Sunday, August 31, 2008

U.S. Open 2008--Pre-Tournament Sanyaku Ranks


Men
Name Current Rank
(place on seeding list)
Career-High Rank Career points
Yokozuna and Ozeki
Rafael Nadal Y(a, 1) Y 30
Roger Federer Y(a, 2) Y 68
Novak Djokovic O(k, 3) O 14
Lower Sanyaku
David Ferrer K (4) S 5
Andy Roddick K (8) O 27
Marat Safin K (-) O 22
Rainer Schuettler K (-) S 5

Women
Name Current Rank
(place on seeding list)
Career-High Rank Career points
Yokozuna and Ozeki
Serena Williams Y(a, 4) Y 55
Venus Williams Y(a, 7) Y 65
Ana Ivanovic O(k, 1) O 13
Lower Sanyaku
Elena Dementieva S (5) O 15
Maria Sharapova S (withdrew) O 29
Jelena Jankovic K (2) S 9
Svetlana Kuznetsova K (3) O 17
Dinara Safina K (6) S 5
Agnieszka Radwanska K (9) K 2
Jie Zheng K (-) K 2
Lindsay Davenport Y(ia, 23) Y 59


Highest places non-ranked players ("meatgrinder"):

Men:
M1: Andy Murray (6), David Nalbandian (7, former S)
M2: James Blake (9), Stanislaw Wawrinka (10)
M3: Fernando Gonzalez (11, former S), Richard Gasquet (12, former K)

Women:
M1: Vera Zvonareva (8), Anna Chakvetadze (10, former K)
M2: Daniela Hantuchova (11, former K), Marion Bartoli (12, former S)
M3: Agnes Szavay (13), Victoria Azarenka (14)

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