Caroline Wozniacki became the first Dane ever to crack the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Top 10 on Monday after reaching the biggest singles final of her career in Madrid.
2008 POINTS DROPPED ON MAY 18: Rome
Top 10 Rankings (May 18, 2009)
1. Dinara Safina – 9801 points
2. Serena Williams – 7838
3. Venus Williams – 7237
4. Elena Dementieva – 6931
5. Jelena Jankovic – 6720
6. Vera Zvonareva – 5640
7. Svetlana Kuznetsova – 5091
8. Ana Ivanovic – 4892
9. Victoria Azarenka – 4526
10. Caroline Wozniacki – 4370
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.
