[backhandsmash]

As of September 19, 2011

			HR	No.1	Top-3	Top-5	Top-10	Top-20
							
S Williams		 1	123	207	289	516	610
J Henin	      	         1	117	176	238	344	406
C Wozniacki		 1	 49      67	103	123	163
A Mauresmo		 1	 39	155	202	339	503
D Safina		 1	 26	 85	 88	116	240
K Clijsters		 1	 20	185	291	343	428
J Jankovic		 1	 18	 89	132	226	295
M Sharapova		 1	 17	107	207	264	354
A Ivanovic		 1	 12	 36	 81	108	251
V Williams		 1	 11	213	341	554	643
S Kuznetsova		 2		 56	176	284	374
V Zvonareva		 2		 48	 59	149	310
N Petrova		 3		  4	 22	156	382
V Azarenka		 3		  2	 24	110	176
F Schiavone		 4			 18	 68	246
S Stosur		 4			 16	 76	119
N Li	        	 4			  7	 50	154
P Kvitova		 6				 20	 34

Kvitova, Franny and Petrova coming up...

[QuietPlease]

Originally Posted by backhandsmash

Well that was kind of embarrassing!


I'll get right on it! And I'll include Franny and even Petrova for you.

Alright. Now I think you have all active slam winners/top 3 players (+retired Henin and Mauresmo)

[QuietPlease]

Originally Posted by backhandsmash

Shamelessly stolen (and updated) from the stat forum:


Only players who have broken into the top-20 since 1997 listed.


as of August 8, 2011

			HR	No.1	Top-3	Top-5	Top-10	Top-20
							
S Williams		 1	123	207	289	516	608
J Henin	      	         1	117	176	238	344	406
C Wozniacki		 1	 43      61	 97	117	157
A Mauresmo		 1	 39	155	202	339	503
D Safina		 1	 26	 85	 88	116	240
K Clijsters		 1	 20	181	287	337	422

Not sure if Serena's weeks in top 20 is right. When was her last week in the top 20? Can't find it anywhere.

I suppose this is why Henin and Mauresmo is listed, but not Hingis, Davenport and earlier #1s?

[backhandsmash]

That's right.

[Michael*]

Karolina should end 2011 #1 but will probably drop it around IW.

Many points to defend from AO until that time, and her main competitors do not. Also Serena will most likely be up and firing by then.

Wozniacka should brace her self for a rocky road to come...hope dear Karolina can pull through!

[QuietPlease]

Originally Posted by karotard

Karolina should end 2011 #1 but will probably drop it around IW.

Many points to defend from AO until that time, and her main competitors do not. Also Serena will most likely be up and firing by then.

Wozniacka should brace her self for a rocky road to come...hope dear Karolina can pull through!

2011 year end #1 is still a close race between Caro and Sharapova. Caro is in the lead, but it's not in the bag yet.
As you mention Caro has a lot of points to defend in AO, Dubai & Indian Wells. However if Maria should get to #1, then she has a lot of points to defend in Miami, Rome, FO and Wimbledon... And you're right Serena is always gonna be a contender if healthy. So #1 could go back on forth a few times in 2012, then again that's what we said prior to the 2011 season between Caro, Kim and Vera. Kim got 1 week, Vera 0.

[C. W. Fields]

Originally Posted by QuietPlease

2011 year end #1 is still a close race between Caro and Sharapova. Caro is in the lead, but it's not in the bag yet.
As you mention Caro has a lot of points to defend in AO, Dubai & Indian Wells. However if Maria should get to #1, then she has a lot of points to defend in Miami, Rome, FO and Wimbledon... And you're right Serena is always gonna be a contender if healthy. So #1 could go back on forth a few times in 2012, then again that's what we said prior to the 2011 season between Caro, Kim and Vera. Kim got 1 week, Vera 0.

I'm not sure Serena will play enough to be a contender even if she's healthy. She won't play Tokyo, she rarely plays Beijing and she won't qualify for YEC. Odds are she'll only play a handful of tournaments outside the slams and as USO showed it's no certainty the 'old' girl (she turns 30 Monday) will win those even when in good shape.

Sharapova's a bigger threat but even with her many good results this year I still don't quite trust her stability (the USO loss against Pennetta being one example). If Caro regains (or already has regained) her usual stability I think she'll stay #1 though her current 3000 points lead will likely become a great deal smaller. But a great advantage to Caro is I expect her to win HC matches between the two (which means all matches the next ½ year).

[DownInAHole]

Originally Posted by C. W. Fields

I'm not sure Serena will play enough to be a contender even if she's healthy. She won't play Tokyo, she rarely plays Beijing and she won't qualify for YEC. Odds are she'll only play a handful of tournaments outside the slams and as USO showed it's no certainty the 'old' girl (she turns 30 Monday) will win those even when in good shape.

I'm a little surprised that Serena is not playing a heavier schedule. Perhaps the foot/toe injury she had in Cincinnati is the reason but I thought that she would play Tokyo and Beijing for certain and that she might even play Moscow. I figured that she would want to accumulate as many points as possible in order to get her ranking up as high as she can for the Australian Open. With great results in Tokyo and Beijing she could even have qualified for the YEC which would have been an opportunity for her to pick up even more points.

I guess that she has proven in the past that she can win slams as a low seed/with fairly little match play but with the long lay off I thought that she may have missed playing and would have taken advantage of every chance to get more matches in.

[marineblue]

I think Serena wanted to outdo Kim´s UO 2009 run but it all went wrong and now she is probably sick and tired of tennis world. If she doesn´t turn up in Asia I guess that is her done for 2011.

[Michael*]

Serena is supposedly playing Beijing and Linz. She would need to win both to be safe for YEC's if that's what she wants right?

Sadly however I see her working the scene in NY for a little while longer, taker a vacation and get ready for Australia.

[C. W. Fields]

Originally Posted by karotard

Serena is supposedly playing Beijing and Linz. She would need to win both to be safe for YEC's if that's what she wants right?

Sadly however I see her working the scene in NY for a little while longer, taker a vacation and get ready for Australia.

Serena is 1100 points behind #8 on the Race list, Bartoli. Winning Beijing and Linz would gain SW 1280 points but that's only enough if MB wins nothing on her Asian swing. I'm not sure what Serena plans for the rest of 2011 but not playing Tokyo signals she has pretty much given up on YEC (same for Kim).

[backhandsmash]

As of September 26, 2011

			HR	No.1	Top-3	Top-5	Top-10	Top-20
							
S Williams		 1	123	207	289	516	611
J Henin	      	         1	117	176	238	344	406
C Wozniacki		 1	 50      68	104	124	164
A Mauresmo		 1	 39	155	202	339	503
D Safina		 1	 26	 85	 88	116	240
K Clijsters		 1	 20	185	291	344	429
J Jankovic		 1	 18	 89	132	226	296
M Sharapova		 1	 17	108	208	265	355
A Ivanovic		 1	 12	 36	 81	108	251
V Williams		 1	 11	213	341	554	643
S Kuznetsova		 2		 56	176	284	375
V Zvonareva		 2		 48	 60	150	311
N Petrova		 3		  4	 22	156	382
V Azarenka		 3		  3	 25	111	177
F Schiavone		 4			 18	 69	247
S Stosur		 4			 16	 77	120
N Li	        	 4			  8	 51	155
P Kvitova		 6				 21	 35

50th week at #1 for the Woz and 2 years in the top 5 .

Sharapova reaches 4 years in the top 5.

Ivanovic drops out of top 20.

Depending on Franny*, Clijsters could move back up to #8 without playing, on next monday's ranking.

Kvitova could very likely have her top 5 or even top 3 debut next week, if she performs (depends on other results of course).

Stosur could, in a best case scenario, reach #3. That would require the title though and other results going her way.



Edit: * And I guess isn't playing in this tournament. Someone wake me up!

[terjw]

Originally Posted by backhandsmash

As of September 26, 2011

             HR    No.1    Top-3    Top-5    Top-10    Top-20
 
S Williams      1     123     207      289      516       611
J Henin         1     117     176      238      344       406
C Wozniacki     1      50      68      104      124       164
A Mauresmo      1      39     155      202      339       503
D Safina        1      26      85       88      116       240
K Clijsters     1      20     185      291      344       429
J Jankovic      1      18      89      132      226       296
M Sharapova     1      17     108      208      265       355
A Ivanovic      1      12      36       81      108       251
V Williams      1      11     213      341      554       643
S Kuznetsova    2              56      176      284       375
V Zvonareva     2              48       60      150       311
N Petrova       3               4       22      156       382
V Azarenka      3               3       25      111       177
F Schiavone     4                       18       69       247
S Stosur        4                       16       77       120
N Li            4                        8       51       155
P Kvitova       6                                21        35

I straightened up the alignment.

[QuietPlease]

Originally Posted by backhandsmash

50th week at #1 for the Woz and 2 years in the top 5 .

Two years in the top 5 already! Nice

[Jorn]

Its impressive Caro has spend more weeks at No. 1 than Kim, MashaS and Venus together...