Amr Shabana has completed a full calendar year as world number one, according to the December Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, produced by the Professional Squash Association.

Title victories in the Qatar Classic and Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open in November have not only extended the Egyptian's unbroken run at the top of the rankings to 21 months - but have also helped Shabana to widen the points gap ahead of fellow Egyptian Ramy Ashour (currently nursing a foot injury) who remains at No2.

While France's Gregory Gaultier and Australia's David Palmer remain at four and five, respectively, England's Nick Matthew overtakes compatriot James Willstrop to reach a career-high-equalling No5.

Egypt's Wael El Hindi celebrates a career-best world No9 ranking in the new list - while Malaysia's Ong Beng Hee moves back to No16 to end the year at the same level that he started the year.

Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema makes his long-awaited top 20 debut in the new list, at 20.  The 25-year-old from The Hague upset seeds in both the Qatar Classic and Hong Kong Open to reach the last 16 of both Super Series events.

NB: The December ranking list does not take into account results in the recent Endurance World Open in Bermuda, the final of which took place on 1st December.

 
    1    [1]    Amr Shabana    EGY
    2    [2]    Ramy Ashour    EGY
    3    [3]    Gregory Gaultier    FRA
    4    [4]    David Palmer    AUS
    5    [6]    Nick Matthew    ENG
    6    [5]    James Willstrop    ENG
    7    [7]    Thierry Lincou    FRA
    8    [8]    Karim Darwish    EGY
    9    [11]    Wael El Hindi    EGY
    10    [10]    John White    SCO
    11    [9]    Anthony Ricketts    AUS
    12    [12]    Lee Beachill    ENG
    13    [13]    Peter Barker    ENG
    14    [14]    Mohammed Abbas    EGY
    15    [15]    Stewart Boswell    AUS
    16    [18]    Ong Beng Hee    MAS
    17    [16]    Olli Tuominen    FIN
    18    [17]    Mohd Azlan Iskandar    MAS
    19    [19]    Adrian Grant    ENG
    20    [21]    Laurens Jan Anjema    NED
 

For full list – see www.psa-squash.com/