Serena Williams remained atop the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour ranking chart when the latest edition was released today.
However, 2009 BNP Paribas Open top seed Dinara Safina has a chance to overtake her soon on the rankings.
2008 POINTS DROPPED ON MARCH 16: None
Top 20 Rankings (March 16, 2009)
1. Serena Williams – United States – 9432
2. Dinara Safina – Russia – 9021
3. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 8400
4. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 7886
5. Venus Williams – United States – 6842
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. Marion Bartoli – France – 3346
13. Caroline Wozniacki – Denmark – 3200
14. Alize Cornet – France – 3152
15. Flavia Pennetta – Italy – 2990
16. Dominika Cibulkova – Slovakia – 2760
17. Zheng Jie – China – 2576
18. Patty Schnyder – Switzerland – 2494
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.
