Her Cleveland Classic title win against compatriot and world number five Sarah-Jane Perry means she replaces Joshna Chinappa in the top ten rankings, with the Indian falling to number 15.

Kennedy’s rise is history-making as it is the first time in three years, when Laura Massaro retired, that two English players occupied a top 10 ranking.

The Egyptian trio of Nour El Sherbini, Nouran Gohar, and Hania El Hammamy fill the one, two and three spots in the women’s world rankings, while Amanda Sobhy of the United States is fourth.

The rest of the top ten is filled by New Zealand’s Joelle King in sixth, Egypt’s Salma Hany in seventh, France’s Camille Serme in eighth and Egypt’s Rowan Elaraby in ninth.

The US’ Olivia Fletcher remains at number 11 as compatriot Olivia Clyne stays at number 12.

Belgium’s Nele Gilis was replaced at number 13 by Wales’ Tesni Evans, and fell below her to 14th in the standings.

Egypt’s Nadine Shahin and Canada’s Hollie Naughton also dropped to number 16 and 17 in the rankings whilst Emily Whitlock of Wales keeps her number 18 position.

France’s Melissa Alves and Canada’s Danielle Letoureau climb up the standings to rank 19th and 20th respectively.

In the PSA men’s world rankings, there was movement as Egypt’s Mazem Hesham rose into the top 10 of the standings.

The 27-year-old Egyptian, whose previous high was a rank of 13, has seen a rise since dropping out of the top 50 in 2017.

Injuries halted, or dwindled, Hesham’s career but reaching a career first PSA World Tour Gold final last month elevated his ranking to number 10.

Ali Farag, who has remained as world number one for six months, beat his compatriot in the final.

Paul Coll of New Zealand will climb to the top of the rankings on March 1 following ranking points going his away after the 2020 Qatar Classic and the 2020 CIB Black Ball Squash Open at the end of the month.

Rob Owen, Coll’s coach, told PSA World Tour regarding the position change: "For Paul it is about World Opens, British Opens and other major titles, what I call the Grand Slams of squash.

"Now I think he’s at a level where he would have been competitive in any era and would have been very tough to break down and I believe that will only become even more the case as he continues to develop."

Egypt’s Mohamed Elshorbagy, Mostafa Asal and Tarek Momen take the number three, four and five spots respectively.

Motor City Open winner Diego Elias of Peru stays in sixth.

Egypt’s Marwan Elshorbagy in seventh and Fares Dessouky in ninth are split by Wales’ Joel Makin.

Colombia’s Miguel Rodriquez at number 11, France’s Gregoire Marche at number 12, and Egypt’s Karim Abdel Gawad at number 13, fell due to Hesham’s climb.

Mohamed Abouelghar, another Egyptian, remains at number 14 whilst India’s Sauraz Ghosal rises to number 15 and Egypt’s Youssef Soliman goes up to 16 in the rankings - a career high.

This was at the expense of compatriot Youssef Ibrahim moving two down to number 17 and Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng falling to rank 18.

Germany’s Raphael Kandra pipped France’s Victor Crouin to the final top 20 position as fellow Frenchman Baptiste Masotti keeps his number 19 place.