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Nifty at No. 50

Davenport's career mark puts her in select company

Posted: Monday October 10, 2005 11:37AM; Updated: Monday October 10, 2005 1:53PM
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Who Why They're Up
Lindsay Davenport
The WTA veteran won her 50th career title and fifth of 2005, beating Amelie Mauresmo to win the Porsche Grand Prix event in Filderstadt, Germany. Only eight players have won more titles, placing Davenport in awfully select company.
Wesley Moodie
Hard-serving South African (and former star at Boise State) saved two match points to take out Mario Ancic in the AIG Japan Open and earn his first career title. (Moodie also saved match points in the semis against Jarkko Nieminen.)
Ivan Ljubicic
Croatian sensation won his first title of 2005, beating Gael Monfils in the Open de Moselle final in Metz, France. Between reaching five finals, helping Croatia to Davis Cup glory and winning last weekend, Ljubicic has had a far better year than his No. 18 ranking would suggest.
Gael Monfils
French teenager beat countryman Richard Gasquet in his march to the Metz final. Is there any doubt he's a future champion?
Masters Series Madrid promoters
If my Spanish is right, they're letting fans decide who gets wild cards.
Nicole Vaidisova
Czech teen won her fourth title of the year, beating an injured Tatiana Golovin in Tokyo and enabling her to enter the top 20.
Iroda Tulyaganova
The former top 20 player is back after a lengthy absence.
Julien Boutter
The well-liked French veteran played his final ATP event in Metz.
Mark Philippoussis
He reached the quarterfinals in Metz, which, given his year, is an encouraging result for former top 10er.
Michaella Krajicek
Dutch 16-year-old won her first (likely of many) WTA title, beating wild card Akgul Amanmuradova to take the Tashkent, Uzbekistan, title.
Doubles winners
Daniela Hantuchova (pictured, also a singles semifinalist) and Anastasia Myskina in Filderstadt, wild cards Satoshi Iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki in Tokyo, Michael Llodra and Llodra in Metz. Maria Elena Camerin and Emlie Loit, last week's winners in Guangzhou, China, triumphed in Tashkent, while Maria Kirilenko and Gisela Dulko took the Tokyo women's title.
John Isner
University of Georgia junior won the Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tennis Championships at the University of Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center. It's the first of three national championships for men's collegiate tennis during the 2005-06 season.
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Who Why They're Down
Mariano Hood
Argentine doubles specialist reportedly failed a drug test. He claims the culprit was a hair-loss prevention pill.
Mariano Puerta
Though there's yet to be official confirmation, the French newspaper L'Equipe is claiming he failed a drug test after the French Open final.
Ion Tiriac
The Madrid promoter reversed his decision to dump doubles. As pre-tournament publicity stunts go, we liked models serving as ballboys better.
Kim Clijsters
The U.S. Open champ lost in the quarterfinals of the Filderstadt event to Elena Dementieva, costing herself a chance at the No. 1 ranking.
Serena Williams
Announced she's shutting it down for the rest of '05 to work on rehabilitating her leg.

Sports Illustrated senior writer Jon Wertheim covers tennis for the magazine and is a regular contributor to SI.com.

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