THIS WEEK: Venus Williams won as expected, and is 44 points clear at the top. Serena's rating has taken another beating - she slips to over 200 points below Davenport, and less than 100 ahead of Seles. Sandrine Testud returns to the top 10 for the first time in eleven months, at the expense of Sanchez-Vicario.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W104. 13th Sep 2000
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Venus Williams	1821	0	3
2	Martina Hingis	1777	0	1
3	Lindsay Davenport	1758	0	2
4	Serena Williams	1553	0	8
5	Monica Seles	1456	0	5
6	Mary Pierce	1323	0	4
7	Amelie Mauresmo	1301	0	15
8	Nathalie Tauziat	1126	+2	7
9	Conchita Martinez	1115	0	6
10	Sandrine Testud	1098	+4	11
11	Anna Kournikova	1097	0	13
12	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1094	-4	9
13	Kim Clijsters	1090	0	29
14	Jennifer Capriati	1088	-2	18
15	Justine Henin	1084	+1	47
16	Amanda Coetzer	1068	-1	12
17	Anke Huber	1040	0	10
18	Elena Dementieva	1035	0	17
19	Nadejda Petrova	1005	+1	52
20	Chanda Rubin	993	+2	16
21	Amy Frazier	977	+3	19
22	Nathalie Dechy	967	-1	21
23	Barbara Schett	952	-4	23
24	Jelena Dokic	950	+2	34
25	Lisa Raymond	941	0	22
26	Dominique van Roost	922	-3	14
27	Magdalena Maleeva	913	+1	35
28	Patty Schnyder	905	-1	25
29	Paola Suarez	873	+2	43
30	Gala Leon Garcia	873	0	28
31	Sabine Appelmans	863	-2	30
32	Julie Halard-Decugis	843	+2	20
33	Silvija Talaja	838	-1	24
34	Anne Kremer	837	+5	36
35	Ruxandra Dragomir	825	0	44
36	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	821	+1	33
37	Elena Likhovtseva	821	-4	27
38	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	814	0	37
39	Corina Morariu	813	+7	53
40	Rita Kuti Kis	811	+1	56
41	Ai Sugiyama	809	-1	26
42	Daja Bedanova	797	-6	86
43	Tamarine Tanasugarn	796	0	41
44	Cara Black	789	-2	38
45	Denisa Chladkova	784	-1	51
46	Fabiola Zuluaga	781	+2	39
47	Magui Serna	772	0	31
48	Tathiana Garbin	768	+1	42
49	Sonya Jeyaseelan	765	+1	58
50	Kristina Brandi	751	+1	32
52	Irina Spirlea	745	-7	105
62	Lilia Osterloh	680	+16	48
70	Bianka Lamade	643	NQ	136

Rating Winners: (All results at U.S. Open)
Lilia Osterloh	+67	(4R 00, 1R 99)
Venus Williams	+48	(W 00, SF 99)
Chanda Rubin	+38	(3R 00, 1R 99)
Amy Frazier	+29	(1R 00, 3R 99)
Elena Dementieva	+28	(SF 00, 3R 99)
Corina Morariu	+28	(2R 99)
Jelena Dokic	+26	(4R 00, 1R 99)
Anke Huber	+25	(QF 00, QF 99)
Nathalie Tauziat	+24	(QF 00, 3R 99)

Rating Losers:
Serena Williams	-66	(W 99, QF 00)
Barbara Schett	-47	(QF 99, 2R 00)
Mary Pierce	-45	(QF 99, 4R ret 00)
Irina Spirlea	-45	(3R 99)

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

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