Oct 6, 2008, 10:15 GMT
Hamburg - Porsche Grand Prix winner Jelena Jankovic returned to the top of the women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA.
Jankovic, who was assured of the top ranking when Serena Williams was knocked out in Stuttgart in the second round, beat Nadia Petrova 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to make it two titles in a fortnight.
Williams is second on 4,017 points - 213 points behind Jankovic.
The two swopping places is the only change in the top ten this week.
WTA top 10 as of October 6 (previous ranking in parenthesis): 1. (2) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 4,230; 2. (1) Serena Williams, United States, 4,017 points; 3. (3) Dinara Safina, Russia, 3,782; 4. (4) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 3,470; 5. (5) Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 3,288; 6. (6) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 3,041; 7. (7) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 2,920; 8. (8) Venus Williams, United States, 2,311; 9. (9) Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 2,182; 10. (10) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 2,146.
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