THIS WEEK: Sandrine Testud defeated Serena Williams, Chanda Rubin, and Sabine Appelmans before taking a set off Martina Hingis in their Filderstadt semi-final. And yet, she's our loser of the week, down from 9 to 14 (WTA #13 -> #14). That's because last year she downed Anke Huber, Serena Williams, Dominique van Roost, and in the final beat Lindsay Davenport in straight sets. It's a difficult performance to successfully defend.

This year Martina Hingis flexed her muscles and drew further clear at the top of the tree, but semi-finalist Anke Huber was the biggest mover (up from 24 to 18, WTA #25 -> #21). There was apparently another tournament in Sao Paolo, won by Brazilian Fabiola Zuluaga (up from 38 to 37, WTA #52 -> #43). Given that the top seed was WTA #51 Anna Smashnova, it's not surprising that Filderstadt dominated the news and the moves.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W85. 13th Oct 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1849	0	1
2	Serena Williams	1819	0	4
3	Lindsay Davenport	1753	0	2
4	Venus Williams	1700	0	3
5	Monica Seles	1496	0	5
6	Mary Pierce	1351	0	6
7	Anna Kournikova	1162	0	15
8	Barbara Schett	1156	0	7
9	Chanda Rubin	1116	+1	25
10	Kim Clijsters	1107	+2	53
11	Conchita Martinez	1083	+2	13
12	Nathalie Tauziat	1075	+2	10
13	Amy Frazier	1072	+2	20
14	Sandrine Testud	1066	-5	14
15	Amelie Mauresmo	1063	+2	11
16	Jana Novotna	1062	+2	18
17	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1054	-6	17
18	Anke Huber	1051	+6	21
19	Elena Likhovtseva	1046	+2	16
20	Julie Halard-Decugis	1036	0	9
21	Mary Joe Fernandez	1025	-2	39
22	Jennifer Capriati	1014	0	29
23	Dominique van Roost	1003	-7	12
24	Amanda Coetzer	992	-1	8
25	Silvia Farina	938	0	26
26	Natasha Zvereva	931	+1	23
27	Ruxandra Dragomir	910	-1	22
28	Irina Spirlea	906	0	19
29	Ai Sugiyama	900	+1	27
30	Jelena Dokic	896	+1	41
31	Patty Schnyder	891	+2	24
32	Lisa Raymond	888	-3	38
33	Silvija Talaja	886	-1	34
34	Nathalie Dechy	875	+1	28
35	Karina Habsudova	855	-1	44
36	Sabine Appelmans	841	+5	36
37	Fabiola Zuluaga	833	+1	43
38	Ines Gorrochategui	831	-1	65
39	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	825	0	31
40	Henrieta Nagyova	823	-4	33
41	Magui Serna	805	-1	35
42	Corina Morariu	771	+1	40
43	Gala Leon Garcia	768	+1	49
44	Maria A. Sanchez Lorenzo	762	-2	42
45	Elena Dementieva	756	+11	63
46	Brie Rippner	754	+1	67
47	Cristina Torrens Valero	752	-2	47
48	Angeles Montolio	752	-2	58
49	Cara Black	743	+1	54
50	Sandra Nacuk	738	-2	97
NQ	Justine Henin	1062	NQ	85
NQ	Magdalena Maleeva	990	NQ	132
51	Mirjana Lucic	736	-2	46
54	Anne Kremer	733	-3	32
57	Sylvia Plischke	715	-3	30
81	Lubomira Bacheva	621	+18	72

Rating Winners:
Anke Huber	+65	(SF def Davenport wo Filderstadt 99, 2R 98)
Sabine Appelmans	+52	(QF Filderstadt 99, 3Q 98)
Elena Dementieva	+44	(2R+Q Filderstadt 99)
Nathalie Dechy	+32	(QF Filderstadt 99, 2Q 98)

Rating Losers:
Sandrine Testud	-69	(W Filderstadt 98, SF 99)
Dominique van Roost	-66	(SF def Hingis Filderstadt 98, 2R 99)
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	-53	(SF Filderstadt 98, 1R 99)

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

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