World Women's Squash Championship 2002

The 18th Women's Squash World Championship took place from October 28th to November 2nd, 2002 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha , Qatar . It was held parallel to the men's Qatar Classic . The prize money was $ 102,500.

Sarah Fitz-Gerald successfully defended her title from the previous year. In the final she defeated Natalie Pohrer with 10: 8, 9: 3, 7: 9 and 9: 7. With her fifth title win, she became the sole record winner after she had previously shared the record with Susan Devoy (four titles each).

The field of participants consisted of 32 players, including seven starting places for qualifiers. A wildcard was not awarded.

Ladies

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Sarah Fitz-Gerald victory 02.  Carol Owens Semifinals 03.  Natalie Pohrer final 04th  Linda Charman Semifinals 05.  Vanessa Atkinson Quarter finals 06th  Rachael Grinham Quarter finals 07th  Stephanie Brind Round of 16 08th.  Tania Bailey Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09.  Fiona Geaves Round of 16 10.  Natalie Grinham Round of 16 11.  Pamela Nimmo 1 round 12.  Vicky Botwright 1 round 13.  Omneya Abdel Kawy Round of 16 14th  Shelley Kitchen Round of 16 15th  Jenny Tranfield Quarter finals 16.  Ellen Petersen Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	S. Fitz-Gerald	9	9	9
Q	H. Mather	3	1	2					1	S. Fitz-Gerald	9	9	9
	S. Wee	3	7th	4th					13	OA Kawy	6th	1	5
13	OA Kawy	9	9	9														1	S. Fitz-Gerald	9	9	9
16	E. Petersen	8th	6th	9	9	9												5	V. Atkinson	5	1	6th
Q	W. Maitland	10	9	5	2	5			16	E. Petersen	4th	0	3
	M. Perry	1	3	5					5	V. Atkinson	9	9	9
5	V. Atkinson	9	9	9																							1	S. Fitz-Gerald	9	1	9	9
8th	T. Bailey	9	9	9																							4th	L. Charman	2	9	4th	3
Q	K. Hannes	1	0	1					8th	T. Bailey	9	9	9
	A. Naude	9	9	9						A. Naude	3	2	1
12	V. Botwright	7th	5	5														8th	T. Bailey	9	5	4th	9	1
11	P. Nimmo	2	6th	5														4th	L. Charman	2	9	9	7th	9
	I. Stoehr	9	9	9						I. Stoehr	0	3	2
Q	V. Lankester	2	1	2					4th	L. Charman	9	9	9
4th	L. Charman	9	9	9																																1	S. Fitz-Gerald	10	9	7th	9
3	N. Pohrer	9	9	9																																3	N. Pohrer	8th	3	9	7th
	L. Khan	1	0	0					3	N. Pohrer	9	9	9
	R. Chiu	2	5	8th					14th	S. Kitchen	4th	2	3
14th	S. Kitchen	9	9	10														3	N. Pohrer	6th	9	9	4th	10
9	F. Geaves	9	9	9														6th	R. Grinham	9	7th	5	9	8th
Q	D. Lloyd-Walter	0	0	0					9	F. Geaves	3	4th	9
	E. Kheirallah	2	8th	3					6th	R. Grinham	9	9	10
6th	R. Grinham	9	10	9																							3	N. Pohrer	5	2	9	9	10
7th	S. Brind	9	9	9																							2	C. Owens	9	9	4th	1	8th
	M. Zein	4th	2	0					7th	S. Brind	1	10	7th	0
Q	K. Allison	5	7th	0					15th	J. Tranfield	9	9	9	9
15th	J. Tranfield	9	9	9														15th	J. Tranfield	1	0	1
10	N. Grinham	9	9	9														2	C. Owens	9	9	9
Q	L. Petera	4th	1	7th					10	N. Grinham	4th	3	4th
Q	C. Beaumont	2	3	1					2	C. Owens	9	9	9
2	C. Owens	9	9	9

Web links

• Results on squashinfo.com (English)