Isnt Jelena Jankovic garanteed to be number one now that she is in quarters at LA?

Question

if ana is losing like 300 points for not defending and even if JJ loses in QF she only loses like 70 points which means she will be number one anyway right?

Answer 1

she has to win the tournament she doesn´t have enough points.

Answer 2

Women's Tennis WTA Rankings - 2008

2008

Leaders Last Updated: July 21, 2008

Women's Singles Rankings

RANK PLAYER POINTS

1 Ana Ivanovic  3828.0

2 Jelena Jankovic  3685.0

As you can see by the info above JJ started the week ~140 points behind Ana.  Now the fact that Ana has not played or defended any points since Wimbledon does make it easier for JJ to overcome her, as the following info shows, she has only played 2 matches since the rakings were displayed (bye first round).  Therefore she will not have enough points to become #1 until later in the tournament (if she continues to win).

WTA East West Bank Classic

Women's Singles

Round Opponent Result Score

1st  BYE  

2nd Vania King W 7-5, 6-2

3rd Melinda Czink W 6-3, 6-2

Quarterfinals Nadia Petrova - July 25 3:00 PM ET

I like Ana, but I wish JJ luck!  She's a great player!  Enjoy!

Answer 3

Nope not right now jelena jankovic has win at LA to be #1 but shes very very close

Answer 4

no...ivanovic is better and she has 2 win the tournament