Russia’s Dinara Safina began her second week as the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour world number one on Monday. Because of Fed Cup, no WTA points were dropped from this week’s rankings.
2008 POINTS DROPPED ON APRIL 27: None
Top 10 Rankings (April 27, 2009)
1. Dinara Safina – Russia – 8951
2. Serena Williams – United States – 8272
3. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 7391
4. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 7350
5. Venus Williams – United States – 7102
6. Vera Zvonareva – Russia – 6720
7. Ana Ivanovic – Serbia – 5174
8. Victoria Azarenka – Belarus – 4646
9. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Russia – 4308
10. Nadia Petrova – Russia – 3840
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.
