Russia's Dinara Safina kept her second spot with 8951.00 points, but is now followed by her compatriot Elena Dementieva with 7561.00 points having jumped one place up from the last week.
Three more Russian tennis players Vera Zvonareva, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova dropped down from last week's rankings and now hold 6th, 9th and 10th places respectively.
The major change in the list belongs to rising star Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who jumped two spots up to eighth place after winning last week's $4.5 million Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Miami, U.S.
The top ten in full:
1 Serena Williams U.S. 9132
2 Dinara Safina Russia 8951
3 Elena Dementieva Russia 7561
4 Jelena Jankovic Serbia 7290
5 Venus Williams U.S. 7042
6 Vera Zvonaraeva Russia 6720
7 Ana Ivanovic Serbia 5174
8 Victoria Azarenka Belarus 4670
9 Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia 4308
10 Nadia Petrova Russia 3840
