Jelena Jankovic was unsuccessful in her attempt to knock Serena Williams out of the top spot last week in Tokyo.
Williams remained the world’s No. 1 player when the latest rankings were released on Monday following the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
Dinara Safina, the singles champion in Japan, advanced to a new career high of No. 3. Safina is just the fifth Russian to crack the Top 3, after Myskina, Sharapova, Kuznetsova and Petrova.
2007 POINTS DROPPED ON SEPTEMBER 22: Beijing (Tier II), Kolkata (Tier III), Portoroz (Tier IV)
Top 20 Rankings (September 22, 2008)
1. Serena Williams – United States – 4091
2. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 3885
3. Dinara Safina – Russia – 3747
4. Ana Ivanovic – Serbia – 3533
5. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 3470
6. Maria Sharapova – Russia – 3041
7. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Russia – 2870
8. Venus Williams – United States – 2386
9. Vera Zvonareva – Russia – 2167
10. Agnieszka Radwanska – Poland – 2146
11. Patty Schnyder – Switzerland – 1827
12. Anna Chakvetadze – Russia – 1782
13. Daniela Hantuchova – Slovakia – 1770
14. Marion Bartoli – France – 1635
15. Flavia Pennetta – Italy – 1555
16. Victoria Azarenka – Belarus – 1543
17. Caroline Wozniacki – Denmark – 1483
18. Nadia Petrova – Russia – 1449
19. Alize Cornet – France – 1389
20. Dominika Cibulkova – Slovakia – 1257
SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR RANKINGS
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings is the worldwide computer ranking for women’s professional tennis.
The ranking system is a 52-week, cumulative system in which the number of Tournament results that comprise a player’s ranking is capped at 17 Tournament results for Singles and 11 Tournament results for Doubles.
The results used to determine a player’s ranking are the Tournaments yielding the player’s highest Ranking points over the past 52 weeks.
