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Instability on the WTA Tour
Roger Federer gained the mens No. 1 ranking on Feb. 4, 2004, and has held it since. In that same period on the WTA tour, five different women have alternated possession of the top ranking 12 times. The Dinara Safina's gutsy fourth-round upset of top-ranked Maria Sharapova at the French Open on Monday underlined the long-term instability atop womens tennis, where the door will inevitably revolve again after the last ball is struck at Roland Garros.
Max J. Dickstein















