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Jennifer is on the 'next-in' list for Hannover, week beginning 15th February 1999. That means that if one or two people on the commitments list don't turn up, she will get a place in the qualifying draw. Jennifer is on the commitments list for the qualifying draw at Paris, week beginning 22 February 1999, and, as I have already mentioned previously, has been confirmed for the main draw of the Australian Open, week beginning 18th January 1999.
Jennifer moves up two to 99th on the latest WTA singles rankings, and slips four to 874th in doubles.
Jennifer Capriati has rejected the offer of a wildcard into the main draw at the ASB Bank Classic in Auckland, which begins on 4th January 1999. Tournament director, Richard Palmer, said that "she doesn't want any favours from us. She doesn't want a wildcard, she wants to get here on her own merits and you can only applaud that sort of determination". Earlier in the week he had said, "We'd like her to come down here because there are a number of players who have either virtualy started their careers by performing here, or restarted their careers here, and we feel something like this might help a quality player like Capriati, but I'm still waiting to hear from her manager". Whether this news means that she will not now play through qualifying is unclear. However, Jennifer has accepted a wildcard into the qualifying draw at the Adidas International in Sydney, which begins on 8th January 1999.
Jennifer is on the player commitments list for the Tier IV event in Auckland, week beginning 4th January 1999. Top seed is Dominique van Roost, and Silvia Farina is the only other Top 20 player in action. However, Capriati is still only entered for the qualifying draw, but let's hope she can get 1999 off to a good start. It's a rise of ten places to 1324th for Steven Capriati on the ATP singles rankings - he'll drop off the rankings next March if he doesn't participate in another event before then.
Jennifer dips one place to 101st on the latest WTA singles rankings, and dips four places on the latest WTA doubles rankings to 870th.
Jennifer Capriati has confirmed her entry for the 1999 Australian Open. Tournament director, Paul McNamee, said "I'll be interested to see how Jennifer goes, because I coached her for a short while."
How annoying! One week after the official end-of-year WTA Rankings, Jennifer moved back up one notch to 100th on 30th November. Though the WTA season has ended, there are still numerous ITF Challengers and Satellite events going on which can affect the lower ranking positions. In this week's singles rankings, 7th December, Jennifer stays at 100th. In doubles, Jennifer fell six to 860th on 30th November, and falls six again this week to 866th. In this week's ATP rankings, Jen's brother Steven climbs eight to 1334th.
Jennifer's younger brother Steven stays still this week on the ATP Rankings to finish the year ranked 1342nd. He has only played one tournament all year, losing in the first qualifying round at Philadelphia in February. As I understand it, he is at university at the moment and has put his tennis career (his ATP tennis career at least) on hold for the moment.
As expected, Silvia Talaja's run at the Thailand WTA tournament has shoved Jennifer Capriati out of the Top 100 for the end-of-year rankings for the first time in her career. Her previous worst end-of-year showing was last year's 66th position. Jennifer thus finishes 1998 as the 101st player on the WTA tour. In doubles, she slips one place to finish the year 854th, without even winning one doubles match all year. Her brother Steven climbs six this week to 1342nd. The end-of-year ATP listings are not until next week. Rather than look at the negatives of the year, it should be noted that Jennifer was out of action for the first two and a half months of the year, so would certainly have finished the year in the Top 100 if that hadn't occured. She has also won more matches this year than in 1997. It hasn't been a good year results wise, but Jennifer has been smiling more and seeming a lot happier, and that's really all we can ask for. Good luck Jennifer for 1999!
Not that I'm one to spread idle gossip and tittle-tattle, but word is that Martina Hingis has dumped boyfriend Julian Alonso because he has been seeing Jennifer Capriati!
Jennifer's chances of finishing 1998 inside the Top 100 seem slim. Silvija Talaja of Croatia, ranked 114th, has upset top seed Henrieta Nagyova at the WTA tournament in Thailand this week, and could move ahead of Jennifer in next week's end-of-year rankings. Capriati is currently clinging on to the Top 100 at the very bottom rung of the ladder - 100th position.
In the penultimate week before the end-of-year rankings, Jennifer Capriati slips one place to 100th in the singles lists, and one place to 853rd in the doubles lists. Her younger brother, Steven, plunges twenty-three places to 1348th on the latest ATP singles rankings.
Jennifer Capriati moves up one place in the latest WTA singles rankings, to 99th. Despite a disastrous qualifying loss in Philadelphia at the weekend, she may yet finish the year inside the Top 100. In doubles, Capriati climbs ten to 852nd, due to movements of other players, her highest 1998 doubles ranking so far. She is not entered in the doubles draw for Philadelphia. Jen's brother Steven falls one place to 1325th in the latest ATP rankings.
Jennifer Capriati has been stunned in the first round of qualifying at the $450,000 Advanta Indoor Championships in Philadelphia by fellow American, Lilia Osterloh (WTA Ranked 112th). It is not a very encouraging result for Capriati, seeded eighth for the qualifying draw, who had been so impressive against Sandrine Testud a week ago in Quebec. She lost 1-6 2-6. It was their second meeting. Capriati had easily beaten Osterloh 6-4 6-2 at Amelia Island earlier this year, it had been her first WTA win for eight months. Let's hope 1999 will be a better year for Jennifer.
Jennifer Capriati, who next plays in Philadelphia next week, has moved back into the Top 100 for only her second week this year. After reaching the last-16 in Quebec, Capriati has moved up four to 100th position. She needs to stay at or above 104th to be assured of a main draw place at the 1999 Australian Open in January. In doubles, she moves up five places to 862nd, a 1998 high, though she didn't play doubles in Quebec. Jen's younger brother Steven slips seven places to 1324th on the ATP singles rankings.
Jennifer Capriati came within an inch of defeating World No.12 Sandrine Testud of France in the last-16 at Quebec, failing to convert two match points before falling 3-6 7-5 6-7 (2-7). But, the scoreline shows that Jennifer is starting to compete against the highest players in the world again, and 1999 should provide a chance to improve on her ranking. Congratulations Jen, on a great result which could have been the breakthrough you needed. Next time, eh! For a tournament review click here.
Playing her first match since the US Open, Jennifer Capriati eased into the second round with a 6-1 6-3 win over Marie-Eve Pelletier of Canada. Capriati will now play second seed Sandrine Testud of France, who had a first round bye. Capriati and Testud have met on three previous occasions, and Jennifer has yet to drop a set to the French player. However, they last met back in 1992, and Testud has radically improved since then. Now ranked 12th in the world, she clocked up a win over World No.1 Lindsay Davenport recently, and will be a tough hurdle for Jennifer to jump. The doubles draw was announced a few days ago, and Jennifer does not appear to have entered the doubles.
Jennifer's younger brother Steven climbs three this week up the ATP Rankings to 1317th.
Jennifer has a nice first round draw at the Bell Challenge in Quebec. She faces wildcard Marie-Eve Pelletier of Canada (WTA Ranked 642nd) tomorrow, but will face World No.12 Sandrine Testud of France, the second seed, if she makes it through to the next round. Jennifer's own singles ranking remains at 104th this week, and in doubles she also stands still, at 867th.
Jennifer was to have played in the 9th Annual Chris Evert/Tyco International Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic this weekend, but was prevented from doing so by a WTA rule that professional players cannot play charity events if a WTA event is being held at the same time. Chris Evert is disgusted with this rule, saying 'Jennifer can't come out and play four games of hit-and-giggle just because there's a tournament on in Moscow'. The WTA's rule is designed to prevent players from skipping tournaments during the season in favour of exhibition events and hefty appearance fees.
Conflicting news here, but the WTA have listed Jennifer Capriati in the main draw of the $164,250 Bell Challenge in Quebec City next week. As their lists do not include wildcards or qualifiers I can only assume that Jennifer changed her mind for the opportunity of direct access into the main draw. She is the lowest ranked player listed for the main draw. Also, she wouldn't have as far to travel for the following week's tournament in Philadelphia! By the way, if Jennifer is playing next week it means that she will not this year participate in the Sony Life Cup exhibition event between Japan and the USA. Last year, she won her singles match against Yuka Yoshida of Japan. The three-day exhibition event in Kobe, Japan begins on October 30th.
Jennifer is on the qualifying entry list for the $450,000 Advanta Indoor Championships in Philadelphia, beginning on November 9th.
Jennifer has entered the $164,250 Seat Open indoor event in Luxembourg, beginning on October 26th.
Jennifer sticks at 104th on the WTA singles rankings this week. In doubles she shifts up five places to a new 1998 high of 867th. Jennifer's brother Steven continues to fall down the ATP Rankings, down six to 1320th.
Jennifer's younger brother Steven Capriati tumbles nineteen places down the ATP Rankings this week to 1314th.
Jennifer Capriati moves up another one place to 104th on the latest WTA singles rankings. I have no news of her future plans as yet. Next week she will lose just one point from her first round qualifying loss at Zurich last year. In doubles, Capriati moves up to a 1998 high of 872nd, a rise of seven places.
New World No.1 Lindsay Davenport has said she was inspired by Jennifer Capriati's 1992 Barcelona Olympics win. Davenport, who turned pro a year later in 1993 and would capture the next Olympic title herself, in Atlanta in 1996, said 'I thought that was the coolest thing that could happen to someone. I knew then that I had chosen the right path.' Congratulations to Lindsay on knocking Martina Hingis off the No.1 spot.
No change for Jennifer this week in either the singles or doubles WTA rankings. She stays at 105th in singles, and 879th in doubles. Meanwhile, younger brother Steven reaches a new career high of 1295th in the ATP Rankings.
Jennifer remains at 879th on the latest WTA doubles rankings.
Jennifer has climbed three places to 105th in this week's WTA singles rankings, though she still hasn't played since the US Open. Her brother Steven slips three places to 1304th on the latest ATP listings.
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Jennifer Capriati has sunk two places to 879th in the latest WTA doubles rankings. Meanwhile, her younger brother Steven has risen to a new career high of 1301st, even though he hasn't played an ATP match since March.
Jennifer Capriati has risen four places up the WTA Singles Rankings to 108th this week, despite the fact that she did not play last week.
Jennifer Capriati has entered the 14th September 1998 WTA Doubles rankings at 877th. Her highest career doubles ranking was 28th on 2nd March 1992.
Jennifer's 18-year-old brother, Steven Capriati, has leaped twenty-nine places to a career high of 1309th on the ATP singles rankings, even though he hasn't played a tournament since March!
As expected Jennifer Capriati's singles ranking only wobbled slightly, dipping three places to 112th after her first round loss to Jana Novotna at the US Open. As yet, I have no news of Jennifer's forthcoming plans.
Jennifer Capriati has been getting over her first round exits from the US Open singles and doubles by lunching with Iva Majoli and Leonardo DiCaprio at a top New York restaurant.
Jennifer Capriati and Alexandra Stevenson of the United States fell in the first round of doubles to Virag Csurgo of Hungary and Eun-Ha Kim of Korea. They lost 1-6 7-5 2-6, but both have now played three doubles tournaments in the past 12 months, so both will now have doubles rankings when the next WTA rankings are announced. Jennifer has lost in the first round at all three doubles tournaments she has participated in. She last won a doubles match with Iva Majoli at the 1997 Australian Open.
Jennifer Capriati put up a determined fight, before falling 4-6 3-6 to Jana Novotna in the US Open first round. Jennifer now has six to seven months with no points to defend to get her ranking back from it's current 109th to somewhere she can be proud of.
Jennifer Capriati will play Jana Novotna, now ranked World No.2, later today. In the doubles, Capriati, who is at present without a doubles ranking, has teamed with fellow American, Alexandra Stevenson, also unranked in doubles. They will play Virag Csurgo of Hungary (WTA Ranked 92nd: Doubles) and Eun-Ha Kim of Korea (WTA Ranked 96th: Doubles) in the first round.
Jennifer Capriati joined in the fun on Arthur Ashe Day just before the year's 4th Grand Slam gets under way. She teamed with talented Croatian star Mirjana Lucic and the American Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, to play an exhibition doubles match.
Jennifer Capriati has been drawn against Jana Novotna (WTA Ranked 3rd) in the first round of the US Open. It's a terrible piece of luck, but at least it puts Jen in a no-lose situation. Everyone will expect her to lose, so she's got nothing to prove. Jennifer has played Jana Novotna three times previously, each time since her 1996 comeback, and has lost to her each time. If she gets past Jana (unlikely!), Jen will play the winner of the match between Amelie Cocheteux of France and Sandra Dopfer of Austria in the second round.
Jennifer Capriati has dropped one place to 111th on the latest WTA Rankings.
Jennifer Capriati stumbled in the second round of qualifying, to fifth-seeded Virginia Ruano-Pascual of Spain (WTA Ranked 43rd). Capriati lost 3-6 4-6, unable to 'motivate' herself. Next up is the US Open, where she has a wildcard into the main draw.
Jennifer Capriati recovered from an appalling start, and held off three match points, to defeat Emmanuelle Gagliardi of Switzerland (WTA Ranked 82nd) in the first round of qualifying at the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven. The score was 0-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-2. In the second qualifying round she will face Virginia Ruano-Pascual of Spain (WTA Ranked 43rd) this morning, and if successful will play the final qualifying match in the afternoon.
Jennifer Capriati, who received a wildcard into the qualifying draw, will take on Emmanuelle Gagliardi of Switzerland (WTA Ranked 82nd) in the qualifying first round at the Pilot Pen International in New Haven, USA today.
Jennifer Capriati is one of eight female players to be awarded a wildcard into the US Open. This means that, since she lost in the first round last year, she will not lose any rankings points. Since Wimbledon 1993, Jen has only won one Grand Slam singles match (at Wimbledon 1998), so our fingers are crossed for a good place in the draw.
Jennifer Capriati has slipped back twelve places down the WTA Rankings this week to 110th. This was due to the loss of points from last year that I mentioned last week. I'm not expecting Jennifer to play again until the US Open in a couple of weeks time. She will have to qualify for the main draw, and is defending points from a first round loss to Conchita Martinez last year. Let's hope last week wasn't Jen's only appearance in the Top 100 this year.
Jennifer Capriati has moved into the Top 100 for the first time this year. The rise is due to points gained from defeating three players ranked higher through the qualifying rounds at San Diego. However, next week Jennifer will lose practically the same amount of points from her 2R appearance in Toronto last year. As she is not playing next week, her ranking will doubtless settle back to just outside the Top 100 once again. Still, her lowest 1998 ranking has been 267th!!!