Nicol David
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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".
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[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
- Boopathy, K.M. (Oct. 19, 2005). "And Now for the World!". New Straits Times, p. 47.
- Boopathy, K.M. (Oct. 31, 2005). "Nicol closes in on sixth title". New Straits Times]], p. 43.
- "Nicol warga Asia pertama juara skuasy Terbuka British". (Oct. 19, 2005). Berita Harian, p. 1.
- Rokk, Lazarus (Oct. 19, 2005). "Nicol provides the cure". New Straits Times, p. 46.
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