Tennis: Simona Halep down to WTA No 4

Romanian Simona Halep is no longer in Women's Tennis Association (WTA) top 3 for the first time since 16 February 2015. The WTA ranking published on Monday places her fourth, after four defeats and only three wins in 2016. 

The last time Halep was demoted to WTA No 4, she returned to No 3 within one week, on 23 February 2015. 

American Serena Williams is still world's undisputed No 1, followed by German Angelique Kerber and Polish Agnieszka Radwanska. 

Italian Roberta Vinci, 33, is the oldest to ever enter WTA's top 10 for the first time. 

Here are the latest WTA ranking (former positions between parentheses): 

Singles: 
1 (1). Serena Williams (USA) 9.245 points 
2 (2). Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5.700 
3 (4). Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 5.210 
4 (3). Simona Halep 4.745 
5 (5). Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) 4.642 
6 (6). Maria Sharapova (Russia) 3.672 
7 (9). Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 3.505 
8 (8). Petra Kvitova (Czech Rep.) 3.478 
9 (7). Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 3.422 
10 (13). Roberta Vinci (Italy) 3.325 
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Romanian players: 
36 (33). Irina Begu 1.345 
37 (37). Monica Niculescu 1.305 
57 (56). Alexandra Dulgheru 979 
107 (102). Andreea Mitu 616 
124 (122). Patricia Tig 488 
153 (199). Sorana Cirstea 364 
155 (160). Ana Bogdan 353 
204 (206). Mihaela Buzarnescu 248 
223 (223). Cristina Dinu 222 
232 (234). Alexandra Cadantu 209 etc. 

Doubles: 
1 (1). Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 12.925 points 
1 (1). Sania Mirza (India) 12.925 
4 (3). Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) 5.805 
3 (4). Casey Dellacqua (Australia) 5.805 
5 (6). Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 5.120 
6 (7). Elena Vesnina (Russia) 5.080 
7 (8). Lucie Safarova (Czech Rep.) 4.865 
8 (9). Lucie Hradecka (Czech Rep.) 4.785 
9 (10). Yung-Jan Chan (Taiwan) 4.700 
10 (11). Hao-Ching Chan (Taiwan) 4.675 
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Romanian players: 
32 (30). Monica Niculescu 2.195 
36 (33). Irina Begu 2.030 
44 (44). Raluca Olaru 1.570 etc. 

Road to Singapore standings: 
1 (1). Angelique Kerber (Germany) 2.360 points 
2 (2). Serena Williams (USA) 1.300 
3 (3). Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 1.060 
4 (4). Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 900 
5 (5). Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 786 
6 (6). Johanna Konta (UK) 782 
7 (7). Roberta Vinci (Italy) 702 
8 (8). Shuai Zhang (China) 640 
9 (9). Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 617 
10 (86). Sara Errani (Italy) 581 
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Romanian players: 
60 (54). Simona Halep 196 
63 (108). Sorana Cîrstea 191 
66 (57). Monica Niculescu 185 
82 (70). Alexandra Dulgheru 151. 
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