2007 World Women's Squash Championship

The 23rd Women's Squash World Championship took place from October 23-27, 2007 in Madrid , Spain . The World Championship was the most valuable tournament on the WSA World Tour 2007/08 .

The defending champion was Nicol David , who was eliminated in the round of 16 against New Zealander Shelley Kitchen this year . In the final, the sister couple Natalie and Rachael Grinham, seeded in second and third place, faced each other. It was the first ever world championship final in squash in which two siblings met.

The field of participants consisted of 32 players, eight of which were starting places for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Alicia Alvárez Riaza a spot in the main draw.

Prize money and world ranking points

In the tournament, the following world ranking points were credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize pool was $ 114,000.

	Ladies
round	Points
victory	4800
final	3300
Semifinals	1950
Quarter finals	1050
Round of 16	525
First round	300

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Nicol David Round of 16 02.  Natalie Grinham final 03.  Rachael Grinham victory 04th  Tania Bailey Semifinals 05.  Natalie Grainger Semifinals 06th  Vicky Botwright Round of 16 07th  Omneya Abdel Kawy Quarter finals 08th.  Vanessa Atkinson Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09.  Jenny Duncalf Quarter finals 10.  Shelley Kitchen Quarter finals 11.  Laura Lengthorn-Massaro Round of 16 12.  Alison Waters Round of 16 13.  Engy Kheirallah Round of 16 14th  Rebecca Chiu Round of 16 15th  Kasey Brown Round of 16 16.  Annelize Naudé 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	N. David	9	9	9
	I. Stoehr	7th	3	0					1	N. David	0	1	9	9	6th
Q	L. Briggs	2	4th	2					10	S. Kitchen	9	9	2	3	9
10	S. Kitchen	9	9	9														10	S. Kitchen	2	1	0
5	N. Grainger	9	9	9														5	N. Grainger	9	9	9
	S. Teran	6th	0	3					5	N. Grainger	9	9	9
Q	R. Reta	3	4th	3					13	E. Kheirallah	2	0	0
13	E. Kheirallah	9	9	9																							5	N. Grainger	9	6th	6th	3
3	R. Grinham	9	10	9																							3	R. Grinham	5	9	9	9
Q	L. Crome	3	8th	5					3	R. Grinham	4th	9	9	9
Q	S. Pierrepont	0	3	3					12	A. Waters	9	6th	4th	5
12	A. Waters	9	9	9														3	R. Grinham	9	9	9
6th	V. Botwright	9	9	9														9	J. Duncalf	3	2	1
	S. Wee	2	5	2					6th	V. Botwright	4th	6th	3	r
	L. Khan	9	3	1	0				9	J. Duncalf	9	9	5
9	J. Duncalf	6th	9	9	9																															3	R. Grinham	9	10	9
15th	K. Brown	9	9	9																																2	N. Grinham	4th	8th	2
Q	A. Blake	2	6th	2					15th	K. Brown	5	0	0
WC	A. Alvárez Riaza	0	0	1					8th	V. Atkinson	9	9	9
8th	V. Atkinson	9	9	9														8th	V. Atkinson	0	9	9	4th
11	L. Lengthorn-Massaro	9	9	9														4th	T. Bailey	9	10	7th	9
Q	M. Manetta	4th	3	7th					11	L. Lengthorn-Massaro	9	5	9	3
	J. Hawkes	4th	1	9	9				4th	T. Bailey	6th	9	10	9
4th	T. Bailey	9	9	6th	10																						4th	T. Bailey	2	5	7th
16	A. Naude	9	9	7th	5	9																					2	N. Grinham	9	9	9
	R. El Weleily	3	4th	9	9	3			16	A. Naude	9	8th	5	4th
Q	O. Naom	4th	2	3					7th	O. Abdel Kawy	4th	10	9	9
7th	O. Abdel Kawy	9	9	9														7th	O. Abdel Kawy	9	2	0	4th
14th	R. Chiu	9	9	9														2	N. Grinham	5	9	9	9
Q	L. Hansen	5	6th	2					14th	R. Chiu	5	5	4th
	D. Lloyd-Walter	3	5	5					2	N. Grinham	9	9	9
2	N. Grinham	9	9	9

Web links

• Reporting on squashplayer.co.uk (English)