The VITAGEN Singapore Squash Open finished on 19th November with Ali Farag and Nele Gilis taking home the trophies. With Ali Farag defeating Peru’s Diego Elias in a close-fought 72-minute clash, taking the #1 SquashLevels rating from Elias, and Nele Gilis defeating sister Tinne Gilis in a dramatic five-game battle that lasted 82 minutes, causing her to move into the #6 SquashLevel rating position. It’s fair to say there was plenty of movement across players Levels throughout the tournament.
SquashLevels has taken the data from the tournament and analysed the most improved players across the tournament, as well as the games which had the biggest impact on those movements.
Here’s what we found.
Top 10 Movers:
This table shows the players who had the highest Level increase over the course of the event, their SquashLevels rating before and after the tournament.
| Player Name | Level Before | Level After | % Increase | Rating Before | Rating After |
| Nele Gilis | 13051 | 14726 | 12.83% | 10 | 6 |
| Ali Farag | 85252 | 93147 | 9.26% | 2 | 1 |
| Leandro Romiglio | 38511 | 41568 | 7.94% | 48 | 37 |
| Sarah-Jane Perry | 10440 | 10866 | 4.08% | 23 | 21 |
| Nour Aboulmakarim | 7392 | 7674 | 3.81% | 72 | 63 |
| Tinne Gilis | 13491 | 13863 | 2.76% | 8 | 9 |
| Curtis Malik | 39390 | 40092 | 1.78% | 41 | 42 |
| Youssef Ibrahim | 52555 | 53363 | 1.54% | 18 | 18 |
| Marie Stephan | 7145 | 7188 | 0.60% | 76 | 78 |
| Georgina Kennedy | 14756 | 14769 | 0.09% | 5 | 5 |
Top 10 Best Performances across the VITAGEN Singapore Squash Open:
The following table highlights the top ten best performances across the VITAGEN Singapore Squash Open.
| Player | Opponent | Level Before | Level After | % Increase | Match Score |
| Leandro Romiglio | Lucas Serme | 38,511 | 41,775 | 8.48% | 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 |
| Melissa Alves | Ka Yi Lee | 9,701 | 10,271 | 5.88% | 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 |
| Nele Gilis | Ho Tze-Lok | 13,348 | 14,085 | 5.52% | 11-5, 11-3, 11-5 |
| Georgina Kennedy | Melissa Alves | 14,517 | 15,197 | 4.68% | 11-13, 11-5, 4-11, 1-11 |
| Sarah-Jane Perry | Zeina Mickawy | 10,377 | 10,862 | 4.67% | 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-13 |
| Ali Farag | David Baillargeon | 87,010 | 90,912 | 4.48% | 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 |
| Diego Elias | Ramit Tandon | 87,316 | 90,984 | 4.20% | 11-3, 11-2, 11-4 |
| Rachel Arnold | Au Yeong Wai Yhann | 9,512 | 9,888 | 3.95% | 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 |
| Sivasangari Sivasangari | Emilia Soini | 12,239 | 12,712 | 3.86% | 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 |
| Hollie Naughton | Aira Azman | 10,685 | 11,095 | 3.84% | 11-6, 12-10, 11-2 |
What is SquashLevels?
SquashLevels is a results-based ranking system. As players compete in their leagues and tournaments, their results automatically flow into SquashLevels from their results providers. From here, SquashLevels’ unique algorithm will calculate a Level for each player based on their opponents’ Level, their result including points scores, behavioural modelling and various other factors. SquashLevels rewards a player for performing better than they were expected to based on their Level.
Register now to track your progress as you compete throughout the season.
Sign up to the SquashSkills newsletter
Get world class coaching tips, straight to your inbox!
