Romania's Halep hanging on to #2 in WTA singles ranking

Romanian female tennis player Simona Halep is hanging on to the second position in the latest weekly WTA woman's singles ranking released on Monday, with 6,750 points. Topping the ranking is still Serena Williams of the US, with 9,430 points.

Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu jumped two positions to #60, with 898 points.

Romania has three more representatives in the WTA top 100 ranking: Monica Niculescu — #69 (-8), with 835 points, Sorana Cirstea — #80 (+1), 692 points and Alexandra Dulgheru — #95 (-1), 606 points.

The best ranked Romanian female players in the women's doubles ranking are Monica Niculescu — #39 (+1), 1,850 points, Irina-Camelia Begu — #73, 1,089 points and Raluca Olaru — #75 (-3), 1,079 points.

The WTA woman's singles ranking as of August 18, 2014 (the previous week's ranking in brackets):
1 (1) Serena Williams (United States) 9,430 p
2 (2) Simona Halep (Romania) 6,750
3 (3) Na Li (China) 6,170
4 (4) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 5.806
5 (5) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 5.590
6 (6) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 5.335
7 (7) Angelique Kerber (Germany) 4.550
8 (8) Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 4.368
9 (11) Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 4.065
10 (9) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 3.695 AGERPRES