Women's World Squash Championships
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2021
Winner: Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
Nouran Gohar (EGY)
3-1
11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9
Location: Chicago, USA
14 – 22 July
2019
Winner: Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
bt Raneem El Welily (EGY)
3-1
11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6
Location: Cairo, Egypt
24 Oct - 1 November
2019
Winner: Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
bt Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
3-1
11-6, 11-5, 10-12, 15-13
Location: Chicago, USA
23 Feb - 2 March (d)
2017
Winner: Raneem El Welily (EGY)
bt Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
3-1
3-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-5
Location: Manchester, England
9 - 17 December
2017
Winner: Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
bt Raneem El Welily (EGY)
3-0
11-8, 11-9, 11-9
Location: El Gouna, Egypt
5 - 14 April (d)
2016
Winner: Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
bt Laura Massaro (ENG)
3-2
6-11, 4-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-8
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Mas
23 - 30 April (d)
2014
Winner: Nicol David (MAS)
bt Raneem El Welily (EGY)
3-2
5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 14-12, 11-5
Location: Cairo, Egypt
12 - 20 December
2014
Winner: Laura Massaro (ENG)
bt Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
3-2
11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9
Location: Penang, Malaysia
18 - 23 March (d)
2012
Winner: Nicol David (MAS)
bt Laura Massaro (ENG)
3-0
11-6, 11-6, 11-6
Location: Cayman Islands
13 - 21 December
2011
Winner: Nicol David (MAS)
bt Jenny Duncalf (ENG)
3-0
11-2, 11-5, 11-0
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
26 Oct - 2 November
2010
Winner: Nicol David (MAS)
bt Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY)
3-0
11-5, 11-8, 11-6
Location: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
15 - 22 September
2009
Winner: Nicol David (MAS)
bt Natalie Grinham (NED)
3-1
3-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-8
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
20 -27 September
2008
Winner: Nicol David (MAS)
bt Vicky Botwright (ENG)
3-1
5-11, 11-1, 11-6, 11-9
Location: Manchester, England
11 - 19 October
2007
Winner: Rachael Grinham (AUS)
bt Natalie Grinham (AUS)
3-0
9-4, 10-8, 9-2
Location: Madrid, Spain
21 - 27 October
2006
Winner: Nicol David (MAS)
bt Natalie Grinham (AUS)
3-2
1-9, 9-7, 3-9, 9-5, 9-2
Location: Belfast, N Ireland
20 - 26 November
2005
Winner: Nicol David (MAS)
bt Rachael Grinham (AUS)
3-1
8-10, 9-2, 9-6, 9-7
Location: Hong Kong, China
27 Nov - 4 December
2004
Winner: Vanessa Atkinson (NED)
bt Natalie Grinham (AUS)
3-0
9-1, 9-1, 9-5
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Mas
5 - 11 December
2003
Winner: Carol Owens (NZL) (c)
bt Cassie Jackman (ENG)
3-1
3-9, 9-2, 9-7, 9-3
Location: Hong Kong, China
7 - 13 December
2002
Winner: Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS)
bt Natalie Pohrer (USA) (b)
3-1
10-8, 9-3, 7-9, 9-7
Location: Doha, Qatar
26 Oct - 2 November
2001
Winner: Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS)
bt Leilani Joyce (NZL)
3-0
9-0, 9-3, 9-2
Location: Melbourne, Australia
11 - 19 October
2000
Winner: Carol Owens (Aus)
bt Leilani Joyce (NZL)
3-2
7-9, 3-9, 10-8, 9-6, 9-1
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
11 - 17 November
1999
Winner: Cassie Campion (ENG) (a)
bt Michelle Martin (AUS)
3-0
9-6, 9-7, 9-7
Location: Seattle, USA
18 - 24 October
1998
Winner: Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS)
bt Michelle Martin (AUS)
3-2
10-8, 9-7, 2-9, 3-9, 10-9
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
1 - 8 November
1997
Winner: Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS)
bt Michelle Martin (AUS)
3-2
9-5, 5-9, 6-9, 9-2, 9-3
Location: Sydney, Australia
14 - 19 October
1996
Winner: Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS)
bt Cassie Jackman (ENG)
3-0
9-0, 9-3, 9-4
Location: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
6 - 13 October
1995
Winner: Michelle Martin (AUS)
bt Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS)
3-1
8-10, 9-2, 9-6, 9-3
Location: Hong Kong
25 June - 2 July
1994
Winner: Michelle Martin (AUS)
bt Cassie Jackman (ENG)
3-0
9-1, 9-0, 9-6
Location: St Peter Port, Guernsey
2 - 9 October
1993
Winner: Michelle Martin (AUS)
bt Liz Irving (AUS)
3-0
9-2, 9-2, 9-1
Location: Johannesburg, S Africa
19 - 25 September
1992
Winner: Susan Devoy (NZL)
bt Michelle Martin (AUS)
3-0
9-4, 9-6, 9-4
Location: Vancouver, Canada
3 - 10 October
1990
Winner: Susan Devoy (NZL)
bt Martine Le Moignan (ENG)
3-0
9-4, 9-4, 9-4
Location: Sydney, Australia
7 - 14 October
1989
Winner: Martine Le Moignan (ENG)
bt Susan Devoy (NZL)
3-1
4-9, 9-4, 10-8, 10-8
Location: Warmond, Netherlands
5 - 12 May
1987
Winner: Susan Devoy (NZL)
bt Lisa Opie (ENG)
3-0
9-3, 10-8, 9-2
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
29 Sept - 6 October
1985
Winner: Susan Devoy (NZL)
bt Lisa Opie (ENG)
3-0
9-4, 9-5, 10-8
Location: Dublin, Ireland
24 - 30 August
1983
Winner: Vicki Cardwell (AUS)
bt Rhonda Thorne (AUS)
3-0
9-1, 9-3, 9-4
Location: Perth, Australia
22 - 29 October
1981
Winner: Rhonda Thorne (AUS)
bt Vicki Cardwell (AUS)
3-2
8-10, 9-4, 9-5, 7-9, 9-7
Location: Toronto, Canada
17 - 23 October
1979
Winner: Heather McKay (AUS)
bt Sue Cogswell (ENG)
3-1
6-9 9-3, 9-1, 9-4
Location: Sheffield, England
5 - 12 March
1976
Winner: Heather McKay (AUS)
bt Marion Jackman (AUS)
3-0
9-2, 9-2, 9-0
Location: Brisbane, Australia
18 -23 August
(a) Previously Jackman
(b) Previously & subsequently Grainger, and RSA & ENG prior
(c) Switched to New Zealand in 2001
(d) Delayed from the previous year