Jelena Jankovic moved closer to clinching the season-ending number one tennis ranking after winning the Kremlin Cup.
Jankovic’s main competition for the top spot, Dinara Safina and Serena Williams, are not expected to compete again until Doha.
The duo’s absence from the Tour circuit during the next few weeks will all but guarantee that Jankovic ends 2008 as the No. 1 player in the world.
2007 POINTS DROPPED ON OCTOBER 13: Moscow (Tier I), Bangkok (Tier III)
Top 20 Rankings (October 13, 2008)
1. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 4555
2. Dinara Safina – Russia – 3782
3. Serena Williams – United States – 3717
4. Ana Ivanovic – Serbia – 3289
5. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 3235
6. Maria Sharapova – Russia – 3040
7. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Russia – 2835
8. Vera Zvonareva – Russia – 2372
9. Venus Williams – United States – 2247
10. Agnieszka Radwanska – Poland – 2126
11. Patty Schnyder – Switzerland – 1777
12. Anna Chakvetadze – Russia – 1747
13 Nadia Petrova – Russia – 1698
14. Daniela Hantuchova – Slovakia – 1670
15. Caroline Wozniacki – Denmark – 1598
16. Marion Bartoli – France – 1570
17. Flavia Pennetta – Italy – 1480
18. Victoria Azarenka – Belarus – 1425
19. Alize Cornet – France – 1423
20. Dominika Cibulkova – Slovakia – 1337
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.
Jankovic deserves to be the #1 player. After watching her play the last few tournaments she has really proven herself. Hope that she holds on to it for a while. It would be nice to see another women’s tennis legend created.