Question for the board

[special700]

Has Serena past Martina Hingis in weeks at #1 yet?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ Women's Tennis Association confirmed last week Serena already toppled Hingis as the 9th longest reining No 1 in WTA ranking by lording on top of the ladder for 74 weeks,from February 18 2013 to July 21,2014.By spending her 74th straight week atop the WTA rankings this week,Serena has passed Martina Hingis run from May 2000 to October 2001 as the ninth-longest stretch at World No 1 in rankings history....WTA issued last week.

 

[kskate2]

^ And now she'll really have to work for the next 3 months if she wants to keep it.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ Agree.

 

[special700]

Thanks guys.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ No worries....

 

[tented]

Special,

Here's a link to a list of the players who have been No. 1 the longest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTA_Tour_records#WTA_rankings_.28since_1973.29

 

[special700]

Special,

Here's a link to a list of the players who have been No. 1 the longest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTA_Tour_records#WTA_rankings_.28since_1973.29

Thanks - I did look at that yesterday and it still had Martina H ahead of Serena, so I was not sure.

 

[tented]

^ Women's Tennis Association confirmed last week Serena already toppled Hingis as the 9th longest reining No 1 in WTA ranking by lording on top of the ladder for 74 weeks,from February 18 2013 to July 21,2014.By spending her 74th straight week atop the WTA rankings this week,Serena has passed Martina Hingis run from May 2000 to October 2001 as the ninth-longest stretch at World No 1 in rankings history....WTA issued last week.

This is about consecutive weeks at No. 1, vs. total weeks at No. 1 -- correct?

I thought Special wanted to know if Serena had passed Hingis for total weeks, in which case the answer is no. Hingis = 209 / Serena = 198. Close enough that I'm sure she'll pass her.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ I took Special's post at consecutive weeks,not total weeks.My bad....

 

[RJD11]

^ Women's Tennis Association confirmed last week Serena already toppled Hingis as the 9th longest reining No 1 in WTA ranking by lording on top of the ladder for 74 weeks,from February 18 2013 to July 21,2014.By spending her 74th straight week atop the WTA rankings this week,Serena has passed Martina Hingis run from May 2000 to October 2001 as the ninth-longest stretch at World No 1 in rankings history....WTA issued last week.

This is about consecutive weeks at No. 1, vs. total weeks at No. 1 -- correct?

I thought Special wanted to know if Serena had passed Hingis for total weeks, in which case the answer is no. Hingis = 209 / Serena = 198. Close enough that I'm sure she'll pass her.

Special: Just a few more weeks and Serena will have passed her.

And we all know that Hingis, in her last weeks at No 1, just played

to hold the No 1 spot as long as possible by playing every week

to amass points, which resulted in her foot injury.

 

[special700]

^ Women's Tennis Association confirmed last week Serena already toppled Hingis as the 9th longest reining No 1 in WTA ranking by lording on top of the ladder for 74 weeks,from February 18 2013 to July 21,2014.By spending her 74th straight week atop the WTA rankings this week,Serena has passed Martina Hingis run from May 2000 to October 2001 as the ninth-longest stretch at World No 1 in rankings history....WTA issued last week.

This is about consecutive weeks at No. 1, vs. total weeks at No. 1 -- correct?

I thought Special wanted to know if Serena had passed Hingis for total weeks, in which case the answer is no. Hingis = 209 / Serena = 198. Close enough that I'm sure she'll pass her.

Special: Just a few more weeks and Serena will have passed her.

And we all know that Hingis, in her last weeks at No 1, just played

to hold the No 1 spot as long as possible by playing every week

to amass points, which resulted in her foot injury.

Yes I remember she was running to all the small tournaments to keep that #1 ranking...lol