How did Ana Ivanovic become number one after Bejing even if she didn't play?

Question

Jelena Jankovic was first after Wimbledon and Ana was second on WTA list, and got further in Bejing tournament than Ana (who didn't even play!). so how did Ana get to be number one again?

Answer 1

Jelena lost points for a tournament that she played at the same time last year. If you don't defend your points, you lose them. Jelena only lost those points this week, because that was when she played last year. I think the tournament was one from the US Open Series that Ana did not play. It wasn't Montreal/Toronto as someone before me has said.

Answer 2

Her rivals bombed underneath the pressure!

Answer 3

Answering your question very simply,

Jelena was the number one player before the olympics started and Ana  did not play.

Kuznetsova and Jankovic had to reach the final of olympics if they wanted to retain/get the number one ranking.

Kuznetsova lost in the first round to eventual 4th winner and jankovic in the quaters to eventual silver medalist.

they were not successful in reaching the final and thus ana again took over.

Answer 4

jankovic lost points from a last year tournament which were not removed until this week, I'm not sure which tournament was it that she didn't defend but the fact is that some tournaments were played earlier this year than last year bec. of the olympics and the points from the old ones were not removed until a year "52" weeks have passed.

last year tournament points get removed  and are replaced by the new points from this year if the player doesn't defend them he loses points.. usually they get removed at once as soon as the new tournament is finished bec. they are played at almost the same time every year, this year it got confusing bec. they had to wait for the year to pass according to the rules to remove the old ones bec. the new ones were played and finished earlier than usual.

Answer 5

everyone realized she was a overrated number 1.....

Answer 6

Jelena lost points for last year's Toronto tournament, which was held for August 13-19, 2007. Jelena made it to the final (losing to Henin), where Ana lost in second round.

Answer 7

It's because the OI!It;s the same reason why Nadal had to wait 2 weeks before becoming #1.