THIS WEEK: Only the one Tier III tournament in Tokyo, where the top seed and defending champion WTA #27 Ai Sugiyama made the final again, but lost to Amy Frazier. Virtually no impact on the rest of the players in the rankings, although we now agree with the WTA computer on the top 10 in every way except the order.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W66. 19th April 1999
Rank Name Rating Points Rank Change WTA Rank
1 Lindsay Davenport 1694 0 2
2 Martina Hingis 1686 0 1
3 Steffi Graf 1643 0 5
4 Serena Williams 1537 0 9
5 Venus Williams 1522 0 6
6 Monica Seles 1500 0 3
7 Jana Novotna 1421 0 4
8 Mary Pierce 1296 0 8
9 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 1243 0 7
10 Patty Schnyder 1157 +1 10
11 Anna Kournikova 1155 -1 13
12 Conchita Martinez 1117 0 18
13 Sandrine Testud 1111 0 12
14 Nathalie Tauziat 1102 0 11
15 Dominique van Roost 1053 0 15
16 Natasha Zvereva 1045 0 17
17 Chanda Rubin 1033 0 23
18 Barbara Schett 1024 0 19
19 Amelie Mauresmo 1004 0 14
20 Irina Spirlea 1001 0 20
21 Elena Likhovtseva 998 0 22
22 Mary Joe Fernandez 994 0 44
23 Amanda Coetzer 979 +1 16
24 Julie Halard-Decugis 976 -1 21
25 Amy Frazier 959 +2 31
26 Anke Huber 953 -1 29
27 Mirjana Lucic 918 +1 52
28 Silvia Farina 908 -2 25
29 Henrieta Nagyova 886 0 24
30 Virginia Ruano Pascual 854 0 28
31 Lisa Raymond 854 0 34
32 Iva Majoli 842 +1 33
33 Nathalie Dechy 831 +1 30
34 Ai Sugiyama 818 -2 27
35 Cara Black 816 +1 35
36 Ruxandra Dragomir 816 -1 32
37 Magui Serna 787 0 26
38 Fabiola Zuluaga 745 0 51
39 Barbara Rittner 731 0 50
40 Silvija Talaja 718 +1 70
41 Elena Tatarkova 704 -1 45
42 Joannette Kruger 700 0 67
43 Gala Leon Garcia 696 +2 49
44 Brie Rippner 694 -1 59
45 Meilen Tu 688 NQ 120
46 Sylvia Plischke 687 0 36
47 Mariaan de Swardt 684 -3 42
48 Jennifer Capriati 680 +1 83
49 Karina Habsudova 679 -1 57
50 Anne-Gaelle Sidot 676 0 47
 
51 Magdalena Grzybowska 674 -4 100

Rating Winners:
Amy Frazier +44 (W Tokyo 99, SF 98)
Mirjana Lucic +16 (2R Makarska 98)

Rating Losers:
Ai Sugiyama -28 (W Tokyo 98, RU 99)

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


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