Latest ATP & WTA Rankings - Feb 2009

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Here's the latest ATP World Tour & WTA rankings as released by the WTA and ATP Tour, as of Monday, 2 Feb 2009:


1) ATP World Tour 2009 Singles Rankings:

1. Nadal, Rafael (ESP) - 14260

2. Federer, Roger (SUI) - 11000

3. Djokovic, Novak (SRB) - 9010

4. Murray, Andy (GBR) - 7360

5. Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS) - 5030

6. Roddick, Andy (USA) - 4510

7. Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) - 4350

8. Simon, Gilles (FRA) - 4170

9. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - 3480

10. David Nalbandian (ARG) - 3395


Big movers this week are:

i. Fernando Verdasco, because of his recent Australian Open semi-final exploits, moves up 6 places to world #9.

ii. Andy Roddick's recent Australian Open semi-final exploits also moves him up 3 spots to world #6.

iii. Jo-Wilfred Tsonga drops 7 places to world #14.


2) ATP World Tour 2009 Doubles Rankings:

1. Bryan/Bryan - 2250

2. Bhupathi/Knowles - 1335

3. Kubot/Marach - 720

4. Dlouhy/Paes - 720

5. Fyrstenberg/Matkowski - 450

6. Nestor/Zimonjic - 390

7. Damm/Lindstedt - 385

8. Fish/Isner - 360


3) WTA Tour Singles Rankings 2009:

1. WILLIAMS, SERENA (USA) - 9432

2. SAFINA, DINARA (RUS) - 9150

3. JANKOVIC, JELENA (SRB) - 8580

4. DEMENTIEVA, ELENA (RUS) - 8216

5. ZVONAREVA, VERA (RUS) - 6640

6. WILLIAMS, VENUS (USA) - 6144

7. KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA (RUS) - 5510

8. IVANOVIC, ANA (SRB) - 5492

9. RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA (POL) - 3977

10. NADIA PETROVA (RUS) - 3882


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Latest Results - Australian Open 2009 Finals

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Here's the latest results (finals) of the Australian Open 2009 tournament in Melbourne, Australia:

Rafael Nadal - Roger Federer 7-5 3-6 7-6 3-6 6-2

Serena Williams - Dinara Safina 6-0 6-3

Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan - Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles - 2-6 7-5 6-0

Serena Williams/Venus Williams - Daniela Hantuchova/Ai Sugiyama - 6-3 6-3

Sania Mirza/Mahesh Bhupathi - Natalie Dechy/Andy Ram - 6-3 6-1


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Australian Open 2009 - Latest Results

Here's the latest results of the Australian Open 2009 in Melbourne, Australia (seedings in brackets):

1) Men's Singles 1st Round:

• Andy Murray[4] - Andrei Pavel 6-2 3-1 Ret.


• Fernando Gonzalez[13] - Lleyton Hewitt 5-7 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3


• Gilles Simon[6] - Pablo Andular 6-4 6-1 6-1


• Jo-Wilfred Tsonga[5] - Juan Monaco 6-4 6-4 6-0


• Gael Monfils[12] - Martin Vassallo Arquello 6-1 6-3 7-5


• Richard Gasquet[24] - Diego Junqueira 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-3 6-4


• Fernando Verdasco[14] - Adrian Mannarino 6-0 6-2 6-2


• Jurgen Melzer[31] - Kei Nishikori 7-5 6-2 6-1


• Igor Andreev - Peter Polansky 5-7 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4


• Nicholas Almagro - Nicholas Massu 6-4 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3


• Ivo Karlovic[25] - Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3 6-4 6-4


• Dudi Sela - Rainer Schuettler[30] 1-6 6-2 6-4 6-4

2) Women's Singles 1st Round:

• Serena Williams[2] - Meng Yuan 6-3 6-2


• Elena Dementieva[4] - Kristina Barrois 7-6(4) 2-6 6-1


• Venus Williams[6] - Angelique Kerber 6-3 6-3


• Anabel Medina Garriques[21] - Isabella Holland 6-1 7-5


• Kateryna Bondarenko - - Agieszka Radwanska[9] 7-6(7) 4-6 6-1


• Amelie Mauresmo[20] - Olga Govortsova 6-4 6-3


• Patty Schnyder[14] - Kristina Mladenovic 2-6 6-4 6-2


• Alona Bondarenko[31] - Olivia Rogowska 5-7 6-3 6-2


• Jie Zheng[22] - Camille Pin 6-3 6-3


• Shuai Peng - Francesca Schiavone[28]


• Severine Bremond - Nicole Vaidisova 6-2 6-1


• Victoria Azarenka[13] - Petra Kvitova 6-2 6-1


• Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez - Tamarine Tanasugarn[32] 7-5 6-3


• Dominika Cibulkova[18] - Chanelle Scheepers 6-0 6-0


• ine Lisicki - Aleksandra Wozniak[30] 6-4 6-3

Latest Results - Stuttgart, Tokyo, Japan Open

Here's the latest results (finals) of the WTA tournaments in Stuttgart and Tokyo, as well as the ATP tournament in Japan:

• Jankovic - Petrova 6-4 6-3

• Caroline Wozniacki - Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

• Tomas Berdych - Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1 6-4

Beijing 2008 Results - Finals

Here's the final medal tally at all tennis events at Beijing 2008. What a wonderful week it has been - upsets, close encounters, wins - one of the best Olympic tennis tournaments held in a long time!

Men's Singles:

• Rafael Nadal (Spain) - Gold
• Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) - Silver
• Novak Djokovic (Serbia) - Bronze

Women's Singles:

• Elena Dementieva (Russia) - Gold
• Dinara Safina (Russia) - Silver
• Vera Zvonereva (Russia) - Bronze

Men's Doubles:

• Roger Federer / Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) - Gold
• Simon Aspelin / Thomas Johansson (Sweden) - Silver
• Bob Bryan /Mike Brayan (USA) - Bronze

Women's Doubles:

• Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA) - Gold
• Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) - Silver
• Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (China) - Bronze

See you all in London 2012!

Beijing 2008 Results - Semifinals

A fantastic day of tennis, weather wise but dampened a little by some controversy in the men's game (see news section on Blake-Gonzalez match).

Here's the semifinal results of today's matches:

• Safina - Jankovic 6-2 5-7 6-3
• Nadal - Djokovic 6-4 1-6 6-4
• Gonzalez - Blake 4-6 7-5 11-9

This means that Safina will meet Dementieva in the women's finals and Nadal will meet Gonzalez in the men's final. Can't wait!

Beijing 2008 Results - Quarterfinals

After a major rain delay and with matches being played after midnight (only occurs in major Grand Slam events), Day 5 saw some major upsets.

Here's the quarterfinal results at Beijing 2008:

• Nadal - Melzer 6-0 6-4
• Djokovic - Monfils 4-6 6-1 6-4
• Gonzalez - Mathieu 6-4 6-4
• Blake - Federer 6-4 7-6
• Li Na - V Williams 7-5 7-5
• Dementieva - S Williams 3-6 6-4 6-3
• Zvonareva - Bammer 6-3 3-6 6-3

Beijing 2008 Results - Round of 16

With the 3 top mens seeds through to the next round, Day 4 saw few upsets to the big name players, with only Nalbandian losing and Serena pushed to 3 sets.

Here's the results of Day 4 play:

• Monfils - Nalbandian 6-4 6-4
• Blake - Simon 6-4 6-2
• Mathieu - Kiefer 6-3 7-5
• Federer - Berdych 6-3 7-6
• Gonzalez - Rochus 6-0 6-3
• Djokovic - Youzhny 7-6 6-3
• Nadal - Andreev 6-4 6-2
• S Williams - Cornet 3-6 6-3 6-4
• Jankovic - Cibulkova 7-5 6-1
• Dementieva - Wosniacki 7-6 6-2
• Safina - Zheng Jie 6-4 6-3
• Li Na - Kanepi 4-6 6-2 6-0

Beijing 2008 Results - Tuesday (Round of 32)

No weather problems affecting today's play and the temperature was a relatively cool 26 degrees Celcius during the morning session. Humidity was a high 75% and players were seen using ice-packs during change-overs.

The latest results for Tuesday's matches are as follows:

• Gonzalez - Cilic 6-4 6-2
• Federer - Arevalo 6-2 6-4
• Nalbandian - Massu 7-6 6-1
• Mathieu - Davydenko 7-5-6-3
• Nadal - Hewitt 6-1 6-2
• Simon - Canas 7-5 6-1
• Berdych - Seppi 6-3 7-6
• Dementieva Arvidsson 6-3 6-4
• Jankovic - Bondarenko 7-5 6-1
• Safina - Matinez Sanchez 7-6 6-1
• S Williams - Stosur 6-2 6-0
• V Williams - Benesova 6-1 6-4
• Zheng Jie - Llagostera V 6-7 6-1 6-4

Beijing 2008 Results - Monday (Round of 64)

Much better weather meant a better day for day 2 of tennis at Beijing 2008.


The latest results are as follows:

• Llodra - Stephanek 4-6 7-6 11-9
• Djokovic - Ginepri 6-4 6-3
• Lu - Murray 7-6 6-4
• Andreev - Querrey 6-4 6-4
• Federer - Tursunov 6-4 6-2
• Monfils - Almagro 6-4 3-6 6-3
• Hewitt - Bjorkman 7-5 7-6
• Nalbandian - Zeng 6-2 6-1
• Nadal - Starace 6-2 3-6 6-2
• Dementieva - Bondarenko 6-1 6-4
• Li Na - Kutznetsova 7-6 6-3
• Zheng Jie - Szavay 4-6 6-3 7-5
• Williams - Bacsinszky 6-3 6-2
• Williams - Govortsova 6-3 6-1
• Cornet - Vaidisova 4-6 6-1 6-4

Beijing 2008 Results - Sunday (Round of 64)

Although suffering a major rain delay due to heavy downpours in Beijing, there was still much tennis to be played.

Here's the results of Sunday's Round of 64 competition:

• Berdych - Yu 6-1, 6-2


• Blake - Guccione 6-3, 7-6


• Davydenko - Gulbis 6-4, 6-2


• Gonzalez - Sun 6-4, 6-4


• Stosur - Errani 6-3, 6-2


• Wozniacki - Sfar 6-4, 6-1


• Pironkova - Domachowska 6-3, 6-4

Organisers say that the rain delay will not affect the schedule of play for subsequent days and play should hopefully resume again today.