TENNIS TOP 10

MEN

No. Player Comment

1. Patrick Rafter: Showed Rome was no clay aberration.

2. Marcelo Rios: Arrives with 2 titles in last 3 events.

3. Gustavo Kuerten: Could face Sampras in quarterfinals.

4. Carlos Moya: Picked up some confidence in Dusseldorf.

5. Alex Corretja: So did he.

6. Yevgeny Kafelnikov: First-round match vs. Chang.

7. Pete Sampras: Useless to predict what he’ll do here.

8. Andre Agassi: Ditto.

9. Felix Mantilla: ’98 semifinalist has tough draw in ’99.

10. Mariano Zabaleta: French contender if injury isn’t serious.

WOMEN

No. Player Comment

1. Venus Williams: Lone loss on clay in ’99 was to Jeyaseelan.

2. Martina Hingis: Toughest 2nd-round foe: Mauresmo or crowd?

3. Lindsay Davenport: Ends Times magazine cover jinx in Madrid.

4. Serena Williams: Potential rematch vs. Sanchez Vicario.

5. Mary Pierce: There’s something about Mary’s muscles--creatine.

6. Monica Seles: New coach, new trainer . . . new Monica?

7. Steffi Graf: First French Open appearance since 1997.

8. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario: Female Armada having uneven year.

9. Amelie Mauresmo: French fans: “Allez, Amelie.”

10. Jana Novotna: Best French showing--semifinals in ‘96, ’90.