Im bored and as a few of my favourites have retired recently I thought I'd start this thread.

At the moment my top 5 favourites are:

1: Serena Williams
2: Venus Williams
3: Ana Ivanovic
4: Martina Hingis
5: Lucie Safarova

Mine are

Justine Henin
Mary Pierce
Ana Myskina
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Jelena Jankovic

If you exclude Pierce & Myskina (since their future looks a little uncertain!)
then Mauresmo & Golovin would sneak in.

1. Pierce
2. Petrova
3. Serena
4. Sharapova
5. Venus

1. Venus
2. Pierce
3. Myskina
4. Jankovic
5 Serena

hingis
hantuchova
vaidisova
sharapova
myskina

In no particular order..

Jankovic
Henin
Mauresmo
Hingis
Zvonareva
Hantuchova

(6 I know..! :P )

1: Serena Williams
2: Venus Williams
3: Ana Ivanovic
4: Martina Hingis
5 Jelena Jankovic/Amelie Mauresmo

For 5th place is tied!

I'd be hard-pressed to come up with five solid favourites, let alone rank them in any way!

I'm afraid I'm terribly fickle about these things, although in my defence it swings both ways in that I often come round to accepting players whom I mightn't have wanted to see winning initially. (Sharapova in particular won me over with her convincing USO title run, coming as it did against the No 1 and 2 players against whom combined she had held a 1-7 H2H. It's not so much a matter of 'Who will take care of her for us in the SFs this time?' in the Slams anymore as I see her as a credible champion now; I was even glad to see her in the RG semis, and posted to the effect that I wanted her to get there once Mauresmo had gone out, although I didn't quite want to see her go further, mind. :P) But it also cuts the sharp way, as with for instance Mauresmo herself; I was an enthusiastic supporter in her banner year of 2006, but as her star has faded of late so has my enthusiasm - not in a fair-weather sense, mind, as I'd still love to see her do well especially as her Wimbledon defence gears up, but in terms of interest my gaze has moved elsewhere.

Lastly I think I'm a less immediately personal fan of the sport in that I love to track the changing dynamics and emerging narratives of the field, more than prefer to simply see specific players succeed or fail, which isn't to say I don't particularly follow a few more keenly than the rest! For all that I will say currently am most excited about:

Jankovic
Ivanovic
Peer
Vaidisova
Chakvetadze

Yes, I've moved onto the new blood, quite. :P

There are several honourable mentions. Serena had been there (I like both sisters in fact) although as she limped away from RG I'm less interested now, although if she were to get back to the top again I'd be the first to applaud. I was a committed backer of the beleaguered Russians (Kuznetsova, Petrova, and especially Dementieva) but it has been one inconsistent travail too many for me of late, although I would welcome the return to winning ways by any of them; Kuznetsova has obviously been the most in-form of the three but always seems to come up short at the business end of tournies, and accordingly is the only of them to have not won a title this year. I'm pleased to see Hantuchova return to form, whom I confess to having not taken terribly seriously all along; certainly she is one of the cleanest ball-strikers on tour and her game is lovely to watch when she is playing well. I'm keeping an eye on young up-and-comers Azarenka and Radwanska, and Ukrainians on the move Vakulenko and the Bondarenko sisters. Lastly I greatly admire Henin for the excellence of her game and as a ferocious competitor, and would be glad to see her mark the career Slam at Wimbledon; but as she is No 1 and can win well enough on her own I can't say I quite support her elsewhere. I have a fondness for the underdogs, I do.

Oh, and I find I'm missing Hingis quite more than I expected. Got used to having her back around again and watching her style of play is almost like a time capsule in motion. Disappointed she had to miss RG.

1) Amelie Mauresmo
2) Serena Williams
3) Nadia Petrova
4) Daniela Hantuchova
5) Svetlana Kuznetsova

If I were to extend the list then, Venus, Justine and Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic and Elena Dementieva will get thier places.

Can't count on Mary anymore I guess. Same goes to Myskina. They might just retire soon.

1) Justine
2) Serena
--two of the best players out there aren't they?
followed by
3) Momo
4) Jankovic
5) Safarova and Paszek--the girl has loads of talent

In no real order....well Shazza and Mirza are ahead if I am honest....

Sharapova
Mirza
Pierce
Henin
Jankovic

My five favourite current player are:

1. Sharapova (not all for the tennis but for the emotional attatchment!)
2. Mauresmo (her game is gorgeous to watch when it's working)
3. Henin (has every shot but possibly more workmanlike than Amelie)
4. Hantuchova (when she's on it)
5. Dementieva (when she's on it and not serving roflmao )

Hmmm...

Mine are..

1. Maria Sharapova/Martina Hingis (I Can't choose)
2. Amelie mauresmo
3. Jelena Jankovic
4. Serena Williams
5. Venus Williams

1. Venus Williams
2. Serena Williams
3. Mary Pierce
4. Elena Dementieva
5. Svetlana Kuznetsova

1. Myskina
2. hingis
3. hantuchova
4. Mauresmo
5 zvonareva

1. hingis
2. dementieva
3. jankvovic
4. vaidisova
5. paszek
6. brit players (although mostly it is sarcastic, ie keothavong) :ok:

1. Serena Williams
2. Elena Dementieva
3. Anastasia Myskina
4. Ana Ivanovic
5. Venus Williams/Nicole Vaidisova

I used to hate Vaidisova, now I love her roflmao

What did she do to earn your undying affection? roflmao :P

Dav, fickle much roflmao

Its usually Bremond/Dechy in pole position :lol:

Actually, now that it looks like Myskina isn't coming back :( My list would be this...

1. Serena
2. Elena
3. Ana
4. Venus
5. Nicole

I just have a fondness for Bremond and Dechy dl :P roflmao

Ok, let you off roflmao

There's worse i suppose, some people have Dokic as their fav current player :lol:

1 Henin
2 Mauresmo
3 Serena
4 Hingis
5 Venus

1. Martina Hingis.
2. Serena Williams.
3. Alicia Molik.
4. Ana Ivanovic.
5. Venus Williams.

1. Serena Williams
= Maria Sharapova
3. Justine Henin
4. Venus Williams
5. Hantuchova/Pierce/Golovin/Molik (I'm so indecisive :lol:)

1.Hingis
2.Henin.
3.Mauresmo.
4.O'Brien(a Brit!)
5.Serena

Is O'Brien playing today..I think she may trouble Michaela a tad..

Ivanovic
Ivanovic
Ivanovic
Ivanovic
Ivanovic

Is molik really your number 5? :lol:

I'm the only git who couldn't post a reply to this thread in five lines or less, aren't I? :unsure: :P

:lol:

To be fair after my top 3, i'm stuck :unsure: roflmao

She's such a nice girl off-court :D

And I like her game ;)

Even the top-spin backhand? :lol:

She does seem like a great girl off court :D

I might have to rethink my number 5, after Sveta's terrible hair extensions :wacko: roflmao

It's better than it used to be :unsure: :lol:

And yes, Sveta's braids are, uhm...interesting :wacko: roflmao

:unsure:

i like em :D she has a kind of horse face, and the long, thicker looking hair balances it out. She looked kinda hot at the pre wimbledon party too. I reckon shes more of a minx than i had previously given her credit for

Her hair looked like a horse's tail Liam, grazing in the fieldf roflmao

I must say though, is hingis looking hor or what this Wimby ;)

hingis looking hor? she is a whore roflmao roflmao

freudian slip or what? roflmao

1)Sharapova
2)(This spot used to be occupied by Clijsters) Dementieva
3)Radwanska
4)Chakvetadze
5)A.Bondarenko/S.Williams