AO Women's Entry List

[DBBN]

Main Draw Withdrawal: Perebiynis (replaced by Cohen-Aloro)

Special Rankings being used by: Santangelo, Shaughnessy, Malek, Petkovic

AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tier GS
AUSTRALIA
Director CRAIG TILEY
Jan 19, 2009

Wild Card: TBA Wild Card: TBA
Wild Card: TBA Wild Card: TBA
Wild Card: TBA Wild Card: TBA
Wild Card: TBA Wild Card: TBA

MAIN DRAW
Seq Player Name Nation Rank
1 JANKOVIC, JELENA SRB 1 55 BACSINSZKY, TIMEA SUI 54
2 WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 2 56 GARBIN, TATHIANA ITA 55
3 SAFINA, DINARA RUS 3 57 ARVIDSSON, SOFIA SWE 56
4 DEMENTIEVA, ELENA RUS 4 58 RYBARIKOVA, MAGDALENA SVK 57
5 IVANOVIC, ANA SRB 5 59 LISICKI, SABINE K GER 58
6 WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 6 60 RAZZANO, VIRGINIE FRA 59
7 ZVONAREVA, VERA RUS 7 61 ERAKOVIC, MARINA NZL 60
8 KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA RUS 8 62 KEOTHAVONG, ANNE V GBR 61
9 SHARAPOVA, MARIA RUS 9 63 SHAUGHNESSY, MEGHANN USA 61 SR
10 RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA R POL 10 64 PARMENTIER, PAULINE B FRA 62
11 PETROVA, NADIA RUS 11 65 BONDARENKO, KATERYNA UKR 63
12 WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN 12 66 SAFAROVA, LUCIE CZE 64
13 PENNETTA, FLAVIA ITA 13 67 CRAYBAS, JILL USA 65
14 SCHNYDER, PATTY SUI 14 68 DOMACHOWSKA, MARTA POL 66
15 AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 15 69 KORYTTSEVA, MARIYA UKR 67
16 CORNET, ALIZE FRA 16 70 LLAGOSTERA VIVES, NURIA ESP 68
17 BARTOLI, MARION FRA 17 71 DECHY, NATHALIE FRA 69
18 CHAKVETADZE, ANNA RUS 18 72 KUDRYAVTSEVA, ALLA RUS 70
19 CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA SVK 19 73 PASZEK, TAMIRA S AUT 71
20 SREBOTNIK, KATARINA SLO 20 74 ZAKOPALOVA, KLARA CZE 72
21 HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA SVK 21 75 WICKMAYER, YANINA BEL 73
22 MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL ESP 22 76 CHAN, YUNG-JAN TPE 74
23 LI, NA CHN 23 77 ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, BARBORA CZE 75
24 MAURESMO, AMELIE FRA 24 78 GROENEFELD, ANNA-LENA GER 76
25 ZHENG, JIE CHN 25 79 REZAI, ARAVANE FRA 77
26 BAMMER, SYBILLE AUT 26 80 GALLOVITS, EDINA ROU 78
27 KANEPI, KAIA EST 27 81 VESNINA, ELENA RUS 79
28 SZAVAY, AGNES HUN 28 82 KNAPP, KARIN ITA 80
29 KIRILENKO, MARIA RUS 29 83 AMANMURADOVA, AKGUL UZB 81
30 SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA ITA 30 84 HSIEH, SU-WEI TPE 82
31 SUGIYAMA, AI JPN 31 85 CETKOVSKA, PETRA CZE 83
32 KLEYBANOVA, ALISA RUS 32 86 VINCI, ROBERTA ITA 84
33 BONDARENKO, ALONA UKR 33 87 JOHANSSON, MATHILDE C FRA 85
34 WOZNIAK, ALEKSANDRA CAN 34 88 MORITA, AYUMI JPN 86
35 SANTANGELO, MARA ITA 35 SR 89 PIN, CAMILLE FRA 87
36 DAVENPORT, LINDSAY USA 35 90 BARROIS, KRISTINA GER 88
37 CIRSTEA, SORANA ROU 36 91 DUSHEVINA, VERA RUS 89
38 TANASUGARN, TAMARINE THA 37
39 PEER, SHAHAR ISR 38 93 DOMINGUEZ LINO, LOURDES ESP 91
40 MATTEK, BETHANIE USA 39 94 SHVEDOVA, YAROSLAVA KAZ 92
41 PENG, SHUAI CHN 40 95 MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, MARIA JOSE ESP 93
42 VAIDISOVA, NICOLE CZE 41 96 VOSKOBOEVA, GALINA KAZ 94
43 ERRANI, SARA ITA 42 97 MALEK, TATJANA GER 95 SR
44 BENESOVA, IVETA CZE 43 98 DE LOS RIOS, ROSSANA PAR 95
45 KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 44 99 BREMOND, SEVERINE FRA 96
46 PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA K BUL 45 100 COIN, JULIE FRA 97
47 PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 46 101 PETKOVIC, ANDREA GER 98 SR
48 MAKAROVA, EKATERINA RUS 47 102 RODIONOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 98
49 GOVORTSOVA, OLGA BLR 48 103 GAJDOSOVA, JARMILA SVK 99
50 NICULESCU, MONICA ROU 49 104 KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 100
51 SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA ESP 50 105 MIRZA, SANIA IND 101
52 DULKO, GISELA ARG 51 106 MEUSBURGER, YVONNE AUT 102
53 STOSUR, SAMANTHA AUS 52 107 YAKIMOVA, ANASTASIYA BLR 103
54 DELLACQUA, CASEY AUS 53 108 CAMERIN, MARIA ELENA ITA 104

MOVED INTO MAIN DRAW
1 COHEN-ALORO, STEPHANIE FRA 105



MAIN DRAW ALTERNATES
1 CZINK, MELINDA HUN 106
2 RUANO PASCUAL, VIRGINIA ESP 107
3 GOERGES, JULIA GER 108
4 DUQUE MARINO, MARIANA COL 109
5 SOUTH, MELANIE GBR 110
6 FLIPKENS, KIRSTEN BEL 111
7 MAYR, PATRICIA AUT 112
8 BYCHKOVA, EKATERINA RUS 113
9 DITTY, JULIE USA 114
10 HRADECKA, LUCIE CZE 115
11 KOSTANIC TOSIC, JELENA CRO 116
12 FORETZ, STEPHANIE FRA 117
13 SAVCHUK, OLGA UKR 118
14 ANI, MARET EST 119
15 LAPUSHCHENKOVA, ANNA RUS 120
16 LEPCHENKO, VARVARA USA 121
17 DUBOIS, STEPHANIE CAN 122
18 OLARU, IOANA RALUCA ROU 123
19 KLEPAC, ANDREJA SLO 124
20 YAN, ZI CHN 125
21 YUAN, MENG CHN 126
22 KING, VANIA USA 127
23 RODINA, EVGENIYA RUS 128
24 LARCHER DE BRITO, MICHELLE C POR 129
25 SCHRUFF, JULIA GER 130
26 VOEGELE, STEFANIE SUI 133
27 MANASIEVA, VESNA RUS 134
28 BALTACHA, ELENA GBR 135
29 ZEC PESKIRIC, MASA SLO 136
30 LOIT, EMILIE FRA 137
31 MOORE, JESSICA J AUS 138
32 FEDAK, YULIANA UKR 139
33 JOZAMI, BETINA ARG 140
34 DZEHALEVICH, EKATERINA BLR 141
35 DENTONI, CORINNA ITA 143
36 CASTANO, CATALINA COL 144
37 DANIILIDOU, ELENI GRE 145
38 RADWANSKA, URSZULA POL 146
39 NAKAMURA, AIKO JPN 147
40 VORACOVA, RENATA CZE 148
41 KARATANTCHEVA, SESIL BUL 149
42 KUTUZOVA, VIKTORIYA UKR 151
43 FUJIWARA, RIKA JPN 152
44 GLATCH, ALEXA USA 154
45 GULLICKSON, CARLY USA 155
46 IVANOVA, EKATERINA RUS 156
47 PERVAK, KSENIA RUS 157
48 KLOESEL, SANDRA GER 158
49 O'BRIEN, KATIE J GBR 159
50 PUCHKOVA, OLGA RUS 161
51 SILVA, NEUZA POR 163
52 YONEMURA, TOMOKO JPN 164
53 WOERLE, KATHRIN GER 165
54 LARSSON, JOHANNA J SWE 166
55 PANDZIC, JELENA CRO 167
56 RUUTEL, MARGIT EST 168
57 RUS, ARANTXA NED 170
58 POUTCHEK, TATIANA BLR 171
59 SCHEEPERS, CHANELLE RSA 173
60 BRIANTI, ALBERTA ITA 174
61 SPREM, KAROLINA CRO 175
62 VIERIN, NATHALIE ITA 176 SR
63 OBZILER, TZIPORA ISR 176
64 OUDIN, MELANIE J USA 178
65 DOKIC, JELENA AUS 179
66 JUGIC-SALKIC, MERVANA BIH 180
67 SCHAEFER, ANNE GER 181
68 CRAVERO, JORGELINA ARG 183
69 MULLER, MARTINA GER 184
70 ZAHLAVOVA, SANDRA CZE 185
71 BOVINA, ELENA RUS 186
72 ONDRASKOVA, ZUZANA CZE 187
73 DATE KRUMM, KIMIKO JPN 188
74 LYUBTSOVA, OXANA UKR 189
75 CHAN, CHIN-WEI TPE 190
76 SZATMARI, AGNES ROU 191
77 SFAR, SELIMA TUN 192
78 PANOVA, ALEXANDRA RUS 194
79 WIENEROVA, LENKA SVK 195
80 PALKINA, KSENIA KGZ 196
81 RAO, SUNITHA IND 199
82 ALBANESE, LAUREN R USA 200
83 KLASCHKA, CARMEN V GER 202
84 KRAJICEK, MICHAELLA NED 204
85 HLADIKOVA, TEREZA CZE 205
86 IIJIMA, KUMIKO JPN 207
87 LEE, YE-RA KOR 211
88 STEVENSON, ALEXANDRA USA 212
89 MARTIC, PETRA CRO 214
90 LISJAK, IVANA CRO 215 SR
91 SOLER ESPINOSA, SILVIA ESP 215
92 STOOP, GEORGIE GBR 216
93 BRENGLE, MADISON L USA 218
94 CHAKHNASHVILI, MARGALITA GEO 219
95 KUCOVA, KRISTINA SVK 220
96 LUZHANSKA, TETIANA UKR 222
97 FUDA, RYOKO JPN 227 SR
98 HLAVACKOVA, ANDREA CZE 227
99 COHEN, AUDRA M USA 230
100 ADAMCZAK, MONIQUE AUS 231
101 PERRY, SHENAY USA 237
102 JIDKOVA, ALINA RUS 239
103 EWIJK, CHAYENNE NED 240
104 GEHRLEIN, STEPHANIE N GER 242
105 SPEARS, ABIGAIL USA 243
106 SHAPATAVA, SOFIA GEO 245
107 FLORIS, ANNA ITA 246
108 SEMA, YURIKA F JPN 247
109 THYSSEN, NICOLE E NED 250
110 KONDRATIEVA, MARIA RUS 253
111 PAVLOVIC, IRENA FRA 257
112 GRANDIN, NATALIE J RSA 258
113 KLAFFNER, MELANIE AUT 260
114 NAMIGATA, JUNRI JPN 262
115 KREMER, ANNE LUX 263
116 MILEVSKAYA, KSENIA BLR 265
117 FERGUSON, SOPHIE AUS 270
118 HWANG, I-HSUAN TPE 280
119 SUN, TIANTIAN CHN 281
120 PICHET, VIRGINIE FRA 282
121 PELLETIER, MARIE-EVE CAN 286
122 PROUSIS, ALEXIS USA 289
123 GUMULYA, SANDY INA 292
124 PARRA SANTONJA, ARANTXA ESP 295
125 VEDY, AURELIE FRA 296
126 COUTS, KIMBERLY A USA 303
127 OZGEN, PEMRA TUR 309
128 JONES, SACHA L NZL 320
129 LEE-WATERS, LINDSAY USA 324
130 MINELLA, MANDY LUX 326
131 HAN, XINYUN CHN 333
132 EL TABAKH, HEIDI CAN 340
133 HAMAMURA, NATSUMI JPN 352
134 OKADAUE, CHIAKI JPN 353
135 TEDJAKUSUMA, ROMANA INA 358
136 OKAMOTO, SEIKO JPN 359
137 BORWELL, SARAH L GBR 360
138 MOULTON-LEVY, MEGAN USA 372
139 BUYUKAKCAY, CAGLA TUR 387
140 CECIL, MALLORY A USA 393
141 HENKE, VANESSA GER 419
142 KUSTOVA, DARYA BLR 424
143 XU, YI-FAN CHN 426
144 AHN, KRISTIE HAERIM USA 449
145 HISAMATSU, SHIHO JPN 450
146 BAI, ALISON M AUS 509
147 CHEN, YI TPE 517
148 GAMBALE, MARY T USA 565
149 MALHOTRA, ANASTASIA JPN 575
150 DEKMEIJERE, LIGA LAT 588
151 ORLIK, ANNA BLR 658
152 UBEROI, SHIKHA IND 673
153 MILLS, DANIELLE N USA 674
154 APPINENI, PRERANA M IND 704
155 LEFEVRE, SOPHIE FRA 760
156 WLODARCZAK, KAROLINA M AUS 867
157 GRAJDEK, KIM A GER 935
158 JI, CHUNMEI CHN 936
159 BREADMORE, LAUREN AUS

Page 4 of 4 Revised 10 Dec 2008 Time 15:00 FINAL RANKING 08 Dec 2008 Credit SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR

[Pamela Shriver]

Leach

But it doesn't matter, I think she was entered automatically...

[DBBN]

She was. But hey, at least we know she didn't re-retire and not tell anybody. Yet.

[leelee]

Some Australian news stuff is saying Lindsay will play, but I think it's just because they've also seen the entry list.

I'll still be shocked if she does. And will eat much crow.

[janie]

Dec 11, 2008 16:51:43 GMT -5 @leelee said:

Some Australian news stuff is saying Lindsay will play, but I think it's just because they've also seen the entry list.

I'll still be shocked if she does. And will eat much crow.

You can hold off on that crow meal now:

Pregnant Pause: Davenport Pregnant By Tennis Week
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Young Jagger Leach will soon have a new singles partner: former World No. 1 and three-time Grand Slam Champion Lindsay Davenport announced today that she is pregnant.

Davenport and her husband, Jonathan Leach, are expecting their second child in 2009. The baby will join older brother Jagger, born on June 10, 2007. The impending birth of her second child puts a pregnant pause in Davenport's tennis career.

"I am thrilled that Jon, Jagger and I will be welcoming a new addition to our family this coming year," said Davenport. "Of course this unexpected but exciting surprise now means I will be putting tennis on hold for the foreseeable future."

Jon Leach, an investment banker who was a collegiate tennis standout when he played for his father, Dick Leach, at USC, helped his wife prepare for her return to tournament tennis last fall and was supportive in her limited play last season.

[Denise49IQ]

Lolz.

See you for WTT in July, Leach!

[leelee]

How can a professional tennis player have an unexpected baby. You're so full of shit, Leach. And then she'll return and win her first tournament because it's women's tennis.

[freudo]

Nice for Lindsay!

[Brinyi]

Hopefully this time they will opt for a name that will not condemn their child to a lifetime of ridicule.

[janie]

Nice to see Fishin' Hat in the MD with her SR. And I hope Kimiko will play; she hasn't yet played outside of Japan in her stirring comeback, has she?

I wonder if having connected with her dad Dr. J and his big bucks will help Stevenson this year. Sure hope not. ;D

[Traveling Man]

It's going to mark a decade since Hingis' last Slam win in singles. I remember, I was such a happy boy that day.

[leelee]

It's hard to believe that. It will be even worse when Lindsay hits the same decade mark next year...

[DBBN]

Remember after the RG99 meltdown when Yahoo Sports had a poll that asked "Will Hingis ever win another Slam?" And like 98% said yes, and CBS Sportsline people were discussing how ludicrous it was to even consider?

Whoops.

[Brinyi]

Frenchie wild card: Kristina Mladenovic

[Brinyi]

Jan 6, 2009 15:48:12 GMT -5 Brinyi said:

Frenchie wild card: Kristina Mladenovic

15yo prospect, world #11 jr.
Reached the USO jr semis last year, lost to Coco.
Odd choice though.

[janie]

copied from a translated article posted on wtaworld:

The Serbian world no. 1, Jelena Jankovic, is in doubt for the first Grand Slam of the year, Australian Open.

At an exhibition tournament in Hong Kong, Jankovic pulled out before a match against Zheng Jie of China. Thursday, a obviously tired and weak Jankovic in 2 sets to the American Venus Williams.

"I have been sick for a couple of days. I'm feeling really bad. It's hard to say if I will get ready for Australian Open. My immune system is totally down at the moment and I can't say how long it's going to be before I'm well again."

If Jelena Jankovic won't play at Australian Open, she might lose her spot as no. 1 in the women's rankings.

sporten.tv2.dk/tennis/article.php/id-19730203.html

[Edna Krabappel]

WTF???! So, she's never going to be fit/healthy/rested/drama-free. Go sistahs Vee and Ree, the greatest players evarrrrrrr!!!!1

[Wagasi]

MASHA out.

Ree will now win the whole thing after saving matchpoints against Dellacqua in the first round.

[Iorix]

Jan 10, 2009 12:54:20 GMT -5 Edna Krabappel said:

So, she's never going to be fit/healthy/rested/drama-free.

When she's the favourite for anything, apparently not.

[Iorix]

Jan 11, 2009 0:41:39 GMT -5 Wagasi said:

MASHA out.

"Oh well", goes The Cult.

[janie]

I'll just be happy not to have to mute my tv.

I just have to figure out who to root for. I'm trying to figure out if any likely winner on the women's side would actually be exciting, and the answer for me is no. So I guess I'm rooting for anyone at all who's unlikely to win. Go Elena D! Shock the world!

[GoDom]

Is Görges in now.

[janie]

Who knows? I wonder if Bovina's going to show. I give it a 12% chance.

[Traveling Man]

Jan 11, 2009 0:41:39 GMT -5 Wagasi said:

Ree will now win the whole thing after saving matchpoints against Dellacqua in the first round.

I thought I was the only one who'd thought up this scenario. Including the collective retching that would follow.

[Traveling Man]

Jan 11, 2009 7:40:09 GMT -5 Iorix said:

Jan 11, 2009 0:41:39 GMT -5 Wagasi said:

MASHA out.

"Oh well", goes The Cult.

I booed and hissed, if that counts.

[Traveling Man]

Jan 11, 2009 9:24:50 GMT -5 janie said:

I'll just be happy not to have to mute my tv.

I just have to figure out who to root for. I'm trying to figure out if any likely winner on the women's side would actually be exciting, and the answer for me is no. So I guess I'm rooting for anyone at all who's unlikely to win. Go Elena D! Shock the world!

Not mute your tv just because Masha is out? What about the sistahz!11 Especially babygurrrll1!1

Besides Jankovic, Dementieva and Zvonareva, I can't think of anyone to root for. It'll probably come down to a "lesser of two evils" scenario as has been the case recently.

[lexpretend]

Jan 11, 2009 10:01:52 GMT -5 GoDom said:

Is Görges in now.

I read that Sharapova's withdrawal lets Melanie South (!) into the MD, so I assume Goerges is already in.

[janie]

Jan 11, 2009 15:43:02 GMT -5 Traveling Man said:

Not mute your tv just because Masha is out? What about the sistahz!11 Especially babygurrrll1!1

Yeah, there are definitely other loud women, so the mute button might still come into play, but only with Maria was muting assured. Serena and Venus are both up and down with their vocalizations. Sometimes they shriek and other times they go through entire matches without making much noise. I fondly remember Justine beating the Silent version of Serena a few times.

[leelee]

This will sound crazy, but I want Masha to come back. I can relate to her having rotator cuff surgery. I still hate her, but her career shouldn't end like this. Not until she rips her Daddy's heart.