February 21st Rankings - Women

A huge change at #2, as Dubai winner Caroline Wozniacki displaces Venus Williams at that spot. Changes also come at the bottom, as Schiavone lifts two places, Flavia Pennetta lifts three spots to 8th, and Elena Dementieva reenters the top 10, despite her reitrement. Na Li drops two spots to 9th, while Shahar Peer and Maria Sharapova fall out of the top 10.

Winners:

Bogota
#7 Lourdes Dominguez-Lino ESP (68)
1st round Mandy Minella LUX (159) | 6-1 6-4
2nd round Eva Birnerova CZE (152) | 6-2 6-2
Quarters Beatriz Garcia-Vidagany ESP (118) | 6-4 6-3
Semis Petra Martic CRO (89) | Walkover
Final Mathilde Johansson FRA (110) | 2-6 6-3 6-2
Average Opponent Rank 134.75

Dubai
#1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN (2)
1st round Bye
2nd round Anna Chakvetadze RUS (39) | 6-1 3-5 Ret.
3rd round Ayumi Morita JPN (82) | 6-1 6-0
Quarters #9 Shahar Peer ISR (11) | 6-2 6-4
Semis #6 Jelena Jankovic SRB (18) | 7-5 6-3
Final #16 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (14) | 6-1 6-3
Average Opponent Rank 48.4

Memphis
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK (95)
1st round #8 Vania King USA (65) | 6-1 3-6 7-6(9)
2nd round Anne Keothavong GBR (120) | 6-4 3-6 6-1
Quarters Alexa Glatch USA (212) | 6-3 6-2
Semis Lucie Hradecka CZE (81) | 6-2 4-6 6-4
Final #6 Rebecca Marino CAN (86) | 6-2 0-0 Ret.
Average Opponent Rank 112.8

Lourdes Dominguez-Lino won a weak event in Bogota, as she did not play against a single top 100 opponent en route to the title. She was helped by the seeds getting crushed, with just two getting out of the second round.

Caroline Wozniacki's ascent to the #2 spot in the world came after an excellent win in Dubai that saw her not drop a set, and take three top 20 wins in the last three matches.

Memphis saw a win for Magdalena Rybarikova, though she had a fairly easy path there, with no top 50 opponents. she was pushed to a third set tiebreaker by Vania King in the opening round, and needed two more three set matches, though she benifited from a retirement in the final.


ITF events:

25K
Mallorca: #3 Iryna Kuryanovich BLR (179) d. Sofiya Kovalets UKR (253)
Surprise: Monica Puig PUR (n/a) d. #5 Lenka Wienerova SVK (295)

10K
Albufeira: Lesley Kerkhove NED (412)
Buenos Aires: Veronica Cepede Royg PAR (374)
Leimen: Gioia Barbieri ITA (397)
Aurangabad: Vlada Ekshibarova UZB (357)
Antalya: Christina Shakovets GER (n/a)

Riser of the Week (top 100):
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (14), Up 6
Kuznetsova had a strong run in Dubai to get back into the top 15, as she saw off three top 20 opponents in Francesca Schiavone (7), Flavia Pennetta (8) and Agnieszka Radwanska (13) before falling to Wozniacki in the final.

Riser of the Week (other):
Sofiya Kovalets UKR (253), Up 54
The 16-year-old Kovalets has had some strong results on clay at the ITF level, and this week made the finals of an event in Mallorca, getting wins over Anna Floris (284) and Estrella Cabeza-Candela (249).

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Victoria Azarenka BLR (17), Down 4
Azarenka was the finalist in Dubai last year, beating Agnieszka Radwanska (13) and Vera Zvonareva (5) before losing to Venus Williams (3). This year, she got just one win in the event, falling in the second against Flavia Pennetta (8).

Dropper of the Week (other):
Mariana Duque-Marino COL (107), Down 22
Tanasugarn was a finalist in Pattaya last year, getting some solid wins over Alla Kudryavtseva (72) and Anna Chakvetadze (41), among others. This year, she lost in the first round to Ayumi Morita (90), sending her out of the top 20.


1 (1). Kim Clijsters BEL - 844.7
Last week: None

2 (3). Caroline Wozniacki DEN - 815.3
Last week: Dubai W

3 (2). Venus Williams USA - 810.5
Last week: None

4 (4). Justine Henin BEL - 809.0
Last week: None

5 (5). Vera Zvonareva RUS - 807.0
Last week: Dubai R16 (l. Kleybanova)

6 (6). Samantha Stosur AUS - 793.1
Last week: Dubai QF (l. Jankovic)

7 (9). Francesca Schiavone ITA - 782.4
Last week: Dubai R16 (l. Kuznetsova)

8 (11). Flavia Pennetta ITA - 780.3
Last week: Dubai SF (l. Kuznetsova)

9 (7). Na Li CHN - 780.5
Last week: Dubai R32 (l. Wickmayer)

10 (15). Elena Dementieva RUS - 779.6
Last week: None

11 (10). Shahar Peer ISR - 778.6
Last week: Dubai QF (l. Wozniacki)

12 (8). Maria Sharapova RUS - 778.3
Last week: None

13 (12). Agnieszka Radwanska POL - 777.8
Last week: Dubai QF (l. Kuznetsova)

14 (20). Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS - 777.5
Last week: Dubai F (l. Wozniacki)

15 (14). Petra Kvitova CZE - 775.9
Last week: Dubai R64 (l. Morita)

16 (16). Kaia Kanepi EST - 775.4
Last week: Dubai R16 (l. Jankovic)

17 (13). Victoria Azarenka BLR - 774.9
Last week: Dubai R16 (l. Pennetta)

18 (19). Jelena Jankovic SRB - 772.6
Last week: Dubai SF (l. Wozniacki)

19 (17). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS - 769.8
Last week: Dubai R64 (Q) (l. Kleybanova)

20 (18). Ana Ivanovic SRB - 767.9
Last week: Dubai R64 (l. Schnyder)

21 (21). Andrea Petkovic GER - 766.3
Last week: Dubai R32 (l. Kanepi)

22 (22). Shuai Peng CHN - 765.0
Last week: Dubai R32 (Q) (l. Azarenka)

23 (23). Yanina Wickmayer BEL - 764.9
Last week: Dubai R16 (l. Peer)

24 (24). Nadia Petrova RUS - 763.8
Last week: None

25 (25). Alisa Kleybanova RUS - 763.6
Last week: Dubai QF (l. Pennetta)

In: None
Out: None