Career-best ranking

January 14, 2008 /

Ana has risen to a career-best ranking. The 20-year-old, who was a semi-finalist in Sydney last week, moved up one place to No.3."I'm very happy to reach my highest ever ranking," said Ana. "It's a fantastic feeling when all your hard work pays off. It also gives you extra motivation to keep working hard, so that you can go further. My goal has always been to be No.1, and this is another step towards achieving that."With the season just two weeks old, Ana is positioned at No.6 in the Race to the Sony EricssonChampionships Singles Standings, the rankings that determine the eight qualifiers for the season-ending event that will be held in Doha, Qatar in November.

Current Sony Ericsson WTA Tour top 20:

1 Justine Henin (Bel) 6,430pts

2 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 3,810pts

3 Ana Ivanovic (Srb) 3,516pts

4 Jelena Jankovic (Srb) 3,390pts

5 Maria Sharapova (Rus) 2,956pts

6 Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 2,880pts

7 Serena Williams (USA) 2,772pts

8 Venus Williams (USA) 2,470pts

9 Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 2,367pts

10 Marion Bartoli (Fra) 2,191pts

11 Elena Dementieva (Rus) 1,985pts

12 Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 1,977pts

13 Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 1,882pts

14 Nadia Petrova (Rus) 1,862pts

16 Patty Schnyder (Sui) 1,836pts

15 Dinara Safina (Rus) 1,750pts

17 Shahar Peer (Isr) 1,640pts

18 Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 1,503pts

19 Agnes Szavay (Hun) 1,316pts

20 Sybille Bammer (Aut) 1,308pts