THIS WEEK: Lindsay Davenport was awesome in dispatching Venus Williams and Martina Hingis at Philadelphia. She moves back up into 3rd place. Asa Carlsson won the other tournament in Kuala Lumpur.

Time only for a brief survey of the 16 players at the WTA Tour Championships. Here they are in matches against each other. The top four stand out like you wouldn't believe!

SRI Rankings Chase Special. Top Sixteen Players Only. 16th Nov 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Win-Loss Record	WTA Rank	SRI Rank
1	Serena Williams	816	17-5	4	2
2	Venus Williams	791	24-6	3	4
3	Martina Hingis	783	31-9	1	1
4	Lindsay Davenport	744	17-11	2	3
5	Mary Pierce	530	15-14	5	6
6	Barbara Schett	468	10-13	8	8
7	Sandrine Testud	443	8-12	14	18
8	Amelie Mauresmo	418	5-11	10	9
9	Anna Kournikova	405	5-11	12	7
10	Anke Huber	405	5-13	17	21
11	Julie Halard-Decugis	400	7-12	9	19
12	Nathalie Tauziat	392	8-12	7	11
13	Amanda Coetzer	389	7-10	11	23
14	Dominique van Roost	375	5-10	13	20
15	Conchita Martinez	323	3-12	15	16
16	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	316	4-10	16	12

SRI Rankings Top 50 Issue #W90. 16th Nov 1999
Rank	Name	Rating Points	Rank Change	WTA Rank
1	Martina Hingis	1922	0	1
2	Serena Williams	1885	0	4
3	Lindsay Davenport	1835	+1	2
4	Venus Williams	1788	-1	3
5	Monica Seles	1541	0	6
6	Mary Pierce	1361	0	5
7	Anna Kournikova	1230	+1	12
8	Barbara Schett	1229	-1	8
9	Amelie Mauresmo	1194	0	10
10	Jennifer Capriati	1157	+1	24
11	Nathalie Tauziat	1122	-1	7
12	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	1116	+2	16
13	Chanda Rubin	1106	+2	23
14	Kim Clijsters	1100	-2	47
15	Jana Novotna	1100	+2	18
16	Conchita Martinez	1099	-3	15
17	Amy Frazier	1095	-1	20
18	Sandrine Testud	1093	+2	14
19	Julie Halard-Decugis	1084	0	9
20	Dominique van Roost	1081	-2	13
21	Anke Huber	1072	0	17
22	Mary Joe Fernandez	1051	0	38
23	Amanda Coetzer	1008	+1	11
24	Elena Likhovtseva	1006	-1	19
25	Ruxandra Dragomir	1002	0	21
26	Silvia Farina	969	0	29
27	Lisa Raymond	964	0	30
28	Nathalie Dechy	943	0	27
29	Sabine Appelmans	937	0	32
30	Ai Sugiyama	935	0	25
31	Magdalena Maleeva	926	NQ	131
32	Natasha Zvereva	915	-1	28
33	Patty Schnyder	893	+1	22
34	Silvija Talaja	884	-2	31
35	Irina Spirlea	881	-2	26
36	Karina Habsudova	873	-1	46
37	Jelena Dokic	860	-1	43
38	Ines Gorrochategui	847	-1	72
39	Corina Morariu	844	+3	37
40	Brie Rippner	838	+5	93
41	Fabiola Zuluaga	836	-3	49
42	Magui Serna	831	-2	41
43	Henrieta Nagyova	830	0	35
44	Anne-Gaelle Sidot	825	-3	34
45	Nadejda Petrova	813	-6	96
46	Kvetoslava Hrdlickova	813	-2	45
47	Denisa Chladkova	803	0	59
48	Andrea Glass	801	-2	81
49	Cristina Torrens Valero	797	0	53
50	Barbara Rittner	794	+1	60
NQ	Justine Henin	1150	NQ	65
51	Anastasia Myskina	791	-3	70
52	Gala Leon Garcia	790	-2	54
68	Asa Carlsson	717	+12	64

Rating Winners:
Asa Carlsson	+82	(W Kuala Lumpur 99)
Lindsay Davenport	+63	(W Philadelphia 99, RU 98)
Jennifer Capriati	+45	(2R Philadelphia 99, 1Q 98)
Brie Rippner	+34	(2R Philadelphia 98)
Corina Morariu	+30	(1R Philadelphia 98)
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	+28	(2R Philadelphia 98)
Sandrine Testud	+28	(QF Philadelphia 99)
Martina Hingis	+26	(RU Philadelphia 99, QF 98)

Rating Losers:
Elena Likhovtseva	-29	(2R def Testud ret Philadelphia 98, 1R 99)
Nathalie Tauziat	-15	(SF Philadelphia 98, SF 99)
Venus Williams	-12	(SF thrashed Philadelphia 99)

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

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