List of career achievements by Caroline Wozniacki

This is a list of career achievements by Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki. To date, she has won 30 singles titles including a Grand Slam title, a WTA Finals title, three WTA Premier Mandatory titles and three WTA Premier 5 titles.[1] She was the winner of the 2018 Australian Open and the 2017 WTA Finals, and the runner-up at the 2009 US Open, the 2010 WTA Tour Championships, and the 2014 US Open.[2][3] Wozniacki was first ranked world No. 1 by the WTA on October 11, 2010.[4]

Caroline Wozniacki playing at the 2015 Madrid Open.
Main article: Caroline Wozniacki

Records

Grand Slam

Ranking
  • By winning the 2010 China Open, she became the fifth player to reach the No. 1 position without having won a Grand Slam tournament. She also became the first Danish player, man or woman, to reach the top ranking.[4]
  • By winning the 2018 Australian Open, she regained the world No. 1 ranking on 29 January 2018.[7] Wozniacki was last ranked No. 1 on 29 January 2012, exactly 6 years ago, and her new ascension beat Serena Williams' previous record of 5 years 29 days.[2]

Prize money and earnings
  • Wozniacki is the fourth highest female player in prize money of all time.
  • Wozniacki was the fourth female player to win US$30,000,000 in career prize money on 19 February 2018.

Other
  • Wozniacki has won at least one title a year since 2008, 11 consecutive years, which is the fifth highest overall, shared with Virginia Wade, Evonne Goolagong and Serena Williams.

Recognition
  • In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Open Era in tennis (1968–2018), Tennis Magazine was publishing a series rating the 50 best players of those five decades (25 men and 25 women).[8] They ranked her as the 24th-best female tennis player in open era.[9] The list is as follows:
Rank Men Women
1. Roger Federer Serena Williams
2. Rod Laver Steffi Graf
3. Rafael Nadal Martina Navratilova
4. Pete Sampras Margaret Court
5. Novak Djokovic Chris Evert
6. Björn Borg Billie Jean King
7. Ken Rosewall Monica Seles
8. Ivan Lendl Venus Williams
9. John McEnroe Justine Henin
10. Jimmy Connors Evonne Goolagong
11. Andre Agassi Martina Hingis
12. Mats Wilander Maria Sharapova
13. Boris Becker Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
14. Stefan Edberg Kim Clijsters
15. John Newcombe Lindsay Davenport
16. Guillermo Vilas Virginia Wade
17. Jim Courier Jennifer Capriati
18. Andy Murray Tracy Austin
19. Ilie Năstase Hana Mandlíková
20. Arthur Ashe Gabriela Sabatini
21. Gustavo Kuerten Amélie Mauresmo
22. Lleyton Hewitt Victoria Azarenka
23. Stan Smith Angelique Kerber
24. Stan Wawrinka Caroline Wozniacki
25. Andy Roddick Na Li

Awards
See also: WTA Awards
Year Awards Ref
2008 WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer of the Year
2010 ITF Player of the Year [10]
Danish Sports Name of the Year [11]
2011 Diamond Aces
2014 US Open Sportsmanship Award
2015 Diamond Aces
2018 Danish Sports Name of the Year

Outside tennis

Marathon

On 2 November 2014, Wozniacki made her marathon debut, completing the New York City Marathon in a time of 3:26:33. This time was good enough to qualify for the 2016 Boston Marathon but Wozniacki said she will not run another marathon for a few years.[12]

Modeling

Wozniacki appeared in the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, following other number one-ranked singles tennis stars: Steffi Graf (1997), Serena Williams (2004), Venus Williams (2005), Maria Sharapova (2006), Ana Ivanovic (2010) and Rafael Nadal (2012) who have appeared in the issue.[13]

Olympics flagbearer

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Wozniacki was the Denmark flag bearers at the opening ceremony.[14]

Knighthood

In May 2018, Wozniacki was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog by the Queen of Denmark.[15]

Longest winning streak
See also: Caroline Wozniacki career statistics

Wozniacki performed a 13-match win streak in the 2010 US Open Series, which is the second longest of the 2010 season.[16]

# Tournament Category Start date Surface Seed Round Opponent Rank Score CWR
– Cincinnati Masters Premier 5 9 August Hard 2nd 3rd Round Marion Bartoli No. 20 1–6, 4–6 No. 3
– Rogers Cup Premier 5 16 August Hard 2nd 1st Round Bye No. 2
1. 2nd Round Patty Schnyder No. 52 7–5, 7–5
2. 3rd Round Flavia Pennetta No. 20 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
3. Quarterfinals Francesca Schiavone No. 7 6–3, 6–2
4. Semifinals Svetlana Kuznetsova No. 16 6–3, 6–3
5. Final Vera Zvonareva No. 11 6–3, 6–2
– Connecticut Open Premier 23 August Hard 1st 1st Round Bye No. 2
6. 2nd Round Dominika Cibulková No. 45 6–3, 6–2
– Quarterfinals Flavia Pennetta No. 21 Walkover
7. Semifinals Elena Dementieva No. 13 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
8. Final Nadia Petrova No. 19 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
9. US Open Grand Slam 30 August Hard 1st 1st Round Chelsey Gullickson N/A 6–1, 6–1 No. 2
10. 2nd Round Chang Kai-chen No. 84 6–0, 6–0
11. 3rd Round Latisha Chan No. 77 6–1, 6–0
12. 4th Round Maria Sharapova No. 17 6–3, 6–4
13. Quarterfinals Dominika Cibulková No. 45 6–2, 7–5
– Semifinals Vera Zvonareva No. 8 4–6, 3–6

See also

References
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  2. "Wozniacki overtakes Halep to return to WTA World No.1". WTA Tennis. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. "Caroline Wozniacki beats Venus Williams to seal WTA Finals victory". Guardian. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. "Wozniacki ascends to No.1". FOXSports.com. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. Kane, David (27 January 2018). "Wozniacki captures Australian Open crown in classic". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. Pearce, Linda. "Great Dane: Wozniacki wins maiden Slam". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. Piers Newberry (27 January 2018). "Australian Open: Caroline Wozniacki beats Simona Halep to win first Grand Slam title". BBC Sport.
  8. "The 50 greatest players of the Open Era". Tennis,com.
  9. "The 50 greatest players of the Open Era (W): No. 24 Caroline Wozniacki". tennis.com. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  10. Rossingh, Danielle (14 December 2010). "Rafael Nadal, Caroline Wozniacki Named This Year's Tennis World Champions". Bloomberg. Bloomberg L. P. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  11. Mette Kjær Nielsen (8 January 2011). "Wozniacki blev "Årets Sportsnavn"". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  12. Auerbach, Nicole (3 November 2014). "Caroline Wozniacki runs impressive NYC Marathon debut". USA Today. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  13. DeMarzo, John (9 February 2015). "Caroline Wozniacki's latest success: SI Swimsuit model". New York Post. NYP Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  14. "Wozniacki to Be Denmark's Flag-Bearer at Olympics in Rio". ABC News. Copenhagen, Denmark: Associated Press. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  15. "Dronningen gør Wozniacki til ridder af Dannebrogordenen". DR (broadcaster). 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  16. "2010 Olympus US Open Series Bonus Challenge Standings". US Open.org. United States Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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