THIS WEEK: It's now only 30 minutes until the Australian Open starts for 2000, and unfortunately we are late with the calculated odds. It's fine and 29C (85F) today in Melbourne, so after a full day of play the SRI Rankings computer will evaluate the chances of the remaining 96 players tonight.

The hardcourt-only ratings are available. Amelie Mauresmo seems the only real possibility outside of Williams, Hingis, and Davenport, moving to 6th after her win over a very strong field in Sydney. Mauresmo defeated the top three seeds without losing a set!

SRI Rankings Aus. Open Special. Hardcourt Only. 16th Jan 2000
Rank	Name	Rating Points	SRI Rank (all surfaces)	Comments
1	Serena Williams	1958	2	Awesome on hardcourts
2	Martina Hingis	1819	1
3	Venus Williams	1687	4
4	Lindsay Davenport	1630	3
5	Monica Seles	1413	5
6	Amelie Mauresmo	1264	6
7	Mary Pierce	1208	7
8	Kim Clijsters	1180	12	Belgian threat #1
9	Anke Huber	1123	19
10	Sandrine Testud	1099	17
11	Barbara Schett	1088	9
12	Chanda Rubin	1082	18
13	Amy Frazier	997	20
14	Amanda Coetzer	995	21
15	Jennifer Capriati	964	10
16	Conchita Martinez	918	15
17	Lisa Raymond	910	26
18	Silvija Talaja	889	29
19	Julie Halard-Decugis	888	25
20	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	883	13
21	Anna Kournikova	882	8
22	Elena Likhovtseva	868	28
23	Ai Sugiyama	863	34
24	Justine Henin	852	11	Belgian threat #2, not this year
25	Jana Novotna	845	16
26	Natasha Zvereva	840	31
27	Henrieta Nagyova	816	41
28	Dominique van Roost	816	23	Belgian threat #3
29	Patty Schnyder	813	36
30	Sabine Appelmans	805	32	Belgian threat #4
34	Nathalie Tauziat	780	14

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W92. 16th Jan 2000
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1872	0	1
2	Serena Williams	1835	0	4
3	Lindsay Davenport	1782	0	2
4	Venus Williams	1733	0	3
5	Monica Seles	1472	0	6
6	Amelie Mauresmo	1319	+3	9
7	Mary Pierce	1291	-1	5
8	Anna Kournikova	1208	0	13
9	Barbara Schett	1178	-2	8
10	Jennifer Capriati	1144	0	22
11	Justine Henin	1141	NQ	70
12	Kim Clijsters	1138	+3	43
13	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1103	+1	15
14	Nathalie Tauziat	1103	-3	7
15	Conchita Martinez	1086	-3	12
16	Jana Novotna	1081	-3	12
17	Sandrine Testud	1077	-1	14
18	Chanda Rubin	1072	0	21
19	Anke Huber	1041	+1	17
20	Amy Frazier	1030	-3	19
21	Amanda Coetzer	1002	+2	10
22	Ruxandra Dragomir	998	+2	20
23	Dominique van Roost	996	-4	16
24	Mary Joe Fernandez	995	-3	37
25	Julie Halard-Decugis	979	-3	11
26	Lisa Raymond	977	+1	29
27	Magdalena Maleeva	972	+1	68
28	Elena Likhovtseva	957	-3	18
29	Silvija Talaja	953	+4	23
30	Silvia Farina	939	-4	30
31	Natasha Zvereva	935	-1	27
32	Sabine Appelmans	919	-1	31
33	Nathalie Dechy	909	-4	24
34	Ai Sugiyama	895	-2	25
35	Corina Morariu	856	+3	35
36	Patty Schnyder	854	-2	26
37	Nadejda Petrova	849	+8	93
38	Karina Habsudova	836	-3	50
39	Ines Gorrochategui	831	-2	74
40	Fabiola Zuluaga	822	0	51
41	Henrieta Nagyova	818	+1	32
42	Jelena Dokic	816	-6	41
43	Denisa Chladkova	815	+1	58
44	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	811	-1	34
45	Cristina Torrens Valero	801	+4	53
46	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	795	+1	47
47	Gala Leon Garcia	776	+5	54
48	Magui Serna	775	-7	46
49	Alexandra Stevenson	775	+9	44
50	Barbara Rittner	775	0	55
51	Irina Spirlea	774	-5	39
54	Anne Kremer	769	+7	28
60	Brie Rippner	753	-21	105

Rating Winners:
Amelie Mauresmo	+139	(W def Davenport, Hingis Sydney 00, 1R+Q 99)
Silvija Talaja	+52	(W Gold Coast 00, 2R wo Sydney 00, 3Q 99)
Kim Clijsters	+42	(W Hobart 00)
Nadejda Petrova	+36	(1R+Q Sydney 00)

Rating Losers:
Dominique van Roost	-79	(RU Auckland 99, QF Sydney 99, QF 00)
Brie Rippner	-77	(QF+Q Gold Coast 99, 1R Auckland 00, 3Q Sydney 00)
Lindsay Davenport	-70	(W Sydney 99, RU 00)
Amy Frazier	-65	(SF Hobart 99, SF 00)
Julie Halard-Decugis	-64	(W Auckland 99, SF Hobart 99, 1R Sydney 00, 2R Gold Coast 00)
Barbara Schett	-62	(SF Auckland 99, SF Sydney 99, 2R 00)

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

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