THIS WEEK: Mary Pierce, who we rated a solid fourth on clay last week, was able to beat the three players rated above her to win the French Open. She moves up from 7 to 6 (WTA #7 -> #3), but is still over 100 points behind Seles in 5th.

Lindsay Davenport was kicked out in the first round, but still quietly moved back into top spot. Hingis's performance in 2000 was considered worse than in 1999, as she faced an easier draw, let Dragomir bagel her, and fell in the semi-finals rather than last year's final. Davenport lost a few points, but Hingis lost more.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W94. 14th June 2000
Rank Name Rating Points Rank Change WTA Rank
1 Lindsay Davenport 1739 +1 2
2 Martina Hingis 1733 -1 1
3 Serena Williams 1611 0 8
4 Venus Williams 1538 0 5
5 Monica Seles 1457 0 6
6 Mary Pierce 1313 +1 3
7 Amelie Mauresmo 1244 -1 13
8 Conchita Martinez 1146 0 4
9 Kim Clijsters 1093 +1 30
10 Nathalie Tauziat 1086 +2 7
11 Jennifer Capriati 1072 0 19
12 Amanda Coetzer 1061 +1 10
13 Anna Kournikova 1056 -4 14
14 Barbara Schett 1048 0 15
15 Sandrine Testud 1008 +2 11
16 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 1006 0 9
17 Anke Huber 1003 +1 12
18 Justine Henin 993 -3 99
19 Jelena Dokic 957 0 29
20 Nadejda Petrova 954 +1 58
21 Nathalie Dechy 948 -1 22
22 Lisa Raymond 928 +3 28
23 Amy Frazier 913 -1 24
24 Chanda Rubin 911 0 20
25 Ai Sugiyama 909 +1 18
26 Elena Dementieva 894 +3 26
27 Silvija Talaja 894 -4 21
28 Dominique van Roost 885 +5 16
29 Julie Halard-Decugis 882 -2 17
30 Elena Likhovtseva 869 -2 23
31 Magdalena Maleeva 848 +1 53
32 Sabine Appelmans 846 -2 25
33 Kvetoslava Hrdlickova 839 +2 41
34 Paola Suarez 820 +2 50
35 Patty Schnyder 816 -1 37
36 Natasha Zvereva 803 +11 34
37 Magui Serna 803 0 46
38 Denisa Chladkova 791 +8 38
39 Corina Morariu 789 -1 31
40 Anne-Gaelle Sidot 788 0 27
41 Ruxandra Dragomir 788 0 33
42 Tamarine Tanasugarn 779 -3 59
43 Anne Kremer 766 -1 36
44 Fabiola Zuluaga 766 +1 32
45 Rita Kuti Kis 756 +4 47
46 Giulia Casoni 747 NQ 85
47 Anastasia Myskina 730 +4 54
48 Cara Black 728 +2 61
49 Angeles Montolio 726 +3 45
50 Irina Spirlea 724 -2 66
 
NQ Ines Gorrochategui 780 (31) 198
51 Gala Leon Garcia 723 -7 42
86 Barbara Schwartz 592 -43 120

Rating Winners: (All results at French Open)
Mary Pierce +59 (W 00, 2R 99)
Dominique van Roost +50 (2R def Davenport 00, 1R 99)
Serena Williams +46 (3R 99)
Natasha Zvereva +44 (4R 00, 2R 99)

Rating Losers:
Barbara Schwartz -184 (QF 99, 1R 00)
Anna Kournikova -62 (4R 99, 2R 00)
Gala Leon Garcia -50 (2R 99, 2R 00)
Justine Henin -38 (2R 99)

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


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