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31-Dec-07:
Men's World Rankings - the trends
Thanks to Tamas Jovanovics, who has been through the
end-of-year PSA rankings for the last nine years, analysing them by
country, for the top 100, top 50, top 20 and top 10 ....
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ENGLAND:
Still the dominant nation, but representation in the top 100
in particular is down significantly over the years. |
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EGYPT: Very
much the emerging force, with representation up in all
categories, particularly the top 10 where they currently
enjoy four representatives. |
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AUSTRALIA: Like England, declining in all categories but
less dramatically in the top 100 and still looking very
healthy. |
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FRANCE:
Spearheaded by Thierry Lincou and Gregory Gaultier,
improving in each category but still to reach double-figures
in the top 100. |
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PAKISTAN: Making little impact in the higher echelons
since the days of Jahangir and Jansher, but plenty of
representation in the top 100. |
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CANADA:
No representation in the top 10 since Jon Power's
retirement, but still good numbers in the other categories. |
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Detailed Analysis from Tamas
Graphical representations
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The
main tendencies
in the "nation's race" ...
Tamas Jovanovics
analyses the movements
The Top 100:
England and Australia go down, Egypt
and France go up.
In 2001 England had 32 Top100 players, in 2007 the half of it.
In 2004 Egypt had 8 players in the top100, three years later
in 2007 they double it.
In 2002 France had only 4 players in the top100, in 2007 they have
more than the double: 9.
Canada had its peak time of 8 players in the top100 between
2002 and 2005. In 2007 they drop back to
6.
Former dominators Pakistan were down to only 5 Top100
players in 2001. They went miraculously up
to 14 in 2005 just to fall back to the half
of it in 2007.
The Top 50:
England still dominates, falling back from 16 players in
1999 to 12 in 2007 which is still very strong.
Egypt had only 4 players in the top50 in 2000, in 2007 they
have more than the double: 10.
Australian squash shows its worst tendencies in the top50: in
1999 they had 12 players there, in 2007
only 4.
Although France made in 2007 a huge jump in the top100, there
is no progress yet in the top50 and
further for them.
Canada had 3-4 players in the top50 until 2006, in 2007 only
2.
Pakistan has 3 players in the top50, this number has hardly
changed in the last decade.
The Top 20:
If there is bad news for England in
the top100, they still come very strong in
the top20 with every year more or less 5 players there.
Egypt once again made a big jump in the top20 from 1 player
in 2001 to equal England's 5 players in
2006 and 2007.
Australia falls back in the top20 as well: from 5 players in
2003 to 3 in 2007.
Canada gradually fell back from 2 players in the top20 to
none.
Pakistan has no top20 player for the second straight year in
2007.
The Top 10:
England on average has 3 players in
the top10. In 2005 they were 4 to be
there, in 2007 just 2, but this is just a normal fluctuation.
No real fluctuation in the top10 for Egypt: they just
dominate there clearly with 4 players in
2007 instead of 1 in 2005!
France has still 2 top10 players, Canada none since
Jonathon Power's retirement
in 2006 and Pakistan's last top10 player was Zubair
Jahan-Khan in 1997.
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