THIS WEEK: Is Serena Williams in form or what?! This week she joins her elder sister in the top 5, passing Seles and Novotna. Davenport remains number one ahead of Hingis, but those two are the big losers of the week, and could well be challenged in the coming months.

The long-awaited clash between B. Rippner and B. Rittner took place in the second round at Indian Wells, with qualifier Brie emerging victorious and charging from 77 to 60 (WTA #81 -> #66).

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W62. 16th March 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Lindsay Davenport	1678	0	2
2	Martina Hingis	1645	0	1
3	Steffi Graf	1595	0	7
4	Venus Williams	1510	0	6
5	Serena Williams	1495	+2	16
6	Monica Seles	1460	-1	3
7	Jana Novotna	1396	-1	4
8	Mary Pierce	1366	0	8
9	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1260	0	5
10	Anna Kournikova	1192	0	13
11	Patty Schnyder	1149	0	12
12	Conchita Martinez	1144	0	18
13	Sandrine Testud	1097	+1	11
14	Nathalie Tauziat	1074	-1	10
15	Dominique van Roost	1057	0	17
16	Amanda Coetzer	1031	0	9
17	Barbara Schett	1015	+2	20
18	Irina Spirlea	1014	0	15
19	Mary Joe Fernandez	1010	-2	46
20	Natasha Zvereva	997	0	19
21	Chanda Rubin	986	+3	24
22	Julie Halard-Decugis	983	-1	21
23	Amelie Mauresmo	980	-1	14
24	Elena Likhovtseva	954	-1	23
25	Lisa Raymond	908	+2	28
26	Silvia Farina	903	+2	22
27	Amy Frazier	903	-2	34
28	Anke Huber	888	-2	29
29	Mirjana Lucic	865	+1	53
30	Magui Serna	864	-1	25
31	Henrieta Nagyova	860	+3	26
32	Anne Miller	847	+3	90
33	Ai Sugiyama	842	-2	27
34	Virginia Ruano Pascual	842	-1	30
35	Iva Majoli	841	-3	32
36	Cara Black	807	+2	31
37	Barbara Rittner	785	+2	45
38	Nathalie Dechy	780	-2	33
39	Ruxandra Dragomir	750	-2	39
40	Magdalena Grzybowska	736	0	71
41	Barbara Paulus	730	+2	76
42	Elena Tatarkova	719	-1	47
43	Anna Smashnova	709	-1	40
44	Silvija Talaja	700	+1	81
45	Mariaan de Swardt	697	+1	36
46	Jennifer Capriati	685	+1	86
47	Maria A. Sanchez Lorenzo	685	+1	38
48	Joannette Kruger	679	-4	63
49	Karina Habsudova	675	+2	56
50	Corina Morariu	674	+5	35
51	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	673	-1	55
53	Yayuk Basuki	663	-4	85
57	Rennae Stubbs	649	NQ	191
60	Brie Rippner	642	+17	66
65	Tara Snyder	634	-9	37
74	Miho Saeki	596	+20	87

Rating Winners:
Serena Williams	+90	(W I. Wells 99)
Chanda Rubin	+74	(SF I. Wells 99, 2R 98)
Brie Rippner	+60	(3R I. Wells 99)
Anne Miller	+42	(2R I. Wells 98)
Henrieta Nagyova	+39	(QF I. Wells 99)

Rating Losers:
Martina Hingis	-52	(W I. Wells 98, QF 99)
Lindsay Davenport	-42	(RU I. Wells 98, 2R 99)
Ruxandra Dragomir	-32	(3R I. Wells 98, 1R 99)
Joannette Kruger	-32	(QF I. Wells 98)

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

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