Delia Arnold
Delia Arnold (born 26 January 1986 in Kuala Lumpur) is a professional squash player who represented Malaysia. She lives in Selangor and was coached by Ahmed Malik and Peter Genever. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in September 2015 after beating World Number 2, Raneem El Weleily in the quarter finals of the British Open.[1]
Delia Arnold, 2010 | |
Country | Malaysia |
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Residence | Selangor, Malaysia |
Born | |
Turned Pro | 2003 |
Retired | Active |
Plays | Right Handed |
Coached by | Peter Genever |
Racquet used | Prince |
Women's singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 12 (September, 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 16 (January, 2016) |
Title(s) | 7 |
Tour final(s) | 6 |
Medal record
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Last updated on: January, 2016. |
The Malaysian No. 3 squash player began the year 2008 at 48th spot in the world rankings. More than 10 months later, she is up at the 34th spot. Delia’s best achievement to date came in May 2015 when she defeated world No.3 Alison Waters from England, world No.11 Annie Au from Hong Kong and world No.3 Raneem El Weleily from Egypt in the 2015 Allam British Open where she was eventually defeated by current world No.3 Camille Serme from France in the semi final.[2]
WISPA Titles
All Results for Delia Arnold in WISPA World's Tour tournament[3][4]
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No. | Date | Tournament | Opponent in Final | Score in Final | Minutes Played |
1. | 6 November 2007 | NSC Satellite No. 3 | Lim Yoke Wah | 9–2, 9–5, 9–2 | 40 min |
2. | 16 August 2008 | NSC Tour 12 No. 2 | Rebecca Chiu | 2–11, 11–4, 11–8, 11–9 | 42 min |
3. | 12 December 2008 | NSC Super Satellite No. 5 | Donna Urquhart | 11–9, 14–12, 11–3 | 31 min |
References
- Singh, Aftar (13 December 2008). "Delia upset top seed Urquhart for satellite title" The Star
- Nicol David Online (17 November 2008). "Rising star Delia ready to take over from Sharon" Nicol David Online
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Delia Arnold. SquashInfo (26 January 1986). Retrieved on 7 June 2011.
- Women's International Squash Players Association Archived 21 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Wispa.net. Retrieved on 7 June 2011.
External links
- Delia Arnold at WISPA (archived)
- Delia Arnold at WSA (archived)
- Delia Arnold at Squash Info