Caroline Wozniacki Is Tennis’ Year-End No. 1

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Published: October 29, 2010

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(October 28, 2010) Life isn't lonely at the top for Caroline Wozniacki, who wore the wide smile of a woman enjoying the top spot alone.

The top-seeded Wozniacki clinched the season-ending World No. 1 ranking by beating Francesca Schiavone, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, at the WTA Championships in Doha.

Twenty-year-old Wozniacki, the first Danish player to reach No. 1, secured a spot in Saturday's semifinals of the round-robin event.

Wozniacki raised her round-robin record to 2-1 after dismissing Elena Dementieva , 6-1, 6-1, in her opening match and falling to Samantha Stosur on Wednesday.

"2010 has been the most amazing year in my career during which I realized my dream of becoming the world number one," Wozniacki said. "Capturing the year-end world number one ranking is a huge accomplishment for me and I am thrilled that all the hard work has paid off."

Reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters offset eight double faults with eight aces in a 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 triumph over Victoria Azarenka to raise her record to 2-0 in the White Group. Clijsters won the WTA Championships in 2002 and 2003.

Wozniacki, the youngest woman in the top 15, is the 10th player to conclude a season as World No. 1 since the inception of the WTA computer rankings in 1975. Only three woman younger than Wozniacki—Martina Hingis, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles—have finished as year-end No. 1.

The 2009 US Open finalist is 31-3 over her last seven tournaments. Wozniacki, who has won 25 of her last 27 matches, owns a WTA-best six titles this season.

Dementieva squandered four match points the last time she faced Samantha Stosur. Nerves have short-circuited Dementieva in the past, but she's never short-changed her effort level. Fighting back from a one-set, one-break deficit today, Dementieva turned her third match point into a declarative statement in sending a stinging serve down the middle to complete a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) WTA Championships vict...
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