WTA ranking as of 5-Apr-2010

After her title in Miami, former #1 on her way back to the Tour Kim Clijsters gets back into Top-10, as runner-up Venus Williams climbs one to #4 and last year champion Victoria Azarenka drops two to #9. Semifinalists Marion Bartoli and Justine Henin move from #15 to #12 and from #33 to #23 respectively.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	7946	17
2	(2)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	6375	24
3	(3)	Dinara Safina	RUS	6150	18
4	(5)	Venus Williams	USA	5876	17
5	(4)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5620	19
6	(6)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	4965	20
7	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	4900	21
8	(9)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	4190	22
9	(7)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4070	17
10	(16)	Kim Clijsters	BEL	3565	8

WTA ranking as of 22-Mar-2010

After her runner-up place in Indian Wells, Caroline Woniacki climbs to WTA #2 reaching her career-high ranking. Elena Dementieva climbs one to #6, as well as Indian Wells champion Jelena Jankovic who ranks at #8 and semifinalist Samantha Stosur who breaks into the Top-10 for the first time. Quarterfinalists Jie Zheng, Alisa Kleybanova and Maria Jose Martinez move 4, 5 and 6 places up to #19, #22 and #27 respectively. Also 6 places up for Maria Kirilenko to #30, whereas Justine Henin finally re-enters WTA ranking at #33. Former #1 Ana Ivanovic drops 30 spots to rank outside the Top-50 for the first time since 2005. Greatest gainers in Top-100 are Kirsten Flipkens and Karolina Sprem who climb 8 places up to #69 and #86 respectively.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	8645	18
2	(4)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	6375	24
3	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	6230	18
4	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5930	19
5	(5)	Venus Williams	USA	5626	17
6	(7)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	5100	20
7	(6)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4930	17
8	(9)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	4765	21
9	(8)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	4080	22
10	(10)	Samantha Stosur	AUS	3565	20

WTA ranking as of 08-Mar-2010

No changes in WTA Top-10 as only minor tournaments were played last week. Monterrey champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova gains 3 places up to #25, whereas runner-up Daniela Hantuchova climbs 2 to rank at #22. Semifinalist in Monterrey Anastasija Sevastova is the greatest gainer in Top-100 as she moves from #72 to #63.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	8645	18
2	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	6480	18
3	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5930	19
4	(4)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5925	24
5	(5)	Venus Williams	USA	5626	17
6	(6)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	5300	17
7	(7)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	4855	20
8	(8)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3880	22
9	(9)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3770	21
10	(10)	Na Li	CHN	3466	19

WTA ranking as of 01-Mar-2010

No changes in WTA Top-10 as only minor tournaments were played last week. Samantha Stosur gains one place up to #11 as Flavia Pennetta drops to #12. Champion in Malaysia, Russian Alisa Kleybanova climbs from #29 to #26, whereas Acapulco runner-up Polona Hercog gains 7 places up to a career-high ranking at #53. Greatest gainer in Top-100 is Japanese Ayumi Morita who climbs from #103 to #89 after her semifinalist place in Malaysia.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	8645	18
2	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	6480	18
3	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5930	19
4	(4)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5925	24
5	(5)	Venus Williams	USA	5626	17
6	(6)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	5300	17
7	(7)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	4855	20
8	(8)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3880	23
9	(9)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3770	20
10	(10)	Na Li	CHN	3665	20

WTA ranking as of 22-Feb-2010

Svetlana Kuznetsova climbs one to #3 as Caroline Wozniacki falls to #4, whereas Agnieszka Radwanska moves one place up to #8 thanks to her semifinalist place in Dubai. Also semifinalist in Dubai, Shahar Peer gains two places to rank at #20. Memphis champion Maria Sharapova moves from #16 to #13, whereas Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova climbs from #38 to #27. Bogota runner-up Angelique Kerber gains 19 spots up to #66 and Memphis runner-up Sofia Arvidsson climbs 23 places up to #79, although greatest gainer in Top-100 is Bogota champion Mariana Duque Marino, who gains 49 places moving from #143 to #94.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	8645	18
2	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	6480	18
3	(4)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5930	19
4	(3)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5925	24
5	(5)	Venus Williams	USA	5626	17
6	(6)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	5300	17
7	(7)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	4855	19
8	(9)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3880	23
9	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3770	20
10	(10)	Na Li	CHN	3665	19

WTA ranking as of 15-Feb-2010

No changes in WTA Top-10 this week. Flavia Pennetta moves one up to #11 thanks to her semifinalist place in Paris. Runner-up in Paris Lucie Safarova goes from #46 to #39, whereas semifinalist Melanie Oudin climbs from #53 to #42. Pattaya runner-up Tamarine Tanasugarn gains 12 places up to #75, although greatest gainer in Top-100 is ITF $100,000 Midland champion Elena Baltacha who climbs 13 spots to reach her career-high ranking at #70

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	8995	18
2	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	6480	19
3	(3)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5995	24
4	(4)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5861	19
5	(5)	Venus Williams	USA	5526	17
6	(6)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4960	17
7	(7)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	4855	19
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3765	20
9	(9)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3605	23
10	(10)	Na Li	CHN	3441	19

WTA ranking as of 8-Feb-2010

No changes in WTA ranking this week as Fed Cup ties were held.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	9195	18
2	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	6480	19
3	(3)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5995	25
4	(4)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5861	19
5	(5)	Venus Williams	USA	5526	17
6	(6)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4960	17
7	(7)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	4705	19
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3845	21
9	(9)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3605	24
10	(10)	Na Li	CHN	3500	20

WTA ranking as of 1-Feb-2010

Australian Open champion Serena Williams extends her lead as WTA #1, whereas young Caroline Wozniacki climbs one to a career-high ranking at #3. Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka also move one place up to #5 and #6 respectively, as Elena Dementieva drops to #7. Semifinalist Na Li moves from #17 to #10 and becomes the first Chinese player ever to break into Top-10, while fellow Chinese semifinalist Jie Zheng climbs from #35 to #20. Surprising quarter-finalist Maria Kirilenko climbs 21 places up to #37, although greatest gainer in Top-100 is Angelique Kerber, who moves 33 places up to #85. AO runner-up Justine Henin is still unranked, as she has to play one more tournament to get a ranking.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	9195	18
2	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	6480	19
3	(4)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5995	25
4	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5861	19
5	(6)	Venus Williams	USA	5526	17
6	(7)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4960	17
7	(5)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	4705	19
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3845	21
9	(10)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3605	24
10	(17)	Na Li	CHN	3500	20

WTA ranking as of 18-Jan-2009

No changes on WTA Top 10 this week. French Aravane Rezai moves from #27 to #23 after her semifinalist place in Sydney. Greatest gainer in Top-100 is Belgian Kirsten Flipkens who climbs 9 places to reach her career-high ranking at #71.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	9195	18
2	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	7600	19
3	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	6081	19
4	(4)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5785	25
5	(5)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	5505	19
6	(6)	Venus Williams	USA	5126	17
7	(7)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4740	17
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3965	21
9	(9)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	3560	22
10	(10)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3450	24

WTA ranking as of 11-Jan-2009

No changes on WTA Top 10 as none of them played last week. Brisbane champion Kim Clijsters moves from #18 to #15, while Slovak Dominika Cibulkova climbs from #28 to #24. Greatest gainer in Top-100 is Brisbane semifinalist Andrea Petkovic, who climbs 6 places to break into the Top-50 and peak at #49.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	9075	18
2	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	7800	19
3	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	6141	19
4	(4)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5875	25
5	(5)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	5505	19
6	(6)	Venus Williams	USA	5126	17
7	(7)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4541	16
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3965	20
9	(9)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	3560	21
10	(10)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3450	24

WTA ranking as of 9-Nov-2009

No changes on WTA Top 10 this last week of the season as top players' season already ended last week with the Sony Ericsson Championships. Runner-up in the Tournament of Champions, Marion Bartoli climbs to #11 just 35 points away from Top-10, whereas champion Aravane Rezai moves from #44 to a career-high ranking at #26. Also career-high rankings for 1-year suspended Yanina Wickmayer, who gains 2 places up to #16 and Maria Jose Martinez, who moves from #30 to #27 to finish as Belgian and Spanish No.1 respectively. Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm gains 19 places up to #82, although greatest gainer in Top-100 is Yung-Jan Chan, who climbs 21 places up to #94 after her title in ITF $100,000+H in Taipei.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	9075	18
2	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	7800	19
3	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	6141	19
4	(4)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5875	27
5	(5)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	5585	20
6	(6)	Venus Williams	USA	5126	17
7	(7)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4820	17
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3965	20
9	(9)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	3560	21
10	(10)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3450	24

WTA ranking as of 2-Nov-2009

Sony Ericsson Championships winner Serena Williams recovers WTA #1 spot from Dinara Safina, whereas runner-up Venus Williams climbs one place up to #6. Winner of the ITF $100,000+H in Ortisei (Italy), Jelena Dokic gains 7 places up to #57, although this week greatest gainers in Top-100 are Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova and Klara Zakopalova, winner and runner-up of the ITF $100,000 in Poitiers (France) respectively, who climb 13 spots to rank at #72 and #94.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(2)	Serena Williams	USA	9075	18
2	(1)	Dinara Safina	RUS	7800	19
3	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	6141	19
4	(4)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5875	27
5	(5)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	5585	20
6	(7)	Venus Williams	USA	5126	17
7	(6)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4820	17
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3965	20
9	(9)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	3560	21
10	(10)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3450	24

WTA ranking as of 26-Oct-2009

Many changes in WTA Top-10 as points from last year Championships are removed. Dinara Safina recovers #1 from Serena Williams. Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka climb 2 places up to #4 and #6 respectively, whereas Venus Williams and Vera Zvonareva move down to #7 and #9 respectively. Moscow champion Francesca Schiavone gains 7 places up to #16, whereas runner-up Olga Govortsova moves from #67 to #53. Luxembourg champion Timea Bacsinszky climbs 15 to #55, although greatest gainer in Top-100 is Tsvetana Pironkova, who moves from #126 to #99.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(2)	Dinara Safina	RUS	7731	18
2	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	7576	17
3	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5772	18
4	(6)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5485	26
5	(5)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	5415	19
6	(8)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4451	16
7	(4)	Venus Williams	USA	4397	16
8	(9)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3555	19
9	(7)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	3550	20
10	(10)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3340	23

WTA ranking as of 19-Oct-2009

Svetlana Kuznetsova climbs to #3 as Venus Williams falls to #4. Osaka champion Samantha Stosur gains two places to rank at #13, while Linz champion Yanina Wickmayer climbs four to break into the Top-20, reaching a career-high ranking at #20. Greatest gainer in Top-100 is Jelena Dokic, who moves 7 places up to #62.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Serena Williams	USA	7945	18
2	(1)	Dinara Safina	RUS	7940	19
3	(4)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5981	19
4	(3)	Venus Williams	USA	5896	17
5	(5)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	5875	21
6	(6)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5575	26
7	(7)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	4810	21
8	(8)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4451	16
9	(9)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3965	19
10	(10)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3720	24

WTA ranking as of 12-Oct-2009

Serena Williams recovers WTA #1 from Dinara Safina, while Beijing champion Svetlana Kuznetsova gains two places up to #4 and runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska climbs one to get back into Top-10. Quarter-finalists Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Shuai Peng gain 9 and 11 places to rank at #30 and #42 respectively.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(2)	Serena Williams	USA	7945	18
2	(1)	Dinara Safina	RUS	7940	19
3	(3)	Venus Williams	USA	6445	18
4	(6)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5981	19
5	(4)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	5875	21
6	(5)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5575	26
7	(7)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	4810	22
8	(9)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4590	17
9	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3965	20
10	(11)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	3710	24

WTA ranking as of 5-Oct-2009

No changes on WTA Top-10 this week, while Agnieszka Radwanska climbs to #11 and Tokyo champion Maria Sharapova gains 10 places to rank at #15. Quarter-finalists in Tokyo Iveta Benesova and Magdalena Rybarikova gain 6 places up to #33 and #43 respectively, although greatest gainer in Top 100 is Jelena Dokic, champion in $100,000+H ITF in Athens, who climbs 12 places to #68.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Dinara Safina	RUS	8250	19
2	(2)	Serena Williams	USA	7806	17
3	(3)	Venus Williams	USA	6367	18
4	(4)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	6015	21
5	(5)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5710	26
6	(6)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5201	19
7	(7)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	5160	22
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	4820	20
9	(9)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4512	17
10	(10)	Flavia Pennetta	ITA	3490	25

WTA ranking as of 28-Sep-2009

No changes in WTA Top-10 as only minor tournaments were held last week. Runner-up in Seoul, Anabel Medina moves from #23 to #21, while Israeli Shahar Peer climbs 12 places up to #34 after her title in Tashkent. Also good climbs for Seoul semifinalist Anna Lena Groenefeld, who moves from #77 to #63, and Tashkent runner-up Akgul Amanmuradova, who gains 24 spots up to #89, although the greatest gainer of the week is Seoul champion Kimiko Date-Krumm, who climbs 55 places to return to Top-100 13 years after.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Dinara Safina	RUS	8340	19
2	(2)	Serena Williams	USA	7807	18
3	(3)	Venus Williams	USA	6645	18
4	(4)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	6015	21
5	(5)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5850	26
6	(6)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5202	19
7	(7)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	5200	22
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	4870	20
9	(9)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4592	17
10	(10)	Flavia Pennetta	ITA	3490	25

WTA ranking as of 21-Sep-2009

Svetlana Kuznetsova drops 2 places down to #6 as points from the Tokyo tournament, which will take place next week, were removed. Quebec champion Melinda Czink climbs 15 places up to a career high ranking at #37, while runner-up Lucie Safarova moves from #50 to #44. Guangzhou champion Shahar Peer gains 11 places up to #46, while runner-up Alberta Brianti is the greatest gainer in Top-10, climbing 18 places from #85 to #67.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Dinara Safina	RUS	8340	19
2	(2)	Serena Williams	USA	7807	18
3	(3)	Venus Williams	USA	6645	18
4	(5)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	6015	21
5	(6)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5850	27
6	(4)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5580	20
7	(7)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	5330	23
8	(8)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	5300	21
9	(9)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4592	17
10	(10)	Flavia Pennetta	ITA	3490	25

WTA ranking as of 14-Sep-2009

US Open champion Kim Clijsters gets back into the WTA ranking at #19, while runner-up Caroline Wozniacki gains two places to a career-high ranking at #6. Svetlana Kuznetsova also climbs two places up to #4. Great climbs and career-high rankings for the big surprises of the US Open: semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer gains 28 places to #22, while quarter-finalists Katerina Bondarenko and Melanie Oudin climb 18 an 26 places to #34 and #44 respectively. Petra Kvitova moves 18 places up to #54 after upsetting WTA #1 Dinara Safina and reaching the Last-16 round. Besides Clijsters, greatest gainer in Top-100 is young Croat Petra Martic, who breaks into the Top-100 climbing from #137 to a career-high ranking at #89.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Dinara Safina	RUS	9070	20
2	(2)	Serena Williams	USA	7807	18
3	(3)	Venus Williams	USA	6645	18
4	(6)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	6060	21
5	(4)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	6035	22
6	(8)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	5850	28
7	(7)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	5460	24
8	(5)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	5320	22
9	(9)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4592	17
10	(10)	Flavia Pennetta	ITA	3490	26

WTA ranking as of 31-Aug-2009

New Haven champion Caroline Wozniacki climbs one to #8 in the only change in WTA Top-15 this week. Runner-up in New Haven, Russian Elena Vesnina gains 9 places to break into the Top-30 reaching her career-high ranking at #23.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Dinara Safina	RUS	9810	20
2	(2)	Serena Williams	USA	8907	18
3	(3)	Venus Williams	USA	6865	18
4	(4)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	6835	22
5	(5)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	6620	22
6	(6)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	5960	21
7	(7)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	5300	24
8	(9)	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	4730	28
9	(8)	Victoria Azarenka	BLR	4612	17
10	(10)	Flavia Pennetta	ITA	3490	27