12/30/2010

2010 Hot 100: #97 Kimiko Date-Krumm

#97 KIMIKO DATE-KRUMM
Japan
40 years old
2010 WTA singles ranking: #46
2009 Hot 100 rank: #84

The veteran Japanese kept on amazing everyone with her incredible fitness at the age of 40 and broke into Top 50 defeating top players such as Sharapova, Stosur, Safina, Petrova or Li.

2010 Hot 100: #98 Mirjana Lucic

#98 MIRJANA LUCIC
Croatia
28 years old
2010 WTA singles ranking: #105
2009 Hot 100 rank: -

A former teen prodigy, Lucic broke into Top 40 in 1998 when she was just 16, reaching Wimbledon semis in 1999, but dropped in the rankings afterwards, and even quitted tennis for some years. She came back in 2007 and failed to get back to the top level until this season, when she finally got back into Top 100.

12/28/2010

2010 Hot 100: #99 Sesil Karatantcheva

#99 SESIL KARATANTCHEVA
Kazakhstan
21 years old
2010 WTA singles ranking: #139
2009 Hot 100 rank: -

The shameless Bulgarian, now representing Kazakhstan, was a teen (16 yo) Roland Garros quarter-finalist and then served a 2-year doping ban. A thunderous return was expected, but she hasn't managed to break into Top 100 again yet. At least, the cheeky Girl with the Butterfly Tattoo has shown herself training in bikini.

2010 Hot 100: #100 Elena Bovina

#100 ELENA BOVINA
Russia
27 years old
2010 WTA singles ranking: #154
2009 Hot 100 rank: #93

A former Top 20 back in 2004, the Russian has been unable to get back to her best level in the last few years.

12/27/2010

WTAhotties 2010 Hot 100 list is here!

As some magazines, every year we compile here our own list with the hottest players on WTA Tour. Three are the main criteria: looks, results and popularity. Only players over 18 years old and listed in 2010 WTA singles or doubles ranking are elegible. This post will be updated as each place is revealed. Enjoy the countdown!

100- Elena Bovina50- Arantxa Rus
99- Sesil Karatantcheva49- Tatjana Malek
98- Mirjana Lucic48- Karolina Jovanovic
97- Kimiko Date-Krumm47- Severine Beltrame
96- Nikola Hofmanova46- Stefania Chieppa
95- Stefanie Voegele45- Alexandra Panova
94- Julia Cohen44- Petra Cetkovska
93- Olivia Rogowska43- Michaella Krajicek
92- Kristyna Pliskova42- Karolina Sprem
91- Shuai Peng41- Jarmila Groth
90- Alicja Rosolska40- Sabine Lisicki
89- Camille Pin39- Urszula Radwanska
88- Arina Rodionova38- Jelena Dokic
87- Beatriz Garcia Vidagany37- Lucie Safarova
86- Malou Ejdesgaard36- Agnes Szavay
85- Ksenia Milevskaya35- Mathilde Johansson
84- Isabella Holland34- Jie Zheng
83- Monika Wejnert33- Kristina Antoniychuk
82- Ana Bogdan32- Jelena Jankovic
81- Alina Jidkova31- Romana Tabak
80- Valeria Savinykh30- Vitalia Diatchenko
79- Tamira Paszek29- Marta Domachowska
78- Ekaterina Bychkova28- Yaroslava Shvedova
77- Ekaterina Ivanova27- Olivia Sanchez
76- Simona Halep26- Elena Vesnina
75- Ipek Senoglu25- Heidi El Tabakh
74- Katarzyna Piter24- Anastasia Pivovarova
73- Timea Bacsinszky23- Sania Mirza
72- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova22- Anna Chakvetadze
71- Yanina Wickmayer21- Alona Bondarenko
70- Alize Cornet20- Tsvetana Pironkova
69- Bojana Jovanovski19- Aravane Rezai
68- Victoriya Kutuzova18- Venus Williams
67- Bethanie Mattek-Sands17- Mandy Minella
66- Johanna Larsson16- Julia Goerges
65- Klara Zakopalova15- Vera Zvonareva
64- Vera Dushevina14- Andrea Petkovic
63- Agnieszka Radwanska13- Sorana Cirstea
62- Arantxa Parra12- Dominika Cibulkova
61- Andrea Hlavackova11- Gisela Dulko
60- Tadeja Majeric10- Victoria Azarenka
59- Magda Linette9- Iveta Benesova
58- Polona Hercog8- Serena Williams
57- Samantha Stosur7- Flavia Pennetta
56- Olga Puchkova6- Daniela Hantuchova
55- Maria Elena Camerin5- Elena Dementieva
54- Iona Raluca Olaru4- Maria Kirilenko
53- Corinna Dentoni3- Ana Ivanovic
52- Ashley Harkleroad2- Maria Sharapova
51- Alize Lim1- Caroline Wozniacki