Lost in the rankings

01 FRA 4527.00 MAURESMO, AMELIE
02 RUS 4155.00 MYSKINA, ANASTASIA
03 USA 4057.00 DAVENPORT, LINDSAY
04 BEL 4004.00 HENIN-HARDENNE, JUSTINE
05 RUS 3368.00 DEMENTIEVA, ELENA
06 RUS 3014.25 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA
07 BEL 2815.00 CLIJSTERS, KIM
08 USA 2598.00 CAPRIATI, JENNIFER
09 RUS 2570.00 SHARAPOVA, MARIA
10 USA 2273.00 WILLIAMS, SERENA
11 RUS 2146.00 ZVONAREVA, VERA
12 USA 2145.00 WILLIAMS, VENUS
13 RUS 2009.00 PETROVA, NADIA
14 JPN 1938.00 SUGIYAMA, AI
15 SUI 1753.00 SCHNYDER, PATTY
16 ARG 1592.00 SUAREZ, PAOLA
17 RUS 1475.00 BOVINA, ELENA
18 CRO 1415.75 SPREM, KAROLINA
19 AUS 1349.50 MOLIK, ALICIA
20 ITA 1319.00 SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA
21 ITA 1300.00 FARINA ELIA, SILVIA
22 BUL 1264.00 MALEEVA, MAGDALENA
23 USA 1253.00 FRAZIER, AMY
24 USA 1204.00 RUBIN, CHANDA
25 FRA 1202.00 DECHY, NATHALIE
26 COL 1180.75 ZULUAGA, FABIOLA
27 FRA 1166.00 PIERCE, MARY

Is the top ten out of her grasp?

28 ISR 1159.00 SMASHNOVA-PISTOLESI, ANNA
29 RUS 1106.00 LIKHOVTSEVA, ELENA
30 GRE 1044.75 DANIILIDOU, ELENI
31 FRA 1040.50 GOLOVIN, TATIANA
32 USA 1036.25 RAYMOND, LISA
33 SVK _956.00 HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA

You'd think that what made her a top five player could be re-kindled, but her comeback seems to have stalled.
34 CRO _893.50 KOSTANIC, JELENA
35 ARG _857.25 DULKO, GISELA
36 SCG _830.25 JANKOVIC, JELENA
37 CZE _797.50 BENESOVA, IVETA
38 ESP _791.00 MARTINEZ, CONCHITA
39 SCG _785.00 DOKIC, JELENA

You'd think that what made her a top five player could be re-kindled, but her comeback seems to have stalled.
40 VEN _772.50 VENTO-KABCHI, MARIA
41 PUR _764.50 BRANDI, KRISTINA
42 FRA _761.00 BARTOLI, MARION
43 JPN _758.00 ASAGOE, SHINOBU

Sometimes a deep run in a GS fuels a step to the next level. Ans ometimes you're Clarisa Fernandez.
44 ITA _755.75 PENNETTA, FLAVIA
45 FRA _732.50 LOIT, EMILIE
46 ESP _726.75 MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL
47 USA _699.00 SHAUGHNESSY, MEGHANN
48 RUS _662.75 SAFINA, DINARA
49 AUS _653.00 PRATT, NICOLE
50 CZE _639.25 KOUKALOVA, KLARA
51 JPN _639.00 MORIGAMI, AKIKO
52 ESP _634.00 SANCHEZ LORENZO, MARIA
53 ESP _629.75 PARRA SANTONJA, ARANTXA
54 USA _623.50 CRAYBAS, JILL
55 SLO _612.25 PISNIK, TINA
56 ESP _611.00 MARRERO, MARTA
57 CZE _610.75 CHLADKOVA, DENISA
58 LUX _596.25 SCHAUL, CLAUDINE
59 ITA _581.75 GARBIN, TATHIANA
60 ESP _576.50 RUANO PASCUAL, VIRGINIA
61 ITA _564.25 CAMERIN, MARIA ELENA
62 CHN _563.25 ZHENG, JIE
63 GER _549.00 BARNA, ANCA
64 USA _546.50 WASHINGTON, MASHONA
65 HUN _545.75 KAPROS, ANIKO
66 CZE _539.50 STRYCOVA, BARBORA
67 GER _531.25 WEINGARTNER, MARLENE
68 HUN _528.00 MANDULA, PETRA
69 USA _526.00 GRANVILLE, LAURA
70 SVK _511.00 KURHAJCOVA, LUBOMIRA
71 SLO _504.75 SREBOTNIK, KATARINA
72 RUS _499.25 JIDKOVA, ALINA
73 GER _495.75 GROENEFELD, ANNA-LENA
74 MAD _473.25 RANDRIANTEFY, DALLY
75 USA _468.50 LEE-WATERS, LINDSAY
76 ESP _466.25 SERNA, MAGUI
77 RUS _465.00 DOUCHEVINA, VERA
78 JPN _460.75 OBATA, SAORI
79 SVK _454.75 NAGYOVA, HENRIETA
80 FRA _454.75 BELTRAME, SEVERINE
81 SVK _446.25 SUCHA, MARTINA
82 UKR _438.25 PEREBIYNIS, TATIANA
83 VEN _437.00 SEQUERA, MILAGROS
84 USA _435.75 IRVIN, MARISSA
85 ITA _434.25 SANTANGELO, MARA
86 AUS _423.75 STOSUR, SAMANTHA
87 FRA _423.50 FORETZ, STEPHANIE
88 UKR _421.00 FEDAK, YULIANA
89 CZE _413.75 KLEINOVA, SANDRA
90 CHN _413.75 PENG, SHUAI
91 RUS _413.25 CHAKVETADZE, ANNA
92 AUT _408.25 SCHETT, BARBARA
93 RUS _405.00 PANOVA, TATIANA
94 ITA _405.00 VINCI, ROBERTA
95 BEL _403.25 CALLENS, ELS
96 THA _402.75 TANASUGARN, TAMARINE
97 USA _402.50 PERRY, SHENAY
98 ITA _401.50 GRANDE, RITA
99 ESP _400.25 LLAGOSTERA VIVES, NURIA
100 FRA 388.75 PIN, CAMILLE
101 RUS 383.75 LINETSKAYA, EVGENIA
102 SVK 380.25 CERVANOVA, LUDMILA
103 ITA 377.75 SERRA ZANETTI, ANTONELLA
104 POL 369.75 DOMACHOWSKA, MARTA
105 USA 365.50 HARKLEROAD, ASHLEY
106 UKR 359.50 VAKULENKO, JULIA
107 SUI 352.75 GAGLIARDI, EMMANUELLE
108 SUI 344.75 CASANOVA, MYRIAM
109 RUS 338.50 KRASNOROUTSKAYA, LINA

Great expectations
110 ISR 337.25 OBZILER, TZIPORA
111 RUS 334.75 KIRILENKO, MARIA
112 USA 328.00 ASHLEY, TERYN
113 FRA 323.50 RAZZANO, VIRGINIE
114 CZE 322.00 ONDRASKOVA, ZUZANA
115 CZE 321.75 VAIDISOVA, NICOLE
116 CRO 319.50 TALAJA, SILVIJA
117 ARG 318.00 DIAZ-OLIVA, MARIANA
118 LUX 317.00 KREMER, ANNE
119 GER 316.00 SCHRUFF, JULIA
120 USA 315.50 HOPKINS, JENNIFER
121 SWE 313.00 ARVIDSSON, SOFIA
122 FRA 306.50 COHEN-ALORO, STEPHANIE
123 CHN 306.00 SUN, TIAN TIAN
124 COL 300.25 CASTANO, CATALINA
125 BIH 294.50 JUGIC-SALKIC, MERVANA
126 ZIM 287.50 BLACK, CARA
127 HUN 281.00 CZINK, MELINDA
128 USA 280.50 SPEARS, ABIGAIL
129 USA 280.25 SNYDER, TARA
130 PUR 279.75 CASTELLVI, VILMARIE
131 RUS 279.00 SKAVRONSKAIA, LIOUDMILA
132 USA 278.00 HAYNES, ANGELA
133 TUN 275.75 SFAR, SELIMA
134 CZE 273.75 BIRNEROVA, EVA
135 USA 273.00 OSTERLOH, LILIA
136 AUT 272.25 BAMMER, SYBILLE
137 FRA 263.50 ROUSSEAU, CAPUCINE
138 ESP 255.75 MARTINEZ GRANADOS, CONCHITA
139 CZE 251.00 NEMECKOVA, LENKA
140 USA 248.50 MC CAIN, KELLY
141 RUS 247.75 VOSKOBOEVA, GALINA
142 UKR 244.75 BONDARENKO, ALYONA
143 USA 244.00 STEVENSON, ALEXANDRA

A Wimbledon semi0finalist and a former top twenty player, as far as I know unencumbered by injury. I've ever believed her mother was the problem and still don't. She's not Jim Pierce or Damir Dokic.
144 INA 238.50 WIDJAJA, ANGELIQUE
145 BEL 231.50 FLIPKENS, KIRSTEN
146 USA 231.25 REEVES, SAMANTHA
147 JPN 229.25 YOSHIDA, YUKA
148 ARG 228.00 GUSSONI, NATALIA
149 UKR 226.50 BEYGELZIMER, YULIA
150 CZE 223.00 PASTIKOVA, MICHAELA
151 CRO 222.50 MAMIC, SANDA
152 ESP 221.00 GARCIA, PAULA
153 ROM 219.00 GALLOVITS, EDINA
154 ROM 216.75 SESCIOREANU, DELIA
155 FRA 216.00 PICHET, VIRGINIE
156 EST 212.50 ANI, MARET
157 RSA 209.25 GRANDIN, NATALIE
158 USA 206.50 TU, MEILEN
159 BUL 204.25 KARATANTCHEVA, SESIL
160 EST 204.00 KANEPI, KAIA
161 HUN 197.00 GUBACSI, ZSOFIA
162 CAN 195.75 DRAKE, MAUREEN
163 KOR 195.75 JEON, MI-RA
164 USA 195.50 MATTEK, BETHANIE
165 JPN 194.50 NAKAMURA, AIKO
166 MAR 193.50 MOUHTASSINE, BAHIA
167 GBR 192.25 KEOTHAVONG, ANNE
168 CHN 191.00 LIU, NAN-NAN
169 GER 187.50 RITTNER, BARBARA
170 ITA 184.50 CANEPA, ALICE
171 RUS 181.50 RODIONOVA, ANASTASSIA
172 ESP 180.75 LEON GARCIA, GALA
173 CZE 180.00 BOHMOVA, KATERINA
174 AUT 179.75 MEUSBURGER, YVONNE
175 UKR 178.00 TATARKOVA, ELENA
176 ESP 177.50 POUS TIO, LAURA
177 AUT 177.00 WARTUSCH, PATRICIA
178 SCG 176.75 IVANOVIC, ANA
179 CAN 175.50 PELLETIER, MARIE-EVE
180 SUI 174.50 MIKAELIAN, MARIE-GAYANAY

Wasn't Hingis' mother going to coachher? I expected more.

181 CZE 174.25 PRUSOVA, LIBUSE
182 USA 173.50 UBEROI, SHIKHA
183 ITA 173.50 VIERIN, NATHALIE
184 USA 173.50 LEHNHOFF, JESSICA
185 HUN 173.25 NEMETH, VIRAG
186 NED 172.00 TAMAELA, ELISE
187 THA 170.00 VIRATPRASERT, SUCHANAN
188 ITA 169.25 SERRA ZANETTI, ADRIANA
189 GER 168.00 MULLER, MARTINA
190 PAR 167.50 NEFFA-DE LOS RIOS, ROSSANA
191 USA 164.50 JACKSON, JAMEA
192 GER 164.25 GEHRLEIN, STEPHANIE
193 HUN 162.50 NAGY, KYRA
194 CHN 161.50 LI, NA
195 JPN 161.00 FUJIWARA, RIKA
196 CHN 159.75 XIE, YAN-ZE
197 SVK 159.50 HROZENSKA, STANISLAVA
198 BRA 159.50 ALVES, MARIA FERNANDA
199 CRO 159.25 POPADIC, LANA
200 BUL 158.00 BACHEVA, LUBOMIRA

A Wimbledon semi0finalist and a former top twenty player, as far as I know unencumbered by injury. I've ever believed her mother was the problem and still don't. She's not Jim Pierce or Damir Dokic.


That's not saying much - but mostly it's not saying that Mom is anywhere near qualified to coach her.

Out of curiosity, do you have an alternate theory?

I don't understand the ranking at all! Mary has been around the 27-30 mark for the last year and doesn't seem to move up when she's doing well or down when she has one of her compulsary first round defeats!! She was seeded 24 at Wimbledon but since then has had a good run at the Olympics and US Open but is still 27! :scratch:

I don't think I'll ever get it......... :confused: ;)

109 RUS 338.50 KRASNOROUTSKAYA, LINA

Great expectations
Only if you listen to TBE. And I know, he has been pestering all of us about this Lina for years now, but if you think about it, I don't think she's shown any remarkable results? Aside from that time she beat Kim in Canada, has she taken out anyone else good? (And no, beating Arantxa after 2000 does not count ;))

and beating Conchita? :p

and beating Conchita? :pShe has beaten Conchita. True. A sign of greatness. But it does not count, Conchita retired in that match, didn't she? ;) (And their h2h is 3-1 for Conchita ;))

I always thought Lina had major talent. She's had some pretty nasty injuries to deal with. She beat Sprem at the beginning of 2004 and there's no telling what she could have accomplished in the past if she hadn't been injured.

[/list]Only if you listen to TBE. And I know, he has been pestering all of us about this Lina for years now, but if you think about it, I don't think she's shown any remarkable results? Aside from that time she beat Kim in Canada, has she taken out anyone else good? (And no, beating Arantxa after 2000 does not count ;))
What else am i gonna say, i have faith in her, still do.
Lina's talent is there, she's the most talented Russian IMO but whether she comes back again is another matter :sad:
whole career been ruined by serious injuries and illness.

Was good to see her back last yr coming back after 2002 horror injury, then a bad shoulder injury at end of yr, not to mention liver damage.
That even took me and her a little by suprise, she wasn't fit at start of last yr, even with her progress up ranks, she was a step slower than before her injury in 2002.


This Saturday was due to be her "big day" but thats no more with the passing away of her father-in-law to be :sad: :sad:.
She's not playing again until next yr now, if she feels like coming back.


http://www.wtaworld.com/showthread.php?t=83036 :wavey:

She has beaten Conchita. True. A sign of greatness. But it does not count, Conchita retired in that match, didn't she? ;) (And their h2h is 3-1 for Conchita ;))
what about when Lina rtd :sad: , and it wasnt no little injury that Conchita ran away with.

Out of curiosity, do you have an alternate theory?Yeah.
1) She made the top 20 when she was as slender as she's ever been. Well, in as good a shape as she's ever been. Alex has never been 'slender' in the past five years.

2) Going deep into one slam ISN'T necesarily a big deal. See Clarisa Fernandez. And much as I'd like to see it, I don't think Shinobu Asagoe is gonna light up the tour.

3) She really is all power. Alex, at least the last time I got to see her, hammers EVERYTHING she can get half a swing at. That's great if you brought your 'A' game. But when you're as overweight as Alex usually is, your 'A' game never lasts more than half a set.

4) The tour has done nothing but adjust to power tennis for the last four years. Ever since Serena won the US Open in 1999. There is NO power player who's unbeatable now. The good power players try to mix in some variety. The players with less power know how to foil power as best they can. It is true that Sharapova won WB basically with nothing but power.
But that was grass, a surface which maximizes velocity. And a surface with a GS, a Tier II, and a couple Tier III's a year. That appraoch won't work on clay or hardcourts or Rebound Ace or carpet.

Alexandre Stevenson is probably the LEAST diverse big hitter in the game. When last seen, she brought NOTHING else to the table. No conditioning, no footspeed, so spins and no tactics. The tour has had four years to learn how to defeat that.

5) Her mother isn't an idiot. She was a sportswriter. She knows there is more to sports than hitting hard. That doesn't mean Alex listens.

Par example, the coaches of Elena Dementieva and Venus Williams have told them to improve their second serves. Players don't always do what's needed.

Only if you listen to TBE
TBE is not alone in his assessment. Lina never had a chance to show her great potential. I can't remember any other player having as many misfortunes in last few years.
Ever since her win at junior Wimbledon Lina is one of my favourite players and I'm sure she'll prove herself very soon.

I don't understand the ranking at all! Mary has been around the 27-30 mark for the last year and doesn't seem to move up when she's doing well or down when she has one of her compulsary first round defeats!! She was seeded 24 at Wimbledon but since then has had a good run at the Olympics and US Open but is still 27! :scratch:

I don't think I'll ever get it......... :confused: ;)You have to look at who is in front of her. Practically all of them are doing better than they had been of late - true of Amy Nathalie and Chanda. The two players at the bottom of the top 20 also show you something in that they were both higher ranked in 2004 but have been passed at least for now by a returning Bovina and an arriving spremmobile.

Players around Mary are doing well. Top 20 is crowding out with some players doing very well and moving on up. Remember too where Sveta was at the start of 2004 she has pushed an awful lot of people back one in the rankings just on her own. Sveta isn't the only player on a run upwards at present - others will come up from behind Mary too - watch Golovin.

I can't remember where I read it, but it said Alex had a recurring shoulder injury that would need to be operated on eventually (maybe during the off season perhaps?).

Hantuchova is still a surprise to me. I don't think she can make it back to the Top 10. Look at all the girls in the Top 10. Faster, much faster, than her (inc Lindsay).

:sad: I wish Kirilenko would climb outta the 80/90/100's

hingis' mum coached myriam casanova not mikaelian. myriam had the expectations more than mikaelian i think, but unfortunately she has a thyroid problem which has severely inhibited. funny that 108 and 109 are two very talented players troubled by injury.

I think you're forgetting about this person... :sad:

96 THA _402.75 TANASUGARN, TAMARINE

Once being a world #19 and ended last year ard 30+!!!

What happened within a year???? :eek: