February 28th Rankings - Women

A nice rise for Vera Zvonareva, who goes up to third by virtue of her win in Doha. Falling is Venus Williams, who drops to 5th. Francesca Schiavone drops two spots to 9th, with Flavia Pennetta and Na Li rising one spot each.

Winners:

Acapulco
#4 Gisela Dulko ARG (49)
1st round Anna Tatishvili GEO (132) | 6-3 6-1
2nd round Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP (157) | 6-1 6-1
Quarters Laura Pous-Tio ESP (100) | 3-6 7-5 6-0
Semis Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP (112) | 6-0 6-2
Final #6 Arantxa Parra-Santonja ESP (76) | 6-3 7-6(5)
Average Opponent Rank 115.4

Doha
#2 Vera Zvonareva RUS (3)
1st round Bye
2nd round Dominika Cibulkova SVK (28) | 6-1 6-2
Quarters Daniela Hantuchova SVK (27) | 7-5 6-7(5) 7-5
Semis #5 Jelena Jankovic SRB (18) | 6-1 2-6 6-4
Final #1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN (2) | 6-4 6-4
Average Opponent Rank 18.7

Gisela Dulko won the tournament in Acapulco, a fairly weak event that saw her play just one top 100 player, and no top 50 players. The higher seeds lost quite early, allowing Dulko a fairly easy ride to the title.

Vera Zvonareva had a great win in Doha, getting a some excellent wins, none better than the straight sets beating of Caroline Wozniacki, which moved Zvonareva up to #3.

ITF events:

25K
Mildura: Su-Wei Hsieh TPE (131) d. #2 Katie O'Brien GBR (272)

10K
Antalya: Dia Evtimova BUL (236)
Mumbai: Varatchaya Wongteanchai THA (514)
Zell Am Harmersbach: Nina Zander GER (352)
Portimao: Ani Mijacika CRO (361)

Riser of the Week (top 100):
Arantxa Parra-Santonja ESP (76), Up 20
Parra-Santonja, a Spanish journeywoman, made the finals in Acapulco, losing to Dulko, but beating Johanna Larsson (66), Lourdes Dominguez-Lino (68) and Sybille Bammer (94) en route.

Riser of the Week (other):
Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP (157), Up 19
Soler-Espinosa qualified for the main draw in Acapulco by winning three matches, including taking out Corinna Dentoni (160) in the final round, then won a match in the main draw over Jill Craybas (143), before losing to the eventual champion Dulko.

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Polona Hercog SLO (88), Down 15
Hercog was a finalist in Acapulco last year, picking up several good wins, beating Carla Suarez Navarro (62), Agnes Szavay (35) and Alize Cornet (71), before losing to Venus Williams (5). This year, she lost in the first round, to Dominguez-Lino (68)

Dropper of the Week (other):
Catalina Castano COL (218), Down 32
Castano didn't play this week, but drops out of the top 200, as she lost her Acapulco tournament from last year, where she qualified for the main draw, and beat Klara Zakopalova (38) in the first round.


1 (1). Kim Clijsters BEL - 846.1
Last week: None

2 (2). Caroline Wozniacki DEN - 817.5
Last week: Doha F (l. Zvonareva)

3 (5). Vera Zvonareva RUS - 811.9
Last week: Doha W

4 (4). Justine Henin BEL - 810.9
Last week: None

5 (3). Venus Williams USA - 809.5
Last week: None

6 (6). Samantha Stosur AUS - 794.7
Last week: None

7 (8). Flavia Pennetta ITA - 783.4
Last week: Doha QF (l. Wozniacki)

8 (9). Na Li CHN - 782.7
Last week: Doha R32 (l. Zakopalova)

9 (7). Francesca Schiavone ITA - 782.2
Last week: Doha R16 (l. Peng)

10 (10). Elena Dementieva RUS - 781.4
Last week: None

11 (12). Maria Sharapova RUS - 779.8
Last week: None

12 (11). Shahar Peer ISR - 779.2
Last week: Doha R16 (l. Bartoli)

13 (16). Kaia Kanepi EST - 778.0
Last week: None

14 (15). Petra Kvitova CZE - 777.6
Last week: None

15 (14). Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS - 777.2
Last week: Doha R32 (l. Peer)

16 (13). Agnieszka Radwanska POL - 777.0
Last week: Doha R32 (l. Safarova)

17 (17). Victoria Azarenka BLR - 774.5
Last week: Doha R32 (l. Hantuchova)

18 (18). Jelena Jankovic SRB - 774.4
Last week: Doha SF (l. Zvonareva)

19 (19). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS - 771.1
Last week: None

20 (22). Shuai Peng CHN - 770.2
Last week: Doha QF (Q) (l, Bartoli)

21 (20). Ana Ivanovic SRB - 768.5
Last week: None

22 (21). Andrea Petkovic GER - 767.8
Last week: None

23 (23). Yanina Wickmayer BEL - 766.3
Last week: None

24 (24). Nadia Petrova RUS - 765.7
Last week: Doha R16 (l. Wozniacki)

25 (28). Marion Bartoli FRA - 759.0
Last week: Doha SF (l. Wozniacki

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