THIS WEEK: Pat Rafter became the ATP #1. If the SRI Rankings algorithm was adjusted to take into account sportsmanship and fair play, then it would rank him first as well. Congratulations Pat, and may you continue to compete for #1 for many years to come.

The SRI Rankings Top 50 Men still rates Sampras and Agassi as slightly better than Rafter, on average. This week, Gustavo Kuerten dropped to the base of the top 10, after retiring hurt while defending his Stuttgart title. Magnus Norman took advantage of that match to go all the way, and moves back into the Top 50 at 29! (ATP #49 -> #30). The last three players Norman beat, Lapentti, Novak, and Haas, are also amongst the winners.

Last year Michael Chang (down from 29 to 35, ATP #58 -> #70) was in the semi-finals at the Legg Mason Classic in Washington (delayed a few weeks this year). Last week he was top seed in a challenger event instead, and was beaten in the semis by Harel Levy (up from 268 to 220, ATP #198 -> #209). At that rate, he looks destined to drop out of the Top 50 here.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #M98. 27th July 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	ATP Rank
1	Pete Sampras	1155	0	2
2	Andre Agassi	1128	0	3
3	Patrick Rafter	1100	0	1
4	Richard Krajicek	1061	0	7
5	Todd Martin	1020	0	9
6	Greg Rusedski	1018	0	10
7	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1001	+1	4
8	Tim Henman	979	+2	5
9	Karol Kucera	973	0	14
10	Gustavo Kuerten	964	-3	6
11	Mark Philippoussis	962	0	11
12	Alex Corretja	958	+2	8
13	Thomas Enqvist	948	0	18
14	Marcelo Rios	943	-2	13
15	Lleyton Hewitt	940	+1	33
16	Felix Mantilla	933	-1	16
17	Nicolas Kiefer	924	+1	17
18	Younes El Aynaoui	920	-1	31
19	Francisco Clavet	911	+1	23
20	Jerome Golmard	910	-1	24
21	Tommy Haas	902	+3	15
22	Carlos Moya	896	-1	12
23	Magnus Larsson	884	0	63
24	Fernando Meligeni	871	+1	29
25	Vince Spadea	870	+2	25
26	Dominik Hrbaty	868	-4	19
27	Albert Costa	863	-1	22
28	Thomas Johansson	822	0	21
29	Magnus Norman	822	+23	30
30	Nicolas Lapentti	818	+7	20
31	Jason Stoltenberg	812	-1	59
32	Cedric Pioline	801	0	26
33	Goran Ivanisevic	795	-2	28
34	Jiri Novak	792	+11	41
35	Michael Chang	791	-6	70
36	Jan-Michael Gambill	788	+2	48
37	Sebastien Grosjean	786	-4	34
38	Marc Rosset	784	+2	32
39	Jonas Bjorkman	782	-5	36
40	Jim Courier	780	-1	45
41	Juan Carlos Ferrero	777	+1	76
42	Marat Safin	768	-6	37
43	Wayne Ferreira	766	-2	38
44	Chris Woodruff	751	-1	90
45	Andrei Pavel	745	-1	44
46	Daniel Nestor	745	+2	65
47	Thomas Muster	743	+2	84
48	Boris Becker	743	-13	108
49	Stefan Koubek	737	+1	54
50	Byron Black	731	+7	55
NQ	Nicklas Kulti	886	NQ	101
51	David Prinosil	727	-4	53
52	Magnus Gustafsson	724	-6	80
55	Richard Fromberg	720	+8	62
61	Mariano Zabaleta	705	+6	27
87	Andrea Gaudenzi	644	+14	75

Rating Winners:
Magnus Norman	+94	(W Stuttgart 99, 1R 98)
Jiri Novak	+46	(SF Stuttgart 99)
Nicolas Lapentti	+39	(QF Stuttgart 99, 1R 98)
Tommy Haas	+37	(RU Stuttgart 99, 2R 98)
Vince Spadea	+26	(QF Stuttgart 99, QF Washington 98)

Rating Losers:
Boris Becker	-40	(QF Stuttgart 98)
Gustavo Kuerten	-36	(W Stuttgart 98, 2R ret 99)
Michael Chang	-31	(SF Washington 98, SF Aptos Chal. 99)
Magnus Gustafsson	-22	(3R Stuttgart 98, 2R 99)

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

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