THIS WEEK: Bet you thought we were never coming back. Well, it looked like that for a while, but just in time for the French Open we're ready to tell you who'll win and why. In short, the semi-final between Hingis & Seles will determine the winner. Seles has won three tournaments this year (two on clay), but Hingis has beaten her easily twice (on hardcourts). Conchita Martinez would be a worthy finalist from the other half of the draw, given that Davenport is not a very safe bet.

It's interesting to look at the moves below since the Australian Open back in January. The Williams sisters have lost 461 points between them, and are now well off the top-two pace. The recovery of Jelena Dokic is notable, Nadejda Petrova looks extremely promising.

We should be back on a regular basis from now. Hope we haven't lost too many subscribers!

SRI Rankings French Open Special. Clay Only. 28th May 2000
Rank	Name	Rating Points	SRI Rank (all surfaces)	Comments
1	Martina Hingis	1534	1
2	Monica Seles	1481	5
3	Conchita Martinez	1390	8
4	Mary Pierce	1382	7
5	Amelie Mauresmo	1251	6
6	Barbara Schett	1030	14
7	Amanda Coetzer	1018	13
8	Elena Likhovtseva	973	28	Dark horse, but tough early draw
9	Anke Huber	966	18
10	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	955	16
11	Anna Kournikova	935	9
12	Silvija Talaja	923	23
13	Nathalie Dechy	907	20
14	Jelena Dokic	869	19
15	Gala Leon Garcia	857	44
16	Henrieta Nagyova	826	67
17	Fabiola Zuluaga	815	45
18	Chanda Rubin	808	24
29	Elena Dementieva	806	29
20	Ai Sugiyama	799	26
21	Paola Suarez	794	36
22	Barbara Schwartz	775	43
23	Venus Williams	766	4	8 matches only
24	Sandrine Testud	757	17
25	Rita Kuti Kis	757	49
26	Jennifer Hopkins	756	98	Who??! I've been gone too long
27	Ruxandra Dragomir	751	41
28	Karina Habsudova	750	58
29	Kristina Brandi	747	56
30	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	728	35
NQ	Lindsay Davenport	1030	2	6 matches only
NQ	Serena Williams	691	3	4 matches only

 

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W93. 28th May 2000
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1752	0	1
2	Lindsay Davenport	1741	+1	2
3	Serena Williams	1565	-1	8
4	Venus Williams	1542	0	4
5	Monica Seles	1441	0	3
6	Amelie Mauresmo	1255	0	14
7	Mary Pierce	1254	0	6
8	Conchita Martinez	1147	+7	5
9	Anna Kournikova	1118	-1	15
10	Kim Clijsters	1106	+2	29
11	Jennifer Capriati	1080	-1	16
12	Nathalie Tauziat	1068	+2	7
13	Amanda Coetzer	1042	+8	10
14	Barbara Schett	1035	-5	17
15	Justine Henin	1031	-4	80
16	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1009	-3	9
17	Sandrine Testud	1004	0	11
18	Anke Huber	1002	+1	12
19	Jelena Dokic	986	+23	30
20	Nathalie Dechy	947	+13	21
21	Nadejda Petrova	934	+16	61
22	Amy Frazier	927	-2	23
23	Silvija Talaja	918	+6	22
24	Chanda Rubin	913	-6	25
25	Lisa Raymond	913	+1	27
26	Ai Sugiyama	891	+8	19
27	Julie Halard-Decugis	877	-2	13
28	Elena Likhovtseva	877	0	18
29	Elena Dementieva	869	+23	26
30	Sabine Appelmans	851	+2	24
31	Ines Gorrochategui	840	+8	120
32	Magdalena Maleeva	836	-5	62
33	Dominique van Roost	835	-10	20
34	Patty Schnyder	832	+2	33
35	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	823	+11	42
36	Paola Suarez	821	+40	46
37	Magui Serna	797	+11	44
38	Corina Morariu	797	-3	34
39	Tamarine Tanasugarn	786	+27	57
40	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	783	+4	28
41	Ruxandra Dragomir	783	-19	31
42	Anne Kremer	780	+12	35
43	Barbara Schwartz	776	+13	59
44	Gala Leon Garcia	773	+3	43
45	Fabiola Zuluaga	770	-5	41
46	Denisa Chladkova	760	-3	40
47	Natasha Zvereva	759	-16	37
48	Irina Spirlea	744	+3	58
49	Rita Kuti Kis	743	+24	72
50	Cara Black	731	+7	55
53	Tathiana Garbin	718	+75	48
54	Nicole Pratt	712	+26	53
55	Sonya Jeyaseelan	711	+45	85
56	Kristina Brandi	709	+19	36
57	Barbara Rittner	698	-7	106
58	Karina Habsudova	698	-20	49
59	Silvia Farina	697	-29	47
60	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	695	NQ	119
63	Alexandra Stevenson	685	-14	39
67	Henrieta Nagyova	663	-26	73
81	Cristina Torrens Valero	622	-36	68
79	Sylvia Plischke	630	-16	32

Rating Winners:
Tathiana Garbin	+254
Paola Suarez	+175
Jelena Dokic	+170
Sonya Jeyaseelan	+144
Elena Dementieva	+99
Nadejda Petrova	+85

Rating Losers:
Serena Williams	-270
Silvia Farina	-242
Ruxandra Dragomir	-215
Venus Williams	-191
Cristina Torrens Valero	-179
Natasha Zvereva	-176
Dominique van Roost	-161
Chanda Rubin	-159
Henrieta Nagyova	-155
Barbara Schett	-143

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

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