WTA ranking as of 26-May-2008

Elena Dementieva couldn't defend her title in Istambul and drops one spot to #8 as Venus Williams climbs to #7 in the only change in this week's Top 20. Career-high rankings for Istambul semifinalists, Tsvetana Pironkova gains 4 spots up to #43 and Agkul Amanmuradova breaks into the Top 50 for the first time moving from #58 to #50. Strasbourg runner-up Katarina Srebotnik moves from #30 to #24, while semifinalist Timea Bacsinszky goes from #71 to #63 and Yung-Jan Chan is the Top 100 greatest gainer moving from #80 to #68.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(1)	Maria Sharapova	RUS	4116	15
2	(2)	Ana Ivanovic	SRB	3922	18
3	(3)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3755	24
4	(4)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	3365	17
5	(5)	Serena Williams	USA	2836	13
6	(6)	Anna Chakvetadze	RUS	2731	24
7	(8)	Venus Williams	USA	2606	13
8	(7)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	2590	20
9	(9)	Marion Bartoli	FRA	2173	29
10	(10)	Daniela Hantuchova	SVK	2122	23