Jelena Jankovic remained on track to clinch the season-ending top spot when the latest Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings were released on Monday.
Venus Williams, who won last week’s Tennis.com Zurich Open, was the only player in the Top 10 to advance.
Current No. 1 Jelena Jankovic now holds a 773-point lead over No. 2 Dinara Safina and is 839-points ahead of No. 3 Serena Williams. Safina and Williams are not expected to compete again until the season-ending Championships.
2007 POINTS DROPPED ON OCTOBER 20: Zurich (Tier II)
Top 20 Rankings (October 20, 2008)
1. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 4555
2. Dinara Safina – Russia – 3782
3. Serena Williams – United States – 3716
4. Ana Ivanovic – Serbia – 3413
5. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 3235
6. Maria Sharapova – Russia – 3040
7. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Russia – 2726
8. Venus Williams – United States – 2522
9. Vera Zvonareva – Russia – 2372
10. Agnieszka Radwanska – Poland – 2051
11. Patty Schnyder – Switzerland – 1752
12. Anna Chakvetadze – Russia – 1747
13 Nadia Petrova – Russia – 1698
14. Flavia Pennetta – Italy – 1635
15. Daniela Hantuchova – Slovakia – 1611
16. Caroline Wozniacki – Denmark – 1598
17. Marion Bartoli – France – 1520
18. Victoria Azarenka – Belarus – 1494
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.
