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Will Maria lose her Russian No.1 ranking in 2014?

  • Yes, to Makarova

    Votes: 4 2.9%
  • Yes, to Pavlyuchenkova

    Votes: 10 7.2%
  • Yes, to Vesnina/Kirilenko

    Votes: 5 3.6%
  • Yes, to Kuznetsova, Zvonareva, Kleybanova

    Votes: 7 5.1%
  • Nope

    Votes: 112 81.2%

Congratulations! Pavlyuchenkova is the new Russian #1

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will becomes the new Russian #1 on monday. Congratulations

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Start date		End date		Weeks	Total	Player			WTA Ranking at the time

15 December 1991	28 March 1993		67	67	Eugenia Maniokova	107
28 March 1993		01 January 1995		92	92	Elena Makarova		190
01 January 1995		06 July 1997		131	131	Elena Likhovtseva*	61
07 July 1997		28 July 1997		3	3	Anna Kournikova		25
28 July 1997		11 August 1997		2	133	Elena Likhovtseva	25

11 August 1997		25 August 1997		2	5	Anna Kournikova		26
25 August 1997		22 December 1997	17	150	Elena Likhovtseva	25
22 December 1997	16 April 2001		173	178	Anna Kournikova		30	
16 April 2001		14 May 2001		4	4	Elena Dementieva	11
14 May 2001		09 July 2001		8	186	Anna Kournikova		8

09 July 2001		09 September 2002	61	65	Elena Dementieva	11
09 September 2002	15 September 2003	53	53	Anastasia Myskina	15
15 September 2003	03 November 2003	7	72	Elena Dementieva	8
03 November 2003	31 January 2005		65	118	Anastasia Myskina	8
31 January 2005		15 May 2006		67	67	Maria Sharapova		4

15 May 2006		12 June 2006		4	4	Nadia Petrova		3
12 June 2006		10 September 2007	65	132	Maria Sharapova		4
10 September 2007	21 April 2008		32	32	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2
21 April 2008		04 August 2008		15	147	Maria Sharapova		3
04 August 2008		08 September 2008	5	37	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3

08 September 2008	22 September 2008	2	74	Elena Dementieva	4
22 September 2008	17 May 2010		86	86	Dinara Safina		3
17 May 2010		23 August 2010		14	88	Elena Dementieva	5
23 August 2010		12 September 2011	55	55	Vera Zvonareva		8
12 September 2011	16 May 2016		244	391	Maria Sharapova		2

17 May 2016		19 March 2018		96	133	Svetlana Kuznetsova	15
19 March 2018		09 September 2019	77	77	Daria Kasatkina		11
09 September 2019	23 September 2019	2	2	Ekaterina Alexandrova	39
23 September 2019	30 September 2019	1	1	A. Pavlyuchenkova	36
30 September 2019	14 October 2019		2	4	Ekaterina Alexandrova	38

14 October 2019		21 October 2019		1	78	Daria Kasatkina		37
21 October 2019		28 October 2019		1	2	A. Pavlyuchenkova	30
* Likhovtseva was a Kazakhstani citizen (1992-1994)
Total weeks at no.1
Code:
Sharapova	391
Kournikova	186
Likhovtseva	150
Kuznetsova	133
Myskina		118
Makarova	 92
Dementieva	 88
Safina		 86
Kasatkina	 77
Maniokova	 67
Zvonareva	 55
Petrova		  4
Alexandrova	  4
Pavlyuchenkova	  2
Russian Year-end No.1
Code:
1991	Maniokova
1992	Maniokova
1993	El.Makarova
1994	El.Makarova
1995	Likhovtseva
1996	Likhovtseva
1997	Kournikova
1998	Kournikova
1999	Kournikova
2000	Kournikova
2001	Dementieva
2002	Myskina
2003	Myskina
2004	Myskina
2005	Sharapova
2006	Sharapova
2007	Kuznetsova
2008	Safina
2009	Safina
2010	Zvonareva
2011	Sharapova
2012	Sharapova
2013	Sharapova
2014	Sharapova
2015	Sharapova
2016	Kuznetsova
2017	Kuznetsova
2018	Kasatkina
 
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#49 ·
Re: Will Maria lose her Russian #1 ranking in 2016?

There's not any Russian players that I see overtaking her in the rankings any time soon.

I actually think 2016 will be a good year for her, too. Perhaps another slam? :oh:
 
#56 ·
Re: Will Maria lose her Russian #1 ranking in 2016?

There's not any Russian players that I see overtaking her in the rankings any time soon.

I actually think 2016 will be a good year for her, too.
 
#50 ·
Re: Will Maria lose her Russian #1 ranking in 2016?

Kournikova was the Russian #1 for FOUR straight years... impressive!

:p
 
#55 ·
Re: Will Maria lose her Russian #1 ranking in 2016?

Well I did say yes to Makarova but idk if she'll be the number one
 
#62 ·
Re: Will Vesnina be Russian #1 in 2017?

Right now she's 6 in the race, but has a lot of points coming off at Wimbledon.
If she makes a few more deep runs before Wimbledon (Miami is a good place for another run like Vika last year) then she certainly can do it. She can be top 3 if she keeps playing like Indian Wells
 
#66 ·
Re: Will Vesnina be Russian #1 in 2017?

Screaming @ she'll be top three in the world. Before IW she was being constantly dragged for even being top 20 considered overranked. Now a certain moron believes her streaky af game is top 3 potential :lol: Don't make me laugh.

Sveta still should be top Russian.
 
#67 ·
Re: Will Vesnina be Russian #1 in 2017?

If she plays like she did at IW, top 3 is not wild. Not saying she will keep this level. We will see
If Lucic and Coco make the same slam semis and Vesnina wins IW, might as well open your eyes to a new WTA World
 
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#68 ·
Re: Will Vesnina be Russian #1 in 2017?

Hmm... did this really require merging? :rolleyes:

Anyway... Anything can happy. Kuzzy is the better player and just a couple of hundred points behind her. She doesn't need more than 1 tournament to catch up. ;) Only age might play against her, but she's not really that old and seems to be a pretty smart player in terms of managing her body. And Maria can easily catch up on both of them as well by EOY.

Any prediction about her, before we're even at the half of the season, would be rather bold. In theory, also Pavly, and even Vikhly, could catch up on Vesnina. So let's just wait and see.
 
#69 ·
Re: Will Vesnina be Russian #1 in 2017?

Pavs is still a work in progress. She had beaten Sveta twice this year before their IW QF last week.
I just saw Kerber go from never making a slam final to #1 and 2 slams
Vesnina played well this whole tournament against a legit draw. The question is whether she can do it several times this year. Her interview afterwards was interesting. She knows she has a good serve, good volley and good groundstrokes. The hard part is to play well consistently
We will start finding out in Miami and this spring whether she makes a lot of deep runs
 
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#71 ·
Re: Will Vesnina be Russian #1 in 2017?

It's between her and Sveta. Sveta is still the better player but if Vesnushka continues with her performance she showed at IW and not only, who knows? It would be well deserved for her, anyway.
 
#75 ·
Re: Will Vesnina be Russian #1 in 2017?

It's possible. I've never seen her play this well with that kind of draw.
Rogers, Babos, Kerber, Venus, Mladenovic, Kuznetsova. She had to play well each round
We will see starting this week.
In the last year she made Wimbledon semi and won IW. In doubles won Gold and won YEC
Hard to believe she's done this much. But the level of her play is legit, and if she can keep playing this well, she'll win matches
 
#76 ·
Re: Will Vesnina be Russian #1 in 2017?

I hope she goes into Miami feeling like she's playing with house money (already exceeding her expectations) and wins a few rounds. It would be nice to see her have consistent results, but that may be asking a lot from someone who at their best is streaky.

I have no idea of what shall happen, but it seems like Kuznetsova is a much better bet to remain as the top Russian.
 
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