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)
Really shows how Kournikova lead the way for the Russian assault and must have had a huge influence on the Russian juniors and even those just on the precipice of breaking through, something she's not given much credit for.
Really shows how Kournikova lead the way for the Russian assault and must have had a huge influence on the Russian juniors and even those just on the precipice of breaking through, something she's not given much credit for.
I always looked at Likhovsteva as a trail blazer. Not the reason the women started playing, but to have another Russian playing on the main tour, and playing doubles with so many of them as they started their careers (Petrova, Kuznetsova, Zvonareva, etc.) was such a help.
The Russians behind Sharapova are too inconsistent to overtake Sharapova if she does go down the rankings. This isn't 2007-2010, where Dementieva was still playing, and Zvonareva, Safina and Kuznetsova were still consistent.
The Russians behind Sharapova are too inconsistent to overtake Sharapova if she does go down the rankings. This isn't 2007-2010, where Dementieva was still playing, and Zvonareva, Safina and Kuznetsova were still consistent.
Re: Will Maria lose her Russian #1 ranking in 2015?
Interesting thread and statistics. I never fully realised how long KOURNIKOVA was "the first Russian".
To answer the question, i personally don't see Masha loosing her position any time soon :shrug: (bar injuries )
Interesting thread and statistics. I never fully realised how long KOURNIKOVA was "the first Russian".
To answer the question, i personally don't see Masha loosing her position any time soon :shrug: (bar injuries )
Re: Will Maria lose her Russian #1 ranking in 2015?
In 2016. maybe, but atm I don't see any Russian girl who will come remotely close to Maria in rankings. Even Makarova will have trouble to keep her current place, because almost half of her ranking points come from Wimbledon and USO