Vera Zvonareva advanced to No. 5 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings after winning the 2009 BBNP Paribas Open title on Sunday.
Victoria Azarenka debuted in the Top 10 in both singles and doubles after a successful week at Indian Wells.
2008 POINTS DROPPED ON MARCH 23: Indian Wells
Top 20 Rankings (March 23, 2009)
1. Serena Williams – United States – 9432
2. Dinara Safina – Russia – 9121
3. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 7985
4. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 7671
5. Vera Zvonareva – Russia – 7090
6. Venus Williams – United States – 6842
7. Ana Ivanovic – Serbia – 5184
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Russia – 4308
9. Nadia Petrova – Russia – 3762
10. Victoria Azarenka – Belarus – 3760
11. Agnieszka Radwanska – Poland – 3468
12. Caroline Wozniacki – Denmark – 3320
13. Marion Bartoli – France – 3221
14. Alize Cornet – France – 3061
15. Flavia Pennetta – Italy – 3050
16. Dominika Cibulkova – Slovakia – 2685
17. Zheng Jie – China – 2501
18. Patty Schnyder – Switzerland – 2497
19. Kaia Kanepi – Estonia – 2330
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.
