Russia’s Dinara Safina entered her twenty-fourth straight week as the number one player in the world when the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings were updated Monday.
2008 POINTS DROPPED ON SEPTEMBER 28: Beijing, Seoul
Top 10 Rankings (September 28, 2009)
1. Dinara Safina – 8340 points
2. Serena Williams – 7807
3. Venus Williams – 6645
4. Elena Dementieva – 6015
5. Caroline Wozniacki – 5850
6. Svetlana Kuznetsova – 5202
7. Vera Zvonareva – 5200
8. Jelena Jankovic – 4870
9. Victoria Azarenka – 4592
10. Flavia Pennetta – 3490
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.
