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)
Re: Congratulations! Kasatkina is the new Russian #1
Up to #16 in the live ranking, too! A horse race between her and Sevastova, unless CSN wins the whole thing.
Given Jo Konta will fall behind the pace after Miami, it's going to be a small cohort competing for those #15 and #16 seeds at the French. Actually, given Coco's Madrid points, it could well be #14, #15, and #16 up for grabs. Everyone from Coco down to Gavrilova in the rankings in with a decent chance except Mladenovic.
Re: Congratulations! Kasatkina is the new Russian #1
Honestly that's not much to brag about. People have this idea that somehow Russia is a force in tennis but it really isn't. That's all due to Maria's aura. Russia's results in tennis are pretty mediocre considering the size of the country and its tradition for top sports, especially if take Maria out.
Honestly that's not much to brag about. People have this idea that somehow Russia is a force in tennis but it really isn't. That's all due to Maria's aura. Russia's results in tennis are pretty mediocre considering the size of the country and its tradition for top sports, especially if take Maria out.
1. Much like China today, Russia didn't come to tennis until quite late. Because it wasn't an Olympic sport, the Soviet Union didn't invest in it and had restrictions on how many players could compete internationally. In fact, Myskina and Dementieva might be the last players who grew up in the true Soviet training system and survived to compete as top 10 players in the post-Soviet era.
2. From Myskina's arrival in 2003 until whenever Kuznetsova fell out last season, Russia had a top 10 player pretty much without interruption. I'm not sure any country had that same run of success in the past 15 years. [edit: there were a few months in 2016 when Sharapova's ranking fell out of the top 10 and Kuznetsova had not yet returned to the top 10]
3. "Only" three Russian players have won majors, but there are a further 3 multi-slam finalists (Zvonareva, Dementieva, and Safina). I believe that's better than any country bar the United States since 2000.
4. The additional Russian players who contributed to the depth of Russia's 'bench' in that time is significantly more impressive than most other countries list of B-players. Nadia Petrova ranks among the best players to never reach a slam final. Elena Likhovtseva, Ekaterina Makarova, Maria Kirilenko, Anna Chakvetadze, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova are all multi-quarterfinalists (or better) at majors.
Name to me another country with a more comprehensive list of players making the top 20 in the past 15 years. I'm actually not certain the United States has as good a record once you get past the slam winners.
It's weird how Russia has completely collapsed in women's tennis but has a bonafide contender on the men's tour in Daniil Medvedev <img src="https://i.imgur.com/OGuqcHb.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Confused" class="inlineimg" />
They also have decent Khachanov and Rublev, both are able to pull out an upset.
They still have 3 players in top 41 (39-41 occupied by Russians), but the crises is visible and Ukrajne is kicking their zhopa - currently and with future prospects as well
Re: Congratulations! Alexandrova is the new Russian #1
Shocking that Zvonareva is now higher ranked than Sharapova.
Things don't look amazing for Russian tennis right now, but I think there's some hope: Kasatkina could rediscover her form. Potapova could rise up; she certainly looks talented enough.
Shocking that Zvonareva is now higher ranked than Sharapova.
Things don't look amazing for Russian tennis right now, but I think there's some hope: Kasatkina could rediscover her form. Potapova could rise up; she certainly looks talented enough.
I noticed that she was going to become Russian number one. But I assumed she had already been it. Says something about Russian depth for a while and the subsequent demise that depth. Pavs was firmly in the top 20 and not Russian number one and now she's scraping around in the 30's and is Russian number one.
By the way, the issue with Kasatkina is that she has no guts at all. She often spins serves in at 100 km/h despite being capable of serving much faster. The players have figured out her junkball game. She would need to become more aggressive but I don't think she has the courage to do so.