We've hear a lot of 'real number 1' nonsense the past few weeks. Pretty much all of it can be summed up as 'my fave should be ranked #1, cause your fave stinks!'.
Below are the top 16 players ranked by ITF points, and WTA points. In the cse of WTA points, its the top 13 WTA tournament. With the Slams, you only get points earned inthe slams, whether they were in your 17 best or not.
To the uninitiated, the #1 player inthe WTA shuld be the player with the most points in WTA tournaments. Ands voila! There she is.
There's very little change, except Venus' ranking falls from the sky like a wounded thunder chicken.
When you just look at the slams, the order of the universe re-asserts itself.
by itf points (only the Slams)
Pretty hard to argue Kim isn't WTA #1.
Below are the top 16 players ranked by ITF points, and WTA points. In the cse of WTA points, its the top 13 WTA tournament. With the Slams, you only get points earned inthe slams, whether they were in your 17 best or not.
To the uninitiated, the #1 player inthe WTA shuld be the player with the most points in WTA tournaments. Ands voila! There she is.
Code:
by wta points (max 13 tournaments)
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01 4399 1640 01 Clijsters
02 2899 2108 03 Henin-Hardenne
03 2648 934 04 Davernport
04 2291 3704 02 S Williams
05 2122 810 06 Mauresmo
06 1955 634 07 Capriati
07 1471 606 09 Rubin
08 1400 590 10 Myskina
09 1392 338 11 Maleeva
10 1368 678 08 Hantuchova
11 1258 154 15 Dementieva
12 1234 320 14 Coetzer
13 1203 388 13 Sugiyama
14 1187 410 12 Martinez
[b]15 1160 2376 05 V Williams[/b]
16 904 558 16 Zvonareva
When you just look at the slams, the order of the universe re-asserts itself.
by itf points (only the Slams)
Code:
-itf--wta
01 3704 2291 02 S Williams
02 2376 1160 05 V Williams
03 2108 2899 03 Henin-Hardenne
04 1640 4399 01 Clijsters
05 934 2648 04 Davernport
06 810 2122 06 Mauresmo
07 678 1368 08 Hantuchova
08 634 1955 07 Capriati
09 606 1471 09 Rubin
10 590 1400 10 Myskina
11 558 904 16 Zvonareva
12 410 1187 12 Martinez
13 388 1203 13 Sugiyama
14 338 1392 11 Maleeva
15 320 1234 14 Coetzer
16 154 1258 15 Dementieva