THIS WEEK: I've been away most of this week, so please excuse the tardiness of this issue. Yevgeny Kafelnikov has hit a new high, finally passing Enqvist, my Russian friends will be happy to learn. Jim Courier storms back into the Top 50, Tommy Haas into the top 20, and challenger-level players Ville Liukko and Axel Pretzsch appear on the horizon.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #M82. 26th Feb 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	ATP Rank
1	Pete Sampras	1182	0	1
2	Marcelo Rios	1172	0	6
3	Andre Agassi	1154	0	8
4	Patrick Rafter	1050	+1	5
5	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1035	+3	2
6	Thomas Enqvist	1033	-2	13
7	Richard Krajicek	1012	-1	9
8	Todd Martin	996	+1	11
9	Alex Corretja	992	+1	3
10	Greg Rusedski	991	-3	10
11	Carlos Moya	986	0	4
12	Karol Kucera	983	+2	12
13	Tim Henman	980	0	7
14	Tommy Haas	942	+7	16
15	Jason Stoltenberg	936	+4	27
16	Albert Costa	929	0	15
17	Mark Philippoussis	925	-5	18
18	Michael Chang	924	-3	37
19	Boris Becker	921	-2	77
20	Goran Ivanisevic	919	-2	14
21	Magnus Gustafsson	904	-1	32
22	Gustavo Kuerten	902	+1	23
23	Thomas Johansson	893	-1	19
24	Thomas Muster	890	+2	22
25	Felix Mantilla	885	-1	21
26	Younes El Aynaoui	885	-1	40
27	Magnus Larsson	868	0	53
28	Cedric Pioline	835	+1	17
29	Jan Siemerink	828	-1	20
30	Jerome Golmard	827	+3	33
31	Nicolas Kiefer	827	-1	35
32	Jonas Bjorkman	814	+6	34
33	Byron Black	806	-2	31
34	Wayne Ferreira	805	+6	24
35	Francisco Clavet	805	+1	25
36	Slava Dosedel	804	-1	57
37	Dominik Hrbaty	804	-3	41
38	Andrea Gaudenzi	802	+1	51
39	Marat Safin	800	+3	29
40	Jan-Michael Gambill	793	+4	44
41	Jim Courier	779	+21	45
42	Marc Rosset	776	-10	26
43	Scott Draper	773	0	48
44	Justin Gimelstob	773	-3	70
45	Bohdan Ulihrach	769	0	30
46	Mark Woodforde	767	-9	68
47	Lleyton Hewitt	763	-1	91
48	Andrei Medvedev	759	+1	83
49	Jeff Tarango	758	-1	67
50	Fabrice Santoro	758	+6	39
51	Petr Korda	753	-4	75
57	Guillaume Raoux	738	-7	72
61	Alberto Berasategui	723	0	28
63	Ville Liukko	719	NQ	153
67	Axel Pretzsch	716	+24	139
99	Juan Balcells	641	-5	258

Rating Winners:
Jim Courier	+56	(RU Memphis 99, 2R 98)
Tommy Haas	+37	(W Memphis 99, 2R 98)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	+26	(W Rotterdam 99, 2R 98)

Rating Losers:
Mark Philippoussis	-51	(W Memphis 98, 3R 99)
Marc Rosset	-38	(RU Antwerp 98, 1R Rotterdam 99)
Thomas Enqvist	-33	(QF Memphis 98, 1R Rotterdam 99)
Mark Woodforde	-31	(QF Memphis 98, 2R 99)
Greg Rusedski	-19	(W Antwerp 98, SF Rotterdam 99)

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

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