Tennis: Simona Halep, 54th week on top of WTA rankings. Monica Niculescu – out of Top 100 after eight years

Romanian tennis player, Simona Halep, is in the 54^th week as 1^st WTA, having 1,046 points ahead of number 2, Angelique Kerber. On the other hand, another Romanian player, Monica Niculescu, has failed to defend the title in Limoges and thus is out, for the first time in eight years, of Top 100 WTA.

Romanian tennis players in the WTA rankings:

1st. Simona Halep 6,921 points

24th. Mihaela Buzărnescu 1,860

66th. Irina Begu 872

77th. Ana Bogdan 775 (-6)

86th. Sorana Cîrstea 712

102nd. Monica Niculescu 617 (-24)

143rd. Irina Bara 429 (-2)

149th. Alexandra Dulgheru 403 (-1).

Romanian tennis players in the doubles WTA rankings

23rd. Irina Begu 2,755 points

24th. Mihaela Buzărnescu 2,555

44th. Raluca Olaru 1,740

47th. Monica Niculescu 1,660 (+1)

76th. Irina Bara 1,107 (+1)

96th. Sorana Cîrstea 921 (-1).

WTA rankings, first 10 positions:

1. Simona Halep 6,921 points
2. Angelique Kerber 5,875
3. Caroline Wozniacki 5,586
4. Elina Svitolina 5,350
5. Naomi Osaka 5,115
6. Sloane Stephens 5,023
7. Petra Kvitova 4,630
8. Karolina Pliskova 4,465
9. Kiki Bertens 4,335
10. Daria Kasatkina 3,415

Women tennis players with most weeks on top of WTA rankings:

1. Steffi Graf 377
2. Martina Navratilova 332
3. Serena Williams 319
4. Chris Evert 260
5. Martina Hingis 209
6. Monica Seles 178
7. Justine Henin 117
8. Lindsay Davenport 98
9. Caroline Wozniacki 71
10. Simona Halep 54.

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