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DatukNicol Ann David is a Malaysian female professional squash player. She is currentlyranked world number 1 in women's squash, and is the first Asian woman to achieve this. Shewon the British Open title in 2005, 2006 and 2008, as well as the World Open title in 2005,2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Nicol is the first squash player to have won the World Juniortitle twice; in 1999 and 2001 underthe tutelage ofRichard Glanfield. She remained the only female squash player to have achievedthis, until Raneem El Weleily emulated Nicol's feat by winning her second World JuniorChampionship in 2007. Nicol joined WISPA and turned professional in 2000 when she won herfirst WISPA title, after only a month in the tour. The victory came in February, when shedefeated Salma Shabana in the final of the Savcor Finnish Open. On June 7, 2008, Nicol Davidwas honoured with the Order of Merit (Darjah Bakti) or D.B. in conjunction with the birthday ofthe His MajestyTuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin. She was the first recipient of the award which wasestablished on June 26, 1975. Nicol was also invited to carry the Olympic torch for Malaysiaduring the build up to the Athens Olympics in 2004 and being appointed as UNDP NationalGoodwill Ambassador for Malaysia.

Nicol David's other notable achievements include the Asian Squash Championship, which shewon with a record of seven times (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010). She alsoheld a 13-month, 51-match winning streak, from March 2006 until April 2007, when she finallylost to Natalie Grinham in the final of the 2007 Seoul Open. Nicol has also obtained the WISPAPlayer of the Yearon five consecutive occasions, from 2005 until 2009.

Contents

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y 1 Personal lifey 2 Awards and recognitiony 3 Squash career

o 3.1 Pre2000: Junior yearso 3.2 20002004: Early professional careero 3.3 20052006: World champion and rise to the topo 3.4 20072008: Winning streak and dominanceo 3.5 2009present: Achieving recordso 3.6 Rivalry between Nicol and Natalie Grinham

y 4 Career statisticso 4.1 WISPA titles (50)o 4.2 WISPA Tour Finals (runner-up) (13)o 4.3 World Open

4.3.1 Finals: 5 (5 titles, 0 runner-up)[152]o 4.4 Other titleso 4.5 Singles performance t imeline

y 5 See alsoy 6 Notesy 7 References


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y 8 External links

[edit] Personal life

Nicol is the daughter of Ann Marie David, a retired Malaysian Chinese school teacher, andDesmond David, a Malaysian Indian[4] engineer,[5] who is also a former state athlete andfootballer.[6][7] She has two sisters, Lianne and Cheryl,[8] both of whom are accomplished squashplayers at the national level.[9] As a youngster, mathematics was Nicol's best subject at school;[1]she dreamed of one day becoming an engineer.[1] Nicol scored seven A's for herPenilaianMenengah Rendah and obtained seven A's in herSijil Pelajaran Malaysia (the equivalent toGCSE), which she studied at Convent Green Lane Secondary School in Green Lane, Penang.[10]

[edit] Awards and recognition

On June 7, 2008, Nicol David was honoured with the Order of Merit (Darjah Bakti) or D.B.[11]

inconjunction with the birthday of the His MajestyTuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.[12] She was thefirst recipient of the award which was established on June 26, 1975.[12] The award is limited to10 recipients who have made significant contributions in the arts, sciences and thehumanities.[11][12]

On July 12, 2008, Nicol was among 497 people honoured in conjunction with the 70th birthdayof the Penang State GovernorTun Abdul Rahman Abbas.[13] Nicol was also one of the 28 peoplewho received the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri award (DSPN),[14] which carries the title Datuk,making her the youngest person ever to be conferred Datukship in Penang.[13] The former PrimeMinister of Malaysia Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a fellow Penangite,[15] once quipped that

Nicol is "now more famous than me".[6]

In July 2007, Nicol received Master of Arts honoriscausa; an honorary degree by the University of Nottingham.[10] Nicol has also obtained theWISPA Player of the Yearon five consecutive occasions, from 2005 until 2009.[16]

Nicol was given the honour of carrying the Olympic torch for Malaysia during the build up to theAthens Olympics of 2004,[17][18] and was appointed UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador forMalaysia.

[19]

[edit] Squash career

[edit] Pre2000: Junior years


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Nicol Ann David during CIMB Malaysian Open Squash 2008 in Kuala Lumpur.

Nicol David played squash when she was five years old, and received coaching at the age ofeight.[1] While training at the Bukit Dumbar Squash Centre, Nicol was talent spotted by EePhoeh Hoon,[20] who led her to represent her home state ofPenang, along with her sisters.[9]Nicol's squash career began in 1992 when she won silver in the Under-14 category of the PenangState Junior Championship.[21] Her first national level victory was also in 1992 at the Milo-Dunlop Sport National Junior Interstate Championship, where she won silver in the Under-16category.[21] In 1994, Nicol was chosen to join the Penang state squash team for the MalaysianGames (SUKMA) tournament where she helped Penang win a gold medal in the team event,despite being ill at the time.[5] In the same year, she won her first two international titles theHong Kong U-13 and the Scottish Junior Open Under-12.[21]

Nicol won the Women's World Junior Squash Championships of 1999 in Antwerp, Belgium,making her the youngest woman to become the world junior champion at the age of 15.[22] In theprocess, she defeated three players ranked in the world top 20.[22] She successfully defended thetitle in Penang in 2001, becoming one of only two players in the history of squash to have won ittwice;[23][24] her coach was Richard Glanfield.[25]

In 1999, Nicol began to win major junior tournaments, including the British Junior Open (Under-17 champion),[26] the German Junior Open (Under-19, Champion),[5] the SEA Games (Championin the Senior and Team categories),[5] and the Asian Junior Champion for both individual andteam events.[27]

Nicol's biggest win, however, was the World Junior Championships, played in Antwerp. It tookjust half an hour for the then 15-year-old Malaysian schoolgirl to obtain world junior championstatus when she beat compatriot Leong Siu Lynn 95, 93 and 92 in the final of the women'sindividual event to become the youngest ever winner of the title.[5][22] Nicol reached the


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quarterfinals of the previous World Junior Championships in August 1997 in Brazil, as athirteen-year-old and has since claimed both the Asian junior and senior titles, as well as the goldmedal in the Asian Games in December 1998.

[22]Nicol also is one of a few squash player to have

won all the age categories in the British Junior Open.[26]

[edit] 20002004: Early professional career

Nicol David and New ZealanderShelley Kitchen during the 2007 CIMB Malaysian Open.

Nicol joined WISPA and turned professional in 2000[5][28] when she won her first WISPA title,after only a month in the tour.[29] The victory came in February, when she defeated SalmaShabana in the final of the Savcor Finnish Open with a score of 91, 90 and 95.[29] Within amonth, Hotel Equatorial announced its two year worldwide sponsorship for her.[27] Nicol alsowon a sponsorship on the WISPA tour by Dunlop squash.[21]

In 2001, Nicol, who has played underDunlop Sport sponsorship for most of her junior career andWISPA career, signed a two-year deal to play with Head rackets with local conglomerateMulpha Sports.[30] In July, Nicol won the World Junior title for a second time, beating OmneyaAbdel Kawy in just 17 minutes with a score of 92, 94 and 92 in the final.[24] She remained theonly female squash player to have achieved this until 2007, when Raneem El Weleily won hersecond World Junior Championship.[23][31] Nicol also won the individual event in the AsianJunior Squash Championships by defeating her compatriot Tricia Chuah in the final with a scoreof 95, 96 and 90; and helped the Malaysian team to the team event title.[32]

In 2002 Nicol, together with her mixed double event partnerOng Beng Hee, won aCommonwealth Games silver medal forMalaysia after losing to Glen Wilson and Leilani Roraniin the final.[33] Earlier in the year, Nicol defeated Ellen Petersen of Denmark with a score of 92,97, 810, 94 to win the second Kuala Lumpur Open title of her career.[34] Nicol failed to retainherAsian Games gold medal in 2002, when she lost 97, 95 and 97 to Rebecca Chiu of HongKong in the final in Busan, South Korea.[35]


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Nicol was the losing finalist twice in 2003, losing to the more experienced Cassie Jackman onher home ground and then to Linda Elriani in the Monte Carlo Classic in November.[36] Shereached the semi-final of the World Open in Hong Kong, losing to Cassie Jackman with a scoreof 96, 93, 94 in the final.[37] Nicol did not perform well in the other major WISPA events; shewas eliminated in the first round of the Carol Weymuller US Open,[38] in the British Open[39] and

in the Texas Open.

[40]

In the Qatar Classic Open, Nicol lost in the second round toNatalieGrinham with a score of 92, 79, 90 and 94. [41]

In 2004 Nicol again failed to win any title. Her achievements included getting into the final ofboth the Kuala Lumpur Open[42] and the Malaysian Open.[43] Nicol then started to progress in thevery last month of the year by reaching the final of the Shanghai WISPA WorldStarsChampionship[44] and the semi-finals of the World Open,[45] to rise two places to number four inthe January 2005 WISPA rankings.[46]

[edit] 20052006: World champion and rise to the top

Nicol Ann David holding her CIMB Malaysian Squash Open 2007 trophy.

Defeated only twice in 2005, the 21-year-old from Penang returned to her home country in Julyafter winning the gold medal at the World Open in Germany to become the youngest squashworld champion.[47] She then became the first local player to win the Women's CIMB MalaysianOpen Squash Championship title in the events 31-year history.[48] In October, Nicol proved thather success in the World Open and in the Malaysian Open was not by chance by becoming the

first Malaysian to win a British Open title, the first Asian to win the women's crown, when shebeat Australia'sNatalie Grinham in the women's final in straight games that lasted in 55minutes.[49] Within two months after the British Open and the World Open win, Nicol won nextyear's world number one ranking for the first time. Later in the year, she was voted by her fellowmembers of the Women's International Squash Players Association as the WISPA Player of TheYear 2005.[50]


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Nicol became the World's number 1 female squash player in January 2006 at the age of 23 tobecome the first Malaysian and the first Asian woman to be ranked World number 1 in thesport.

[51][52]She also became the twelfth holder of the position since the rankings were first

produced in April 1983.[52] Nicol started the year on a low, losing twice to Vanessa Atkinson inFebruary, in the Apawamis Open[53] and in the Kuala Lumpur Open,[54] both in the final. The two

straight loses to Atkinson saw Nicol's world rank dropped to number 2.

[55]

Nicol started to showprogress later in the year and recovered from the setback to win six straight tour titles andreclaimed the World number 1 spot.[56] Nicol successfully defended her World Open title onNovember 25, 2006, at the Ulster Hall in Belfast by defeating Natalie Grinham in the final thatwas said to be "one of the great finals of the Womens World Open".

[57]She became the first

Malaysian athlete to win a world championship title for the second consecutive time, and thefourth person in history to retain the World Open Squash Championship.[58] Nicol also capturedthe Qatar Airways Challenge Open,

[59]the Dunlop British Open Championship,

[60]the Hong

Kong Open,[61] the Penang Open[62] and the CIMB Malaysian Open.[63] Nicol topped theDecember WISPA ranking with a points average of almost twice that of her nearest rival,Rachael Grinham,[64] and in the same month, in the second annual WISPA Awards, she was

voted best female player of the year for the second time.

[65]

[edit] 20072008: Winning streak and dominance

Nicol returning the ball to Jenny Duncalfat the 2007 CIMB Open at National Squash Complex,Bukit Jalil, Selangor.

Nicol captured another six titles in the early months of 2007, then lost the final of the BritishOpen to Australian Rachael Grinham in a five set final lasting 87 minutes.[66] A month later,Nicol again failed to defend herWorld Open title when she stumbled in the second round, losing

to Shelley Kitchen with a score of 09, 19, 92, 93 and 69 in 69 minutes.[67] It was the firsttime since April 2004 that Nicol did not qualify for the quarters of a tournament, losing to thesame person who denied her the bronze medal of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 9months previously.[68] In December, Nicol won the inaugural Asian Sportswoman of the Year,beating more than 100 competitors who represented 25 sporting bodies.[69]

In 2008, Nicol won ten tour titles and was unbeaten.[70]

Nicol David completed her mostsuccessful year to date, retaining her Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open title[71] for the third


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successive year in November to bring her 2008 WISPA World Tour title total to ten, extendingher unbeaten Tour record since October 2007 to 53 matches.[71][72] Nicol celebrated her secondfull calendar year as world number one in the December Women's World Squash Rankings thusbringing her reign at the top of womens squash to 30 straight months.[73] Nicols WISPA titlesuccesses in 2008 began with the Apawamis Open in New York in February,[74] and continued

with the KL Open on home soil in Malaysia,

[75]

the British Open title in England,

[76]

Seoul Openin Korea,[77]Malaysian Open,[78] the Singapore Masters,[79]Dutch Open,[80] World Open inEngland,[81] Qatar Classic[82] and the Hong Kong Open.[71] Away from the tour, Nicol securedher sixth successive biennial Asian Championship crown in February, after winning the first inJuly 1998 when aged just 14,

[83]and then lead Malaysia to the bronze medal in the Women's

World Team Championship in Cairo.[84]

[edit] 2009present: Achieving records

Nicol Ann David in action on the sixth day of the 2009 Hong Kong Open.

With a lead over her nearest rival,she failed in the Women's World Squash Rankings publishedon January 1, 2009 by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA) thusmoving into her 30th successive month as the worlds number one female player. Nicol headedan unchanged top four, withNatalie Grinham (Netherlands) at No. 2; her older sisterRachaelGrinham (Australia) at No. 3; andNatalie Grainger, of the United States, at No. 4.[73] In her firsttournament of the year, the Kuala Lumpur Open, Nicol's 17-month, 56-match winning run wasbrought to an end when she lost to Natalie Grainger in the final.[85] After the defeat, Nicolrecovered to capture the inaugural Cayman Islands Open. She managed to avenge her loss toGrainger early in the year by beating her 118, 11-6 and 115 in the final. It is her 35th tourcrown and her 50th appearance in a WISPA Tour final.[86] A week later, Nicol went on to winher second title of the year by again dispatching Grainger, this time in four sets.[87]


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Nicol Ann David in action on the seventh day of the 2009 Hong Kong Open.

Twenty one days after winning the Texas Open title, Nicol captured her second Seoul City Opencrown by defeating Jenny Duncalf in four sets.

[88]A month later, on the 24 of July, she retained

herWorld Games women's singles title with a win over arch rival Natalie Grinham of theNetherlands in straight sets.[89][90] A week later, on the first day of August, Nicol picked up herfifth consecutive Malaysian Open title, winning 116, 118, 911, 117 in a 60-minute matchagainst 25 year-old Londoner, Alison Waters. Nicol thus became the first player to win fiveMalaysian Open titles in a row since its inception in 1975.[91]

Dominating on the squash courts, Nicol beat Natalie Grinham to win her third consecutiveSingapore Masters championship, and her third title within a month.[92] She overcame Natalie inthree sets with a score of 119, 118 and 119 for her fifth WISPA title of the year.[92] Nicolthen celebrated another milestone in her squash career by moving into her 41st month as worldnumber one in the September Women's World Rankings thus surpassing her mentorSarah Fitz-Gerald as the player with the third longest ever reign at the top of the women's rankings.[93] On

the 12th of September, Nicol lost to Madeline Perry in the British Open quarter-final in a five setmatch that lasted for 76 minutes; 15 days later, she recovered to defeat arch-rival NatalieGrinham in the final of the World Open Championship, obtaining the title for a record fourthtime.[94] Nicol ended the year on a low when she lost in the semis to Jenny Duncalfin both theQatar Classic and the US Open, the former ending in five sets.[95]


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Nicol Ann David holding her CIMB Malaysian Squash Open 2009 trophy.

Nicol started 2010 ranked number 1 for the 42nd consecutive month.[96] She appeared in theWISPA calendar for the month of January.[97] Nicol competed in her first tournament in March,the US$53,000 Chennai Open;[98] she won all her matches in straight sets and was crowned asthe champion, avenging two straight defeats to Jenny Duncalf in late 2009.[99] Thirteen dayslater, in the Kuala Lumpur Open, Nicol defeated the fourth seeded Egyptian Omneya AbdelKawy who upset second seed Jenny Duncalf in the semi-finals in straight sets to win her secondsuccessive WISPA title of the year.

[100]It was Nicol's sixth title in the Kuala Lumpur Open

tournament as she had previously won it in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008.[101]

Nicol had won five more tour titles since April. This include winning the "prestigious"[102][103][104]

World Open title on 22 September.[105] The World Open win was Nicol fifth thus equalling SarahFitz-Gerald's record for the most times World Open win.[106] In October, in the women's singlesfinal of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Nicol defeated Jenny Duncalf113, 115, 117 in 40 minutes to win the gold medal. Nicol didn't drop the game in the entire tournament, justas she did in last months World Open in Egypt. [107]

[edit] Rivalry between Nicol and Natalie Grinham

Main article:NicolNatalie Grinham rivalry

Nicol andNatalie Grinham have a long rivalry history. As of March 2010, they have met 30times, with Nicol leading their overall head-to-head series 237.

[108][109]Natalie is Nicol's most

frequent opponent on tour[109] and 16 of their matches have been in tournament finals, includingtwo in the World Open tournament.[108] The World Open 2006 final between Nicol and Nataliewas said to be "one of the great finals of the Womens World Open".[57]


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The longest match between the duo is in the 2007 CIMB Kuala Lumpur Open; which saw Nicolwent on to win in a five set match that lasted in 102 minutes. Nicol won 69, 93, 96, 79, 96.

[110]On the 27

thof September 2009 in the $118,000

[111]2009 Women's World Open final,

[94]

Nicol won the match in four sets 311, 116, 113, 118 to become only the third player in thehistory of the championships to win four titles, alongside Australia's Sarah Fitz-Gerald and New

ZealanderSusan Devoy.

[111]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] WISPA titles (50)

All Results for Nicol David in WISPA World Tour tournaments:[112][113]

Legend

WISPA Platinum

Series (7)WISPA GoldSeries (32)

WISPA SilverSeries (8)

WISPA TourSeries (3)

Titles by Major

Tournaments

World Open (5)British Open (3)

Hong Kong Open(5)

Qatar Classic (4)

No.

Date Tournament

Opponent in

Final Score in Final

Length(H:MM)

[b]

1. February 28,2000

Savcor Finnish Open SalmaShabana

91, 90, 95 Unknown

2. July 30, 2000 Kuala Lumpur Open Elin Blikra 92, 95, 95 0:32[114]

3.February 3,2002

Kuala Lumpur Open (2)Ellen

Petersen

92, 97, 810,94

Unknown

4.February 6,2005

Kuala Lumpur Open (3)Annelize

Naud94, 92, 90 0:19[115]

5.March 12,2005

Sheikha Al Saad KuwaitOpen

NatalieGrainger

49, 96, 97,108

0:45[116]

6. June 5, 2005 Dutch Open LindaElriani 49, 29, 93,93, 93 Unknown

7. July 30, 2005Malaysian Women'sOpen

VanessaAtkinson

39, 93, 19,91, 94

0:52[117]

8.October 17,2005

British OpenNatalie

Grinham96, 97, 96 0:55[118]

9. October 30, Carol Weymuller Open Natalie 59, 96, 94, 1:00[119]


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2005 Grinham 93

10.December 4,2005

World OpenRachael

Grinham810, 92, 96,97

0:53[120]

11. July 9, 2006Qatar Airways ChallengeOpen

RachaelGrinham

49, 95, 90,90

0:54[121]

12. July 30, 2006Malaysian Women'sOpen (2)

Tania Bailey94, 96, 29,59, 93

1:25[122]

13.August 5,2006

Penang OpenRachael

Grinham96, 96, 59,93

0:55[123]

14.September 18,2006

British Open (2)Rachael

Grinham94, 91, 9-4 0:41[124]

15.October 22,2006

Cathay Pacific HongKong Open

Tania Bailey 92, 108, 95 0:41[125]

16.

November 26,

2006 World Open(2)

Natalie

Grinham

19, 97, 39,

95, 92 1:38

[58]

17.March 17,2007

Kuala Lumpur Open (4)Natalie

Grinham69, 93, 96,79, 96

1:42[126]

18.April 11,2007

Sheikha Al Saad KuwaitOpen (2)

NatalieGrinham

96, 108, 29,91

1:33[127]

19.April 17,2007

Qatar Classic OpenNatalie

Grinham97, 29, 97,92

1:09[128]

20. July 28, 2007Malaysian Women'sOpen (3)

Tania Bailey 94, 93, 92 0:36[129]

21. August 4,2007 Singapore Masters NatalieGrinham 96, 95, 95 0:54[130]

22.September 2,2007

Dutch Open (2)Rachael

Grinham94, 91, 96 0:34[131]

23.November 3,2007

Qatar Classic Open (2)Natalie

Grainger96, 94, 109 0:43[132]

24.November 11,2007

Cathay Pacific HongKong Open (2)

NatalieGrinham

93, 95, 108 0:58[133]

25.[a]February 4,2008

Apawamis Squash OpenNatalie

Grinham91, 96, 66(ret)

0:45[74]

26. March 8,2008

Kuala Lumpur Open (5) NatalieGrinham

94, 92, 92 0:35[75]

27. May 12, 2008 British Open (3)Jenny

Duncalf91, 108, 90 0:40[76]

28. June 7, 2008 Seoul City OpenRachael

Grinham95, 109, 96 0:41[77]


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29.[c] July 26, 2008Malaysian Women'sOpen (4)

NatalieGrinham

111, 114, 116

0:31[78]

30.August 2,2008

Singapore Masters (2)Rachael

Grinham811, 113, 115, 118

0:39 [79]

31.September 7,2008 Dutch Open (3)

NatalieGrinham

119, 119, 114 0:55[80]

32.October 19,2008

World Open(3)Vicky

Botwright511, 111, 116, 119

0:44[81]

33.October 31,2008

Qatar Classic Open (3)Natalie

Grinham117, 113, 119

0:29[82]

34.November 23,2008


RachaelGrinham

1412, 1113,118, 118

0:53[71]

35. May 10, 2009 Cayman Islands OpenNatalie

Grainger118, 116, 115

0:33[134]

36. May 17, 2009 Texas Open NatalieGrainger

711, 1210,115, 116

0:39 [87]

37. June 7, 2009 Seoul City Open (2)Jenny

Duncalf116, 311, 116, 114

0:38[88]

38.August 1,2009

Malaysian Open (5)Alison

Waters116, 118, 911, 117

1:00[135]

39.August 8,2009

Singapore Masters (3)Natalie

Grinham119, 118, 119

0:40[92]


World Open(4)Natalie

Grinham311, 116, 113, 118

0:51[94]

41.October 18,2009


OmneyaAbdel Kawy

114, 117, 117

0:25[136]

42.March 7,2010

Chennai OpenJenny

Duncalf116, 114, 116

0:25[137]

43.March 20,2010

Kuala Lumpur Open (6)Omneya

Abdel Kawy114, 112, 1311

0:31[138]

44.April 17,2010

Cayman Islands Open (2)Jenny

Duncalf118, 118, 114

0:32[139]

45. July 24, 2010 Malaysian Open (6)Jenny

Duncalf

116, 611, 11

7, 1012, 1151:12[140]

46. July 31, 2010 Singapore Masters (4)Alison

Waters1816, 119,1210

1:03[141]

47.August 27,2010


JennyDuncalf

116, 1210,1210

0:40[142]


World Open(5)Omneya

Abdel Kawy115, 118, 116

0:30[105]


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49.October 24,2010

Torneo InternationalBicentenario Mexico

RachaelGrinham

1210, 114,115

0:35[143]

50.November 12,2010

Qatar Classic Open (4)Rachael

Grinham115, 118, 119

0:34[144]

[edit] WISPA Tour Finals (runner-up) (13)

No.

Date Tournament

Opponent in

Final Score in Final

Length(H:MM)

[b]

1. April 16, 2000 Milo OpenRachael

Grinham29, 49, 69 Unknown

2. June 24, 2000 YTL OpenCarol

Owens 19, 59, 29 0:35[145]

3.March 16,

2001

DMC OpenRachael

Grinham

49, 29, 49 Unknown

4.August 23,2003

Malaysia Women'sOpen

CassieJackman

59, 91, 49, 79

0:47[146]

5.November 22,2003

Monte Carlo ClassicOpen

LindaElriani

108, 19, 69,19

0:42[147]

6.February 15,2004

Kuala Lumpur OpenVanessa

Atkinson09, 79, 91, 29

0:28[42]

7. July 24, 2004Malaysia Women'sOpen (2)

VanessaAtkinson

29, 49, 09 0:25[43]

8.November 21,2004

Shanghai WISPAWorldstars Open

CassieJackman 29, 39, 09 0:27

[148]

9.February 6,2006

Apawamis OpenVanessa

Atkinson69, 29, 109,79

1:05[53]

10.February 18,2006

Kuala Lumpur Open (2)Vanessa

Atkinson79, 94, 19, 39

0:42[54]

11. April 28, 2007 Seoul City OpenNatalie

Grinham49, 49, 09 0:43[149]


British OpenRachael

Grinham97, 94, 39, 810, 19

1:27[150]

13.[c] March 7, 2009 Kuala Lumpur Open (3) NatalieGrainger

811, 1210, 711, 115, 611

0:51[151]

[edit] World Open

[edit] Finals: 5 (5 titles, 0 runner-up)[152]


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Outcome Year

Location Opponent in the final Score in the final

Winner 2005 Hong Kong Rachael Grinham 810, 92, 96, 97

Winner 2006 Belfast, Northern Ireland Natalie Grinham 19, 97, 39, 95, 92

Winner 2008 Manchester, England Vicky Botwright 511, 111, 116, 119

Winner 2009 Amsterdam, Netherlands Natalie Grinham[a] 311, 116, 113, 118

Winner 2010 Sharm el-Sheikh, EgyptOmneya Abdel

Kawy115, 118, 116

[edit] Other titles

1995 Scottish Junior Open - Under-14 champion[1]

1996 British Junior Open - Under-14 champion, Scottish Junior Open - Under-14 champion[1]

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[1]

1998 British Junior Open - Under-16 champion, Scottish Junior Open - Under-17 champion,Asian Championship - Singles Champion, Asian Junior Squash Grand Circuit Final - Under-19champion, 13th Asian Games Gold Medallist[1]

1999 British Junior Open - Under-17 champion, Asian Junior Championship - SinglesChampion, Asian Junior Championship - Team Champion, German Junior Open - Champion,Malaysian Junior Open Champion, World Junior Champion[1]

2000 Asian Championship - Singles Champion (2)[1]

2001 Asian Junior Championship - Singles Champion, Asian Junior Championship - TeamChampion, World Junior Champion (2)[1]

2002 Asian Championship - Singles Champion (3), Asian Championship - Team Champion,Commonwealth Games 2002 Mixed Doubles - Silver Medalist, 14th Asian Games SilverMedalist[1]

2004 Asian Championship - Singles Champion (4), Asian Championship - Team Champion[1]

2006 Asian Championship - Singles Champion (5), Asian Championship - Team Champion, 15thAsian Games Gold Medallist[1]

2008 Asian Championship - Singles Champion (6), Asian Championship - Team Champion[1]

2010 Asian Championship - Singles Champion

[edit] Singles performance timeline


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To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation andcolor coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know

SRthe ratio of the number of singles tournamentswon to the number of those tournaments played

W-L player's Win-Loss record

Performance Table Legend

NH tournament not held in that calendar year A did not participate in the tournament

LQ lost in qualifying draw #Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament(RR = round robin)

QF advanced to but not past the quarterfinals SF advanced to but not past the semifinals

F advanced to the final, tournament runner-up W won the tournament

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a

tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career SR Career W-L

WISPA World Tour Tournaments

World Open A A A 2R A SF SF W W 2R W W W 5 / 9 334

BritishOpen

A A A 1R 2R 2R QF W W F W QF 3 / 9 196

Hong KongOpen

A A A 1R A A A A W W W W W 5 / 6 251

QatarClassic

A A A A A 2R QF SF W W W SF 3 / 7 244

KL Open A A W QF W A SF W F W W F W 6 / 10 334MalaysianOpen

A A A A A F F W W W W W W 6 / 8 312

Win Ratio 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 6 4 / 6 6 / 6 3 / 6 4 / 4 27 / 49 NA

WinLoss 00 00 30 24 51 8413

5201

261

222

270

213

180

NA16521

Asian Games

Singles W Not Held F Not Held W Not Held W 3 / 4 NA

Commonwealth Games

Singles

2R[153

] Not Held 2R Not Held SF

Not Held W

1 / 4 NA

Note: NA = Not Available

Full name Nicol Ann David[1]

Nickname(s) Duracell Bunny[2]

Country Malaysia Residence Amsterdam,

Netherlands Date of birth August 26, 1983 (age 27) Place of birth Penang, Malaysia Height 1.63 m (5 ft

4 in)[3]

Weight 50 kilograms (110 lb)[3]

Turned Pro 2000[3]

Plays Right handed Coach Liz Irving Racquet


16/16

used Prince[3]

Official web site www.nicoldavid.com Women's singles Highest ranking No. 1 (January

2006) Current ranking No. 1 (November 2010) Title(s) 50 Tour final(s) 62 World OpenW (2005, 2006,

2008, 2009, 2010)

datuk nicol ann svk

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