[Volcana]

Which five countries EXCLUDING the United and Russia, have the most players in the top hundred.

For extra credit, order them. I'll post the answer in a bit. Or tomorrow.

 

[Darkheart]

Off the top of my head (without looking it up):

1. France
2. Spain
3. Argentina
4. Slovakia
5. Switzerland

Am I close?

 

[disposablehero]

I'll rattle them off rapid-fire, all guesses.

France
Spain
Switzerland
Germany
Slovakia

 

[Volcana]

Actually, you're both right. However, I just noticed a SIXTH country that should be on the list also.

 

[Meesh]

Is the 6th country Italy? Slovenia?

 

[england_rules]

France
Spain
Germany
Italy
Argentina

 

[england_rules]

Is the sixth country Belgium or Netherlands????????

 

[Darkheart]

Wait a minute. My list and disposablehero's list combined makes 6 countries.

 

[Meesh]

I take that back... we should just add Italy. I get my SLOV's mixed up... there are only a few from Slovenia and many from Slovakia

 

[Volcana]

The sixth is .. ITALY!!! Here's the list

01 USA Serena Williams               USA 5808.00   2079 5544.00  12
02 USA Venus Williams                USA 4843.00   1627 4843.00  14
03 USA Jennifer Capriati             USA 3759.00   1194 3759.00  16
04 USA Monica Seles                  USA 3152.00    992 3152.00  16
09 USA Lindsay Davenport             USA 2680.00    994 2680.00   9
13 USA Chanda Rubin                  USA 1733.00    800 1733.00  13
24 USA Lisa Raymond                  USA 1197.00    350 1197.00  22
31 USA Alexandra Stevenson           USA1028.250    4061041.250  26
38 USA Meghann Shaughnessy           USA  909.00    240 1072.00  25
46 USA Amy Frazier                   USA 790.750    355 649.750  18
56 USA Laura Granville               USA  634.00    247   613.5  27
60 USA Meilen Tu                     USA   589.5    214   630.5  26
68 USA Marissa Irvin                 USA   517.5    211   517.5  26
80 USA Jill Craybas                  USA 466.750    195 466.750  30
92 USA Samantha Reeves               USA 399.250    127  444.00  33

12 RUS Anastasia Myskina             RUS 1878.00    698 1878.00  27
15 RUS Elena Dementieva              RUS 1598.00    503 1598.00  26
20 RUS Tatiana Panova                RUS 1258.00    451 1219.00  32
34 RUS Elena Bovina                  RUS  1012.5    392   869.5  24
35 RUS Anna Kournikova               RUS  969.00    310  969.00  29
39 RUS Elena Likhovtseva             RUS 898.750    317 827.750  29
50 RUS Vera Zvonareva                RUS 676.750    205 676.750  14
59 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova           RUS  627.00    218 567.250  15
81 RUS Dinara Safina                 RUS 456.250    147 456.250  12
82 RUS Alina Jidkova                 RUS 454.750    156 454.750  33

06 FRA Amelie Mauresmo               FRA 2908.00   1054 2908.00  18
16 FRA Sandrine Testud               FRA 1573.00    573 1624.00  18
25 FRA Nathalie Dechy                FRA 1186.00    531 1186.00  24
49 FRA Mary Pierce                   FRA  679.00    319  679.00  13
58 FRA Emilie Loit                   FRA 630.750    164 630.750  28
73 FRA Stephanie Foretz              FRA 511.750    184 511.750  25
87 FRA Nathalie Tauziat              FRA  422.00    133  422.00   6

43 ESP Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario       ESP  831.00    252  993.00  25
55 ESP Conchita Martinez             ESP  637.00    229  637.00  21
57 ESP Magui Serna                   ESP   631.5    171   631.5  28
67 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual        ESP  519.00    172  519.00  19
78 ESP Cristina Torrens Valero       ESP 472.750    124 472.750  31
86 ESP Conchita Martinez Granados    ESP  426.00    148   412.5  23
94 ESP Marta Marrero                 ESP   391.5    149   387.5  28

14 ITA Silvia Farina Elia            ITA 1732.00    585 1710.00  28
32 ITA Francesca Schiavone           ITA 1027.00    438 1027.00  25
37 ITA Rita Grande                   ITA  948.00    262  948.00  27
53 ITA Adriana Serra Zanetti         ITA 654.750    222 674.750  28
72 ITA Tathiana Garbin               ITA   512.5    148   512.5  24
00 ITA Flavia Pennetta               ITA   374.5     92   325.5  25

69 GER Martina Muller                GER   515.5    182   515.5  24
70 GER Angelika Roesch               GER  514.00    217  454.00  33
74 GER Anca Barna                    GER 510.750    182 510.750  29
83 GER Barbara Rittner               GER  453.00    181  453.00  18
91 GER Marlene Weingartner           GER  404.00    151  370.00  24
93 GER Greta Arn                     GER 393.250    136 412.250  24

11 SVK Daniela Hantuchova            SVK 2485.00   10072484.750  24
44 SVK Janette Husarova              SVK  828.00    356  828.00  25
47 SVK Martina Sucha                 SVK 731.250    190 839.250  28
51 SVK Henrieta Nagyova              SVK   669.5    177   669.5  25
90 SVK Ludmila Cervanova             SVK 409.250    128 402.750  27

10 SUI Martina Hingis                SUI 2514.00    740 2514.00  12
18 SUI Patty Schnyder                SUI 1353.00    506 1353.00  26
48 SUI Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian       SUI  708.00    234  549.00  23
52 SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi          SUI 664.750    191 664.750  27
65 SUI Myriam Casanova               SUI 529.250    162 529.250  11

07 BEL Justine Henin                 BEL 2869.00    943 2869.00  22
08 BEL Kim Clijsters                 BEL 2827.00    941 2730.00  20
62 BEL Els Callens                   BEL 560.250    199 560.250  22

30 ARG Paola Suarez                  ARG 1052.00    459 1052.00  21
33 ARG Clarisa Fernandez             ARG 1020.00    417 992.250  19
96 ARG Mariana Diaz-Oliva            ARG 390.750    124 390.750  21

41 SLO Katarina Srebotnik            SLO  852.00    279  852.00  23
45 SLO Tina Pisnik                   SLO 827.750    285 827.750  28
64 SLO Maja Matevzic                 SLO  549.00    197  549.00  28

29 CRO Iva Majoli                    CRO 1094.00    362 1217.00  22
76 CRO Jelena Kostanic               CRO  483.00    172 474.250  24
95 CRO Silvija Talaja                CRO 391.250    102   419.5  25

28 CZE Daja Bedanova                 CZE 1096.00    432 1096.00  27
66 CZE Denisa Chladkova              CZE  529.00    204  529.00  17

36 AUT Barbara Schett                AUT  953.00    327  953.00  23
75 AUT Patricia Wartusch             AUT 508.750    146 483.750  28

42 AUS Nicole Pratt                  AUS 839.250    283 799.250  24
85 AUS Alicia Molik                  AUS 433.250    151   388.5  23

21 JPN Ai Sugiyama                   JPN 1254.00    506 1291.00  28
99 JPN Shinobu Asagoe                JPN 377.750    116 377.750  19

05 Jelena Dokic                  YUG 3074.00    977 3268.00  28
17 Magdalena Maleeva             BUL 1367.00    465 1367.00  25
19 Anna Smashnova                ISR  1348.5    523  1348.5  25
22 Anne Kremer                   LUX 1220.00    5091265.750  30
23 Eleni Daniilidou              GRE 1214.00    500 1214.00  26
26 Amanda Coetzer                RSA 1152.00    390 1152.00  22
27 Tamarine Tanasugarn           THA 1138.00    295 1132.00  27
40 Iroda Tulyaganova             UZB  868.00    245  868.00  25
54 Cara Black                    ZIM   651.5    234  668.00  27
61 Angelique Widjaja             INA  587.00    165  587.00  17
63 Fabiola Zuluaga               COL 551.250    146 532.250  19
71 Asa Svensson                  SWE 512.750    184 512.750  26
77 Petra Mandula                 HUN 482.750    139  465.00  23
79 Tatiana Poutchek              BLR 471.750    143 471.750  28
84 Yoon Jeong Cho                KOR  448.00    132  445.00  26
88 Eva Dyrberg                   DEN   421.5    125   421.5  19
89 Rossana Neffa-De Los Rios     PAR  416.00     92  397.00  30
97 Maureen Drake                 CAN   385.5    121   348.5  25
98 Dally Randriantefy            MAD 384.250     94 384.250  23

 

[Rhythmboy]

Impressive how a small country with only $10.000.000 inhabitants can have 3 top 100 players: BELGIUM

 

[Pureracket]

I wish I could be a 10million dollar inhabitant.

 

[Daniel Rosario]

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[Fedcup]

Impressive how a small country with only $10.000.000 inhabitants can have 3 top 100 players: BELGIUM

We had 6 top 100 players a couple of years ago with Clijsters, Henin, Van Roost, Appelmans, Callens and Courtois


And I wouldn't call it impressive because their are other countries in the list with less inhabitants who are above us like Suisse etc.

I don't know about Slovakia and Croatia but I don't think teir poplution is way above 10 million

 

[janie]

Samantha Reeves has played in 33 torunaments!

 

[Master Lu]

ROFL

Umm, Croatia has 4.5 million people. Half the New York. Slovenia, has 2.7 mil people. On top of that, Belgium has a truckload of more money then either of these countries (Croatia, especially). I'm not saying that Belgium tennis isn't impressive, I'm just saying there's more impressive stats around
Now if only Lucic would come back so we can once again have 4 top100 players...

 

[Experimentee]

Well France have 5 if we took all the retired players off the rankings. I would be interested to find out the average ranking of players from each country, just for more statistical trivia.

 

[Experimentee]

Average ranking of country's top 100 players:

BEL - 25.7
USA - 35.1
SUI - 38.6
RUS - 42.7
FRA - 44.9
CZE - 47
SVK - 48.6
SLO - 50
ITA - 51.3
ARG - 53
AUT - 55.5
JPN - 60
AUS - 63.5
CRO - 66.7
ESP - 68.6
GER - 80

*only done for countries with two or more players in top 100

 

[TheBoiledEgg]

someone should do average age too

 

[Come-on-kim]

Go Belgium!!!!!!!!!!!