THIS WEEK: After a week's hiatus (I was on holiday), the SRI Rankings Top 50s return. The Williams sisters have swapped places, with Venus winning in Hamburg. Other tournament winners were Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Cairo, up from 9 to 8, WTA #7 -> #6 -> #7), Sarah Pitkowski (Budapest, up from 53 to 46, WTA #41 -> #36 -> #35), and Corina Morariu (Bol, up from 52 to 45, WTA #38 -> #37).

I can't recall having four players from outside the WTA top 100 in the SRI Rankings Top 50 Women before. This week, Elena Dementieva qualified in Hamburg before being trounced by Silvia Farina. Her current rating of 722 is enough to place her 39th, but only WTA #144. A win-loss record of 16-7 over the past 12 months bodes well for her future.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W67. 4th May 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Lindsay Davenport	1718	0	2
2	Martina Hingis	1688	0	1
3	Steffi Graf	1667	0	6
4	Venus Williams	1587	+1	5
5	Serena Williams	1552	-1	10
6	Monica Seles	1525	0	3
7	Jana Novotna	1420	0	4
8	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1289	+1	7
9	Mary Pierce	1266	-1	8
10	Anna Kournikova	1175	+1	13
11	Sandrine Testud	1143	+2	11
12	Patty Schnyder	1133	-2	12
13	Nathalie Tauziat	1126	+1	9
14	Conchita Martinez	1120	-2	18
15	Dominique van Roost	1096	0	15
16	Barbara Schett	1077	+2	20
17	Chanda Rubin	1048	0	23
18	Amelie Mauresmo	1045	+1	16
19	Natasha Zvereva	1042	-3	19
20	Mary Joe Fernandez	1041	+2	47
21	Irina Spirlea	1019	-1	17
22	Elena Likhovtseva	1006	-1	22
23	Julie Halard-Decugis	1003	+1	21
24	Amanda Coetzer	991	-1	14
25	Anke Huber	977	+1	29
26	Amy Frazier	974	-1	30
27	Silvia Farina	918	+1	25
28	Henrieta Nagyova	907	+1	24
29	Iva Majoli	868	+3	31
30	Lisa Raymond	866	+1	32
31	Ruxandra Dragomir	850	+5	33
32	Nathalie Dechy	847	+1	28
33	Ai Sugiyama	836	+1	27
34	Cara Black	826	+1	34
35	Magui Serna	799	+2	26
36	Virginia Ruano Pascual	788	-6	36
37	Fabiola Zuluaga	760	+1	51
38	Silvija Talaja	725	+2	79
39	Elena Dementieva	722	NQ	144
40	Elena Tatarkova	718	+1	46
41	Barbara Rittner	715	-2	49
42	Mariaan de Swardt	713	+5	42
43	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	707	+7	44
44	Magdalena Grzybowska	707	+7	108
45	Corina Morariu	705	+7	37
46	Sarah Pitkowski	704	+7	35
47	Karina Habsudova	699	+2	56
48	Brie Rippner	694	-4	59
49	Jennifer Capriati	693	-1	115
50	Meilen Tu	692	-5	119
NQ	Mirjana Lucic	841	(27)	67
51	Sylvia Plischke	691	-5	38
52	Gala Leon Garcia	676	-9	50
57	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	657	+44	72
58	Joannette Kruger	654	-16	76

Rating Winners:
Emmanuelle Gagliardi	+128	(SF Cairo 99, 1R Budapest 98)
Venus Williams	+65	(W Hamburg 99)
Barbara Schett	+53	(SF def Novotna Hamburg 99, SF 98)
Mary Joe Fernandez	+47	(2R Bol 98)
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	+46	(W Cairo 99, SF Hamburg 99, QF 98)
Dominique van Roost	+43	(2R Hamburg 99, 1R Budapest 98)
Amelie Mauresmo	+41	(2R Bol 98)

Rating Losers:
Mirjana Lucic -77-Q	(W	Bol 98)
Virginia Ruano Pascual	-66	(W Budapest 98, QF Hamburg 98, 1R both 99)
Joannette Kruger	-46	(SF Bol 98)
Mary Pierce	-30	(QF Cairo 99, RU Hamburg 99)
Patty Schnyder	-24	(SF Hamburg 98, QF Cairo 99)

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

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