WTA rankings: Serena retains top spot, Sharapova drops to ninth place

World number one Serena Williams retains her place atop in the latest women's single tennis rankings while China's Li Na stays firm in second place

Paris: World number one Serena Williams retains her place atop in the latest women's single tennis rankings while China's Li Na stays firm in second place.

Serena Williams. Pic/ AFP

WTA rankings:

1. Serena Williams (USA) 12.375 pts

2. Li Na (CHN) 7585

3. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 5980

4. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 5441

5. Simona Halep (ROM) 4695

6. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4295

7. Angelique Kerber (GER) 4110

8. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 4010

9. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3961

10. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 3830

11. Sara Errani (ITA) 3645

12. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 3280

13. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 3270

14. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2735

15. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 2730

16. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 2700

17. Sloane Stephens (USA) 2550

18. Eugénie Bouchard (CAN) 2498

19. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 2485

20. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 2435

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