THIS WEEK: The tournament at Manhattan Beach has a new sponsor this year, but it's still on Tier II of the tour, yet it still attracts a very strong field. Very similar results to last year, with Serena Williams defeating Martina Hingis in the semis then going on to win the title.

Two players moved a bit, further down the list. Julie Halard- Decugis was never going to repeat her final appearance of 1999, so she collapses from 22 to 33 (WTA #14 -> #19). Daja Bedanova moves into the SRI Rankings Top 50 after qualifying a few weeks ago, at a promising 37 (WTA #113 -> #88).

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W101. 15th Aug 2000
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Venus Williams	1813	0	3
2	Martina Hingis	1775	+1	1
3	Lindsay Davenport	1771	-1	2
4	Serena Williams	1616	0	7
5	Monica Seles	1471	0	5
6	Mary Pierce	1388	0	4
7	Amelie Mauresmo	1286	0	12
8	Conchita Martinez	1131	0	6
9	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1122	+1	9
10	Nathalie Tauziat	1117	-1	8
11	Anna Kournikova	1102	0	14
12	Jennifer Capriati	1091	0	16
13	Kim Clijsters	1089	0	33
14	Amanda Coetzer	1058	0	13
15	Sandrine Testud	1043	+2	11
16	Anke Huber	1037	0	10
17	Barbara Schett	1024	-2	18
18	Nadejda Petrova	1000	0	55
19	Justine Henin	994	0	72
20	Elena Dementieva	988	+3	27
21	Dominique van Roost	959	0	15
22	Chanda Rubin	953	+5	17
23	Nathalie Dechy	947	+3	21
24	Jelena Dokic	943	0	39
25	Lisa Raymond	937	-5	25
26	Amy Frazier	923	-1	20
27	Sabine Appelmans	897	+1	26
28	Patty Schnyder	893	+1	31
29	Paola Suarez	887	+1	37
30	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	873	+8	24
31	Elena Likhovtseva	867	0	22
32	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	866	0	41
33	Julie Halard-Decugis	859	-11	19
34	Silvija Talaja	845	0	28
35	Gala Leon Garcia	844	0	32
36	Ruxandra Dragomir	835	0	30
37	Daja Bedanova	832	+15	88
38	Ai Sugiyama	829	-5	23
39	Tamarine Tanasugarn	826	-2	43
40	Magui Serna	817	+1	29
41	Magdalena Maleeva	811	-2	53
42	Rita Kuti Kis	803	0	56
43	Cara Black	798	+1	36
44	Denisa Chladkova	796	-1	48
45	Fabiola Zuluaga	791	-5	35
46	Sonya Jeyaseelan	783	0	60
47	Corina Morariu	774	-2	46
48	Kristina Brandi	772	+2	34
49	Anastasia Myskina	772	-1	49
50	Irina Spirlea	768	-1	70
56	Lina Krasnoroutskaya	730	0	97
57	Giulia Casoni	723	0	103

Rating Winners:
Daja Bedanova	+82	(2R+Q Manhattan B. 00)
Anne-Gaelle Sidot	+41	(2R Manhattan B. 00, 3Q 99)
Elena Dementieva	+40	(SF Manhattan B. 00, 2Q 99)
Sandrine Testud	+26	(QF Manhattan B. 00, 1R 99)

Rating Losers:
Julie Halard-Decugis	-89	(RU Manhattan B. 99, 1R 00)
Ai Sugiyama	-34	(2R Manhattan B. 99, 1R 00)
Barbara Schett	-28	(QF Manhattan B. 99, 1R 00)

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

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