Dinara Safina remained atop the unchanged Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Top 10 when the new tennis rankings were released on Monday.
2008 POINTS DROPPED ON AUGUST 10: None
Top 10 Rankings (August 10, 2009)
1. Dinara Safina – 9601 points
2. Serena Williams – 8628
3. Venus Williams – 6935
4. Elena Dementieva – 6591
5. Jelena Jankovic – 5930
6. Svetlana Kuznetsova – 5851
7. Vera Zvonareva – 5400
8. Caroline Wozniacki – 4750
9. Victoria Azarenka – 4539
10. Nadia Petrova – 3290
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.
