Post by tall_one on Jun 7, 2004 17:03:23 GMT
Serena out of the top 10; French champ up 34
Associated Press
PARIS -- French Open champion Gaston Gaudio jumped 34 spots to a career-high No. 10 in the ATP Tour rankings Monday, while Serena Williams dropped out of the women's top 10 for the first time in nearly five years.
Gaudio became the third unseeded French Open champion, and his previous ranking of 44th was the fourth lowest for a major titlist.
Williams fell from seventh to 11th in the WTA Tour rankings, her lowest placing since August 1999. She was No. 1 as recently as Aug. 4, three days after she had knee surgery and the last of her 57 straight weeks at the top thanks to winning four straight Grand Slam titles.
"I'm alive. I'm breathing. I'm healthy. Things could be worse," Williams said after losing to Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals of her first major since Wimbledon. "But, I mean, obviously I'm not happy."
Women's champion Anastasia Myskina jumped two spots to a career-best No. 3. Elena Dementieva moved up four places to No. 6 by joining Myskina in the first all-Russian major final, and Svetlana Kuznetsova rose one spot from No. 11, giving their country three representatives in the top 10.
Justine Henin-Hardenne, who lost in the second round at Roland Garros, and Kim Clijsters, who skipped the tournament with a wrist injury, stayed at Nos. 1-2.
No. 4 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 5 Lindsay Davenport and No. 7 Capriati each fell one spot, with Venus Williams at No. 8, and French Open semifinalist Paola Suarez at No. 9.
Gaudio's rise in the entry rankings, which are based on the past 52 weeks of play and are used to determine seedings at tournaments, was mirrored by his improvement from 34th to fourth in the ATP Champions Race, which is calculated only with results at top tournaments this season.
He upset Guillermo Coria 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 in the first all-Argentine major final Sunday.
"When I came here, I was playing match by match, you know, step by step," Gaudio said. Winning his first major championship, he added, "is going to change many things, but I don't know what. I don't even realize that I won yet."
Roger Federer leads the Champions Race standings, followed by Coria, Carlos Moya, No. 5 Marat Safin and No. 6 Andy Roddick.
Federer also is No. 1 in the entry rankings, trailed by reigning U.S. Open champion Roddick, Coria, David Nalbandian and Tim Henman. Nalbandian and Henman, semifinalists at Roland Garros, each went up four places.
Juan Carlos Ferrero is ranked sixth, with Carlos Moya at No. 7, Rainer Schuettler at No. 8, and Andre Agassi at No. 9, down three spots after a first-round loss in Paris.
Associated Press
PARIS -- French Open champion Gaston Gaudio jumped 34 spots to a career-high No. 10 in the ATP Tour rankings Monday, while Serena Williams dropped out of the women's top 10 for the first time in nearly five years.
Gaudio became the third unseeded French Open champion, and his previous ranking of 44th was the fourth lowest for a major titlist.
Williams fell from seventh to 11th in the WTA Tour rankings, her lowest placing since August 1999. She was No. 1 as recently as Aug. 4, three days after she had knee surgery and the last of her 57 straight weeks at the top thanks to winning four straight Grand Slam titles.
"I'm alive. I'm breathing. I'm healthy. Things could be worse," Williams said after losing to Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals of her first major since Wimbledon. "But, I mean, obviously I'm not happy."
Women's champion Anastasia Myskina jumped two spots to a career-best No. 3. Elena Dementieva moved up four places to No. 6 by joining Myskina in the first all-Russian major final, and Svetlana Kuznetsova rose one spot from No. 11, giving their country three representatives in the top 10.
Justine Henin-Hardenne, who lost in the second round at Roland Garros, and Kim Clijsters, who skipped the tournament with a wrist injury, stayed at Nos. 1-2.
No. 4 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 5 Lindsay Davenport and No. 7 Capriati each fell one spot, with Venus Williams at No. 8, and French Open semifinalist Paola Suarez at No. 9.
Gaudio's rise in the entry rankings, which are based on the past 52 weeks of play and are used to determine seedings at tournaments, was mirrored by his improvement from 34th to fourth in the ATP Champions Race, which is calculated only with results at top tournaments this season.
He upset Guillermo Coria 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 in the first all-Argentine major final Sunday.
"When I came here, I was playing match by match, you know, step by step," Gaudio said. Winning his first major championship, he added, "is going to change many things, but I don't know what. I don't even realize that I won yet."
Roger Federer leads the Champions Race standings, followed by Coria, Carlos Moya, No. 5 Marat Safin and No. 6 Andy Roddick.
Federer also is No. 1 in the entry rankings, trailed by reigning U.S. Open champion Roddick, Coria, David Nalbandian and Tim Henman. Nalbandian and Henman, semifinalists at Roland Garros, each went up four places.
Juan Carlos Ferrero is ranked sixth, with Carlos Moya at No. 7, Rainer Schuettler at No. 8, and Andre Agassi at No. 9, down three spots after a first-round loss in Paris.
