The final week of the 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour regular season began on Monday with Jelena Jankovic comfortably positioned at the top of the rankings.
Jankovic will begin the 2009 tennis season in January as the No. 1 in the world regardless of the results at the Doha Championships.
Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki edged closer to a Top 10 debut after reaching the final at the 2008 FORTIS Championships Luxembourg. Wozniacki advanced from No. 16 to a career high of No. 13.
2007 POINTS DROPPED ON OCTOBER 27: Linz (Tier II)
Top 20 Rankings (October 27, 2008)
1. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 4555
2. Dinara Safina – Russia – 3752
3. Serena Williams – United States – 3716
4. Ana Ivanovic – Serbia – 3687
5. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 3399
6. Maria Sharapova – Russia – 3040
7. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Russia – 2726
8. Venus Williams – United States – 2522
9. Vera Zvonareva – Russia – 2497
10. Agnieszka Radwanska – Poland – 2141
11. Nadia Petrova – Russia – 1767
12. Anna Chakvetadze – Russia – 1697
13. Caroline Wozniacki – Denmark – 1678
14. Flavia Pennetta – Italy – 1670
15. Patty Schnyder – Switzerland – 1590
16. Marion Bartoli – France – 1520
17. Victoria Azarenka – Belarus – 1494
18. Alize Cornet – France – 1492
19. Daniela Hantuchova – Slovakia – 1376
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.
