THIS WEEK: The WTA web site has finally published the week's official rankings, so we can go ahead with the comparison. There are two re-entries to the SRI Rankings Top 50 Women: qualifier Denisa Chladkova (up from 59 to 48, WTA #68 -> #56) made the quarter-finals, while her conqueror Sarah Pitkowski (up from 52 to 42, WTA #33 -> #29) lost in the semis.

Runner-up Sandrine Testud moved back into the top 20 (up from 23 to 19, WTA #19 -> #14). WTA #13 Anna Kournikova's return ended in the second round, damaging her rating, but she still holds seventh.

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W88. 2nd Nov 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1882	0	1
2	Serena Williams	1860	0	4
3	Venus Williams	1799	0	3
4	Lindsay Davenport	1768	0	2
5	Monica Seles	1521	0	5
6	Mary Pierce	1375	0	6
7	Anna Kournikova	1208	0	13
8	Barbara Schett	1181	0	7
9	Amelie Mauresmo	1147	+1	11
10	Nathalie Tauziat	1145	-1	8
11	Chanda Rubin	1120	0	27
12	Kim Clijsters	1109	0	45
13	Conchita Martinez	1106	0	15
14	Amy Frazier	1084	+1	20
15	Jana Novotna	1081	+1	17
16	Anke Huber	1078	-2	19
17	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1077	0	16
18	Julie Halard-Decugis	1076	0	9
19	Sandrine Testud	1061	+4	14
20	Mary Joe Fernandez	1052	-1	37
21	Dominique van Roost	1050	-1	12
22	Jennifer Capriati	1047	0	30
23	Elena Likhovtseva	1038	-2	18
24	Amanda Coetzer	1000	0	10
25	Silvia Farina	965	0	28
26	Ruxandra Dragomir	961	0	21
27	Nathalie Dechy	944	+1	26
28	Lisa Raymond	943	+1	33
29	Natasha Zvereva	940	+1	23
30	Irina Spirlea	936	+2	24
31	Ai Sugiyama	934	-4	25
32	Jelena Dokic	905	-1	43
33	Silvija Talaja	884	+1	34
34	Patty Schnyder	883	-1	22
35	Sabine Appelmans	875	0	38
36	Fabiola Zuluaga	858	+1	46
37	Karina Habsudova	855	-1	44
38	Ines Gorrochategui	853	0	65
39	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	847	+1	31
40	Magui Serna	819	+1	36
41	Anastasia Myskina	812	-2	74
42	Sarah Pitkowski	808	+10	29
43	Corina Morariu	802	-1	39
44	Henrieta Nagyova	796	-1	35
45	Nadejda Petrova	793	0	113
46	Cristina Torrens Valero	790	+1	50
47	Gala Leon Garcia	788	-3	52
48	Denisa Chladkova	785	+11	56
49	Brie Rippner	783	0	80
50	Elena Dementieva	782	-4	58
NQ	Magdalena Maleeva	971	NQ	128
51	Angeles Montolio	774	-1	59
52	Maria A. Sanchez Lorenzo	768	-4	42
54	Barbara Rittner	752	+6	57
58	Barbara Schwartz	744	+8	41
60	Sylvia Plischke	742	+3	32
86	Amanda Hopmans	628	+17	72

Rating Winners:
Denisa Chladkova	+55	(QF+Q Linz 99)
Sarah Pitkowski	+52	(SF Linz 99)
Barbara Schwartz	+50	(QF Linz 99)
Irina Spirlea	+38	(QF Linz 99)

Rating Losers:
Anastasia Myskina	-24	(2Q Linz 99)
Anna Kournikova	-20	(2R Linz 99)
Ai Sugiyama	-17	(1R Linz 99)
Jelena Dokic	-16	(2Q Linz 99)
Barbara Schett	-15	(2R Linz 99)

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

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