THIS WEEK: Serena Williams may have lost a three-setter to her older sister in the final at Key Biscayne, but she gained more points than the defending champion. Serena is now fourth (WTA #16 -> #11), just 7 points ahead of Venus (WTA #6). Ahead of them, Steffi Graf has moved up to challenge Hingis by reaching the semi-finals of the Lipton.

Anna Kournikova and Anna Smashnova are the losers of the week, Anna K down a massive 109 points from 10 to 14 (WTA #13 -> #20).

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W63. 30th March 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Lindsay Davenport	1674	0	2
2	Martina Hingis	1641	0	1
3	Steffi Graf	1632	0	5
4	Serena Williams	1538	+1	11
5	Venus Williams	1531	-1	6
6	Monica Seles	1464	0	3
7	Jana Novotna	1414	0	4
8	Mary Pierce	1342	0	8
9	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1230	0	7
10	Patty Schnyder	1168	+1	13
11	Conchita Martinez	1130	+1	18
12	Sandrine Testud	1087	+1	12
13	Nathalie Tauziat	1086	+1	10
14	Anna Kournikova	1083	-4	20
15	Amanda Coetzer	1054	+1	9
16	Dominique van Roost	1052	-1	16
17	Natasha Zvereva	1036	+3	17
18	Barbara Schett	1027	-1	19
19	Irina Spirlea	1011	-1	15
20	Mary Joe Fernandez	992	-1	45
21	Chanda Rubin	992	0	23
22	Amelie Mauresmo	987	+1	14
23	Julie Halard-Decugis	985	-1	21
24	Anke Huber	944	+4	30
25	Elena Likhovtseva	942	-1	22
26	Mirjana Lucic	922	+3	51
27	Amy Frazier	915	0	33
28	Lisa Raymond	912	-3	28
29	Silvia Farina	881	-3	25
30	Anne Miller	874	+2	93
31	Henrieta Nagyova	861	0	26
32	Virginia Ruano Pascual	861	+2	29
33	Magui Serna	848	-3	24
34	Ai Sugiyama	839	-1	27
35	Iva Majoli	829	0	34
36	Cara Black	807	0	32
37	Ruxandra Dragomir	795	+2	37
38	Barbara Rittner	783	-1	46
39	Nathalie Dechy	774	-1	31
40	Magdalena Grzybowska	738	0	73
41	Barbara Paulus	736	0	83
42	Elena Tatarkova	736	0	47
43	Mariaan de Swardt	722	+2	36
44	Jennifer Capriati	699	+2	84
45	Silvija Talaja	692	-1	81
46	Corina Morariu	689	+4	35
47	Brie Rippner	678	+13	65
48	Sylvia Plischke	676	+8	41
49	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	675	+2	59
50	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	671	+2	50
51	Karina Habsudova	667	-2	54
53	Joannette Kruger	664	-5	69
55	Maria A. Sanchez Lorenzo	653	-8	39
60	Maureen Drake	637	+21	66
63	Anna Smashnova	631	-20	42

Rating Winners:
Mirjana Lucic	+57	(3R Lipton 99, 2R 98)
Maureen Drake	+57	(3R Lipton 99)
Anke Huber	+56	(4R Lipton 99, 4R 98)
Ruxandra Dragomir	+45	(3R Lipton 99, 2R 98)
Serena Williams	+43	(RU Lipton 99, QF 98)
Natasha Zvereva	+39	(4R Lipton 99, 3R 98)
Steffi Graf	+37	(SF Lipton 99)

Rating Losers:
Anna Kournikova	-109	(RU Lipton 98, 4R 99)
Anna Smashnova	-78	(2R+Q Lipton 98, 2R 99)
Maria A. Sanchez	Lorenzo	-32 (2R Lipton 98, 1R 99)
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	-30	(SF Lipton 98, 2R 99)
Mary Pierce	-24	(4R Lipton 99)

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

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