THIS WEEK: Just the two events on the tour, a Tier III from Austria and a very lowly Tier IVB from Italy. Silvija Talaja was top seed at Palermo, but won just one game. The SRI Rankings computer used to rate her quite highly compared to the WTA - not any more, as she slips from 28 to 35 (WTA #21 -> #27). Barbara Schett was the only top-20 player in action, and she duly won at Portschach to strengthen her 14th position (WTA #19 -> #17).

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W97. 18th July 2000
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1778	0	1
2	Lindsay Davenport	1763	0	2
3	Venus Williams	1693	0	3
4	Serena Williams	1610	0	7
5	Monica Seles	1484	0	5
6	Mary Pierce	1343	0	4
7	Amelie Mauresmo	1252	0	13
8	Conchita Martinez	1147	0	6
9	Jennifer Capriati	1087	0	15
10	Kim Clijsters	1076	0	33
11	Amanda Coetzer	1076	0	12
12	Nathalie Tauziat	1072	0	8
13	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1068	0	9
14	Barbara Schett	1057	0	17
15	Sandrine Testud	1039	0	11
16	Anna Kournikova	1026	0	19
17	Anke Huber	1001	+1	10
18	Nadejda Petrova	992	-1	55
19	Lisa Raymond	967	0	22
20	Elena Dementieva	960	+1	31
21	Justine Henin	951	-1	81
22	Chanda Rubin	925	+2	18
23	Dominique van Roost	925	0	16
24	Nathalie Dechy	925	-2	23
25	Julie Halard-Decugis	921	0	14
26	Jelena Dokic	916	0	37
27	Ai Sugiyama	888	0	20
28	Patty Schnyder	875	+3	29
29	Sabine Appelmans	872	0	26
30	Amy Frazier	861	+2	21
31	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	854	-1	42
32	Elena Likhovtseva	850	+2	24
33	Paola Suarez	841	0	43
34	Tamarine Tanasugarn	841	+1	44
35	Silvija Talaja	840	-7	27
36	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	824	0	25
37	Ruxandra Dragomir	819	0	28
38	Denisa Chladkova	807	0	38
39	Rita Kuti Kis	805	+3	51
40	Corina Morariu	804	0	35
41	Fabiola Zuluaga	799	0	32
42	Magdalena Maleeva	790	-3	53
43	Gala Leon Garcia	790	+5	36
44	Magui Serna	788	0	30
45	Sonya Jeyaseelan	787	-2	61
46	Anne Kremer	761	+1	39
47	Anastasia Myskina	755	-2	54
48	Cara Black	754	-2	41
49	Angeles Montolio	752	+3	50
50	Nicole Pratt	741	-1	46
NQ	Daja Bedanova	767	NQ	127
51	Kristina Brandi	741	-1	34
53	Henrieta Nagyova	734	+8	66
NQ	Bianka Lamade	679	NQ	182

Rating Winners:
Henrieta Nagyova	+60	(W Palermo 00, SF Portschach 99)
Gala Leon Garcia	+36	(QF Portschach 00, 1R 99)
Rita Kuti Kis	+21	(1Q Portschach 99)
Barbara Schett	+20	(W Portschach 00)

Rating Losers:
Silvija Talaja	-27	(RU Portschach 99, 1R Palermo 00)
Anastasia Myskina	-12	(1R Palermo 00)

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

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