THIS WEEK: A single "Tier IVB" tournament, which attracted a handful of the top 50 players, was held in Prostejov. The WTA computer deducted the results from Paris 1998 this week, but we will wait until it is played in early March before substituting the results. The only move of note was by perennial lower-tier winner Henrieta Nagyova, up from 33 to 31 (WTA #30 -> #27).

Catching the eye below the stagnation was Germany's Julia Abe (up from 109 to 76, WTA #148 -> #128), who came through qualifying to reach the quarter-finals. There she was beaten by fellow qualifier Amanda Hopmans of Holland, who is yet to establish an SRI rating (provisionally about 750-760 points) but is already in the WTA top 100.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W59. 17th Feb 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1698	0	1
2	Lindsay Davenport	1693	0	2
3	Steffi Graf	1532	0	7
4	Venus Williams	1502	0	6
5	Monica Seles	1482	0	4
6	Jana Novotna	1409	0	3
7	Mary Pierce	1398	0	9
8	Serena Williams	1314	0	24
9	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1260	0	5
10	Patty Schnyder	1215	0	8
11	Anna Kournikova	1158	0	11
12	Conchita Martinez	1144	0	16
13	Nathalie Tauziat	1089	0	10
14	Sandrine Testud	1067	+1	15
15	Dominique van Roost	1052	-1	13
16	Amanda Coetzer	1049	0	12
17	Irina Spirlea	1025	0	14
18	Mary Joe Fernandez	1018	0	48
19	Natasha Zvereva	1012	0	17
20	Barbara Schett	988	0	19
21	Anke Huber	983	0	29
22	Julie Halard-Decugis	977	0	21
23	Elena Likhovtseva	919	0	23
24	Lisa Raymond	904	0	25
25	Magui Serna	890	0	22
26	Amy Frazier	887	0	32
27	Chanda Rubin	882	0	28
28	Amelie Mauresmo	878	0	18
29	Mirjana Lucic	876	0	50
30	Silvia Farina	869	0	20
31	Henrieta Nagyova	852	+2	27
32	Ai Sugiyama	850	-1	26
33	Virginia Ruano Pascual	828	-1	31
34	Iva Majoli	798	0	30
35	Sabine Appelmans	790	0	46
36	Anne Miller	787	0	65
37	Cara Black	765	+1	39
38	Barbara Paulus	759	+1	67
39	Ruxandra Dragomir	759	-2	40
40	Elena Tatarkova	757	0	47
41	Joannette Kruger	737	0	37
42	Silvija Talaja	730	+1	83
43	Sarah Pitkowski	729	-1	36
44	Nathalie Dechy	729	0	42
45	Magdalena Grzybowska	719	+1	72
46	Barbara Rittner	717	-1	68
47	Anna Smashnova	707	0	43
48	Mariaan de Swardt	702	+1	34
49	Jennifer Capriati	694	+1	87
50	Maria A. Sanchez Lorenzo	685	-2	41
55	Corina Morariu	661	-1	33
76	Julia Abe	580	+33	128
90	Amelie Cocheteux	546	+14	69
100	Olga Lugina	510	+18	169

Rating Winners:
Julia Abe	+93	(QF+Q Prostejov 99)
Henrieta Nagyova	+26	(W Prostejov 99)
Silvia Farina	+11	(RU Prostejov 99)

Rating Losers:
Dominique van Roost	-29	(2R Prostejov 99)
Nathalie Tauziat	-21	(1R Prostejov 99)
Maria A. Sanchez	Lorenzo	-21 (1R Prostejov 99)

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

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