Women’s Tennis Power Rankings: Victoria Azarenka Tops List with Miami Victory

Since the conclusion of the first major of the year—the Australian Open—there has been 11 tournaments and ten winners on the WTA tour. The only double-titlist? Caroline Wozniacki, the current world No. 1. These Power Rankings focus more on the recent tournaments, aiming to give a measure of form rather than overall ability. In the current case, results from the last two Premier Mandatory... 

Final Women’s Tennis Power Rankings: Caroline Wozniacki Holds on To the Top Spot

With the conclusion of the WTA Championships at Doha and the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions at Bali, 2010 women’s tennis season is officially over. What a truly eventful season this has been! It began with Justine Henin coming back from her retirement and ended with Elena Dementieva calling it a career. It saw the young Dane Caroline Wozniacki fulfilling her potential and ending the... 

Men’s Tennis Power Rankings: Andy Murray Masters Roger Federer Again

The three-week five-tournament Asian hard-court swing ended last Sunday at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The following players left with one more title on their career list: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Bangkok), Mikhail Youzhny (Kuala Lumpur), Rafael Nadal (Tokyo), Novak Djokovic (Beijing) and Andy Murray (Shanghai). Not surprisingly, all of the winners are featured in this installment of men’s tennis... 

Women’s Tennis Power Rankings: Caroline Wozniacki Leads the Way To US Open

[This is part of the Power Ranking series ran by JA Allen, Marianne Bevis and Ronger Fengerer (Feng Rong)] The final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, is just a few days away. With the withdrawal of Serena Williams and Justin Henin, both multiple winners in New York, this year’s Open is the most open in recent years. Still, there are four former US Open champions in this year’s field:... 

Men’s Tennis Power Rankings: Rafael Nadal Is the Undisputed King

The Championships at Wimbledon have come and gone, just like that. It has been a historic tournament, especially with the Queen’s visit (on June 24) and the longest match in tennis history (John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut, first-round, June 22-24). In the end, though, it was all about Rafael Nadal, who claimed his second Wimbledon crown and his eighth major title. In doing so, he became the first... 

Men’s Tennis Power Rankings: Rafael Nadal Claims the Crown With a Roar

“Rafa Nadal best ever on clay…period,” said Andy Roddick in a Twitter message after the Spaniard completed the unprecedented “Clay Slam” on Sunday. I guess most of us would agree. Though we all knew that Rafael Nadal is really good on clay, what he accomplished in this year’s clay-court season was just mind-boggling. The “King of Clay” is once again the... 

Women’s Tennis Power Rankings: Samantha Stosur Soars to the Top

We are now three weeks into the clay-court season, and four clay-court tournaments have been completed. With four more Premier events in the next few weeks leading to Roland Garros, the best is yet to come. Until then, here is our latest power rankings.   The Top 10 1. Samantha Stosur (Last Power Ranking: 5; WTA Ranking: 10) Last Four Tournaments: Charleston [Winner], Miami [Quarterfinalist],... 

Men’s Tennis Power Rankings: Andy Roddick Is the New Power King

With the first two Masters 1000 tournaments of the season concluded, the men’s tour shifts to the Europe clay swing. Almost all the top players were in action at both Indian Wells and Miami, providing us a clear picture of their current form. Here is this week’s power ranking for men, though it might not be a good indicator for the coming events due to the switch of playing surfaces.   The... 

Women’s Tennis Power Rankings: Williams Sisters Still On Top

The Williams sisters are absent from the so-called “Premier Mandatory” event at Indian Wells as usual. (Not sure why? check out JA Allen’s recent article here.) However, their absence did not prevent them from retaining the top two spots in our biweekly power rankings, though they are sure to lose their grip after the BNP Paribas Open concludes.   The Top Ten 1. Venus Williams... 

Men’s Tennis Power Rankings: Sam Querrey Edges Roger Federer on Top

With the exception of Novak Djokovic, the ATP top five has not competed since the conclusion of the Australian Open. Since then, there have been two ATP 500 events, which shook up the power rankings quite a bit. With Roger Federer and Andy Murray back in action in Dubai, there will definitely be more drama in coming weeks. But first, here is this week’s list. (To understand our Power Ranking... 

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