2014 BSA's: Rankings Round-Up

Rankings, rankings, rise and fall.
No one player
(not even you-know-who, especially this season)
can win them all
(though she made a last-ditch effort to do just that in the closing months of '14).
Wish they may, wish they might.
All have the ranking they deserve tonight.

Well, except for maybe the Serbian Good Luck Charm
...but more on that later.

Bracelet or no Bracelet in the Top 100, here's the annual whole-lotta-love (and numbers) year-end rankings rundown. I can't promise all these words and numbers will be as inspiring as the sociability of the long-distance Danish runner... but, hey, what can you do, right?



**RANKINGS NOTES OF NOTE**
[as of end-of-season ranks on November 3, 2014]
Normally, we can count on a Williams Sister pulling a high ranking while playing fewer tournaments than nearly everyone within sight. In 2011, Serena finished at #12 while playing fewer events than any Top 100 player, with the next highest-ranked player with the fewest appearances coming in at #103 -- a certain Ms. Venus Williams. A season later, Serena's year-ending #2 ranking was based on just fifteen point totals (two being zeros at Premier Mandatory events), while the only Top 70 player with fewer was, again, her #24-ranked big sister.

That changed last year, as #1-ranked Serena's standing was built on seventeen events (sixteen, not counting the zero from her Indian Wells boycott), as her total was trumped by two players in the Top 29 who played less often -- #4 Maria Sharapova (15) and #2 Victoria Azarenka (16) -- as well as two additional players in the Top 50 who accumulated points from just fourteen events: #30 Kaia Kanepi and, of course, #49 Venus.

In 2014, as a now 33-year old Serena's schedule continued to be more event-packed than in years past, she sometimes seemed worse for the additional wear. Her #1 ranking was based on more point totals than two of the season's other slam winners, #2 Sharapova (sixteen, compared to Serena's eighteen) and #9 Li Na (fourteen, though that was due to the recently-retired Chinese missing much time due to injury). The Wimbledon champ, #4 Petra Kvitova, collected point totals from nineteen tournaments. Li's fourteen was the lowest tournament total of any player ranked in the Top 100, just one more than #32 Azarenka's fifteen, and not "bested" by a player with fewer events until Alisa Kleybanova came in #140 with just thirteen events. For the record, this year #19 Venus (18) was one of just five players in the Top 30 who played eighteen or fewer events during the forty-four week WTA campaign.

The player with maybe the biggest bang for her buck? Hmmm, maybe the returning Vera Zvonareva, who finished at #251 with just five tournament appearances (one a 3rd Round result at Wimbledon, as she played only WTT events the rest of the season before taking time off to be injury-free for 2015). The next ranked woman with that few events was Dutch player Angelique Van Der Meet all the way down at #535, and the next with fewer was junior Swiss star Jil Belen Teichmann, at #586 with four.

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— Vera Zvonareva (@verazvonareva) October 17, 2014

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It's normal for the South American women to lag far behind their continental counterparts on the ATP tour, but they lagged behind a little farther in 2014. And after 2013 had, for the first time in ages, seemingly displayed a flickering light at the end of the dark rankings tunnel, too. The last six seasons have seen the number of men from South America ranking in the singles Top 50 outpace the women by a combined total of 25-2, with the only two Top 50 WTA finishes coming from the now-retired Gisela Dulko. While the Top 50 barrier wasn't cracked a year ago, there WERE two S.A. women positioned in the Top 100 -- Argentina's Paula Ormaechea and Teliana Pereira of Brazil (as well as another who'd just missed out at #101).

Both Pereira and Ormaechea, #106 and #126 respectively, are still the highest-ranked South American women, but their year-end Top 100 sojourn a season ago didn't produce a sequel for either in '14. Still, the light still flickers for the continent. Both the Fed Cup squads from Argentina and Brazil had moments in the sun this past season, and the upcoming '16 Olympics in Rio continue to provide a nice carrot to strive for for the up-and-comers from the Land of Bueno. Maria, that is. In 2012, there were no Brazilians in the Top 300, but last year there were three. The number climbed to four in '14, with teenager Beatriz Haddad Maia (below) not far behind #335.

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Usually, several big names fall from ranking grace by the end of the year. Over the previous three seasons, though, increasing Top 10 stability had seemingly become the "new norm." From 2011 to '13, the number of repeating year-end Top 10ers increased from four to seven to nine. The nine-of-ten returnees was the highest percentage on tour since 2002 (with the most recent ten-of-ten repeat coming all the way back in 1992).

In 2014, though, a step back was taken, as just seven of 2013's Top 10ers are still there a year later, and one of those is the now-retired Li Na. Victoria Azarenka, Sara Errani and Jelena Jankovic, for various reasons, all slipped out of the Top 10 in 2014, with the injury-riddled Belarusian dropping all the way outside the Top 30.

But Vika wasn't the only highly-ranked star to tumble. In fact, she didn't even suffer the biggest fall. #19 Maria Kirilenko, who missed much of the year due to her recovery from injury, slipped to #186, while Jamie Hampton's injury-plagued career added two hip surgeries to its resume as she tailspinned from #28 to #339. Laura Robson, who'll return from wrist surgery during the upcoming '15 season, will have the largest ranking mountain to climb, though, as her winless season (0-2, with just nine games won in early January) was barely enough to keep her in the Top 1000 (at #951).

On the other side of the ledger, the Top 5 welcomed back Ana Ivanovic for the first time since 2009, while vets Flavia Pennetta (#13), Andrea Petkovic (#14), and Venus Williams (#19) all returned to the Top 20. Another Brit, Heather Watson, returned from an illness-limited '13 to return to the Top 50, while Comeback Queen Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (#61) is ranked in the year-end Top 100 for the time since 1999.
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While additional players such as Casey Dellacqua, Timea Bacsinszky, Petra Cetkovska and Jarmila Gajdosova all returned to the Top 100 in 2014, the proverbial worm turned the opposite way for many other "name" players, including no-longer-Top-100ers Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Kimiko Date-Krumm, Ayumi Morita and Urszula Radwanska.

The most disappointing long-term slide, though, might belong to one of Backspin's long-time favorites, Nadia Petrova. After a resurgent '12 that saw her finish at #12, injury-related absences forced her down to #102 a season ago. In 2014, things got even worse. After the death of her mother, Petrova took a break from the WTA tour. She denied the truth of the words of (since suspended) Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpischev, who'd announced in September that she would soon retire, but any return to past form (at least is singles) probably isn't likely. Petrova said that she hasn't yet made any decision to retire, but when she does she'll have a proper ceremony in which she'll say goodbye to her career. The former Top 5 player -- in both singles and doubles -- finished 2014 at #374 in singles and #174 in doubles, playing a total of sixteen combined matches in both disciplines in 2014 and not registering a match win since March.

Oh, Nadia.
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The youngest player ranked in the Top 100 (and 200) is no longer the now-18 year old Donna Vekic, but the player in question IS still Croatian. Only now she's named Ana Konjuh. The former junior slam winner, ranked #90, is just 16, and won't turn 17 until December 27th of this year. She's one of the slew of ex-junior stars who have successfully -- and swiftly -- made the leap to the WTA.

I noted last year that THEY were coming. Well, in 2014, they arrived.

The youngest player in the Top 10 and Top 20 is #7-ranked Wimbledon runner-up Genie Bouchard, 20, the SW19 girls champ in 2012. In the Top 50 it's the U.S. Open quarterfinalist, #33-ranked Belinda Bencic, 17, the '13 junior winner at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Konjuh was the other two-time girls slam champ that season, winning the Australian and U.S. Open crowns.

Meanwhile, two-time tour singles titlist Vekic is still the third-youngest player in the Top 100 at #84. #31 Madison Keys (19) and #74 Katerina Siniakova (18) are the other teenagers in the Top 100, though there are just five compared to seven a year ago. There are thirteen more ranked between #101-200, including #102 Taylor Townsend (18), the '12 AO junior champ. The youngest player ranked between #101-200 is 17-year old Canadian Francoise Abanda (#193), the third-youngest player in the Top 200.

A bit further down the rankings, 15-year old U.S. Open "It" girl CiCi Bellis (#257) is the youngest player ranked in the Top 699, as she has to look all the way down to fellow Bannerette Michaela Gordon at #700 to find someone her junior. As things currently stand, we've yet to see a player ranked who was born in the 2000's... but that won't be the case for much longer. The youngest ranked players at the end of this '14 season were born in December 1999: #913 Sofya Zhuk of Russia (Dec.1) and #1244 Shakhnoza Khatamova of Uzbekistan (Dec.6).

On the other end of the age spectrum, Kimiko Date-Krumm has spent the last few seasons slipping in and out of the Top 100. In 2011, she was in at age 41. At 42, she was out. A 43-year old KDK was nearly in the Top 50 in '13 (#54), but fell back out of the Top 100 at age 44 this season. She's still, easily, the oldest woman ranked in the, well... she's the oldest woman ranked. Period. Venus Williams, 34, replaces her as the most senior player in the Top 100 (beating Francesca Schiavone by less than a week), as well as in the Top 20 as she raised her ranking up from her #49 finish of last year for her first year-end Top 20 standing since 2010. Her sister Serena, now 33, is still the oldest in the Top 10, as well as the (continuing) oldest WTA singles #1 ever. After being the fifth-oldest Top 100 player in '13, Serena now comes in as the third due to the ranking slip of Date-Krumm (#116) and Lourdes Dominquez-Lino (#111).

*YOUNGEST PLAYER - end of '14 season*
[Top 100]
16...Ana Konjuh, CRO (born December 27, 1997)
17...Belinda Bencic, SUI (born March 10, 1997)
18...Donna Vekic, CRO (born June 28, 1996)
18...Katerina Siniakova, CZE (born May 10, 1996)
19...Madison Keys, USA (born February 17, 1995)
20...Tereza Smitkova, CZE (born October 10, 1994)
20...Anna Schmiedlova, SVK (born September 13, 1994)
20...Elina Svitolina, UKR (born September 12, 1994)
20...Alison Van Uytvanck, BEL (born March 26, 1994)
20...Eugenie Bouchard, CAN (born February 25, 1994)
20...Annika Beck, GER (born February 16, 1994)
20...Zheng Saisai, CHN (born February 5, 1994)
20...Anna-Lena Friedsam, GER (born February 1, 1994)
[#101-200]
17...Francoise Abanda, CAN (born February 5, 1997)
18...Louisa Chirico, USA (born May 16, 1996)
18...Taylor Townsend, USA (born April 16, 1996)
18...Elizaveta Kulichkova, RUS (born April 12, 1996)
18...Anett Kontaveit, EST (born December 24, 1995)
18...Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (born December 18, 1995)
18...Vicky Duval, USA (born November 30, 1995)
19...Rebecca Peterson, SWE (born August 6, 1995)
19...Allie Kiick, USA (born June 30, 1995)
19...Sachia Vickery, USA (born May 11, 1995)
19...Carina Witthoeft, GER (born February 16, 1995)
19...Yulia Putintseva, KAZ (born January 7, 1995)
19...Danka Kovinic, MNE (born November 18, 1994)

*OLDEST PLAYER - end of '14 season*
[Top 100]
34...Venus Williams, USA (born June 17, 1980)
34...Francesca Schiavone, ITA (born June 23, 1980)
33...Serena Williams, USA (born September 8, 1981)
32...Klara Koukalova, CZE (born February 24, 1982)
32...Flavia Pennetta, ITA (born February 25, 1982)
32...Li Na, CHN (born February 26, 1982)
32...Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, CRO (born March 9, 1982)
31...Roberta Vinci, ITA (born February 18, 1983)
31...Daniela Hantuchova, SVK (born April 23, 1983)
31...Zheng Jie, CHN (born July 5, 1983)
31...Yvonne Meusburger, AUT (born October 3, 1983)
30...Chanelle Scheepers, RSA (born March 13, 1984)
30...Samantha Stosur, AUS (born March 30, 1984)
[#101-200]
44...Kimiko Date-Krumm, JPN (born September 28, 1970)
33...Lourdes Dominguez-Lino, ESP (born March 31, 1981)
32...Anastasia Rodionova, AUS (born March 12, 1982)
32...Junri Namigata, JPN (born July 5, 1982)
31...Virginie Razzano, FRA (born May 12, 1983)
31...Renata Voracova, CZE (born October 6, 1983)
31...Yuliya Beygelzimer, UKR (born October 20, 1983)
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While seven of last year's Top 10 players equaled the standing again in 2014, a few were more equal than others. Four -- Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Aga Radwanska and the now-retired Li Na -- have had four straight Top 10 seasons, while Caroline Wozniacki leads the way with a six-year run, breaking free of her tie with Victoria Azarenka, whose five-year run came to a sudden halt in '14. Angelique Kerber held on at #10, giving her three straight Top 10 years. Serena Williams has put together three straight Top 3 campaigns, including two in a row at #1; while Sharapova has now finished in the Top 5 four consecutive years, matching her career-best, pre-shoulder surgery, run from 2004-07.

Serena now has thirteen Top 10 seasons for her career, tying Steffi Graf and Monica Seles for third on the all-time WTA list behind Martina Navratilova (19) and Chris Evert (14). Sharapova's ninth such finish leaves her needing just one additional Top 10 year to match Lindsay Davenport and Gabriela Sabatini for 8th place on the tour's all-time list.

The WTA's computer ranking system began with the 1975 season.
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A year ago, Marion Bartoli won Wimbledon to achieve her career-high moment, then saw her mid-season retirement reflect in her career bio that she actually FELL in the rankings between 2012 and 2013. This season, the same thing has occurred with Li Na. The Chinese vet won her second slam title in Melbourne in January, then reached a career-high rank of #2 in February. But her retirement announcement in September led to her season-ending finish dropping from #3 to #9 between the end of the '13 and '14 seasons.

But the greatest Asian player ever wasn't the only one whose '14 season stats will confuse future generations...

Svetlana Kuznetsova: the Hordette won her first tour singles title in four years, but her ranking fell from #21 to #28

Monica Puig: PicaPower led to the Puerto Rican grabbing her maiden tour singles crown, but it didn't prevent her from falling from #55 to #60 since the end of 2013

Anna Schmiedlova: the young Slovak upset Venus Williams at Roland Garros, but her year-end ranking remained static (#74 a year ago, #73 now)

Kristina Mladenovic: Mladenovic Magic reigned as supreme as ever at times -- a Mixed slam title, a win over Li at Roland Garros -- but her singles ranking took a hit, falling from #56 to #81

Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor: the Spaniard picked up her first tour singles title, but ended the season at #89 after finishing '13 at #65

Annika Beck: the young German was the last player to become a maiden tour singles champion in 2014, though the late-season win was only enough to lift her season-ending rank from #58 to #55. She'd been ranked #60 the week prior to the event.

On the other hand, some players seemed to have less impact this past season than last, although their rankings didn't seem to hint at that fact. Some good examples:

Aga Radwanska: a few Radwanskian moments aside, Aga's inability to finish some of the potentially great moments she started resulted in her standing in everyone's "mind's eye" to diminish a bit. But her Montreal run -- which ended a nineteen-month title drought -- saved her from a noticeable drop in the rankings. A year after she finished at #5, she ended '14 at #6.

Donna Vekic: the Croat won her first tour title at 17, but three losing streaks of at least four matches (and another three-match slide) kept the teenager's ranking in a box, as she lost important ground to many of the other on-tour teens despite a slight rise to #84 from #86.

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Huge cracks are still showing in Russian tennis, but '14 was something of a resurgent season for the Hordettes.

Maria Sharapova grabbed her second Roland Garros title, finishing #2 and putting pressure on Serena Williams in the race for #1. No Russian has ever finished as the year-end #1. Ekaterina Makarova reached her first slam singles semifinal in New York, is on the verge of entering the Top 10, and claimed the U.S. Open doubles with Elena Vesnina. Svetlana Kuznetsova won her first title in four years. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova stoked hope in her future once more, taking high-level indoor titles in Paris and Moscow. In all, Russians went 8-2 in tour singles finals, winning more titles than any other nation (at least if you don't count Serena's tour-best seven titles all by herself). A pair of young Hordettes -- Elizaveta Kulichkova in Melbourne, Darya Kasatkina in Paris -- won junior slam championships. Even the Russian Fed Cup team welcomed the return of a few high-level participants, halting the team's recent slide with the "C"-teams made up of Anastasia Myskina's "kid corps."

The upswing doesn't really show up in the year-end rankings (or in other stats), though.

While the eight Russian title winners are the most in a season since 2010, only ten reached WTA singles finals in '14. That's the fewest since 2001 (three, with zero wins), taking the "honor" one year after 2013's thirteen finalists had become the recent low point last season. The high point of the Russian Tennis Revolution came in the late-2000's, as Hordettes won nineteen titles in '06, while thirty-eight reached finals in '08.

After dominating the Top 100 rankings for many seasons, the field isn't as populated by Russians as it used to be. Four seasons ago, there were sixteen Hordettes in the Top 100. In 2012, the U.S. managed to tie Russia with the most players (10) in the Top 100. Last year, only six Russians finished ranked in the Top 100, good enough to only tie for fourth with Italy on the nations list behind the U.S. (11), Spain (7) & Germany (7). This year, the number remained at six, good for another fourth place tie (w/ Italy & China) behind the U.S. (12), Czech Republic (8) and Germany (7).

The Top 20 presence of the Russians has suffered a similar dip, only to find a bit more stability in '14. Six Hordettes finished in the Top 20 in 2009, five did in 2010, then four each did in 2011 and 2012. The last two years the number has been two: Sharapova both seasons, then Makarova replacing Maria Kirilenko in the second spot this year.

*RUSSIAN RESULTS ON THE WTA TOUR*
2001...0 titles, 3 RU, 6 SF
2002...6 titles, 8 RU, 11 SF
2003...11 titles, 4 RU, 20 SF
2004...15 titles, 18 RU, 30 SF
2005...9 titles, 8 RU, 36 SF
2006...19 titles, 15 RU, 30 SF
2007...12 titles, 15 RU, 26 SF
2008...18 titles, 20 RU, 21 SF
2009...13 titles, 13 RU, 19 SF
2010...13 titles, 16 RU, 14 SF
2011...7 titles, 7 RU, 18 SF
2012...6 titles, 11 RU, 9 SF
2013...7 titles, 6 RU, 10 SF
2014...8 titles, 2 RU, 8 SF

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Meanwhile, after seeing "imported" Russians and a Bulgarian leading the way for a number of years, the top-ranked Kazakh player in 2014 was actually BORN in Kazakhstan. Almaty's own Zarina Diyas, the 21-year old who was a finalist in Osaka and reached the Round of 16 at Wimbledon, ended the '14 season at a career-best #34. Former Hordettes Yaroslava Shvedova (#66), Yulia Putintseva (#113) and Galina Voskoboeva (#259) fill the next three spots in the Kazakh rankings, but teenagers are finally making an impact in Kazakhstan tennis in the form or Kamila Kerimbayeva (#304), Ekaterina Klyueva (#580) and Alexandra Grinchishina (#630). #573 Anna Danilina, a former Top 3 junior, was born in Moscow.

Sofia-born Sesil Karatantcheva switched her representation back to Bulgaria after playing under the Kazakh flag since 2009. Last year, Ksenia Pervak similarly realigned with Russia after representing Kazakhstan from 2011-13.
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The tour-best twelve Bannerettes in the Top 100 -- one more than last year's total -- is the continuation of a trend, as their numbers have nearly doubled in recent seasons. Meanwhile, five of the ten youngest players ranked #101-200 also hail from the U.S..
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The numbers of nations with players in the Top 100 seems to have found its limit. After a three season-ending ranking run that saw players from thirty-seven (2011) and then thirty-six (2012 and '13) different nations finish in the Top 100, the number dropped to thirty-four this season. For the second straight year, twenty-three countries are included in the Top 50.

Also, for the third straight season, the Top 11 was actually made up of women from eleven different nations. After a 2013 Top 20 that included representative of fifteen different nations, 2014 matched 2012's total of fourteen.
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#18 Carla Suerez-Navarro and #14 Andrea Petkovic's twenty-five events were the most by any players ranked in the Top 20 (CSN also played the most often in '13). #24 Karolina Pliskova's thirty were the most in the Top 50, one ahead of #41 Klara Koukalova's twenty-nine. Pliskova, who led the Top 100 in events (36) a year ago, is tied with Alison Van Uytvanck, Kristina Mladenova and Alla Kudryavtseva this season.

After Julia Cohen was the workhorse of women's tennis from 2010-13, leading all Top 200 players in events for four straight seasons, the American put up a "remarkable" 4-27 match record in '14 and saw her ranking slip outside the Top 400. She dropped her final seventeen matches, and has gone 1-20 since March.

Yulia Putintseva and Maria Irigoyen replaced Cohen as the most active players in the Top 200, with each playing thirty-three events.
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At the end of both the 2010 and '11 seasons, six players rose into the Top 50 after having finished the previous year ranked outside the Top 100. That number increased to eight at the conclusion of both of the last two WTA campaigns. In 2014, the eight who made the climb: #30 Casey Dellacqua, #33 Belinda Bencic, #34 Zarina Diyas, #39 Tsvetana Pironkova, #40 Coco Vandeweghe, #42 Irina-Camelia Begu, #48 Timea Bacscinszky and #50 Heather Watson.
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Of course, there's always SOMEONE with her nose pressed up against the Top 100 glass, finishing #101. In 2014, it's a familiar Backspin face: Aleksandra Krunic, the Serb who became a first week star at this year's U.S. Open with a Round of 16 run that included a win over Petra Kvitova (and an amazing match against Vika Azarenka, too). At the Open, Krunic expressed her desire to finally reach the Top 100. She did it, too, reaching a career high of #99 in late October. But, alas, she slipped just enough in the closing weeks that she didn't end her season there, coming up JUST FIVE POINTS SHY OF BEING #100, as Week 44 Ningbo WTA 125 Challenger finalist Wang Qiang just beat her out for the last spot.



#101 is still Krunic's best-ever year-end ranking, but we'll be expecting something a bit better in 2015. After proving to herself that she's capable of such things, hopefully the Serbian Good Luck Charm will set up and soon knock down some more personal goals. Krunic's last tour win of the season came in Moscow against rising Pastry star Caroline Garcia. That's as good a place as any for The Bracelet to start her drive for '15.

=#101-RANKED PLAYERS=
2011: Stephanie Foretz-Gacon, FRA
2012: Stephanie Foretz-Gacon, FRA
2013: Mariana Duque-Marino, COL
2014: Aleksandra Krunic, SRB




[based on November 4 end-of-season WTA rankings]

*TOP 20 BY AGE*
[at of end of 2014]
34...Venus Williams
33...Serena Williams
32...Flavia Pennetta
32...Li Na
29...Jelena Jankovic
27...Lucie Safarova
27...Maria Sharapova
27...Sara Errani
27...Andrea Petkovic
27...Ana Ivanovic
26...Angelique Kerber
26...Ekaterina Makarova
26...Carla Suarez-Navarro
25...Agnieszka Radwanska
25...Dominika Cibulkova
24...Alize Cornet
24...Petra Kvitova
24...Caroline Wozniacki
23...Simona Halep
20...Eugenie Bouchard

*TOP 20 BY NATION*
2...CZE (Kvitova, Safarova)
2...GER (Kerber, Petkovic)
2...ITA (Errani, Pennetta)
2...RUS (Makarova, Sharapova)
2...SRB (Ivanovic, Jankovic)
2...USA (S.Williams, V.Williams)
1...CAN (Bouchard)
1...CHN (Li)
1...DEN (Wozniacki)
1...ESP (Suarez-Navarro)
1...FRA (Cornet)
1...POL (A.Radwanska)
1...ROU (Halep)
1...SVK (Cibulkova)

*TOP 20 BY CAREER TITLES*
64...Serena Williams
45...Venus Williams
33...Maria Sharapova
22...Caroline Wozniacki
15...Ana Ivanovic
14...Agnieszka Radwanska
14...Petra Kvitova
13...Jelena Jankovic
10...Flavia Pennetta
9...Li Na
8...Simona Halep
7...Sara Errani
5...Andrea Petkovic
5...Lucie Safarova
4...Dominika Cibulkova
4...Alize Cornet
3...Angelique Kerber
2...Ekaterina Makarova
1...Eugenie Bouchard
1...Carla Suarez-Navarro

*TOP 100 FACTS*
=HIGHEST-RANKED PLAYER WITHOUT A CAREER WTA SINGLES TITLE=
2007 Victoria Azarenka, BLR * (2009)
2008 Victoria Azarenka, BLR * (2009)
2009 Alla Kudryavtseva, RUS * (2010)
2010 Dominika Cibulkova, SVK * (2011)
2011 Peng Shuai, CHN
2012 Varvara Lepchenko, USA
2013 Sloane Stephens, USA
2014 Peng Shuai, CHN
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* - has since won first title
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*TOP 50 PLAYERS WITHOUT WTA TITLES*
#22 Peng Shuai, CHN
#30 Casey Dellacqua, AUS
#33 Belinda Bencic, SUI
#34 Zarina Diyas, KAZ
#35 Camila Giorgi, ITA
#36 Varvara Lepchenko, USA
#37 Sloane Stephens, USA
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*TOP 50 PLAYERS WITHOUT TOUR FINALS*
#30 Casey Dellacqua, AUS
#37 Sloane Stephens, USA
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NEW PLAYERS IN THE TOP 100 (since end of '13 season - Nov. 4, 2013):
2014 newbies: 24
2013 newbies: 27
2012 newbies: 29
2011 newbies: 31
2010 newbies: 23
2009 newbies: 28
2008 newbies: 34
2007 newbies: 33
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TOP 100 NEWBIES ('13 rank):
#30 Casey Dellacqua, AUS (#130)
#33 Belinda Bencic, SUI (#212)
#34 Zarina Diyas, KAZ (#163)
#39 Tsvetana Pironkova, BUL (#108)
#40 Coco Vandeweghe, USA (#110)
#42 Irina-Camelia Begu, ROU (#124)
#48 Timea Bacsinszky, SUI (#285)
#50 Heather Watson, GBR (#119)
#59 Petra Cetkovska, CZE (#132)
#61 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, CRO (#104)
#71 Jarmila Gajdosova, AUS (#232)
#72 Shelby Rogers, USA (#123)
#74 Katerina Siniakova, CZE (#211)
#79 Pauline Parmentier, FRA (#225)
#80 Alison Van Uytvanck, BEL (#129)
#83 Tereza Smitkova, CZE (#239)
#85 Luksika Kumkhum, THA (#114)
#87 Anna-Lena Friedsam, GER (#126)
#90 Ana Konjuh, CRO (#274)
#92 Nicole Gibbs, USA (#184)
#94 Madison Brengle, USA (#153)
#97 Zheng Saisai, CHN (#162)
#98 Alla Kudryavtseva, RUS (#176)
#100 Wang Qiang, CHN (#217)
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*SMALLEST 2013-to-2014 RANKING CHANGES IN TOP 100*
0...Serena Williams (1/1)
+1...Anna Schmiedlova (74/73)
-1...Agnieszka Radwanska (5/6)
-1...Angelique Kerber (9/10)
-1...Carla Suarez-Navarro (17/18)
+2...Maria Sharapova (4/2)
+2...Petra Kvitova (6/4)
+2...Caroline Wozniacki (10/8)
+2...Donna Vekic (86/84)
-2...Julia Goerges (73/75)
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*SISTERS*
#1 Serena Williams, #19 Venus Williams (USA)
#4 (d) Cara Black, (ATP-retired) Byron & Wayne Black (ZIM)
#5 (d) Hsieh Su-Wei, #165 (d) Shu-Ying (TPE)
#6 Agnieszka Radwanska, #180 Urszula Radwanska (POL)
#24 Karolina Pliskova, #123 Kristyna Pliskova (CZE)
#24 (Jr.) Tornado Black, #1132 (Jr.) Hurricane Black (USA)
#27 (d) Chan Hao-Ching, #36 (d) Chan Yung-Jan, (TPE)
#30 (Jr.) Usue Arconada, (Jr.Boy) Jordi Arconada (USA/ARG)
#47 (Jr.) Bianca Turati, #232 (Jr.) Anna Turati (ITA)
#63 (Jr.) Sara Tomic, (ATP) Bernard Tomic (AUS)
#73 Anna Schmiedlova, #7 (Jr.) Kristina Schmiedlova (SVK)
#132 (Jr.) Caroline Dolehide, (UCLA Jr) Courtney Dolehide (USA)
#143 Kristina Kucova, (ret.) Zuzana Kucova (SVK)
#147 (d) Sandra Klemenschits, (WTA, deceased) Daniela Klemenschits (AUT)
#183 Anastasia Rodionova, #260 Arina Rodionova (AUS)
#184 Lyudmyla Kichenok, #188 Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)
#193 Francoise Abanda, (Barry Univ. Jr) Elisabeth Abanda (CAN)
#204 Kateryna Bondarenko, (ret.) Alona Bondarenko (UKR)
#243 (d) Varatchaya Wongteanchi, #280 (d) Varunya Wongteanchi (THA)
#250 Naomi Osaka, #662 Mari Osaka (JPN)
#281 Michaella Krajicek, (ATP-retired) Richard Krajicek (NED)
#290 Erika Sema, #424 Yurika Sema (JPN)
#305 Lu Jia-Jing, #1244 Lu Jia-Xiang (CHN)
#325 Olga Ianchuk, #358 Elizaveta Ianchuk (UKR)
#500 Chichi Scholl, (Duke Univ. Soph) Chalena Scholl (USA)
#502 (d) Hulya Esen, #502 (d) Lutfiye Esen (TUR)
#583 (d) Paula Andrea Perez Garcia #594 Maria Paulina Perez Garcia (COL)
#696 (d) Nadiya Kolb, #696 (d) Nadiya Kolb (UKR)
#852 Flavia Guimaraes Bueno, #752 (d) Marcela Guimaraes Bueno (BRA)
#927 (d) Roxanne Ellison, #945 (d) Sierra Ellison (USA)
(NR/FC '14) Jacklyn Lambert, (NR/FC '14) Tara Lambert (BER)
(NR) Jessica Ren, (Boston College Jr) Jennifer Ren (GBR)
-----------------------------

*TOP 100 BY NATION*
(w/ # in 2013)
12...United States (11)
8...Czech Republic (5)
7...Germany (7)
6...China (4)
6...Italy (6)
6...Russia (6)
5...Slovak Republic (5)
5...Spain (7)
4...Australia - total w/ Tomljanovic
4...France (5)
4...Romania (4)
3...Belgium (2)
3...Croatia (2) - total w/o Tomljanvoic
3...Serbia (3)
3...Switzerland (2)
2...Kazakhstan (2)
2...Ukraine (2)
1...Austria (2)
1...Belarus (2)
1...Bulgaria (0)
1...Canada (1)
1...Denmark (1)
1...Estonia (1)
1...Great Britain (1)
1...Hungary (1)
1...Japan (4)
1...Netherlands (1)
1...New Zealand (1)
1...Poland (2)
1...Puerto Rico (1)
1...Slovenia (1)
1...South Africa (1)
1...Sweden (1)
1...Thailand (0)
--
2013 TOP 100, NONE in 2014: Argentina(1),Brazil(1),Israel(2),Taiwan(1)

*REGIONAL RANKINGS*
==EASTERN EUROPE==
#2 Maria Sharapova, RUS
#3 Simona Halep, ROU
#12 Ekaterina Makarova, RUS
#25 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS
#28 Svetlana Kuznetsova, RUS
#29 Elina Svitolina, UKR
#32 Victoria Azarenka, BLR
#39 Tsvetana Pironkova, BUL
#42 Irina-Camelia Begu, ROU
#47 Monica Niculescu, ROU
==WESTERN EUROPE==
#4 Petra Kvitova, CZE
#5 Ana Ivanovic, SRB
#6 Agnieszka Radwanska, POL
#8 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN
#10 Angelique Kerber, GER
#11 Dominika Cibulkova, SVK
#13 Flavia Pennetta, ITA
#14 Andrea Petkovic, GER
#15 Sara Errani, ITA
#16 Jelena Jankovic, SRB
==SCANDINAVIA==
#8 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN
#70 Johanna Larsson, SWE
#185 Rebecca Peterson, SWE
#223 Ulrikke Eikeri, NOR
#271 Sofia Arvidsson, SWE
#281 Susanne Celik, SWE
#321 Hilda Melander, SWE
#463 Ellen Allgurin, SWE
#537 Emma Laine, FIN
#641 Melanie Stokke, NOR
#647 Karen Barbat, DEN
#675 Emma Flood, NOR
==ASIA/PACIFIC==
#9 Li Na, CHN
#22 Peng Shuai, CHN
#23 Samantha Stosur, AUS
#30 Casey Dellacqua, AUS
#34 Zarina Diyas, KAZ
#44 Kurumi Nara, JPN
#62 Zhang Shuai, CHN
#63 Ajla Tomljanovic, AUS (CRO)
#66 Yaroslava Shvedova, KAZ
#71 Jarmila Gajdosova, AUS
#76 Marina Erakovic, NZL
==SOUTH AMERICA==
#106 Teliana Pereira, BRA
#126 Paula Ormaechea, ARG
#137 Mariana Duque-Marino, COL
#138 Veronica Cepede Royg, PAR
#167 Maria Irigoyen, ARG
#199 Montserrat Gonzalez, PAR
#225 Gabriela Ce, BRA
#254 Florencia Molinero, ARG
#280 Laura Pigossi, BRA
#287 Paula Cristina Goncalves, BRA
==UNITED STATES==
#1 Serena Williams
#19 Venus Williams
#31 Madison Keys
#36 Varvara Lepchenko
#37 Sloane Stephens
#40 Coco Vandweghe
#45 Alison Riske
#54 Christina McHale
#57 Lauren Davis
#72 Shelby Rogers
==CANADA==
#7 Eugenie Bouchard
#129 Sharon Fichman
#132 Aleksandra Wozniak
#164 Gabriela Dabrowski
#174 Heidi El Tabakh
#193 Francoise Abanda
#299 Carol Zhou
#363 Stephanie Dubois
#556 Sonja Molnar
#610 Gloria Liang
==NON-U.S./CAN NORTH AMERICA/ATLANTIC==
#60 Monica Puig, PUR
#283 Ana Sofia Sanchez, MEX
#350 Marcela Zacarius, MEX
#377 Victoria Rodriguez, MEX
#449 Ximena Hermoso, MEX
#460 Francesca Segarelli, DOM
#600 Carolina Betencourt, MEX
#727 Carla Fuentes, MEX
#890 Alejandra Cisneros, MEX
#962 Constanza Gorches, MEX
#1078 Renata Zarazua, MEX
==AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST==
#77 Chanelle Scheepers, RSA
#119 Shahar Peer, ISR
#141 Cagla Buyukakcay, TUR
#146 Ons Jabeur, TUN
#159 Julia Glushko, ISR
#262 Pemra Ozgen, TUR
#315 Melis Sezer, TUR
#317 Chanel Simmonds, RSA
#319 Ipek Soylu, TUR
#382 Deniz Khazaniuk, ISR
#467 Fatma Al Nabhani, OMA
#502 Basak Eraydin, TUR
#512 Ola Abou Zekry, EGY

*NATIONAL CHECKS & BALANCES*
==RUSSIA==
#2 Maria Sharapova
#12 Ekaterina Makarova
#25 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
#28 Svetlana Kuznetsova
#65 Elena Vesnina
#98 Alla Kudryavtseva
#108 Vitalia Diatchenko
#120 Ksenia Pervak
#140 Alisa Kleybanova
#147 Elizaveta Kulichkova
==CHINA==
#9 Li Na
#22 Peng Shuai
#62 Zhang Shuai
#91 Zheng Jie
#97 Zheng Saisai
#100 Wang Qiang
#124 Duan Ying-Ying
#139 Zhu Lin
#182 Xu Yifan
#190 Zhang Kai-lin
#191 Wang Yafan
#192 Zhang Ling (HKG)
==ROMANIA==
#3 Simona Halep
#42 Irina-Camelia Begu
#47 Monica Niculescu
#93 Sorana Cirstea
#105 Alexandra Dulgheru
#121 Andreea Mitu
#235 Alexandra Cadantu
#241 Ana Bogdan
#243 Patricia-Maria Tig
#354 Elena-Teodora Cadar
==CZECH REPUBLIC==
#4 Petra Kvitova
#17 Lucie Safarova
#24 Karolina Pliskova
#26 Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova
#41 Klara Koukalova
#59 Petra Cetkovska
#74 Katerina Siniakova
#83 Tereza Smitkova
#110 Denisa Allertova
#123 Kristyna Pliskova
#157 Lucie Hradecka
#169 Andrea Hlavackova
==GERMANY==
#10 Angelique Kerber
#14 Andrea Petkovic
#27 Sabine Lisicki
#43 Mona Barthel
#55 Annika Beck
#75 Julia Goerges
#87 Anna-Lena Friedsam
#104 Carina Witthoeft
#125 Dinah Pfizenmeier
#161 Laura Siegemund
==AUSTRALIA==
#23 Samantha Stosur
#30 Casey Dellacqua
#71 Jarmila Gajdosova
#131 Olivia Rogowska
#183 Anastasia Rodionova
#218 Ashleigh Barty
#260 Arina Rodionova
#323 Storm Sanders
#331 Monique Adamczak
#389 Alexandra Nancarrow
==ITALY==
#13 Flavia Pennetta
#15 Sara Errani
#35 Camila Giorgi
#49 Roberta Vinci
#56 Karin Knapp
#82 Francesca Schiavone
#200 Gioia Barbieri
#205 Alberta Brianti
#236 Nastassja Burnett
#239 Giulia Gatto-Monticone
==FRANCE==
#20 Alize Cornet
#38 Caroline Garcia
#79 Pauline Parmentier
#81 Kristina Mladenovic
#168 Claire Feuerstein
#172 Virginie Razzano
#197 Amandine Hesse
#206 Mathilde Johansson
#209 Irena Pavlovic
#232 Stephanie Foretz-Gacon
==GREAT BRITAIN==
#50 Heather Watson
#150 Johanna Konta
#158 Naomi Broady
#307 Katy Dunne
#324 Tara Moore
#346 Emily Webley-Smith
#411 Katie Boulter
#465 Samantha Murray
#494 Anna Smith
#521 Amanda Carreras
==IRELAND==
#482 Amy Bowtell
==SPAIN==
#18 Carla Suarez-Navarro
#21 Garbine Muguruza
#68 Silvia Soler-Espinosa
#88 Lara Arruabarrena
#89 Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor
#111 Lourdes Dominguez-Lino
#202 Estrella Cabeza-Candela
#229 Laura Pous-Tio
#238 Beatriz Garcia Vidagany
#276 Sara Sorribes Tormo
==SERBIA==
#5 Ana Ivanovic
#16 Jelena Jankovic
#58 Bojana Jovanovski
#101 Aleksandra Krunic
#115 Jovana Jaksic
#208 Vesna Dolonc
#407 Doroteja Eric
#492 Barbara Bonic
#506 Milana Spremo
#528 Marina Kachar
==JAPAN==
#44 Kurumi Nara
#116 Kimiko Date-Krumm
#122 Misaki Doi
#130 Misa Eguchi
#154 Hiroko Kuwata
#170 Eri Hozumi
#196 Junri Namigata
#201 Miharu Imanishi
#207 Nao Hibino
#220 Risa Ozaki
==KAZAKHSTAN==
#34 Zarina Diyas
#66 Yaroslava Shvedova
#113 Yulia Putintseva
#259 Galina Voskoboeva
#304 Kamila Kerimbayeva
#573 Anna Danilina
#580 Ekaterina Klyueva
#630 Alexandra Grinchishina
==SLOVAK REPUBLIC==
#11 Dominika Cibulkova
#51 Magdalena Rybarikova
#53 Jana Cepelova
#64 Daniela Hantuchova
#73 Anna Schmiedlova
#143 Kristina Kucova
#302 Zuzana Zlochova
#372 Petra Uberalova
#433 Michaela Honcova
#444 Rebecca Sramkova
==SWITZERLAND==
#33 Belinda Bencic
#48 Timea Bacsinszky
#78 Stefanie Voegele
#118 Romina Oprandi
#227 Viktorija Golubic
#274 Conny Perrin
#275 Xenia Knoll
#294 Lara Michel
#470 Karin Kennel
==UKRAINE==
#29 Elina Svitolina
#96 Lesia Tsurenko
#134 Maryna Zanevska
#135 Kateryna Kozlova
#173 Anastasiya Vasylyeva
#181 Yuliya Beygelzimer
#184 Lyudmyla Kichenok
#188 Nadiia Kichenok
#204 Kateryna Bondarenko
#221 Olga Savchuk
#268 Anhelina Kalinina
==POLAND==
#6 Agnieszka Radwanska
#117 Magda Linette
#162 Katarzyna Piter
#163 Paula Kania
#180 Urszula Radwanska
#295 Sandra Zaniewska
==BELARUS==
#32 Victoria Azarenka
#142 Aliaksandra Sasnovich
#145 Olga Govortsova
#240 Ilona Kremen
#384 Iryna Shymanovich
==BELGIUM==
#46 Kirsten Flipkens
#67 Yanina Wickmayer
#80 Alison Van Uytvanck
#128 An-Sophie Mestach
#194 Ysaline Bonaventure
#264 Elise Mertens
#329 Klaartje Liebens
==CROATIA==
#61 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
#63 Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
#84 Donna Vekic
#90 Ana Konjuh
#179 Petra Martic
#249 Ana Vrljic
#269 Ema Mikulcic
#288 Tereza Mrdeza
==ARGENTINA==
#126 Paula Ormaechea
#167 Maria Irigoyen
#254 Florencia Molinero
#298 Catalina Pella
#371 Nadia Podoroska
#427 Sofia Blanco
#455 Victoria Bosio
#517 Vanessa Furlanetto
#543 Guadalupe Perez Rojas
#559 Sofia Luini
==BRAZIL==
#106 Teliana Pereira
#225 Gabriela Ce
#280 Laura Pigossi
#287 Paula Cristina Goncalves
#335 Beatriz Haddad Maia
#439 Eduarda Piai
#450 Nathalia Rossi
#507 Nathaly Kurata
#557 Maria Fernanda Alves
#628 Carolina M. Alves
==NETHERLANDS==
#69 Kiki Bertens
#148 Richel Hogenkamp
#213 Indy De Vroome
#222 Lesley Kerkhove
#224 Cindy Burger
#230 Arantxa Rus
#281 Michaella Krajicek
#296 Quirine Lemoine
#535 Angelique Van Der Meet
#561 Demi Schuurs
==AUSTRIA==
#86 Yvonne Meusburger
#107 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
#133 Tamira Paszek
#353 Barbara Haas
#394 Pia Konig
#400 Melanie Klaffner
#406 Lisa-Marie Moser
==BULGARIA==
#39 Tsvetana Pironkova
#176 Sesil Karatantcheva
#219 Elitsa Kostova
#320 Dia Evtimova
#332 Victoriya Tomova
==TAIWAN==
#144 Hsieh Su-Wei
#212 Chan Yung-Jan
#255 Hsu Chieh-Yu
#381 Lee Ya-Hsuan
#434 Chan Chin-Wei
==THAILAND==
#85 Luksika Kumkhum
#284 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
#300 Varatchaya Wongteanchai
#361 Nicha Lertpitaksinchai

*BIGGEST RISES IN THE RANKINGS*
=end of '13 to end of '14=
[in 2014 Top 25]
+43...Garbine Muguruza (#64 to #21)
+43...Karolina Pliskova (#67 to #24)
+30...Venus Williams (#49 to #19)
+25...Eugenie Bouchard (#32 to #7)
+25...Andrea Petkovic (#39 to #14)
+23...Peng Shuai (#45 to #22)
+18...Flavia Pennetta (#31 to #13)
+12...Dominika Cibulkova (#23 to #11)
+12...Ekaterina Makarova (#24 to #12)
+12...Lucie Safarova (#29 to #17)
+11...Ana Ivanovic (#16 to #5)
[2014 Top 26-50]
+237...Timea Bacsinszky (#285 to #48)
+179...Belinda Bencic (#212 to #33)
+129...Zarina Diyas (#163 to #34)
+100...Casey Dellacqua (#130 to #30)
+82...Irina-Camelia Begu (#124 to #42)
+70...Coco Vandeweghe (#110 to #40)
+69...Tsvetana Pironkova (#108 to #39)
+69...Heather Watson (#119 to #50)
+66...Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (#92 to #26)
+58...Camila Giorgi (#93 to #35)
+37...Caroline Garcia (#75 to #38)
+32...Kurumi Nara (#76 to #44)
+17...Varvara Lepchenko (#53 to #36)
[2014 Top 51-100]
+184...Ana Konjuh (#274 to #90)
+161...Jarmila Gajdosova (#232 to #71)
+156...Tereza Smitkova (#239 to #83)
+146...Pauline Parmentier (#225 to #79)
+137...Katerina Siniakova (#211 to #74)
+117...Wang Qiang (#217 to #100)
+92...Nicole Gibbs (#184 to #92)
+78...Alla Kudryavtseva (#176 to #98)
+73...Petra Cetkovska (#132 to #59)
+65...Zheng Saisai (#162 to #97)
+59...Madison Brengle (#153 to #94)
+51...Shelby Rogers (#123 to #72)

*BIGGEST FALLS IN THE RANKINGS*
=end of '13 to end of '14=
[2013 Top 25]
-167...Maria Kirilenko (#19 to #186)
-71...Sorana Cirstea (#22 to #93)
-40...Elena Vesnina (#25 to #65)
-35...Roberta Vinci (#14 to #49)
-30...Victoria Azarenka (#2 to #32)
-26...Kirsten Flipkens (#20 to #46)
-25...Sloane Stephens (#12 to #37)
-12...Sabine Lisicki (#15 to #27)
retired...Marion Bartoli (#13)
[2013 Top 26-50]
-905...Laura Robson (#46 to #951)
-311...Jamie Hampton (#28 to #239)
-40...Francesca Schiavone (#42 to #82)
-36...Yvonne Meusburger (#50 to #86)
-34...Stefanie Voegele (#44 to #78)
-31...Daniela Hantuchova (#33 to #64)
-28...Marina Erakovic (#48 to #76)
-22...Kaia Kanepi (#30 to #52)
-22...Bojana Jovanovski (#36 to #58)
[2013 Top 51-100]
-367...Anabel Medina-Garrigues (#97 to #464)
-190...Galina Voskoboeva (#69 to #259)
-185...Ayumi Morita (#61 to #246)
-173...Alexandra Cadantu (#62 to #235)
-137...Urszula Radwanska (#43 to #180)
-128...Bethanie Mattek-Sands (#47 to #175)
-76...Virginie Razzano (#96 to #172)
-68...Julia Glushko (#91 to #159)
-63...Paula Ormaechea (#63 to #126)
-62...Kimiko Date-Krumm (#54 to #116)
-59...Hsieh Su-Wei (#85 to #144)
-50...Olga Govortsova (#95 to #145)

*DOUBLES TOP 20*
[by nation]
3...Italy (Errani,Pennetta,Vinci)
3...Russia (Kudryavtseva,Makarova,Vesnina)
2...Czech Republic (Hlavackova,Peschke)
2...Spain (Muguruza,Suarez-Navarro)
2...United States (Kops-Jones,Spears)
1...Australia (An.Rodionova)
1...China (Peng)
1...France (Mladenovic)
1...India (Mirza)
1...Slovenia (Srebotnik)
1...Switzerland (Hingis)
1...Taiwan (S-W.Hsieh)
1...Zimbabwe (C.Black)
[by age]
39...Kveta Peschke
35...Cara Black
34...Martina Hingis
33...Katarina Srebotnik
33...Abigail Spears
32...Flavia Pennetta
32...Anastasia Rodionova
31...Raquel Kops-Jones
31...Roberta Vinci
28...Hsieh Su-Wei
28...Peng Shuai
28...Elena Vesnina
28...Andrea Hlavackova
27...Sania Mirza
27...Sara Errani
27...Alla Kudryavtseva
26...Ekaterina Makarova
26...Carla Suarez-Navarro
21...Kristina Mladenovic
21...Garbine Muguruza

*SINGLES & DOUBLES*
(singles/doubles ranks)
=TOP 25 IN BOTH (8)=
Sara Errani (#15, co-#1)
Ekaterina Makarova (#12, #7)
Garbine Muguruza (#21, #16)
Peng Shuai (#22, #3)
Flavia Pennetta (#13, #14)
Carla Suarez-Navarro (#18, #20)
Elena Vesnina (#25, #5)
Roberta Vinci (#49, co-#1)
=TOP 50 IN BOTH (+10)=
Casey Dellacqua (#30, #31)
Caroline Garcia (#38, #26)
Jelena Jankovic (#16, #47)
Klara Koukalova (#41, #37)
Monica Niculescu (#47, #38)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (#25, #25)
Andrea Petkovic (#14, #49)
Karolina Pliskova (#24, #46)
Lucie Safarova (#17, #29)
Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (#26, #26)

*NATIONS WITH TOP 100 DOUBLES PLAYER, BUT NONE IN SINGLES*
ARGENTINA (1): #84 Maria Irigoyen
GEORGIA (1): #73 Oksana Kalashnikova
INDIA (1): #6 Sania Mirza
ISRAEL (1): #70 Shahar Peer
LUXEMBOURG (1): #83 Mandy Minella
TAIWAN (3): #5 Hsieh Su-Wei, #27 Chan Hao-Ching, #36 Chan Yung-Jan
ZIMBABWE (1): #4 Cara Black
[high-ranking singles player]
ARGENTINA: #126 Paula Ormaechea
GEORGIA: #210 Sofia Shapatava
INDIA: #314 Ankita Raina
ISRAEL: #119 Shahar Peer
LUXEMBOURG: #156 Mandy Minella
TAIWAN: #144 Hsieh Su-Wei
ZIMBABWE: none


So... whew!



Oh, come now, Camila. It wasn't THAT bad.

Anyway, hopefully, I didn't flub up any numbers or other notes after all that transcribing.

(crossing fingers)


All for now.




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