Nicol David now has only New Zealander Susan Devoy and Australia's Michelle Martin in her sights - Martin having notched up 44 successive months as number one from March 1993, following a 58-month run by Devoy from May 1988!
David heads an unchanged top four, with Natalie Grinham at two; her older sister Rachael Grinham at three and USA's Natalie Grainger at four.
However, Jenny Duncalf celebrates a career-high world number five ranking in the new list - becoming the highest-ranked English woman for the first time. The 25-year-old from Harrogate in Yorkshire reached her maiden Dunlop British Open final in May and went on to claim quarter-final berths in both the Seoul Open in Korea and last month's Malaysian Open in KL.
1[1] Nicol David MAS
2[2] Natalie Grinham NED
3[3] Rachael Grinham AUS
4[4] Natalie Grainger USA
5[6] Jenny Duncalf ENG
6[5] Tania Bailey ENG
7[7] Shelley Kitchen NZL
8[8] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro ENG
9[11] Vanessa Atkinson NED
10[9] Omneya Abdel Kawy EGY
11[10] Alison Waters ENG
12[12] Vicky Botwright ENG
13[13] Kasey Brown AUS
14[14] Rebecca Chiu HKG
15[15] Madeline Perry IRL
16[16] Isabelle Stoehr FRA
17[18] Samantha Teran MEX
18[17] Engy Kheirallah EGY
19[19] Jaclyn Hawkes NZL
20[21] Annelize Naude NED
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