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The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Have Released Season Ending Rankings

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has released the official 2008 season-ending tennis rankings.

Jelena Jankovic has ended the tennis year as the number one tennis player in the world, followed by Serena Williams, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, and Ana Ivanovic.

2007 POINTS DROPPED ON NOVEMBER 10: Madrid (SEC)

Top 20 Rankings (November 10, 2008)

1. Jelena Jankovic – Serbia – 4710

2. Serena Williams – United States – 3866

3. Dinara Safina – Russia – 3817

4. Elena Dementieva – Russia – 3663

5. Ana Ivanovic – Serbia – 3457

6. Venus Williams – United States – 3272

7. Vera Zvonareva – Russia – 2952

8. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Russia – 2726

9. Maria Sharapova – Russia – 2515

10. Agnieszka Radwanska – Poland – 2286

11. Nadia Petrova – Russia – 1976

12. Caroline Wozniacki – Denmark – 1678

13. Flavia Pennetta – Italy – 1670

14. Patty Schnyder – Switzerland – 1590

15. Victoria Azarenka – Belarus – 1494

16. Alize Cornet – France – 1492

17. Marion Bartoli – France – 1410

18. Anna Chakvetadze – Russia – 1363

19. Dominika Cibulkova – Slovakia – 1337

20. Katarina Srebotnik – Slovakia – 1272

SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR RANKINGS

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings is the worldwide computer ranking for women’s professional tennis.

The ranking system is a 52-week, cumulative system in which the number of Tournament results that comprise a player’s ranking is capped at 17 Tournament results for Singles and 11 Tournament results for Doubles.

The results used to determine a player’s ranking are the Tournaments yielding the player’s highest Ranking points over the past 52 weeks.

WTA In Battle to keep Sony Ericsson as Title Sponsor

The Women’s Tennis Association is fighting a losing battle to keep Sony Ericsson as its title sponsor after the mobile-telephone company issued a profits warning last month.

The joint-venture company made the WTA the richest property in women’s sport in 2005 when it signed a £47m deal. With two years to run, sources say negotiations would ordinarily be in progress with regard to extending the contract but the WTA has privately conceded that it has almost no chance of persuading Sony Ericsson to renew.

This could make for a good sponsorship opportunity for another major global brand, possibly Nokia, Motorola, or even LG. Im interested to see what happens in this battle and who ends up taking control of the naming rights to the professional womens tennis tour.