Nick Matthew, who last month became the first Englishman for six years to top the Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, retains his number one position in the July list published by the Professional Squash Association.

The 29-year-old from Sheffield celebrated his career-long ambition by taking a well-earned break from the PSA World Tour - and is now back in training, with his sights sets on maintaining his sensational 2010 form in the next PSA Super Series event of the year, the $147,500 Australian Open in Canberra in August.

Matthew tops an almost unchanged top 20, ahead of Egyptians Ramy Ashour, Amr Shabana and Karim Darwish, at two, three and four, respectively; Frenchman Gregory Gaultier at No5; and fellow countryman James Willstrop in sixth place.

In the only change in the elite list, England's Jonathan Kemp returns a career-high world No 20. The 29-year-old left-hander notched up his 11th PSA World Tour title at the Internationaux de France in Bordeaux last month.

July top 20 (inc. points average):

1 [1] Nick Matthew ENG 1,283
2 [2] Ramy Ashour EGY 1,190
3 [3] Amr Shabana EGY 968
4 [4] Karim Darwish EGY 858
5 [5] Gregory Gaultier FRA 700
6 [6] James Willstrop ENG 681
7 [7] Thierry Lincou FRA 524
8 [8] Peter Barker ENG 519
9 [9] Daryl Selby ENG 412
10 [10] David Palmer AUS 395
11 [11] Wael El Hindi EGY 380
12 [12] Laurens Jan Anjema NED 369
13 [13] Adrian Grant ENG 334
14 [14] Mohamed El Shorbagy EGY 333
15 [15] Alister Walker ENG 330
16 [16] Cameron Pilley AUS 326
17 [17] Stewart Boswell AUS 310
18 [18] Mohd Azlan Iskandar MAS 285
19 [19] Ong Beng Hee MAS 266
20 [21] Jonathan Kemp ENG 251

For full list - see www.psa-squash.com