THIS WEEK: Julie Halard-Decugis and Patty Schnyder win the two tournaments on offer, to push into the top 20 and top 10 respectively. Unfortunately, we cannot give the latest WTA rankings, as the WTA web site printable rankings are December's.

You will recall that at the end of last year, just five points separated Davenport and Hingis. Well, with the fluctuations due to this week's results and their effect on the perceived strength of the top players' schedules, Hingis has regained the top spot! She leads by less than half a point. It should be a great Aussie Open.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W55. 14th Jan 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1705	+1	2
2	Lindsay Davenport	1705	-1	1
3	Steffi Graf	1616	0	9
4	Venus Williams	1607	0	5
5	Monica Seles	1530	0	6
6	Jana Novotna	1459	0	3
7	Mary Pierce	1415	0	7
8	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1381	0	4
9	Serena Williams	1324	0	20
10	Patty Schnyder	1265	+1	11
11	Anna Kournikova	1243	-1	13
12	Conchita Martinez	1230	0	8
13	Nathalie Tauziat	1120	0	10
14	Dominique van Roost	1074	0	12
15	Irina Spirlea	1071	+1	15
16	Sandrine Testud	1068	-1	14
17	Anke Huber	1026	0	21
18	Amanda Coetzer	1025	0	17
19	Natasha Zvereva	1014	0	16
20	Julie Halard-Decugis	996	+1	22
21	Lisa Raymond	949	-1	27
22	Barbara Schett	944	0	23
23	Magui Serna	920	+3	24
24	Mirjana Lucic	908	0	51
25	Elena Likhovtseva	907	0	26
26	Ai Sugiyama	900	-3	18
27	Amy Frazier	859	0	42
28	Iva Majoli	854	0	25
29	Silvia Farina	850	0	19
30	Chanda Rubin	837	+2	35
31	Virginia Ruano Pascual	837	0	32
32	Henrieta Nagyova	828	-2	28
33	Amelie Mauresmo	808	0	29
34	Sabine Appelmans	788	0	48
35	Anne Miller	783	0	46
36	Magdalena Grzybowska	780	+1	52
37	Elena Tatarkova	776	-1	47
38	Joannette Kruger	763	+3	30
39	Ruxandra Dragomir	761	+3	38
40	Barbara Paulus	761	0	45
41	Mariaan de Swardt	742	-2	36
42	Barbara Rittner	733	+2	66
43	Fang Li	716	+2	40
44	Maria Alejandra Vento	713	-6	43
45	Sarah Pitkowski	701	+1	33
46	Nathalie Dechy	699	+7	50
47	Sylvia Plischke	695	-4	41
48	Tamarine Tanasugarn	693	+2	37
49	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	692	0	60
50	Silvija Talaja	691	-3	85
NQ	Mary Joe Fernandez	921	NQ	77
51	Cara Black	691	-3	44
55	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	675	+5	54
59	Tara Snyder	668	-5	34
80	Brie Rippner	564	+32	107

Rating Winners:
Brie Rippner	+107	(QF+Q Gold Coast 99, 1Q Adelaide 98)
Julie Halard-Decugis	+71	(W Auckland 99)
Patty Schnyder	+61	(W Gold Coast 99, 2R Adelaide 98)

Rating Losers:
Maria Alejandra Vento	-38	(RU Adelaide 98, 2R Auckland 99)
Sylvia Plischke	-24	(SF Adelaide 98, 1R Gold Coast 99)

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

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