WTA ranking as of 18-Aug-2008

Although she wasn't able to play at the Olympics due to an injury, Ana Ivanovic gets back to WTA #1 as Jelena Jankovic did not defend the points she got last year in Toronto. Olympic Champion Elena Dementieva goes 2 places up to #5. The top positions are really thight, with 7 players over 3000 points, so another big battle for WTA #1 is expected in the US Open. Bronze medalist Vera Zvonareva gets back into Top 10 moving from #11 to #9.

Cur	Prv	Name	Country	Rank pts.	Tours.
1	(2)	Ana Ivanovic	SRB	3612	16
2	(1)	Jelena Jankovic	SRB	3515	22
3	(3)	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	3455	19
4	(4)	Serena Williams	USA	3341	15
5	(7)	Elena Dementieva	RUS	3194	19
6	(5)	Maria Sharapova	RUS	3131	13
7	(6)	Dinara Safina	RUS	3077	22
8	(8)	Venus Williams	USA	2586	13
9	(11)	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	2117	23
10	(9)	Agnieszka Radwanska	POL	2076	24