Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings: March 2, 2009

Serena Williams will remain at No. 1 this week, spending her 66th overall week in the top spot.

She is currently No. 8 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s world No. 1 ranking all-time list.

2008 POINTS DROPPED ON MARCH 2: Dubai, Memphis, Acapulco

Top 20 Rankings (March 2, 2009)

1. Serena Williams – United States – 9982 

2. Dinara Safina – Russia – 9021

3. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 8400

4. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 7886

5. Venus Williams – United States – 7092

6. Vera Zvonareva – Russia – 6320

7. Ana Ivanovic – Serbia – 5414

8. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Russia – 4953

9. Nadia Petrova – Russia – 3882

10. Agnieszka Radwanska – Poland – 3448

11. Victoria Azarenka – Belarus – 3406

12. Caroline Wozniacki – Denmark – 3200

13. Marion Bartoli – France – 3186

14. Alize Cornet – France – 3152

15. Flavia Pennetta – Italy – 2990

16. Patty Schnyder – Switzerland – 2872

17. Dominika Cibulkova – Slovakia – 2760

18. Zheng Jie – China 2448

19. Anabel Medina Garrigues – Spain – 2312

20. Amelie Mauresmo – France – 2304

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 16 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, and must include a player’s ranking points from the Grand Slams, Premier Mandatory Tournaments and the Sony Ericsson Championships plus the best two (2) Premier 5 Tournament results for Top 10 Players.