So how do the Top 20 women in tennis compare with each other?!?!?! Here are the latest, up-to-date stats on the best tennis players of today. What is their highest career ranking? When did they achieve this? How many titles do they hold? How have they fared in grand slams? How have they fared in the past season? All these questions are answered in this article.
Listed next to the tournaments under the 1998 Titles/Highlights banner is a code which is bracketed as such [X,X]. The first symbol refers to the tier of the tournament, 'G' for Grand Slam, 'I' for Tier I, 'II' for Tier II and so on. The second symbol refers to the surface of the tournament, 'H' for hardcourt, 'CL' for clay, 'CA' for carpet, 'GR' for grass.
Lindsay DAVENPORT (USA), 22
- Highest Singles Ranking: 1 (October 1998)
- 1998 End of Season Ranking: 1
- Career Win-Loss Record: 294-97 (% 0.752)
- 1998 Win-Loss Record: 69-15 (% 0.821)
- Career Singles Titles: 19
- Grand Slam Singles Titles: 1 (98 US Open)
- 1998 Titles/Highlights: 6
WINNER - Pan Pacific Open [I,CA], Stanford [II,H], San Diego [II,H], Los Angeles [II,H], US Open [G,H], Zurich [I,H]
FINALIST - Indian Wells [I,H], Filderstadt [II,H], Philadelphia [II,CA], Chase Championships [CA]
SEMI-FINALIST - Australian Open [G,H], Oklahoma City [III,H], Amelia Island [I,CL], French Open [G,CL], New Haven [II,H]
DOUBLES WINNER - Indian Wells [I,H], Berlin [I,CL], Stanford [II,H], San Diego [II,H], Filderstadt [II,H] w/ Natasha Zvereva
DOUBLES FINALIST - Australian Open [G,H], Pan Pacific Open [I,CA], French Open [G,CL], Wimbledon [G,GR], US Open [G,H] w/ Natasha Zvereva
Martina HINGIS (SUI), 18
- Highest Singles Ranking: 1 (March 1997)
- 1998 End of Season Ranking: 2
- Career Win-Loss Record: 209-49 (% 0.810)
- 1998 Win-Loss Record: 67-13 (% 0.838)
- Career Singles Titles: 19
- Grand Slam Singles Titles: 4 (97,98 Australian Open; 97 Wimbledon; 97 US Open)
- 1998 Titles/Highlights: 5
WINNER - Australian Open [G,H], Indian Wells [I,H], Hamburg [II,CL], Rome [I,CL], Chase Championships [CA]
FINALIST - Pan Pacific Open [I,CA], Los Angeles [II,H], US Open [G,H]
SEMI-FINALIST - Lipton [I,H], French Open [G,CL], Wimbledon [G, GR], San Diego [II,H], Montreal [I,H]
DOUBLES WINNER - Australian Open [G,H] w/ Mirjana Lucic, Lipton [I,H], French Open [G,CL], Wimbledon [G,GR], Montreal [I,H], US Open [G,H] w/ Jana Novotna (Achieved 'Grand Slam' of Doubles)
Reached FED CUP FINAL for Switzerland
Jana NOVOTNA (CZE), 30
- Highest Singles Ranking: 2 (July 1997)
- 1998 End of Season Ranking: 3
- Career Win-Loss Record: 495-190 (% 0.723)
