Serena Williams has ended the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season as the number one player in the world.
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has released the list of the year-end 2009 tennis rankings.
2008 POINTS DROPPED ON NOVEMBER 9: None
Season Ending Top 10 Rankings (November 9, 2009)
1. Serena Williams – 9075 points
2. Dinara Safina – 7800
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova – 6141
4. Caroline Wozniacki – 5875
5. Elena Dementieva – 5585
6. Venus Williams – 5126
7. Victoria Azarenka – 4820
8. Jelena Jankovic – 3965
9. Vera Zvonareva – 3560
10. Agnieszka Radwanska – 3450
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.
