"For any player to put together an unbeaten run of 36 matches in the era is incredible, particularly given the very high standard and depth currently on the Tour," said PSA COO Lee Beachill. Egypt’s Ramy Ashour (le) heads the April Dunlop PSA Men’s World Squash Rankings, published by the Professional Squash Association, with the highest points average ever recorded.
Final appearances in all nine PSA World Tour events in which he has appeared over the past 12 months – with title triumphs in eight, including last month’s PSA World Series North American Open and Kuwait PSA Cup – take the 25-year-old from Cairo’s points average to 1,872.50, more than 700 above his nearest rival!
Unbeaten since losing the British Open final to England’s Nick Matthew last May, Ashour (pictured) celebrated his 36th win in a row two weeks ago when he defeated Englishman James Willstrop 6-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-3 in the Kuwait PSA Cup climax.
April 2013 top 20 (inc. points average):
1 [1] Ramy Ashour EGY 1,872
2 [2] Nick Matthew ENG 1,140
3 [4] James Willstrop ENG 1,085
4 [3] Gregory Gaultier FRA 1,001
5 [6] Karim Darwish EGY 722
6 [5] Mohamed El Shorbagy EGY 681
7 [7] Amr Shabana EGY 589
8 [8] Peter Barker ENG 584
9 [10] Borja Golan ESP 426
10 [11] Tarek Momen EGY 424
11 [9] Omar Mosaad EGY 406
12 [16] Simon Rosner GER 338
13 [14] Alister Walker BOT 328
14 [15] Daryl Selby ENG 321
15 [12] Tom Richards ENG 315
16 [13] Laurens Jan Anjema NED 311
17 [18] Cameron Pilley AUS 284
18 [20] Stephen Coppinger RSA 270
19 [19] Saurav Ghosal IND 261
20 [17] Adrian Grant ENG 260
