Serena Williams, the four-time former Wimbledon champion, has dropped to 175th on the WTA list, her lowest spot since 1997, after falling in the fourth round at this year’s tournament.

The American, a former world No1 with 13 grand slam titles to her name, was ranked 25th entering Wimbledon after missing nearly a full year because of a series of health scares. As the defending champion at the All England Club, though, Williams had a lot of rankings points to defend, so her loss to Marion Bartoli led to the 150-place slide Monday.

It is the lowest Williams has been in the rankings since 3 November 1997, when she was 304th. She moved into the top 150 the next week, and hadn’t fallen back outside that level until now.

Her older sister Venus, who also lost in the fourth round last week, drops from 30th to 34th, meaning that Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who stays at 31st despite a first-round exit at Wimbledon, is the highest-ranked US woman. The last time someone other than one of the Williams sisters was the top American in the WTA rankings was January 2007, when Lindsey Davenport was ahead of them.

Caroline Wozniacki remains at No1, despite losing in the fourth round last week. The Wimbledon champion, Petra Kvitova, rose one spot to No7, while the runner-up, Maria Sharapova, also moved up one place, to No5.

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