LONDON (AP) – Amelie Mauresmo took over the No. 1 spot in the WTA rankings from Kim Clijsters on Monday.

Only 15 women have held the top position since the rankings began in 1985. Mauresmo also was briefly No. 1 in 2004.

Mauresmo and Clijsters missed last week’s Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Calif., which was won by Maria Sharapova. Clijsters won at Indian Wells last year, but the Belgian has been injured and fell to No. 2 in the rankings after losing her points from that win.

Justine Henin-Hardenne is third in the rankings, followed by Sharapova and Lindsay Davenport. Mary Pierce, Nadia Petrova, Elena Dementieva, Patty Schnyder and Venus Williams round out the top 10.

Mauresmo of France has 3,511 points and Clijsters 3,290. In the previous rankings on March 6, Clijsters had 3,566 points and Mauresmo 3,538.

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