World Tennis Ratings

It takes a look back over the course of the year to see how quickly the tennis landscape can change. It may have only been months ago, even those in the know could sit back and wonder to themselves, “what in the world is a Wozniacki?” Now as we enter a fresh slate of tennis for 2011, Caroline Wozniacki is the hottest name on the women’s tennis circuit, whether a casual fan or all-out tennis addict with the direct tv package to prove it. Though Wozniacki has yet to hoist the hardware of a Grand Slam tournament, no player, male or female, racked up W’s quite like the Danish 20-year old to close out the year.When the final dust cleared at December’s end, not only is Wozniacki well entrenched in tennis vernacular, but it is also synonymous with ITF Women’s Singles World Champion and Year End Number One, among the elite honors the sport has to offer. Winning six WTA singles titles in 2010, Wozniacki paced all women, with Kim Clijsters following in close pursuit with 5. No other woman, however, won more than two.

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Much like the men’s game, the women’s side of the sport is dominated by two elite players that shine above the rest, and in this case they are sisters. Venus and Serena Williams have dominated Wimbledon, and Women’s Tennis for that matter, like few before them. Venus won the tournament 2 years ago, for the 5^th time in her career, while Serena is the event’s defending champion, looking to defend her 2009 crown. Since Lindsay Davenport defeated Steffi Graf in 1999 to win the title, every Wimbledon women’s final has featured at least one of the Williams sisters, with the exception of 2006. While the sisters sit atop the seeding, the talent gap isn’t quite as large as in the men’s bracket. Here is a lot at a list of female competitors who could make the 2006 anomaly a repeat occurrence.

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