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We consider supersymmetric Wilson loops of the variety constructed byDrukker, Giombi, Ricci, and Trancanelli, whose spatial contours lie on atwo-sphere. Working to second order in the 't Hooft coupling in planar N=4Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory (SYM), we compute the vacuum expectation valueof a wavy-latitude and of a loop composed of two longitudes. We evaluate theresulting integrals numerically and find that the results are consistent withthe zero-instanton sector calculation of Wilson loops in 2-d Yang-Mills on S^2performed by Bassetto and Griguolo. We also consider the connected correlatorof two distinct latitudes to third order in the 't Hooft coupling in planar N=4SYM. We compare the result in the limit where the latitudes become coincidentto a perturbative calculation in 2-d Yang-Mills on S^2 using a light-coneWu-Mandelstam-Leibbrandt prescription. We are not able to calculate the SYMresult at the required order in the separation between the latitudes necessaryfor a match with 2-d Yang-Mills; the result, however, does not preclude such amatch.

BPS Wilson Loops on S^2 at Higher Loops