As prophesied, Monica dropped out of the WTA Singles Rankings on
19th April, having now played fewer than three tournaments in the
last 52 weeks. Her last ranking before she dropped out was #223.

However, I believe she will have an injury-protected ranking of #18
when she comes back (because she was #18 immediately after the
French Open 2003).

It's the second time Monica has dropped out of the rankings in her
career. She also dropped out in February 1994, with a ranking of #18
immediately before she dropped out - she was of course co-ranked #1
when she returned to the WTA Tour in August 1995.


Monica has officially entered the French Open - here are the
commitments:

Main Draw

1 BEL HENIN-HARDENNE, JUSTINE F 1
2 BEL CLIJSTERS, KIM F 2
3 FRA MAURESMO, AMELIE F 3
4 USA DAVENPORT, LINDSAY F 4
5 RUS MYSKINA, ANASTASIA F 5
6 RUS DEMENTIEVA, ELENA F 6
7 RUS PETROVA, NADIA F 7
8 USA CAPRIATI, JENNIFER F 8
9 USA WILLIAMS, SERENA F 9
10 JPN SUGIYAMA, AI F 10
11 RUS ZVONAREVA, VERA F 11
12 USA RUBIN, CHANDA R F 12
13 ARG SUAREZ, PAOLA F 13
14 RUS KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA F 14
15 ITA FARINA ELIA, SILVIA F 15
16 USA WILLIAMS, VENUS F 16
17 SUI SCHNYDER, PATTY F 17
18 SCG DOKIC, JELENA F 18 *******************************************
19 RUS SHARAPOVA, MARIA F 19 ****************************************
20 ITA SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA F 20
21 ISR SMASHNOVA-PISTOLESI, ANNA F 21
22 COL ZULUAGA, FABIOLA F 22
23 BUL MALEEVA, MAGDALENA F 23
24 ESP MARTINEZ, CONCHITA F 24
25 FRA DECHY, NATHALIE F 25
26 GRE DANIILIDOU, ELENI F 26
26 LUX KREMER, ANNE F S 27
27 USA RAYMOND, LISA F 28
28 ESP SERNA, MAGUI F 29
29 RUS SAFINA, DINARA F 30
30 RUS BOVINA, ELENA F 31
31 SLO PISNIK, TINA F 32
32 CRO SPREM, KAROLINA F 33
33 FRA LOIT, EMILIE F 34
34 FRA PIERCE, MARY F 35
35 ESP SANCHEZ LORENZO, MARIA F 36 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
36 VEN VENTO-KABCHI, MARIA F 37
37 AUS MOLIK, ALICIA F 38
38 RUS KRASNOROUTSKAYA, LINA F 39
39 USA SHAUGHNESSY, MEGHANN F 40
40 USA FRAZIER, AMY F 41
41 SVK HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA F 42 *************************************
42 HUN MANDULA, PETRA F 43
43 JPN OBATA, SAORI F 44
44 PUR BRANDI, KRISTINA F 45
45 RUS LIKHOVTSEVA, ELENA F 46
46 GER BARNA, ANCA F 47
47 HUN KAPROS, ANIKO F 48
48 JPN ASAGOE, SHINOBU F 49
49 AUS PRATT, NICOLE F 50
50 USA GRANVILLE, LAURA F 51
51 ZIM BLACK, CARA F 52
52 USA CRAYBAS, JILL F 53
53 CRO KOSTANIC, JELENA F 54
54 THA TANASUGARN, TAMARINE F 55
55 CZE CHLADKOVA, DENISA F 56
56 JPN MORIGAMI, AKIKO F 57 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
57 ESP PARRA, ARANTXA F 58 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
58 AUT SCHETT, BARBARA F 59
59 SCG JANKOVIC, JELENA F 60
60 CZE BENESOVA, IVETA F 61
61 ARG DULKO, GISELA F 62
62 CHN ZHENG, JIE F 63
63 LUX SCHAUL, CLAUDINE F 64
64 SVK CERVANOVA, LUDMILA F 65
65 HUN CZINK, MELINDA F 66
66 SVK KURHAJCOVA, LUBOMIRA F 67
67 USA HARKLEROAD, ASHLEY F 68
68 SLO SREBOTNIK, KATARINA F 69
69 ITA CAMERIN, MARIA ELENA F 70
70 CZE STRYCOVA, BARBORA A 71
71 UKR VAKULENKO, JULIA F 72
72 FRA BARTOLI, MARION F 73 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
74 ESP MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL F 74
75 SVK SUCHA, MARTINA F 75
76 FRA GOLOVIN, TATIANA A 76
77 RSA COETZER, AMANDA F 77
78 CZE KOUKALOVA, KLARA F 78
78 ARG DIAZ-OLIVA, MARIANA F S 79
79 ITA SANTANGELO, MARA A 80
80 ITA GARBIN, TATHIANA F 81
81 BEL CALLENS, ELS F 82
82 ITA PENNETTA, FLAVIA F 83
83 SUI CASANOVA, MYRIAM F 84
84 VEN SEQUERA, MILAGROS F 85
85 SUI MIKAELIAN, MARIE-GAYANAY F 86
86 ESP RUANO PASCUAL, VIRGINIA F 87
87 ITA GRANDE, RITA F 88
88 CZE KLEINOVA, SANDRA F 89
89 ESP LEON GARCIA, GALA F 90
90 GER WEINGARTNER, MARLENE F 91
91 RUS DOUCHEVINA, VERA F 92
92 USA REEVES, SAMANTHA F 93
93 UKR PEREBIYNIS, TATIANA F 94
94 SUI GAGLIARDI, EMMANUELLE F 95
95 ESP MARRERO, MARTA F 96
96 USA LEE-WATERS, LINDSAY F 97
97 AUS STOSUR, SAMANTHA F 98
98 FRA COHEN-ALORO, STEPHANIE F 99
99 CRO TALAJA, SILVIJA F 100
100 ESP MARTINEZ GRANADOS, CONCHITA F 101
101 UZB TULYAGANOVA, IRODA F 102 ************************************
102 SVK NAGYOVA, HENRIETA F 103
103 GER GROENEFELD, ANNA-LENA A 104
104 UKR BEYGELZIMER, YULIA F 105
105 BIH JUGIC-SALKIC, MERVANA A 106
105 AUT SCHWARTZ, BARBARA F S 107
106 USA SNYDER, TARA A 108


Qualifying List

107 RUS JIDKOVA, ALINA F 1
108 CZE ONDRASKOVA, ZUZANA F 2
109 RUS KIRILENKO, MARIA F 3
110 USA PERRY, SHENAY A 4
111 CHN SUN, TIAN TIAN F 5
112 MAD RANDRIANTEFY, DALLY F 6
113 SWE ARVIDSSON, SOFIA A 7
114 COL CASTANO, CATALINA A 8
115 CZE BIRNEROVA, EVA A 9
116 ITA VINCI, ROBERTA F 10
117 FRA PIN, CAMILLE A 11
118 USA STEVENSON, ALEXANDRA F 12
119 FRA BELTRAME, SEVERINE A 13
120 ITA SERRA ZANETTI, ADRIANA F 14 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
121 USA ASHLEY, TERYN K F 15
122 INA WIDJAJA, ANGELIQUE F 16
123 ISR OBZILER, TZIPORA A 17
124 EST KANEPI, KAIA A 18
125 FRA RAZZANO, VIRGINIE F 19
126 USA IRVIN, MARISSA F 2
127 AUT BAMMER, SYBILLE A 21
128 UKR FEDAK, YULIANA A 22
129 GER SCHRUFF, JULIA A 23
130 EST ANI, MARET A 24
131 JPN YOSHIDA, YUKA A 25
132 ARG SALERNI, MA. EMILIA F 26
133 TUN SFAR, SELIMA F 27
134 RUS VOSKOBOEVA, GALINA A 28
135 USA WASHINGTON, MASHONA L F 29
136 ITA SERRA ZANETTI, ANTONELLA F 30
137 USA TU, MEILEN F 31
138 ARG GUSSONI, NATALIA A 32
139 CZE NEMECKOVA, LENKA A 33
140 FRA PICHET, VIRGINIE A 34
141 GER GEHRLEIN, STEPHANIE A 35
142 SVK FISLOVA, EVA F 36
143 FRA FORETZ, STEPHANIE F 37
145 GER RITTNER, BARBARA F 38
146 CAN DRAKE, MAUREEN F 39
146 CZE PESCHKE, KVETA F S 40
147 RUS PANOVA, TATIANA F 41
148 CZE PASTIKOVA, MICHAELA A 42
149 POL DOMACHOWSKA, MARTA A 43
150 GER KLOESEL, SANDRA A 44
151 USA HOPKINS, JENNIFER F 45
152 BUL BACHEVA, LUBOMIRA F 46
153 USA SPEARS, ABIGAIL F 47
154 TPE LEE, JANET F 48
155 CHN PENG, SHUAI 49 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
156 HUN NEMETH, VIRAG A 50
157 ESP LLAGOSTERA VIVES, NURIA A 51
158 UKR BONDARENKO, ALYONA A 52
159 NED TAMAELA, ELISE A 53
160 SVK HUSAROVA, JANETTE F 54
161 UKR TATARKOVA, ELENA F 55
162 ROM GALLOVITS, EDINA A 56
163 AUS WHEELER, CHRISTINA F 57
164 CZE VORACOVA, RENATA F 58
167 ESP TORRENS VALERO, CRISTINA F 59
168 BLR POUTCHEK, TATIANA F 60
169 ARG FERNANDEZ, CLARISA F 61
170 HUN NAGY, KYRA A 62
171 RUS SKAVRONSKAIA, LIOUDMILA A 63
172 RSA GRANDIN, NATALIE A 64
173 CHN YAN, ZI A 65
174 CRO ABRAMOVIC, IVANA A 66
175 USA MATTEK, BETHANIE A 67
176 USA MC CAIN, KELLY A 68
177 GBR KEOTHAVONG, ANNE A 69
178 PUR CASTELLVI, VILMARIE A 70
179 CZE PRUSOVA, LIBUSE F 71
180 GER BACHMANN, ANGELIKA A 72
181 FRA ROUSSEAU, CAPUCINE 73
182 PAR NEFFA-DE LOS RIOS, ROSSANA F 74
183 GER BARNA, ADRIANA A 75
184 UKR KORYTTSEVA, MARIYA A 76
185 CRO LISJAK, IVANA 77
186 HUN KUTI KIS, RITA 78
187 SVK GAJDOSOVA, JARMILA A 79
188 IRL LIGGAN, KELLY A 80
189 CRO JURAK, DARIJA 81
190 CRO MAMIC, SANDA 82
191 UKR KRAVETS, ALEXANDRA A 83
192 AUS DOMINIKOVIC, EVIE 84
193 CRO POPADIC, LANA 85
194 HUN MAROSI, KATALIN F 86
195 CZE VAIDISOVA, NICOLE 87
196 HUN GUBACSI, ZSOFIA F 88


Qualifying Next-In List

197 GER DUEBBERS, NINA A 1
198 AUT WARTUSCH, PATRICIA F 2
199 SVK HROZENSKA, STANISLAVA 3
200 BUL KARATANCHEVA, SESIL 4
201 RUS LINETSKAYA, EUGENIA 5
202 CRO MAJOLI, IVA 6 ***********************************************
203 USA OSTERLOH, LILIA F 7
204 USA CARGILL, ANSLEY F 8
205 KOR CHO, YOON JEONG F 9
206 BLR YAKIMOVA, ANASTASIA 10
207 SVK KUCOVA, ZUZANA A 11
208 ITA VIERIN, NATHALIE A 12
209 CAN PELLETIER, MARIE-EVE A 1
210 ROM VANC, ANDREEA 14
211 JPN SAEKI, MIHO A 15
212 USA BIELIK, BEA A 16
213 JPN NAKAMURA, AIKO A 17
214 RUS FOKINA, GALINA A 18
215 SVK NOCIAROVA, DOMINIKA 19
216 JPN FUJIWARA, RIKA F 20
217 RUS CHAKVETADZE, ANNA 21
218 MAR MOUHTASSINE, BAHIA 22
219 GER ROESCH, ANGELIKA F 23
220 SCG TIMOTIC, ANA 24
221 CHN XIE, YAN-ZE 25
222 BRA ALVES, MARIA FERNANDA A 26
223 USA SELES, MONICA F 27 ******************************************
224 GBR JANES, AMANDA A 28
225 GER HENKE, VANESSA A 29
226 USA PETERSON, JEWEL A 30 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
227 RUS RODIONOVA, ANASTASSIA F 31
228 USA SCHLUKEBIR, KRISTEN 32
229 JPN HISAMATSU, SHIHO A 33 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
231 RUS BOULYKINA, IRINA 34
232 BUL TOPALOVA, DESSISLAVA 35
233 CZE BLAHOTOVA, OLGA A 36
234 THA VIRATPRASERT, SUCHANAN A 37
235 NED NOORLANDER, SEDA F 38 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
236 FRA CHEVALIER, KILDINE A 39
237 UKR KUTUZOVA, VIKTORIYA A 40
238 ARG GARCIA SOKOL, VANINA 41
239 CZE SAFAROVA, LUCIE 42
240 GBR O'DONOGHUE, JANE A 43
241 ITA CASONI, GIULIA A 44
242 BUL GEZNENGE, MARIA A 45
243 ESP ANDRES, ROSA MARIA 46
244 AUT HAIDNER, STEFANIE A 47
245 LTU STANCIUTE, LINA 48
247 USA OSPINA, DIANA A 49
248 USA DITTY, JULIE A 50

I trust that Monica and Iva will have no trouble getting wild cards!


Thanks to chriscastro1 for the following additions to our Photos
section:
+ Monica Seles > 1992 (2 photos)
* Monica Seles > 2002 (+1 photo)
* Monica Seles > 2003 (+4 photos)

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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