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The following are the peak ELO ratings for female players in the open era. ELO ratings measure dominanace with an adjustment for standard of opposition. I have been asked whether it would be possible to post the top 100 using this system, devised by Dr Arpad Elo, in one of my previous posts.
1 Martina Navratilova 2836
2 Steffi Graf 2816
3 Chris Evert 2794
4 Margaret Smith Court 2769
5 Monica Seles 2766
6 Evonne Goolagong 2745
7 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2744
8 Serena Williams 2733
9 Billie Jean King 2730
10 Martina Hingis 2729
11 Hana Mandlíková 2723
12 Venus Williams 2720
13 Justine Henin 2716
14 Gabriela Sabatini 2710
15 Lindsay Davenport 2701
16 Ann Jones 2693
17 Maria Sharapova 2684
18 Jennifer Capriati 2681
19 Conchita Martínez 2677
20 Amélie Mauresmo 2673
21 Kim Clijsters 2671
22 Mary Joe Fernández 2669
23 Andrea Jaeger 2659
24 Nancy Richey 2657
25 Helena Suková 2656
26 Rosemary Casals 2653
27 Jana Novotná 2653
28 Kerry Reid 2648
29 Virginia Wade 2643
30 Tracy Austin 2641
31 Zina Garrison 2637
32 Pam Shriver 2629
33 Mary Pierce 2627
34 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 2619
35 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2617
36 Olga Morozova 2615
37 Wendy Turnbull 2613
38 Helga Niessen Masthoff 2613
39 Iva Majoli 2610
40 Kathy Jordan 2609
41 Karen Krantzcke 2607
42 Kimiko Date 2604
43 Amanda Coetzer 2602
44 Judy Tegart 2601
45 Betty Stöve 2600
46 Sue Barker 2598
47 Helen Gourlay 2598
48 Julie Heldman 2597
49 Yelena Dementieva 2597
50 Mima Jaušovec 2595
51 Manuela Maleeva 2594
52 Anastasia Myskina 2594
53 Renáta Tomanová 2592
54 Jo Durie 2589
55 Dianne Fromholtz 2587
56 Anke Huber 2587
57 Ana Ivanović 2587
58 Lori McNeil 2586
59 Françoise Durr 2585
60 Virginia Ruzici 2582
61 Natasha Zvereva 2579
62 Sylvia Hanika 2579
63 Catarina Lindqvist 2575
64 Winnie Shaw 2575
65 Carling Bassett-Seguso 2572
66 Kathy Rinaldi 2570
67 Kazuko Sawamatsu 2570
68 Jelena Janković 2570
69 Lesley Turner Bowrey 2570
70 Nicole Vaidišová 2569
71 Nadia Petrova 2567
72 Nathalie Tauziat 2566
73 Marion Bartoli 2564
74 Chanda Rubin 2562
75 Daniela Hantuchová 2562
76 Irina Spîrlea 2561
77 Chris O'Neil 2561
78 Katerina Maleeva 2560
79 Barbara Potter 2560
80 Bettina Bunge 2558
81 Claudia Porwik 2558
82 Florenta Mihai 2557
83 Lesley Hunt 2557
84 Natasha Chmyreva 2556
85 Yvonne Vermaak 2556
86 Gigi Fernández 2555
87 Anna Kournikova 2555
88 Fabiola Zuluaga 2554
89 Regina Maršíková 2553
90 Belinda Cordwell 2553
91 Maria Bueno 2553
92 Judith Wiesner 2553
93 Julie Halard-Decugis 2552
94 Meredith McGrath 2551
95 Anna Chakvetadze 2551
96 Camille Benjamin 2551
97 Annette Du Plooy 2550
98 Nicole Provis 2550
99 Alexandra Stevenson 2548
100 Kerry Harris 2547
Mens and womens ratings are not interchangeable.
For a fuller explanation of how Elo ratings are calculated see the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating
For further discussion on Tennis Elo ratings see the following:
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=162345
Many evalutae tennis players by the number of majors won, but Elo adjusts for dominance and quality of opposition therefore the list will not be purely representative of achievements in majors but we would expect to see some correlation between the two.
In the women's game :
the top 5 have won 78 majors in the open era
6-10 won 32
11-15 won 21
16-20 won 9
Just thought people might be interested in these statistics which are generated from my own Elo database and are purely evidentially based without interference of human opinion.
I am not recommending ELO as a substitute to the official ranking methodology, but am posting the results purely for information purposes and to provide a different but independent perspective on the evaluation of players.
Take care
Tim
1 Martina Navratilova 2836
2 Steffi Graf 2816
3 Chris Evert 2794
4 Margaret Smith Court 2769
5 Monica Seles 2766
6 Evonne Goolagong 2745
7 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2744
8 Serena Williams 2733
9 Billie Jean King 2730
10 Martina Hingis 2729
11 Hana Mandlíková 2723
12 Venus Williams 2720
13 Justine Henin 2716
14 Gabriela Sabatini 2710
15 Lindsay Davenport 2701
16 Ann Jones 2693
17 Maria Sharapova 2684
18 Jennifer Capriati 2681
19 Conchita Martínez 2677
20 Amélie Mauresmo 2673
21 Kim Clijsters 2671
22 Mary Joe Fernández 2669
23 Andrea Jaeger 2659
24 Nancy Richey 2657
25 Helena Suková 2656
26 Rosemary Casals 2653
27 Jana Novotná 2653
28 Kerry Reid 2648
29 Virginia Wade 2643
30 Tracy Austin 2641
31 Zina Garrison 2637
32 Pam Shriver 2629
33 Mary Pierce 2627
34 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 2619
35 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2617
36 Olga Morozova 2615
37 Wendy Turnbull 2613
38 Helga Niessen Masthoff 2613
39 Iva Majoli 2610
40 Kathy Jordan 2609
41 Karen Krantzcke 2607
42 Kimiko Date 2604
43 Amanda Coetzer 2602
44 Judy Tegart 2601
45 Betty Stöve 2600
46 Sue Barker 2598
47 Helen Gourlay 2598
48 Julie Heldman 2597
49 Yelena Dementieva 2597
50 Mima Jaušovec 2595
51 Manuela Maleeva 2594
52 Anastasia Myskina 2594
53 Renáta Tomanová 2592
54 Jo Durie 2589
55 Dianne Fromholtz 2587
56 Anke Huber 2587
57 Ana Ivanović 2587
58 Lori McNeil 2586
59 Françoise Durr 2585
60 Virginia Ruzici 2582
61 Natasha Zvereva 2579
62 Sylvia Hanika 2579
63 Catarina Lindqvist 2575
64 Winnie Shaw 2575
65 Carling Bassett-Seguso 2572
66 Kathy Rinaldi 2570
67 Kazuko Sawamatsu 2570
68 Jelena Janković 2570
69 Lesley Turner Bowrey 2570
70 Nicole Vaidišová 2569
71 Nadia Petrova 2567
72 Nathalie Tauziat 2566
73 Marion Bartoli 2564
74 Chanda Rubin 2562
75 Daniela Hantuchová 2562
76 Irina Spîrlea 2561
77 Chris O'Neil 2561
78 Katerina Maleeva 2560
79 Barbara Potter 2560
80 Bettina Bunge 2558
81 Claudia Porwik 2558
82 Florenta Mihai 2557
83 Lesley Hunt 2557
84 Natasha Chmyreva 2556
85 Yvonne Vermaak 2556
86 Gigi Fernández 2555
87 Anna Kournikova 2555
88 Fabiola Zuluaga 2554
89 Regina Maršíková 2553
90 Belinda Cordwell 2553
91 Maria Bueno 2553
92 Judith Wiesner 2553
93 Julie Halard-Decugis 2552
94 Meredith McGrath 2551
95 Anna Chakvetadze 2551
96 Camille Benjamin 2551
97 Annette Du Plooy 2550
98 Nicole Provis 2550
99 Alexandra Stevenson 2548
100 Kerry Harris 2547
Mens and womens ratings are not interchangeable.
For a fuller explanation of how Elo ratings are calculated see the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating
For further discussion on Tennis Elo ratings see the following:
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=162345
Many evalutae tennis players by the number of majors won, but Elo adjusts for dominance and quality of opposition therefore the list will not be purely representative of achievements in majors but we would expect to see some correlation between the two.
In the women's game :
the top 5 have won 78 majors in the open era
6-10 won 32
11-15 won 21
16-20 won 9
Just thought people might be interested in these statistics which are generated from my own Elo database and are purely evidentially based without interference of human opinion.
I am not recommending ELO as a substitute to the official ranking methodology, but am posting the results purely for information purposes and to provide a different but independent perspective on the evaluation of players.
Take care
Tim
