Rankings mover of the week (down): Mallory Burdette

Mallory Burdette, shown last year at Indian Wells, is recovering
from shoulder surgery. Photo by Paul Bauman

   Former Stanford star Mallory Burdette, recovering from surgery on her right (playing) shoulder in November, dropped another 30 places to No. 318 in the world in this week's rankings.

   Burdette, 23, missed last week's Italian Open after losing in the first round there as a qualifier in 2013. She hopes to return to the circuit late this year.

   The 5-foot-10 (1.77-meter) Burdette turned pro after reaching the third round of the 2012 U.S. Open, forgoing her senior year, and shot up to a career-high No. 68 last June. 

   At Stanford, Burdette won NCAA doubles titles in 2011 and 2012 (with Hilary Barte and Nicole Gibbs, respectively) and lost to Gibbs in the 2012 NCAA singles final.

PRO RANKINGS

    Following are this week's world rankings of professional players with Northern California ties (change from last week in parentheses):

Men

   Bob Bryan, 36 years old, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.

   Mike Bryan, 36 years old, 1998 NCAA doubles champion from Stanford -- Career-high No. 1 in doubles (no change), unranked in singles.
   Bradley Klahn, 23 years old, 2010 NCAA singles champion and 2011 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- No. 73 in singles (-2), No. 156 in doubles (-2).
   Scott Lipsky, 32 years old, 2002 NCAA doubles runner-up from Stanford -- No. 41 in doubles (-3), unranked in singles.
   Sam Querrey, 26 years old, San Francisco native, Sacramento Capitals (2012-13) -- No. 64 in singles (+2), No. 132 in doubles (-3).
   Dmitry Tursunov, 31 years old, trains at Gorin Tennis Academy in Sacramento suburb of Granite Bay -- No. 32 in singles (+1), No. 122 in doubles (-2).

Women

   Mallory Burdette, 23 years old, NCAA singles runner-up in 2012 and NCAA doubles champion in 2011 and 2012 from Stanford -- No. 318 in singles (-30), No. 1,133 in doubles (-1).
   Nicole Gibbs, 21 years old, NCAA singles champion in 2012 and 2013 and NCAA doubles champion in 2012 from Stanford -- No. 165 in singles (no change), No. 539 in doubles (+1).

   Macall Harkins, 28 years old, Redding resident -- No. 368 in doubles (+2), No. 706 in singles (-1).
   Raquel Kops-Jones, 31 years old, 2003 NCAA doubles champion from Cal -- No. 14 in doubles (+1), No. 1,073 in singles (+5).

   Maria Sanchez, 24 years old, born and raised in Modesto -- No. 100 in doubles (+1), No. 250 in singles (-8).

   Allie Will, 23 years old, born in San Mateo -- No. 116 in doubles (-4), No. 425 in singles (-13).