THIS WEEK: Well, it looks like I didn't send this after the Hanover ATP Tour Championship. Suffice it to say that the SRI computer tipped the Sampras win (not hard to do), and he is a mile ahead at #1. Tomorrow the first issue of 1998 will be published.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #M38. 18th Nov 1997
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	End of 1996	ATP Rank
1	Pete Sampras	1392	0	1	1
2	Albert Costa	1106	0	35	19
3	Richard Krajicek	1093	0	16	11
4	Michael Chang	1088	0	2	3
5	Patrick Rafter	1073	+1	22	2
6	Greg Rusedski	1068	-1	29	6
7	Jonas Bjorkman	1046	0	59	4
8	Alex Corretja	1016	+1	31	12
9	Jim Courier	1014	-1	12	21
10	Petr Korda	995	+1	18	13
11	Magnus Larsson	989	+1	46	25
12	Thomas Enqvist	988	-2	8	28
13	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	970	+4	6	5
14	Goran Ivanisevic	967	+1	5	15
15	Sergi Bruguera	966	-2	47	8
16	Thomas Muster	966	-2	10	9
17	Felix Mantilla	960	-1	40	16
18	Marcelo Rios	935	+1	19	10
19	Carlos Moya	931	+2	23	7
20	Todd Martin	926	0	4	62
21	Tim Henman	915	+1	27	17
22	Boris Becker	899	-4	3	63
23	Chris Woodruff	885	0	30	30
24	Mark Philippoussis	882	0	20	18
25	Andrei Medvedev	877	0	21	27
26	Karol Kucera	873	+1	73	24
27	Cedric Pioline	870	-1	9	20
28	Jason Stoltenberg	863	0	44	79
29	Jiri Novak	858	0	72	48
30	Bohdan Ulihrach	854	+2	52	34
31	Magnus Gustafsson	852	-1	14	37
32	Tommy Haas	848	+2	[68]	41
33	Slava Dosedel	846	0	38	44
34	Gustavo Kuerten	842	-3	106	14
35	Francisco Clavet	832	+1	53	33
36	Magnus Norman	828	-1	82	22
37	Todd Woodbridge	827	0	37	26
38	Alberto Berasategui	818	+1	34	23
39	Paul Haarhuis	814	-1	56	71
40	Julian Alonso	813	+1	[243]	36
41	Fabrice Santoro	810	-1	146	29
42	Mark Woodforde	801	0	17	46
43	Byron Black	785	0	79	77
44	Thomas Johansson	776	+1	63	39
45	Dominik Hrbaty	775	-1	94	42
46	Johan van Herck	775	+2	120	67
47	Jeff Tarango	768	+2	102	49
48	Marcelo Filippini	767	-1	74	45
49	Michael Stich	763	-3	13	65
50	Andre Agassi	760	+12	7	122
51	Brett Steven	752	-1	43	50
60	Wayne Ferreira	710	0	15	43
75	Alex O'Brien	678	-2	26	98
88	Gianluca Pozzi	653	+29	141	96
188	Christian Vinck	479	+34	[299]	161

Rating Winners:
Andre Agassi	+52	(RU Nevada Chal. 97, 0-1 Tour Ch. 96)
Pete Sampras	+20	(W Tour Champs. 97, W 96)
Carlos Moya	+15	(SF def Sampras Tour Champs. 97)

Rating Losers:
Boris Becker	-64	(RU def Sampras Tour Champs. 96)
Sergi Bruguera	-25	(0-2 Tour Champs. 97)
Thomas Muster	-23	(1-2 Tour Champs. 96, 0-1 97)
Goran Ivanisevic	-21	(SF Tour Champs. 96)

[ wo - walkover, wd - withdrew, ret - retired, def - defeated ]

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