September 13, 2008 - TENNIS TOP TEN

This week...newly crowned US Open champion Serena Williams makes a huge leap from number 6 to 3, and so it didn't have to take 16 injuries for Novak Djokovic to fall at least one spot. Meanwhile, Svetlana Kuznetsova says bye bye to the top ten, as her Russian compatriot Dinara Safina debuts at number 10.

1	RAFAEL NADAL	350
2	ROGER FEDERER	312
3	SERENA WILLIAMS	273
4	NOVAK DJOKOVIC	256
5	MARIA SHARAPOVA*	234
6	ANA IVANOVIC	221
7	ELENA DEMENTIEVA	191
8	VENUS WILLIAMS	184
9	JELENA JANKOVIC**	180
10	DINARA SAFINA	160

Points are accumulated average per tournament

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