Kuerten keeps top spot

Published November 6, 2001

LONDON, Nov 5: French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten continues to lead the ATP Entry System rankings ahead of Australia’s U.S. Open champion Lleyton Hewitt.

The Brazilian holds a 390 point lead over Hewitt.

Sebastien Grosjean’s first Masters Series trophy at the weekend — in Paris — sees him jump one place to seventh.

The Entry System rankings are based on results over a rolling 12-month period and are used to determine seedings for tournaments.

Top 20 (previous week’s positions in parentheses):

1. (1) Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) 4005 points, 23 tournaments; 2. (3) Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 3615, 21; 3. (2) Andre Agassi (U.S.) 3515, 20; 4. (5) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 3005, 24; 5. (4) Pat Rafter (Australia) 2985, 20; 6. (6) Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) 2845, 30; 7. (8) Sebastien Grosjean (France) 2500, 27; 8. (7) Marat Safin (Russia) 2435, 27; 9. (11) Tommy Haas (Germany) 2285, 27; 10. (9) Tim Henman (Britain) 2215, 24; 11. (10) Pete Sampras (U.S.) 1940, 18; 12. (13) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 1745, 26; 13. (14) Arnaud Clement (France) 1685, 27; 14. (16) Andy Roddick (U.S.) 1675, 23; 15. (15) Goran Ivanisevic (Croatia) 1671, 25; 16. (12) Alex Corretja (Spain) 1625, 27; 17. (17) Guillermo Canas (Argentina) 1572, 26; 18. (18) Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 1540, 28; 19. (20) Carlos Moya (Spain) 1310, 25; 20. (19) Fabrice Santoro (France) 1295, 29.—Reuters

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