PARIS, Oct 6: Jelena Jankovic of Serbia was confirmed as regaining the world No.1 ranking on Monday following her win in the WTA tournament at Stuttgart on Sunday

She takes over from Serena Williams in the sixth changeover at the top since Justine Henin retired in May.

Women’s world rankings (previous week’s rankings in brackets):

1. (2) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 4230 points; 2. (1) Serena Williams (US) 4017; 3. (3) Dinara Safina (Russia) 3782; 4. (4) Elena Dementieva (Russia) 3470; 5. (5) Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 3288; 6. (6) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 3041; 7. (7) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 2920; 8. (8) Venus Williams (US) 2311; 9. (9) Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 2182; 10. (10) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 2146; 11. (11) Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 1797; 12. (12) Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 1747; 13. (13) Daniela

Hantuchova (Slovakia) 1611; 14. (18) Nadia Petrova (Russia) 1589; 15. (14) Marion Bartoli (France) 1570; 16. (16) Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 1558; 17. (17) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 1534; 18. (15) Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 1510; 19. (19) Alize Cornet (France) 1423; 20. (20) Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 1262.

Men’s world rankings:

1. (1) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 7000 points; 2. (2) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 5930; 3. (3) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 4960; 4. (4) Andy Murray (Britain) 2995; 5. (6) Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 2400; 6. (5) David Ferrer (Spain) 2315; 7. (7) David Nalbandian (Argentina) 1975; 8. (8) Andy Roddick (US) 1970; 9. (12) Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) 1685; 10. (9) Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 1670; 11. (10) James Blake (US) 1650; 12. (11) Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 1645; 13. (15) Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 1440; 14. (14) Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 1420; 15. (13) Richard Gasquet (France) 1415; 16. (16) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 1410; 17. (18) Gilles Simon (France) 1390; 18. (19) Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 1305; 19. (20) Igor Andreev (Russia) 1260; 20. (17) Tommy Robredo (Spain) 1255.—Agencies