Delia Arnold
![]() Delia Arnold, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: January, 2016. |
Delia Arnold (born 26 January 1986 in Kuala Lumpur) is a professional squash player who represented Malaysia. She currently 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]
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 | ![]() |
9–2, 9–5, 9–2 | 40 min |
2. | 16 August 2008 | NSC Tour 12 No. 2 | ![]() |
2–11, 11–4, 11–8, 11–9 | 42 min |
3. | 12 December 2008 | NSC Super Satellite No. 5 | ![]() |
11–9, 14–12, 11–3 | 31 min |
See also
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
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- ^ [2]
- ^ 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
- Malaysian female squash players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur
- People from Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- 1986 births
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia
- Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Squash players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Asian Games medalists in squash
- Squash players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Squash players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games