June 6th Rankings - Women

Na Li made history, becoming the first Asian player to win a Grand Slam title, giving her a solid move up in the rankings, up two places to 6th. Three other risers entered the top 10, with quarterfinalists Andrea Petkovic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, moving up to 8th and 10th, respectively, and Agnieszka Radwanska's fourth round seeing her rise to 9th. Dropping out of the top 10 were the retired Elena Dementieva, who fell below the match threshold, the defending champion Francesca Schiavone, despite making the final for the second straight year, and Sam Stosur, last year's finalist.

Winners:

Roland Garros
#6 Na Li CHN (7)
1st round Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE (45) | 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3
2nd round Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP (135) | 6-4 7-5
3rd round Sorana Cirstea ROU (62) | 6-2 6-2
4th round #9 Petra Kvitova CZE (7) | 2-6 6-1 6-3
Quarters #4 Victoria Azarenka BLR (5) | 7-5 6-2
Semis #7 Maria Sharapova RUS (4) | 6-4 7-5
Final #5 Francesca Schiavone ITA (13) | 6-4 7-6(0)
Average Opponent Rank 38.7

Na Li wasn't known for having much skill on clay, but had a spectacular week in Paris, despite dropping a set in her opening match to Zahlavova Strycova. Her run from the fourth round on was excellent, beating three top 10 players in Kvitova, Azarenka and Sharapova, before taking out the defending champion Schavione to claim the title.

ITF events:

75K
Nottingham: Eleni Daniilidou GRE (91) d. Olga Govortsova BLR (84) | 1-6 6-4 6-2

50K
Carson: #1 Camila Giorgi ITA (160) d. #2 Alexa Glatch USA (156) | 7-6(4) 6-1
Rome: Christina McHale USA (78) d. #7 Ekaterina Ivanova RUS (176) | 6-2 6-4

25K
Bangkok: Ayu-Fani Damayanti INA (317) d. #1 Julia Cohen USA (293) | 3-6 6-2 6-3
Changwon: Chanel Simmonds RSA (199) d. #8 Yurika Sema JPN (339) | 6-2 6-2
Grado: #6 Ajla Tomljanovic CRO (113) d. #8 Alexandra Cadantu ROU (159) | 6-2 6-4
Itaparica: #2 Roxane Vaisemberg BRA (246) d. #5 Vivian Segnini BRA (433) | 6-0 6-1
Niigata: #1 Erika Sema JPN (250) d. #3 Sachie Ishizu JPN (272) | 7-6(5) 6-4
Bangkok: #6 Marta Sirotkina RUS (207) d. Luksika Kumkhum THA (321) | 6-4 6-3
Gimcheon: Mi Yoo KOR (n/a) d. #7 Yurika Sema JPN (339) | 6-3 3-6 6-1
Maribor: Nastja Kolar SLO (151) d. #3 Masa Zec-Peskiric SLO (216) | 7-5 6-4
Prerov: Reka-Luca Jani HUN (227) d. #5 Karolina Pliskova CZE (242) | 6-0 6-3

10K
Bucharest: Elora Dabija ROU (355)
Durban: Nicole Rottmann AUT (558)
Gaziantep: Melis Sezer TUR (557)
Getxo: Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko UKR (524)
Jakarta: Lin Zhu CHN (363)
Paros: Karen Barbat DEN (493)
Raanana: Valeria Patiuk ISR (n/a)
Sumter: Alexis King USA (n/a)
Velenje: Scarlett Werner GER (334)
Cantanhede: Magali de Lattre POR (323)
Florence: Anastasia Grymalska ITA (310)
Hilton Head Island: Alexandra Mueller USA (n/a)
Madrid: Lucia Cervera-Vazquez ESP (504)
Mie: Miharu Imanishi JPN (n/a)
Paros: Tamara Curovic SRB (n/a)
Surabaya: Sandy Gumulya INA (335)

Riser of the Week (top 100):
Yung-Jan Chan TPE (86), Up 37
Another Asian who had a breakthrough on the Paris clay, Chan had lost easily in the first round last year to Jarmila Gajdosova (27), but this year won three matches in the qualifiers, before making the third rounds, racking up wins over Klara Zakopalova (36) and Jill Craybas (148), before falling to Maria Sharapova (4).

Riser of the Week (other):
Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP (135), Up 25
Soler didn't get far in the French Open, losing in the second round to eventual champion Li Na, but did manage four match wins, qualifying for the main draw with wins over Vitalia Diatcehnko (132) and Kai-Chen Chang (154). She then won a main draw match over Elena Vesnina (41), a major improvement from her second round qualy loss from the year previous.

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Nadia Petrova RUS (43), Down 15
Petrova was a quarterfinalist at last year's French Open, beating Agnes Szavay (32) and Venus Williams (n/a), along the way. This year, she couldn't get out of the first round, losing in three sets to Anastasia Rodionova (346).

Dropper of the Week (other):
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS (117), Down 65
Shvedova had seemed like a breakthrough player after last year's French, where she was a surprise quarterfinalist, having beaten Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Alisa Kleybanova (26) and Jarmila Gajdosova (27) along the way. However, she has struggled to follow on this result since, and took a big drop after losing in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (10) this year.


1 (1). Kim Clijsters BEL - 838.9
Last week: Roland Garros R64 (l. Rus)

2 (2). Caroline Wozniacki DEN - 827.0
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Hantuchova)

3 (3). Vera Zvonareva RUS - 817.9
Last week: Roland Garros R16 (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

4 (4). Maria Sharapova RUS - 807.5
Last week: Roland Garros SF (l. Li)

5 (5). Victoria Azarenka BLR - 806.7
Last week: Roland Garros QF (l. Li)

6 (8). Na Li CHN - 805.0
Last week: Roland Garros W

7 (7). Petra Kvitova CZE - 794.0
Last week: Roland Garros R16 (l. Li)

8 (15). Andrea Petkovic GER - 783.9
Last week: Roland Garros QF (l. Sharapova)

9 (14). Agnieszka Radwanska POL - 782.6
Last week: Roland Garros R16 (l. Sharapova)

10 (13). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS - 781.3
Last week: Roland Garros QF (l. Schiavone)

11 (11). Shuai Peng CHN - 781.0
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Schiavone)

12 (16). Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS - 777.9
Last week: Roland Garros QF (l. Bartoli)

13 (10). Francesca Schiavone ITA - 775.8
Last week: Roland Garros F (l. Li)

14 (12). Flavia Pennetta ITA - 774.0
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (l. Lepchenko)

15 (22). Marion Bartoli FRA - 773.6
Last week: Roland Garros SF (l. Schiavone)

16 (9). Samantha Stosur AUS - 772.8
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Dulko)

17 (17). Kaia Kanepi EST - 771.4
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Makarova)

18 (20). Yanina Wickmayer BEL - 770.0
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. A. Radwanska)

19 (19). Ana Ivanovic SRB - 765.8
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (l. Larsson)

20 (25). Ekaterina Makarova RUS - 764.3
Last week: Roland Garros R16 (l. Azarenka)

21 (21). Jelena Jankovic SRB - 761.2
Last week: Roland Garros R16 (l. Schiavone)

22 (23). Dominika Cibulkova SVK - 761.1
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (l. King)

23 (24). Julia Goerges GER - 760.6
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Bartoli)

24 (18). Shahar Peer ISR - 757.1
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (l. Martinez Sanchez)

25 (31). Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA - 752.1
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Jankovic)

In: Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Out: Elena Dementieva