Capriati Loses Match, No. 1 Ranking

Jennifer Capriati will drop out of the No. 1 ranking after she was stunned by Patty Schnyder, 6-4, 6-3, Saturday in the Family Circle Cup, setting up the first top-tier WTA Tour final between unseeded players.

Schnyder will face Iva Majoli today for the title at the $1.2-million clay-court event in Charleston, S.C. Majoli eliminated No. 7-seeded Sandrine Testud, 6-2, 6-4, in the semifinals.

Capriati’s loss means she will fall behind Venus Williams again when next week’s WTA Tour rankings are released. Williams was last at No. 1 on March 18.

“Maybe I’ve lost it for this moment, but I wouldn’t say the whole year,” said Capriati, playing her first clay-court event since winning the French Open last year. “[There are] a lot of tournaments to play.”

Saturday’s results capped a week of upsets. Schnyder, ranked 30th, has beaten three top-10 players, including Williams’ sister, No. 7 Serena, and No. 10 Amelie Mauresmo. “I never had such a performance,” she said.

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Former French Open champion Carlos Moya, pulling out of a three-year slump, beat Tim Henman, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, for a place in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters.

The unseeded Spaniard reached a Masters Series event final for the first time since 1999 at Indian Wells. Countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Sebastien Grosjean, 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, in the other semifinal.