TOP 10 TENNIS

MEN

1. Marat Safin: Racket-tossing not an Olympic sport--yet.

2. Magnus Norman: Trying to recover French magic at Paris tournament.

3. Gustavo Kuerten: Still trying to win first title at an indoor event.

4. Pete Sampras: Tennis sabbatical entering 10th week.

5. Lleyton Hewitt: Strong fall for Team Hewitt-Clijsters.

6. Yevgeny Kafelnikov: All-Russian final disrupted by Hrbaty.

7. Andre Agassi: Would be OK if he didn’t have to play Clement.

8. Tim Henman: Stuck on the Lisbon bubble.

9. Arnaud Clement First tour title since turning pro in 1996.

10. Patrick Rafter: Lyon first final since losing to Sampras at Wimbledon.

WOMEN

1. Venus Williams: School’s not out forever.

2. Lindsay Davenport: Ended three-tournament winning streak of Hingis.

3. Martina Hingis: Still seeing those three set points vs. Davenport.

4. Serena Williams: Book closed on 2000 after Chase withdrawal.

5. Monica Seles: Sentimental favorite in Garden finale.

6. Mary Pierce: See you in 2001.

7. Kim Clijsters: Precocious baseliner has three more titles than Kournikova.

8. Anna Kournikova: And a million Web pages keep waiting . . .

9. Nathalie Tauziat: Age gap: 16 years older than 17-year-old Clijsters.

10. Conchita Martinez: Lucky to win one game against Davenport.