Two players will head to Doha at new career-highs while elsewhere someone has equalled her national ranking record - all that and more on the Monday, October 26 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Singles Rankings.
With the Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2008 points coming off this week, Venus Williams dipped from No.4 to No.7 and Vera Zvonareva dipped from No.7 to No.9 - that made way for two of the game's brightest young stars to rise up to new career-highs. Caroline Wozniacki went from No.6 to No.4; Victoria Azarenka went from No.8 to No.6. Both are making their very first appearances at this week's Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009.
Despite not playing last week, Li Na rose from No.16 to No.15 this week, her new career-high and equal to the previous Chinese world ranking record, set by Zheng Jie this year. Li went up after Ana Ivanovic fell from No.14 to No.22.
Although it is not her first time, Dinara Safina also returned to No.1 this week for her 26th career week at the top spot. After two weeks at No.2 behind Serena Williams, the Russian will battle it out with the American in Doha this week, with whomever does better finishing the season as the world's No.1.
The Moscow and Luxembourg champions also soared up the rankings, although neither set new career-highs. Francesca Schiavone, a former world No.11, rose from No.24 to No.17 after winning her second and biggest Tour singles title at the Kremlin Cup; Timea Bacsinszky, who has been as high as No.48, surged from No.70 to No.55 after her first Tour title at the BGL Luxembourg Open.
Check out this week's singles rankings and doubles rankings.
