updated highest_ranking worldopenresult birth_date titles residence finals country date_of_current_ranking plays image racquet name date_of_highest_ranking caption fullname coach event birth_place height nickname website current_ranking weight article_title turnedpro
july , 2015 no. 1 '' , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2014 ' -rrb- w -lrb- 2005 , 2006 , 2008 26 august 1983 79 amsterdam , netherlands 99 mas malaysia july , 2015 right handed squash stars meet the stars session 1 cropped.jpg prince nicol david january , 2006 nicol session in july 2010 david during the squash stars meet the stars nicol ann david liz irving women 's singles penang , malaysia 1.63 m ftin on duracell bunny -lsb- http://www.nicoldavid.com/ www.nicoldavid.com -rsb- no. 1 50 kg lb nicol david
 2000
nicol david

datuk nicol ann david -lrb- born 26 august 1983 -rrb- is a malaysian female professional squash player .
she is currently ranked world number 1 in women 's squash , and is the first asian woman to achieve this .
as of july 2015 , nicol is still the world 's no. 1 player for 108 consecutive months , since august 2006 .
she has won the world open title a record 8 times in 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 and 2014 , as well as the british open title in 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2012 and 2014 .
david is the first squash player to have won the world junior title twice ; in 1999 and 2001 under the tutelage of richard glanfield .
she remained the only female squash player to have achieved this , until raneem el weleily emulated david 's feat by winning her second world junior championship in 2007 .
david joined wispa and turned professional in 2000 when she won her first wispa title , after only a month on the tour .
the victory came in february , when she defeated salma shabana in the final of the savcor finnish open .
on 7 june 2008 , david was honoured with the order of merit -lrb- darjah bakti -rrb- or d.b. in conjunction with the birthday of the his majesty tuanku mizan zainal abidin .
she was the first recipient of the award which was established on 26 june 1975 .
david was also invited to carry the olympic torch for malaysia during the build up to the athens olympics in 2004 and being appointed as undp national goodwill ambassador for malaysia .
considered by some to be one of the greatest women 's squash players of all time , david 's other notable achievements include the asian squash championship , which she won a record nine times -lrb- in 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2011 and 2015 -rrb- .
she also held a 13-month , 51-match winning streak , from march 2006 until april 2007 , when she finally lost to natalie grinham in the final of the 2007 seoul open .
david has also obtained the wsa player of the year on seven occasions , 2005-2010 and 2012 .
