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Dunlop British Open PROFILES
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NICOL DAVID
Country:
Malaysia
Date of birth:
26th August 1983
Place of birth:
Penang, Malaysia
Place of residence:
Penang, Malaysia
Marital status:
Single
Highest World ranking: No.1 (January 2006)
World Tour titles:
12
World Tour finals:
22
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 NICOL
DAVID is the World No.1, the reigning British Open and World
Open Champion, and the most successful Malaysian female squash
player of all time.
In a glittering junior career, Nicol won the Women’s World
Junior title in Belgium in June 1999 and then became the first
player to claim the title for a second time - beating her
Egyptian rival Omneya Abdel Kawy in the final in her home town
of Penang two years later.
Instrumental in her development from an athletic retriever into
a rounded tactician was a move to Amsterdam in 2003 to be based
with Australian Liz Irving.
Nicol moved inexorably up the senior rankings to become a
fixture in the top flight, reaching the World Open semi-final in
her home country in 2004 before going on to be crowned World
No.1 with emphatic wins in last years British and World Open
finals.
Despite the weight of awards and expectations, Nicol appears
destined for a prolonged period as the World’s dominant player.
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