - Under 16 champion, Australian Junior Open - Under 15 champion, Australian Junior Open - Under 17 champion

1996 British Junior Open - Under 14 champion, Scottish Junior Open - Under 14 champion

1995 Scottish Junior Open - Under 14 champion

[edit] Family

She is a Chindian daughter of Ann Marie David and Desmond David. Her father is an Indian Malaysian engineer, and her mother is a retired Chinese Malaysian school teacher. She has two sisters named Lianne Marie and Cheryl Therese, both of whom are accomplished squash players at the national level. She got 7 A's in her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (the equivalent to O-levels), for which she studied at Convent Green Lane Secondary School in Green Lane, Penang.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile at squashinfo.com
• Nicol David web page
• Nicol David page
• Nicol David Online - First Fan Page