THIS WEEK: Last week we vigorously defended Chanda Rubin, pointing out that she had only been badly beaten once by a top player in the past 12 months. This week Mary Pierce allowed her only 3 games, pushing Rubin out of the SRI Rankings top 10.

Near the top of the tree, Venus Williams won in Zurich to pass Lindsay Davenport and move into third. The losing finalist, Martina Hingis, is only 9 points clear in first.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W86. 19th Oct 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1838	0	1
2	Serena Williams	1829	0	4
3	Venus Williams	1753	+1	3
4	Lindsay Davenport	1733	-1	2
5	Monica Seles	1509	0	5
6	Mary Pierce	1398	0	6
7	Anna Kournikova	1192	0	15
8	Barbara Schett	1180	0	8
9	Conchita Martinez	1112	+2	13
10	Kim Clijsters	1108	0	54
11	Chanda Rubin	1106	-2	23
12	Nathalie Tauziat	1090	0	10
13	Amelie Mauresmo	1080	+2	11
14	Sandrine Testud	1067	0	14
15	Amy Frazier	1066	-2	20
16	Jana Novotna	1065	0	18
17	Anke Huber	1061	+1	19
18	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1057	-1	17
19	Julie Halard-Decugis	1050	+1	9
20	Elena Likhovtseva	1037	-1	16
21	Mary Joe Fernandez	1027	0	39
22	Jennifer Capriati	1019	0	29
23	Dominique van Roost	995	0	12
24	Amanda Coetzer	986	0	7
25	Silvia Farina	939	0	25
26	Natasha Zvereva	933	0	21
27	Ruxandra Dragomir	924	0	24
28	Ai Sugiyama	918	+1	27
29	Jelena Dokic	907	+1	42
30	Lisa Raymond	901	+2	40
31	Silvija Talaja	888	+2	34
32	Nathalie Dechy	887	+2	28
33	Patty Schnyder	885	-2	22
34	Irina Spirlea	871	-6	26
35	Sabine Appelmans	861	+1	35
36	Karina Habsudova	858	-1	43
37	Fabiola Zuluaga	843	0	44
38	Ines Gorrochategui	841	0	66
39	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	819	0	32
40	Magui Serna	812	+1	30
41	Henrieta Nagyova	809	-1	33
42	Elena Dementieva	788	+3	57
43	Corina Morariu	772	-1	38
44	Gala Leon Garcia	771	-1	49
45	Cristina Torrens Valero	763	+2	47
46	Maria A. Sanchez Lorenzo	759	-2	41
47	Brie Rippner	758	-1	72
48	Angeles Montolio	754	0	58
49	Cara Black	750	0	55
50	Sandra Nacuk	743	0	94
NQ	Magdalena Maleeva	999	NQ	132
51	Andrea Glass	740	+9	74
59	Sylvia Plischke	717	-2	31
65	Nadejda Petrova	690	+17	123

Rating Winners:
Nadejda Petrova	+71	(3Q Zurich 99)
Venus Williams	+53	(W Zurich 99, RU 98)
Mary Pierce	+47	(SF Zurich 99, QF 98)
Andrea Glass	+34	(2Q Zurich 98)
Elena Dementieva	+32	(1R+Q Zurich 99)
Anna Kournikova	+30	(1R Zurich 98)
Conchita Martinez	+29	(2R Zurich 98)

Rating Losers:
Irina Spirlea	-35	(SF Zurich 98, 2R 99)
Lindsay Davenport	-20	(W Zurich 98)
Henrieta Nagyova	-14	(1R Zurich 99)

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

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