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Helen Parish has produced a vastly expanded version of this table here. I won't be maintaining the table below unless Helen stops updating hers.

PosOp RankPlayer NameOpponentVenueDate
11Virginia WadeChris Evert USAWimbledonJun-77
22Sue BarkerChris Evert USABostonMar-79
34¹Jo DurieTracey Austin USAFrench OpenMay-83
4=7Annabel CroftWendy Turnbull AUSSan DiegoMar-85
4=7Samantha SmithConchita Martinez ESPWimbledonJun-98
6=8Elena BalthachaFrancesca Schiavone ITAIstambulJul-10
6=8Sara GomerManuela Maleeva-Fragniere SUIWimbledonJun-90
89Anne HobbsZina Garrison USAWimbledonJun-86
913Monique JaverNatasha Zvereva BLRTokyoApr-88
1014Melanie SouthFrancesca Schiavone ITAWimbledonJun-06
1115Clare WoodNatasha Zvereva BLRBrightonOct-90
12=16Sarah LoosemoreBarbera Paulus AUTWimbledonJun-90
12=16Anne KeothavongDominika Cibulkova SVKPattaya CityFeb-12
1425Amanda KeenMagui Serna ESPEastbourneJun-03
1533Lorna WoodroffePatty Schnyder SUIWimbledonJun-97
1639Louise LatimerAlexandra Stevenson USASurbitonJun-00
1741Julie PullinMagui Serna ESPBirminghamJun-02
1842Jane O'DonoghueAnna-Lena Groenefield GERWimbledonJun-05
19=44Katie O'BrienTsvetana Pironkova BULPortorozJul-08
19=44Karen CrossLinda Wild USAWimbledonJun-97
2146Kaye HandBrenda Schultz-McCarthey NEDBrightonOct-90
22=47Laura RobsonAyumi Morita JPNUS OpenAug-11
22=47Naomi CavadayTamarine Tanasugarn THABirminghamJun-09
2448Heather WatsonAleksandra Wozniak CANEastbourneJun-10
2558Lucie AhlRachel McQuillan AUSBirminghamJun-01
2663Shirli-Ann SiddallMonique Javer GBREastbourneJun-92
27=66Sarah BorwellMarta Domachowska POLWimbledonJun-06
27=66Amanda GrunfeldSilvia Farina Elia ITABoca RatonMar-92
2978Amanda WainwrightCaroline Kuhlman USAWimbeldonJun-93
30=81Hannah CollinTina Pisnik SLOEastbourneJun-01
30=81Naomi BroadyArantxa Rus NEDLinzOct-11
3282Valda LakeSabrina Goles CROWimbledonJun-89
3384Anna SmithChanelle Scheepers RSABirminghamJun-10
3485Clair TaylorMagdelena Grzybowska POLEastbourneJun-97
3586Julie SalmonSarah Loosemore GBRBirminghamJun-90
3689Tara MooreKai-Chen Chang TPENottinghamJun-10
3790Anne SimpkinFrederica Bonsignori ITADunkerqueJan-88
3892Belinda BorneoFrancesca Romano ITAArzachenaSep-90
3994Emily Webley-SmithSeverine Beltrame FRAWimbledonJun-04
 100Johanna KontaVesna Dolonts RUSShrewsburySep-11
40101Jo wardGloria Pizzichini ITAEastbourneJun-97
41103Georgina GentJulie Ditty USATroySep-08
42108Abigail TordoffKarin Miller USALexingtonAug-98
43110Elizabeth JelfsMaria Strandlund SWEEastbourneJun-95
44113Teresa CatlinPam Casale-Telford USAAucklandJan-98
45116Megan MillerSikle Frankle GERBournmouthMay-95
46120Sarah BentleyPascale Paradis-MangonBrightonOct-89
47125Lisa GouldBeth Herr USAEastbourneJun-88
48128Jade CurtisSu-Wei Hsieh TPEChangwonApr-09
49136Jocelyn RaeMaret Ani ESTJerseyMar-08
50154Lisa WhybournAnna Floris ITAWimbledonJun-10
51158²Helen CrookLaurence Andretto FRAWelwynOct-00
52163Natasha Khan Sara Errani ITAGlasgowOct-06
53165Amanda ElliotMasa Zec-Peskiric SLOSuttonFeb-08
54171Anna FitzpatrickViktoriya Kutuzova UKRMidlandFeb-08
55174Jade WindleyKristina Kucova SVKClermont-FerrandSep-11
56176Sammantha MurrayEirini Georgatou GRENottinghamJun-11
57259Danielle BrownMarinne Giraud MRIMount GambierOct-9
58288Francesca StephensonConny Perrin SUIGlasgowJan-12
59289Lucy BrownLisa Whybourn GBRNottinghamJun-11
60290Katharina BrownTeodora Mircic SRBSaint Dennis-La ReunionNov-08
61291Nicola SlaterWen-Hsin Hsu CHIWaterlooJul-11
62316Amanda CarrerasMichelle Gerards NEDAntalyaMay-09
63326Alexandra WalkerJade Curtis GBRBathMar-10
64341Nicola GeorgeGiulia Gatto-Monticone ITAFerrandSep-09
65350Helen ParishMarlot MeddensSuttonFeb-09
66376Michela InceAnna Redmonina ITASuttonFeb-10
67380Manisha FosterDespina Papamichail GRESuttonJan-12
68424Jessica RenDanielle Harmsen NEDGlasgowOct-10
69431Yasmin ClarkeGianna Doz CRORedbridgeNov-06
70=468Samantha VickersPauline Wong NEDBournemouthApr-09
70=468Ilge AlpayAndrew Sieveke GERGlasgowSep-05
72471Olivia SmithKorina Perkovic GERGlasgowOct-08
73478Daneika BorthwickKaren Barbat DENBarnstapleOct-10
74495Eleanor DeanDanielle Harmsen NEDAlkmaarJun-11
75512Holly RichardsAnais Laurendon FRASurbitonMay-05
76525Jennifer RenMalden Kadur GERSunderlandNov-07
77564Laura DeigmanDanielle Brown GBRNottingham Jun-10
78573Katie BoulterValerie Verhamme BELBournemouthApr-11
79647Sabrina BamburacKarolina Nowak GEREdinburghMay-09
80702Georgia CravenCarolina Betancourt MEXSunderlandJan-12
81726Robyn BeddowSilva Barbose-Costa BRAConcepcionNov-10
82767Abbi MelroseAlenka Hubacek AUSNottinghamJun-11
83778Harriet DartManisha Foster GBRSuttonJan-12
84783Emma DevineKaterina Kramperova CZEWrexhamJan-11
85798Alica BarnettAlenka Hubacek AUSWrexhamJul-11
86847Jennifer AllanBianca Koch GEROleckoMay-10
87972Aimee GibsonDaneika Borthwick GBRWrexhamJul-11
88=1206Georgina BastickIvana Vukovic CROSuttonJan-12
88=1206Amy HoburnFrancesca Lewis GBRSunderlandJan-12
901209Grace DixonFrancesca Lewis GBRGlasgowJan-12

¹ Jo Durie beat 5th seed Pam Shriver and 4th seed Tracy Austin at Roland Garros 1983 but I can't find a record of their rankings. However at 1982 year-end they were ranked 6 and 4 respectively and Austin was seeded above everyone bar Navratilova, Evert & Jagger (the top 3) in every tournament until the French Open. Only Austin, Shriver and possibly Wendy Turnbull were contenders for no. 4 and Austin/Shriver had the best results since all 3 entered the same event at the end of March. I can't find their 1982 results to see which of the three had points to defend to be 100% sure, so at worst she beat the no. 5 and almost certainly the no. 4 in either Austin or Shriver.

² This was a five set match with each set first to 4 then a tie break. Must have been some sort of experiment! I'm fairly sure she didn't sneak into the men's draw, even if her opponent was named Laurence.

 

For equal best performances, I've included the first victory. For matches won by retirement, I've counted them if the player was a set up at the time. I've not counted Laura's Hopman cup matches or other exhibitions. The data is a bit patchy prior to 1987, so I'm not sure if I've found the best performances for the older players. Opponents rankings are for the week of the 1st monday of the tournament main draw, even if the win occurred during qualifying the preceeding weekend.

 

Currently included in the list are:

- All players who currently were ranked 25 Sep 11 and have beaten a ranked opponent

- All players who have beaten a ranked opponent since 25 Sep 11

- All players who have played Wimbledon main draw since 1975 and beaten a top 200 player since Jan 1987 (when rankings were added to results on the WTA site)

- A few earlier players with (usually Grand Slam) results documented 

 

 Missing from the list are:

- Amanda Brown who beat a few opponents in the 1983-1986 period that were probably top 100.

- Players from before computer rankings were introduced in 1975.

- Any Others? Please reply if you know about anyone who should be listed.



-- Edited by RBBOT on Sunday 12th of February 2012 09:07:56 PM



-- Edited by RBBOT on Monday 16th of April 2012 10:40:09 PM

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Thanks for the info.

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Fascinating list. Thanks. Hate to say this but Mel beat Schiavone at Wimbledon back in 2006. At the time Fran was ranked 14th. Naomi Broady beat Kristina Barrois 89 this week.



-- Edited by kundalini on Sunday 25th of September 2011 05:56:42 PM

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Great minds..smile

I had been intending doing a list like this for the women very soon.  I was intending just doing it with currently ranked women,  i.e.  basically very similar to the existing men's thread.

Thanks for doing all this work and thank goodness I wasn't doing similar at the same time  smile

Good stuff.



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Surely when Mel beat Schivone at Wimbledon and she was a top 16 seed she was ranked higher than Bamber?

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And Naomi B just had ehr first top 100 victory over Barrois

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Corrections made and a few more players added. Steven, when you inevitably find some more errors/omissions feel free to directly edit the table!

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Bally beat Schiavone in 2010 in Istanbul when she was number 8 in the world.

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New rule: all matches against Francesca Schiavone do not count!

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RBBOT wrote:

Corrections made and a few more players added. Steven, when you inevitably find some more errors/omissions feel free to directly edit the table!

Great work! If there are any errors/omissions in this table, I doubt it'll be me who finds them, though I might have picked up on the Schiavone omissions if others hadn't got there first. wink



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Very interesting table to look through.

Nice coincidence that Laura and Heather are next to each other in the table (and even if wins by retirement weren't counted, they still would be).

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Will be interesting to see Heather and Laura fly up this list over the next few years.

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Well, they've just flown down it a bit! I've added the Wimbledon wildcards since 1986 with top 200 wins and all players who currently have a ranking point and have beaten ranked opposition (I hope)


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Wow, that must have taken some research! Btw Morita was ranked 47 when the USO draw came out, but 46 when Laura actually beat her.

Got another one for you btw - Helen Parish's win against Marlot Meddens (NED), then WR 350, in Sutton 25K qualifying in 2009 - the match that was the subject of the battling through the snow epic at http://helenparish.co.uk/2010/12/29/tournament-flashback-1/ smile



-- Edited by steven on Monday 26th of September 2011 11:01:21 PM

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Amanda Keen 235 beat Jie Zheng (CHN) 48 Eastbourne 2004

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