June 6th Rankings - Juniors

ATP U20 - The rankings for all players under 20 years old in ATP level matches:

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

1 (1). Bernard Tomic AUS (18.5) - #82, +4
Last week: Roland Garros R128; Nottingham CH SF

2 (2). Ryan Harrison USA (19.0) - #99, -3
Last week: Roland Garros QR2, R128 (LL)

3 (3). Pablo Carreno-Busta ESP (19.9) - #212, +35
Last week: Alessandria CH W

4 (4). Roberto Carballes-Baena ESP (18.2) - #273, +14
Last week: None

5 (5). Filip Krajinovic SRB (19.2) - #300, +2
Last week: Italy F12 FU QF

6 (6). Facundo Arguello ARG (18.8) - #301, +5
Last week: Paraguay F2 FU SF

7 (-). Damir Dzumhur BIH (19.0) - #305, n/a
Last week: Bosnia & Herzegovina F5 FU SF

8 (8). Javier Marti ESP (19.4) - #310, +31
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (Q); Prostejov CH QR3

9 (9). Di Wu CHN (19.7) - #313, +31
Last week: Korea F3 FU F

10 (7). Christian Lindell SWE (19.5) - #320, +20
Last week: Alessandria CH QR1; Italy F12 FU F


ATP U18 - The rankings for all players under 18 years old in ATP level matches:

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

1 (1). Liam Broady GBR (17.4) - #507, +2
Last week: Nottingham CH QR1

2 (2). Juan Ignacio Londero ARG (17.8) - #743, -6
Last week: Paraguay F2 FU R32

3 (3). Robert Rumler CZE (17.5) - #770, +8
Last week: Prostejov CH QR1


ITF Juniors - The rankings for all qualifying ITF junior level players.

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

Thiem replaces Borgue in 10th spot.

1 (1). Jiri Vesely CZE (17.9)
2 (2). Andres Artundeo Martinavarr ESP (17.7)
3 (3). Roberto Carballes Baena ESP (18.2)4 (5). Oliver Golding GBR (17.6)

5 (4). Marcos Giron USA (17.8)
6 (9). Mate Delic CRO (18.1)
7 (6). Joris De Loore BEL (18.1)
8 (8). Filip Hornasky SVK (18.4)
9 (7). George Morgan GBR (18.3)
10 (-). Dominic Thiem AUT (17.7)


ITF Juniors U17 - The rankings for all qualifying ITF junior level players.

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

Monteiro ages out, replaced by by the rising Miki Jankovic, while Kyle Edmund is repaced by Adam Pavlasek.

1 (1). Alexios Halebian USA (16.9) - #26, 0
2 (3). Gianluigi Quinzi ITA (15.3) - #30, +5
3 (4). Enzo Couacaud FRA (16.2) - #37, +3
4 (6). Laurent Lokoli FRA (16.6) - #40, +7
5 (5). Jae Hwan Kim KOR (16.7) - #48, -6
6 (-). Miki Jankovic SRB (16.6) - #49, +14
7 (7). Nikola Milojevic SRB (15.9) - #52, -1
8 (9). Adam Pavlasek CZE (16.6) - #54, +12
9 (8). Pedja Krstin SRB (16.7) - #55, -1
10 (10). Filip Veger CRO (16.4) - #60, +2


ITF Juniors U16 - The rankings for all qualifying ITF junior level players.

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

Chi-Shan Jao ages out, replaced by Maxime Hamou.

1 (1). Gianluigi Quinzi ITA (15.3) - #30, +5
2 (2). Nikola Milojevic SRB (15.9) - #52, -1
3 (4). Yoshihito Nishioka JPN (15.6) - #119, +31
4 (5). Wayne Montgomery RSA (15.9) - #139, +19
5 (3). Guillermo Nunez CHI (15.8) - #143, -2
6 (6). Quentin Halys FRA (14.6) - #170, +4
7 (7). Elias Ymer SWE (15.1) - #217, -26
8 (9). Blake Mott AUS (15.1) - #218, +4
9 (-). Maxime Hamou FRA (15.9) - #234, +4
10 (10). Clement Geens BEL (15.2) - #241, -1

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

June 6th Rankings

It was status quo at Roland Garros this year, with Rafael Nadal beating Roger Federer in the final. It was Federer who had the most impressive win of the week, though, ending Novak Djokovic's long season-opening win streak. There was no change in the rankings, though, as Nadal repeated his title, and Djokovic and Federer both improved from quarterfinal showings last year. Andy Murray, the fourth semifinalist, moved up to #4, displacing Robin Soderling, who dropped a final from last year. David Ferrer also moved up one place to 6th, switching spots with Juan Martin del Potro, who lost to Djokovic.

The big riser of the top 10 was Gael Monfils, who came up three spots to 8th after replacing a second round loss from last year qith a quarterfinal loss to Federer. He switched spots with David Nalbandian, who fell out of the top 10 after withdrawing from the event.

Winners:

Roland Garros
#1 Rafael Nadal ESP (2)
1st round John Isner USA (42) | 6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4
2nd round Pablo Andujar ESP (74) | 7-5 6-3 7-6(4)
3rd round Antonio Veic CRO (171) | 6-1 6-3 6-0
4th round Ivan Ljubicic CRO (37) | 7-5 6-3 6-3
Quarters #5 Robin Soderling SWE (5) | 6-4 6-1 7-6(3)
Semis #4 Andy Murray GBR (4) | 6-4 7-5 6-4
Final #3 Roger Federer SUI (3) | 7-5 7-6(3) 5-7 6-1
Average Opponent Rank 58.5

Rafael Nadal got a real scare in the first round, when he was taken to five sets by big serving John Isner, a real rarity for Nadal in Paris. However, after losing a couple of tiebreak starts, Nadal managed to find his game, and won fairly handily in the final couple of sets. He then cruised some easy players before beating Soderling and Murray easily, and eventually prevailing of Federer in a final that was closer than some have been between the two in recent years.

Challengers:
Alessandria: Pablo Carreno-Busta ESP (212) d. Roberto Bautista-Agut ESP (182) | 3-6 6-3 7-5

Furth: Joao Sousa POR (244) d. Jan-Lennard Struff GER (260) | 6-2 0-6 6-2
Nottingham: Gilles Muller LUX d. Matthias Bachinger GER | 7-6(4) 6-2
Prostejov: Yuriy Schukin KAZ (173) d Flavio Cipolla ITA (117)
6-4 4-6 6-0
Rijeka: Rui Machado POR (121) d. Grega Zemlja SLO (169) | 6-3 6-0

Futures:
Paraguay F2: Duilio Beretta PER (504)
Korea F2: Vasek Pospisil CAN (245)
Uzbekistan F1: Harri Heliovaara FIN (436)
Spain F17: Guillermo Olaso ESP (263)
Israel F5: Amir Weintraub ISR (344)
Czech Republic F3: Marc Rath AUT (467)
Romania F1: Petru-Alexandru Luncanu ROU (391)
Morocco F3: Laurynas Grigelis LTU (392)
South Africa F2: Denes Lukacs HUN (n/a)
Mexico F4: Marcel Felder URU (390)
Brazil F15: Guilherme Clezar BRA (460)
Bosnia & Herzegovina F4: Tomislav Brkic BIH (566)
Poland F2: Marcin Gawron POL (302)
Turkey F19: Denys Molchanov UKR (472)
India F6: Rohan Gajjar IND (560)
Italy F11: Radu Albot MDA (367)
Indonesia F1: Christopher Rungkat INA (536)

Indonesia F2: Christopher Rungkat INA (536)
Iran F1: Matteo Marrai ITA (357)
Mexico F5: Miguel Gallardo-Valles MEX (499)
Brazil F16: Fabiano de Paula BRA (627)
Italy F12: Stefano Travaglia ITA (353)
India F7: Patrik Rosenholm SWE (715)
Guam F1: Daniel Yoo KOR (322)
Poland F3: Marcin Gawron POL (302)
Bosnia & Herzegovina F5: Jozef Kovalik SVK (414)
Korea F3: Kyu-Tae Im KOR (n/a)
Uzbekistan F2: Raven Klaasen RSA (329)
Spain F18: Arnau Brugues-Davi ESP (167)
Romania F2: Victor Ionita ROU (n/a)
Israel F6: Amir Weintraub ISR (344)

Riser of the Week (top 100):
Alejandro Falla COL (88), Up 22
Falla didn't have a bad RG last year, beating Janko Tipsarevic (28) before going out to Roger Federer (3). This year, his decreased ranking meant he was forced to go through the qualies, which he did successfully, before making some progress in the main draw. He got to the fourth round, and beating Potito Starace (50), Florian Mayer (20) and Lukasz Kubot (84), eventually falling to Juan Ignacio Chela (29).

Riser of the Week (other):
Antonio Veic CRO (171), Up 42
The 23-year-old Croat had a dream week in Paris, getting some solid wins in the qualifiers over Horacio Zeballos (133) and Simone Bolelli (112), then pushing on in the main draw, upsetting Pablo Cuevas (49) and Nikolay Davydenko (46), before getting badly beaten by Nadal in round 3.

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Jurgen Melzer AUT (19), Down 6
Melzer had a magical run in Paris last year, getting two huge wins over David Ferrer (6) and Novak Djokovic (1), before going out in the semifinals to Rafael Nadal (2). This week, he had a lot less success, losing in a major second round upset to Lukas Rosol (102), sending him well away from the top 10.

Dropper of the Week (other):
Julian Reister GER (135), Down 38
Reister was another player who had a good Paris run, qualifying and making the third round last year, beating Carlos Berlocq (72), Olivier Rochus (89) and Feliciano Lopez (25). This year, he lost first round, going out in straights to Viktor Troicki (14).

1 (1). Novak Djokovic SRB - 846.9
Last week: Roland Garros SF (l. Federer)

2 (2). Rafael Nadal ESP - 839.5
Last week: Roland Garros W

3 (3). Roger Federer SUI - 835.0
Last week: Roland Garros F (l. Nadal)

4 (5). Andy Murray GBR - 801.5
Last week: Roland Garros SF (l. Murray)

5 (4). Robin Soderling SWE - 798.3
Last week: Roland Garros QF (l. Nadal)

6 (7). David Ferrer ESP - 788.7
Last week: Roland Garros R16 (l. Monfils)

7 (6). Juan Martin del Potro ARG - 787.5
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Djokovic)

8 (11). Gael Monfils FRA - 784.8
Last week: Roland Garros QF (l. Federer)

9 (9). Stanislas Wawrinka SUI - 778.6
Last week: Roland Garros R16 (l. Federer)

10 (10). Mardy Fish USA - 778.2
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Simon)

11 (8). David Nalbandian ARG - 776.7
Last week: None

12 (15). Andy Roddick USA - 771.9
Last week: None

13 (18). Richard Gasquet FRA - 771.2
Last week: Roland Garros R16

14 (16). Viktor Troicki SRB - 767.9
Last week: Roland Garros R16 (l. Murray)

15 (12). Tomas Berdych CZE - 766.1
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (l. Robert)

16 (17). Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA - 766.0
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Wawrinka)

17 (14). Nicolas Almagro ESP - 762.8
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (l. Kubot)

18 (19). Gilles Simon FRA - 762.8
Last week: Roland Garros R16 (l. Soderling)

19 (13). Jurgen Melzer AUT - 759.3
Last week: Roland Garros R64 (l. Rosol)

20 (21). Florian Mayer GER - 752.8
Last week: Roland Garros R64 (l. Falla)

21 (26). Tommy Robredo ESP - 754.4
Last week: None

22 (20). Marin Cilic CRO - 748.5
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (l. Ramirez-Hidalgo)

23 (25). Michael Llodra FRA - 748.3
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (l. Darcis)

24 (27). Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR - 747.6
Last week: Roland Garros R32 (l. Troicki)

25 (29). Feliciano Lopez ESP - 746.2
Last week: Roland Garros R128 (l. Federer)

In: Tommy Robredo, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Feliciano Lopez
Out: Lleyton Hewitt, Mikhail Youzhny, Philipp Kohlschreiber

May 23rd Rankings - Juniors

ATP U20 - The rankings for all players under 20 years old in ATP level matches:

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

Duckworth moves up to the bottom of the top 10, after winning a futures event in Poland,

1 (1). Bernard Tomic AUS (18.5) - #86, +2
Last week: None

2 (2). Ryan Harrison USA (19.0) - #96, -2
Last week: None

3 (3). Pablo Carreno-Busta ESP (19.8) - #247, +9
Last week: Cremona CH SF

4 (5). Roberto Carballes-Baena ESP (18.1) - #287, +7
Last week: None

5 (6). Filip Krajinovic SRB (19.2) - #302, +12
Last week: None

6 (4). Facundo Arguello ARG (18.8) - #306, -13
Last week: Paraguay F1 FU R32

7 (8). Christian Lindell SWE (19.5) - #340, +3
Last week: Dusseldorf (0-3)

8 (9). Javier Marti ESP (19.3) - #341, +3
Last week: None

9 (7). Di Wu CHN (19.7) - #344, -22
Last week: China F6 FU QF

10 (-). James Duckworth AUS (19.3) - #355, +40
Last week: Poland F1 FU W


ATP U18 - The rankings for all players under 18 years old in ATP level matches:

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

1 (1). Liam Broady GBR (17.3) - #509, -7
Last week: None

2 (2). Juan Ignacio Londero ARG (17.7) - #737, -4
Last week: Paraguay F1 FU R32

3 (3). Robert Rumler CZE (17.4) - #778, -11
Last week: Poland F1 FU R32


ITF Juniors - The rankings for all qualifying ITF junior level players.

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

American Marcos Giron makes his first appearance in the top 10, entering at #4. Filip Horansky also rises into the top 10. Displaced are Dominic Thiem and Luke Saville.

1 (1). Jiri Vesely CZE (17.8)
2 (2). Andres Artundeo Martinavarr ESP (17.6)
3 (3). Roberto Carballes Baena ESP (18.1)
4 (-). Marcos Giron USA (17.8)
5 (5). Oliver Golding GBR (17.6)
6 (4). Joris De Loore BEL (18.0)
7 (6). George Morgan GBR (18.2)
8 (-). Filip Hornasky SVK (18.3)
9 (8). Mate Delic CRO (18.0)
10 (10). Mathias Borgue FRA (17.3)


ITF Juniors U17 - The rankings for all qualifying ITF junior level players.

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

Kyle Edmund moves into the top 10, with Miki Jankovic dropping out.

1 (1). Alexios Halebian USA (16.9) - #26, +5
2 (3). Thiago Moura Monteiro BRA (16.9) - #33, +7
3 (4). Gianluigi Quinzi ITA (15.3) - #35, +6
4 (2). Enzo Couacaud FRA (16.2) - #40, -3
5 (5). Jae Hwan Kim KOR (16.6) - #42, +1
6 (6). Laurent Lokoli FRA (16.5) - #47, +1
7 (7). Nikola Milojevic SRB (15.9) - #51, +2
8 (8). Pedja Krstin SRB (16.7) - #54, +5
9 (-). Kyle Edmund (16.3) - #59, +6
10 (9). Filip Veger CRO (16.4) - #62, +1


ITF Juniors U16 - The rankings for all qualifying ITF junior level players.

(the bracket number after nationality is age)

Geens replaces Djere at the bottom of the top 10.

1 (1). Gianluigi Quinzi ITA (15.3) - #35, +6
2 (2). Nikola Milojevic SRB (15.9) - #51, +2
3 (4). Guillermo Nunez CHI (15.8) - #141, +4
4 (3). Yoshihito Nishioka JPN (15.6) - #150, -8
5 (6). Wayne Montgomery RSA (15.8) - #158, +8
6 (5). Quentin Halys FRA (14.5) - #174, -9
7 (7). Elias Ymer SWE (15.1) - #191, +3
8 (8). Chi-Shan Jao TPE (15.9) - #219, +5
9 (9). Blake Mott AUS (15.0) - #222, +8
10 (-). Clement Geens BEL (15.1) - #240, n/a

May 23rd Rankings - Women

Shifts in the bottom half of the top 10 see the retired Elena Dementieva rise two spots, surpassing Petra Kvitova and Na Li, while Franesca Schiavone displaces Flavia Pennetta at the bottom of the top 10, a week before she has major points to defend.

Winners:

Brussels
#1 Caroline Wozniacki DEN (2)
1st round Bye
2nd round Varvara Lepchenko USA (67) | 6-4 7-6(5)
Quarters #6 Yanina Wickmayer BEL (20) | 2-0 Retired
Semis #3 Franecsca Schiavone ITA (10) | 6-3 6-3
Final #8 Shuai Peng CHN (11) | 2-6 6-3 6-3
Average Opponent Rank 27.0

Strasbourg
#2 Andrea Petkovic GER (15)
1st round Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER (173) | 6-3 6-1
2nd round Shuai Zhang CHN (99) | 6-1 6-3
Quarters #5 Maria Kirilenko RUS (27) | 6-4 6-3
Semis #6 Daniela Hantuchova SVK (32) | 6-4 3-6 6-4
Final #1 Marion Bartoli FRA (22) | 2-6 6-3 6-3
Average Opponent Rank 70.6

It seems absurd how often Caroline Wozniacki plays, as the #1 seed for Roland Garros took to the court in Brussels, winning the tournament with some solid victories over top 15 players. It's all well and good for her to win these types of titles, but you have to wonder about her playing a tough final on the weekend before a major.

Andrea Petkovic won her second career title in Strasbourg, and while she didn't face any top opponents, she got some solid wins over three top 35 players, that could serve her in good stead as she heads to Paris.

ITF events:

25K
Brescia: #7 Irina Buryachok UKR (239) d. #8 Giulia Gatto-Monticone ITA (241) | 6-7(5) 6-2 6-2
Goyang: Chanel Simmonds RSA (218) d. #8 Ye-Ra Lee KOR (369) | 6-7(9) 6-1 7-6(3)
Izmir: Mihaela Buzarenscu ROU (229) d. #2 Naomi Broady GBR (274) | 7-5 6-4
Karuizawa: Misa Eguchi JPN (390) d. #3 Rika Fujiwara JPN (319) | 6-3 6-3
Moscow: Yulia Putintseva RUS (n/a) d. Veronika Kapshay UKR (372) | 6-2 6-1

10K
Bastad: Yuliana Lizarazo COL (342)
Durban: Katerina Kramperova CZE (584)
Itaparica: Andrea Benitez ARG (363)
Landisville: Robin Anderson USA (n/a)
Rethymno: Alexandra Artamonova RUS (545)
Santa Coloma De Farners: Viktorija Golubic SUI (400)

Riser of the Week (top 100):
Ayumi Morita JPN (66), Up 5
No real big risers this week, so the award goes to Morita, who won a couple of matches in Brussels, beating Zheng Jie (89) to make the quarterfinals, before losing to Francesca Schiavone (10). She also dropped a first round loss from Strasbourg last year, but it wasn't a bad won, to Anastasia Rodionova (57).

Riser of the Week (other):
Alison Van Uytvanck BEL (191), Up 51
Is this another superstar from Belgium? The 17-year-old Van Uytvanck showed some major potential at a home event in Brussels, winning three matches to qualify for the main draw, then beating Patty Schnyder (49), before losing to her countrywoman, Yanina Wickmayer (20). It looks like she will be one to watch in the years to come.

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Jie Zheng CHN (89), Down 22
Zheng had a huge result this time last year, making the final on the clay at Warsaw, which included a win over Caroline Wozniacki (2). This time, she played in Brussels, and lost first round to Ayumi Morita, sending her falling heavily, making it a total drop of 30 places in two weeks.

Dropper of the Week (other):
Aleksandra Krunic SRB (227), Down 35
Krunic, an 18-year-old Serbian, won an ITF event in Moscow this week last year, with no particularily impressive wins, but still a strong result. She tried to defend this week, but lost in the quarterfinals, when she had to retire against Yulia Putintseva (n/a)

1 (1). Kim Clijsters BEL - 844.6
Last week: None

2 (2). Caroline Wozniacki DEN - 827.4
Last week: Brussels W

3 (3). Vera Zvonareva RUS - 814.3
Last week: Brussels SF (l. Peng)

4 (4). Maria Sharapova RUS - 798.8
Last week: None

5 (5). Victoria Azarenka BLR - 798.5
Last week: None

6 (8). Elena Dementieva RUS - 788.2
Last week: None

7 (6). Petra Kvitova CZE - 786.0
Last week: None

8 (7). Na Li CHN - 785.5
Last week: None

9 (9). Samantha Stosur AUS - 782.8
Last week: None

10 (11). Francesca Schiavone ITA - 780.8
Last week: Brussels SF (l. Wozniacki)

11 (13). Shuai Peng CHN - 780.6
Last week: Brussels F (l. Wozniacki)

12 (10). Flavia Pennetta ITA - 779.7
Last week: None

13 (12). Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS - 778.0
Last week: None

14 (14). Agnieszka Radwanska POL - 776.7
Last week: None

15 (16). Andrea Petkovic GER - 776.2
Last week: Strasbourg W

16 (15). Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS - 774.8
Last week: None

17 (17). Kaia Kanepi EST - 770.1
Last week: Brussles R32 (Q)

18 (18). Shahar Peer ISR - 767.0
Last week: Brussels R32 (l. Dellacqua)

19 (19). Ana Ivanovic SRB - 766.7
Last week: None

20 (21). Yanina Wickmayer BEL - 765.5
Last week: Brussels QF (l. Wozniacki)

21 (20). Jelena Jankovic SRB - 764.9
Last week: Brussels R16 (l. Arvidsson)

22 (23). Marion Bartoli FRA - 764.4
Last week: Strasbourg F (l. Petkovic)

23 (22). Dominika Cibulkova SVK - 763.0
Last week: None

24 (24). Julia Goerges GER - 759.3
Last week: None

25 (25). Ekaterina Makarova RUS - 754.4
Last week: None

In: None
Out: None

May 23rd Rankings

The top 5 remain the same as they skipped the week to prepare for the French Open, but there were some changes, as Juan Martin del Potro moved up to 6th, past David Ferrer, and Stanislas Wawrinka reentered the top 10, coming up to 9th, dopping Tomas Berdych out and Mardy Fish down one place.

Winners:

Nice
#3 Nicolas Almagro ESP (14)
1st round Bye
2nd round Carlos Berlocq ARG (69) | 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3
Quarters Pablo Andujar ESP (78) | 6-1 6-4
Semis #2 Tomas Berdych CZE (12) | 6-4 6-4
Final Victor Hanescu ROU (75) | 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3
Average Opponent Rank 58.5

Almagro won the last regular tournament before Roland Garros, and while the top players weren't there, he did get a nice win over Tomas Berdych in the semifinals, along with taking out a group of guys in the 70s.

The other tournament this week was in Dusseldorf, where eight nations contested the world team cup. That event was won by the hosts, Germany, who beat Argentina in the final. The star for Germany was Florian Mayer, who was undefeated on the week, taking out Viktor Troicki (16), Marcel Granollers (62) and Juan Monaco (70) to lead his team.

Challengers:
Cremona: #1 Igor Kunitsyn RUS (93) d. #2 Rainer Schuettler GER (111) | 6-2 7-6(2)
Fergana: #1 Dudi Sela ISR (83) d. #6 Greg Jones AUS (235) | 6-2 6-1

Futures:
Bosnia & Herzegovina F3: Damir Dzumhur BIH (n/a)
Brazil F14: Guilherme Clezar BRA (481)
Bulgaria F3: Razvan Sabau ROU (401)
China F5: Ze Zhang CHN (492)
Czech Republic F2: Daniel Koellerer AUT (211)
Israel F4: Amir Weintraub ISR (368
Italy F10: Alessandro Giannessi ITA (387)
Korea F1: Young-Jun Kim KOR (313)
Mexico F3: Jimmy Wang TPE (391)
Morocco F2: Bassam Beidas LIB (n/a)
Paraguay F1: Martin Alund ARG (277)
Poland F1: James Duckworth AUS (355)
South Africa F1: Ruan Roelofse RSA (576)
Spain F15: Ignacio Coll-Riudavets ESP (598)
Sweden F3: Julien Obry FRA (662)
Turkey F18: Denys Molchanov UKR (468)

Riser of the Week (top 100):
Victor Hanescu ROU (75), Up 12
Hanescu, who was a regular around the edge of the top 25 for much of last year, has fallen quite a bit this season, and is fighting to get back up towards that level. He had a big boost in that direction this week, as he made the finals of Nice, taking a couple of solid wins over Robin Haase (42) and Alexandr Dolgopolov (27), before losing to Almagro in the final.

Riser of the Week (other):
Ignacio Coll-Riudavets ESP (598), Up 108
Coll-Riudavets was ranked outside the top 700 this time last week, so winning a futures event, which he did in Valldoreix, Spain, was a huge lift to him. He got a few wins over playres ranked above him in David Estruch (558), Gabriel Trujillo-Soler (357) and Jose Checa-Calvo (497)

Dropper of the Week (top 100):
Olivier Rochus BEL (85), Down 13
The veteran Belgian had notched a marquee win at Nice last year, where he beat Robin Soderling (4), but with that result falling off, he was unable to replace it this year, as he lost first round to Denis Istomin (56) at the same event.

Dropper of the Week (other):
Marius Copil ROU (268), Down 42
The young Romanian didn't register a result this week, as he was playing qualies at RG, and fell because a great showing from Cremona last year dropped off, which saw him qualify and then make it all the way to the final, beating young Bernard Tomic (86).

1 (1). Novak Djokovic SRB - 841.1
Last week: None

2 (2). Rafael Nadal ESP - 836.0
Last week: None

3 (3). Roger Federer SUI - 828.0
Last week: None

4 (4). Robin Soderling SWE - 803.5
Last week: Dusseldorf (3-0)

5 (5). Andy Murray GBR - 798.1
Last week: None

6 (7). Juan Martin del Potro ARG - 787.2
Last week: None

7 (6). David Ferrer ESP - 786.5
Last week: Nice QF (l. Dolgopolov)

8 (8). David Nalbandian ARG - 777.1
Last week: None

9 (11). Stanislas Wawrinka SUI - 775.2
Last week: None

10 (9). Mardy Fish USA - 774.5
Last week: Dusseldorf 1-1

11 (12). Gael Monfils FRA - 774.3
Last week: None

12 (10). Tomas Berdych CZE - 774.0
Last week: Nice SF (l. Almagro)

13 (13). Jurgen Melzer AUT - 772.2
Last week: None

14 (14). Nicolas Almagro ESP - 771.2
Last week: Nice W

15 (15). Andy Roddick USA - 768.1
Last week: None

16 (18). Viktor Troicki SRB - 765.0
Last week: Dusseldorf (2-1)

17 (17). Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA - 764.4
Last week: None

18 (16). Richard Gasquet FRA - 763.5
Last week: None

19 (19). Gilles Simon FRA - 757.9
Last week: None

20 (20). Marin Cilic CRO - 756.3
Last week: None

21 (23). Florian Mayer GER - 754.5
Last week: Dusseldorf (3-0)

22 (21). Lleyton Hewitt AUS - 754.4
Last week: None

23 (22). Mikhail Youzhny RUS - 751.1
Last week: Dusseldorf (1-2)

24 (24). Philipp Kohlschreiber GER - 748.4
Last week: Dusseldorf (2-2)

25 (25). Michael Llodra FRA - 748.2
Last week: None

In: None
Out: None