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April 07, 2003
Kim Clijsters will move up to a brand-new career high No.2
next Monday, 14 April when she overtakes current No.2 Venus Williams.
Having chosen not to defend her Amelia Island title from 2002
(8-14 April 2002), Williams is losing 284 points from her
current points total of 4839, leaving Clijsters ahead by 30 points
with 4585. It will be the first time in 10 months, since the week
of 10 June 2002, that both Williamses haven’t occupied the
Top 2 spots in the WTA Rankings.
Clijsters is the first player to break the Williams streak,
joining Tracy Austin, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario,
Martina Hingis and Venus Williams who all have halted similar dynasties:
NAVRATILOVA-EVERT (Feb. 1978-Jan. 1980) Tracy Austin
(Jan. 1982-Feb. 1987) Steffi Graf
GRAF-NAVRATILOVA (Mar. 1987-Nov. 1990) Monica Seles
GRAF-SELES (Nov. 1990-Sep. 1993*) A.Sanchez-Vicari
(Aug. 1995-Jan. 1997*) Martina Hingis
HINGIS-DAVENPORT (Feb. 1998-Apr. 2001) Venus Williams
*Seles fell from Top 2 Sept. 1993-Aug. 1995 due to Hamburg attack
Additionally, Clijsters is the 18th woman in the last 28 years
to ascend to No.2 and the sixth youngest (at 19 years, 10 months)
following:
Andrea Jaeger 17 Aug. 1981 (16 years, 2 months)
Martina Hingis 27 Jan. 1997 (16 years, 4 months)
Monica Seles 19 Nov. 1990 (16 years, 11 months)
Tracy Austin 13 Jan. 1980 (17 years, 1 month)
Steffi Graf 2 Mar. 1987 (17 years, 9 months)
Interestingly, the last four on that list all reached the No.1 spot
in fivemonths or less of getting to No.2. Will Clijsters be the fifth?
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