May 5, 2009 - TENNIS TOP TEN

This week...the Men held strong to the top 4 spots, with world number 1 Rafael Nadal sitting comfortably as the king of this claycourt season, with fresh new Master Series Championship titles in Monte Carlo and Rome. His red dirt adversary for the 2 events, Novak Djokovic, also stays strong at number 3, but needs more titles to overtake Roger Federer, despite the recent infamous wins against the Swiss maestro.

The Women, on the other hand, have made a little switcheroo in the rankings. Dinara Safina, though slamless, proves that she is this season's top girl, and gains the number 5 spot. This brings the Williams sisters, the self-proclaimed best players, a notch down each.

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1	RAFAEL NADAL	765
2	ROGER FEDERER	548
3	NOVAK DJOKOVIC**	420
4	ANDY MURRAY	400
5	DINARA SAFINA	336
6	SERENA WILLIAMS	324
7	VENUS WILLIAMS*	316
8	JELENA JANKOVIC	233
9	ELENA DEMENTIEVA	224
10	ANA IVANOVIC	203

Points are accumulated average per tournament, and adjusted to parallel Men's and Women's points

* least number of tournaments played
** most number of tournaments played