THIS WEEK: Serena Williams' extraordinary hardcourt season continues, with a lucrative win in the Grand Slam Cup (played indoors on hardcourt). While the WTA does not count this event or the Olympic tournament, SRI Rankings does. Serena gains 69 points to be just 15 behind Martina Hingis at the top of the SRI Rankings Top 50.

The only other large move was from last year's runner-up, Patty Schnyder, who falls from 25 to 33 (WTA #23).

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W84. 4th Oct 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1827	0	1
2	Serena Williams	1812	+1	4
3	Lindsay Davenport	1764	-1	2
4	Venus Williams	1678	0	3
5	Monica Seles	1501	0	5
6	Mary Pierce	1349	0	6
7	Anna Kournikova	1164	0	16
8	Barbara Schett	1138	0	8
9	Sandrine Testud	1135	0	13
10	Chanda Rubin	1121	0	24
11	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1107	0	15
12	Kim Clijsters	1101	+1	50
13	Conchita Martinez	1096	+1	14
14	Nathalie Tauziat	1089	-2	11
15	Amy Frazier	1071	0	20
16	Dominique van Roost	1069	+1	10
17	Amelie Mauresmo	1066	-1	12
18	Jana Novotna	1058	0	18
19	Mary Joe Fernandez	1052	0	38
20	Julie Halard-Decugis	1044	0	9
21	Elena Likhovtseva	1030	0	17
22	Jennifer Capriati	1018	0	30
23	Amanda Coetzer	990	0	7
24	Anke Huber	986	0	25
25	Silvia Farina	926	+1	27
26	Ruxandra Dragomir	923	+1	21
27	Natasha Zvereva	915	+1	22
28	Irina Spirlea	915	+1	19
29	Lisa Raymond	911	+1	34
30	Ai Sugiyama	905	+1	26
31	Jelena Dokic	890	+1	40
32	Silvija Talaja	888	+1	35
33	Patty Schnyder	877	-8	23
34	Karina Habsudova	872	0	43
35	Nathalie Dechy	843	0	28
36	Henrieta Nagyova	839	0	33
37	Ines Gorrochategui	828	0	64
38	Fabiola Zuluaga	825	0	52
39	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	824	0	32
40	Magui Serna	790	0	36
41	Sabine Appelmans	789	0	42
42	Maria A. Sanchez Lorenzo	782	0	41
43	Corina Morariu	777	0	39
44	Gala Leon Garcia	770	0	54
45	Cristina Torrens Valero	758	0	51
46	Angeles Montolio	756	0	58
47	Brie Rippner	755	0	68
48	Sandra Nacuk	748	+1	96
49	Mirjana Lucic	742	-1	45
50	Cara Black	739	+1	62
NQ	Justine Henin	1048	NQ	86
NQ	Magdalena Maleeva	973	NQ	131
51	Anne Kremer	739	-1	31
54	Sylvia Plischke	720	-1	29

Rating Winners:
Serena Williams	+69	(W Grand Slam Cup 99)
Martina Hingis	+11	(SF Grand Slam Cup 99, SF ret 98)
Conchita Martinez	+11	(QF Grand Slam Cup 98)

Rating Losers:
Patty Schnyder	-64	(RU def Hingis Grand Slam Cup 98)
Nathalie Tauziat	-16	(SF def Davenport Grand Slam Cup 98)
Barbara Schett	-10	(QF Grand Slam Cup 99)
Amelie Mauresmo	-10	(QF Grand Slam Cup 99)

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

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