The 27-year-old from Cairo maintains his lead ahead of Frenchman Gregory Gaultier, who holds onto his career-best position of number two.

In an unchanged top eight, Egypt's 21-year-old World Open champion Ramy Ashour remains in third place - with compatriot Amr Shabana, the three-time world champion, at No4.

But Londoner Adrian Grant is one of two Englishmen celebrating career-best rankings in the new list:  The 28-year-old left-hander, who boasts more PSA World Tour titles than any other current compatriots on the Tour, rises to No9 - his first ever single-figure ranking. 

Grant won his 16th Tour title at the Indian Challenger No2 in Kolkata in March - but was forced to withdraw from this month's CIMB Malaysian Open due to a calf injury.

Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema is also celebrating a career-best ranking after a two-place jump.  The 26-year-old from The Hague reached his 21st PSA Tour final at the Internationaux de la Reunion in France in June - a week after claiming his eighth title at the Toulouse Open.

Two players also mark their return to the world top 20:  Australian Cameron Pilley, out of the elite group for four months, secured an unexpected berth in last month's final of the Australian Open - and leaps three places to 19.