WTA Tour - Claycourt Rankings: Zvona-roll

Eurosport - Fri, 09 May 11:45:00 2008

EXCLUSIVE! There was no movement in the top five of this week's rankings, but Vera Zvonareva continued her phenomenal claycourt climb with a title in Prague.

TENNIS 2008 WTA Prague Vera Zvonareva - 0

The Russian number five backed up her runner-up performance in Charleston two weeks ago with a title in Prague to continue her phenomenal push up the rankings.

Zvonareva has moved up 20 places in the past two weeks and is now ninth in the world of slow dirt.

With no major trophies up for grabs last week, the eight top positions remained unchanged with Justine Henin still very much in command of the number one spot and Maria Sharapova clinging to her number two ranking.

The week's other major winner was Argentine claycourt specialist Gisela Dulko, who moved up 14 places to tenth with her second claycourt title in the space of a year with a victory in Fes.

Prague runner-up Anabel Medina Garrigues also made a slight move claiming the 12th position from Nicole Vaidisova, who drops three places to 15th.

2008 Claycourt Rankings - WTA world ranking in brackets

1. [1] Justine Henin (BEL) 22 points - Even

2. [3] Maria Sharapova (RUS) 12 - Even

3. [5] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 12 - Even

4. [2] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 11 - Even

5. [4] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 11 - Even

6. [6] Serena Williams (USA) 10 - Even

7. [9] Elena Dementieva (RUS) 7 - Even

8. [29] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 7 - Even

9. [13] Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6 - Up six

10. [48] Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6 - Up 14

11. [14] Ágnes Szávay (HUN) 5 - Down two

12. [32] Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 5 - Up one

13. [34] Alize Cornet (FRA) 5 - Down three

14. [12] Patty Schnyder (SUI) 4 - Down three

15. [16] Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 4 - Down three

FORMULA:

10 winner; 6 runner-up; 4 semi-finalist; 2 quarter-finalist: 2007 French Open

5 winner; 3 runner-up; 2 semi-finalist; 1 quarter-finalist: Charleston, Berlin, Rome, 2006 French Open

3 winner; 2 runner-up; 1 semi-finalist: Vina del Mar, Bogota, Acapulco, Amelia Island, Estoril, Fes, Prague, Istanbul, Strasbourg, Bad Gastein, Barcelona, Budapest, Palermo, 2005 French Open

1 bonus point for any semi-final or better at French Open 2001-2004

Jeremy Stahl / Eurosport

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