Henin-Hardenne ends year at No.1

[Donny]

Henin ends year No.1

From correspondents in Miami, Florida - Fox Sports
November 12, 2003

BELGIUM's has Justine Henin-Hardenne jumped past compatriot Kim Clijsters in the final WTA rankings despite Clijsters winning the season-ending Tour Championship in Los Angeles.

France's Amelie Mauresmo, who lost to Clijsters in the final, also made a leap on the final list, improving from sixth to fourth by passing Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati.

Henin-Hardenne lost to Mauresmo in the semi-finals but had already clinched the top spot, edging Clijsters by 75 points.

Injured former world No.1 Serena Williams, idle since winning Wimbledon, was third on the list while her older sister Venus, also injured since the Wimbledon final, slid four spots to 11th on the final list, being edged by Japan's Ai Sugiyama for the last spot in the top 10

The top 15:

1. Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6628 pts

2. Kim Clijsters (BEL) 6553

3. Serena Williams (USA) 3916

4. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 3194

5. Lindsay Davenport (USA) 2990

6. Jennifer Capriati (USA) 2766

7. Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 2581

8. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 2383

9. Chanda Rubin (USA) 2328

10. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 2235

11. Venus Williams (USA) 2211

12. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 1994

13. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 1808

14. Paola Suarez (ARG) 1526

15. Jelena Dokic (SEM) 1405

[Blanch]

Quite scary how boring womens tennis can be. Basically there are the Williams sisters (when fit), the two belgians then daylight. One or two upsets here and there but not many. At least with the men there is some sort of chance the underdog can win.

Hewitt, Agassi, Federer, Ferrero, Roddick - the list goes on (and I will list them if requested.) Any one of these guys could win on their day.