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Caroline Wozniacki

Den
Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco
DOB: July 11, 1990
Birthplace: Odense, Denmark
Height: 5' 10" (1.77 m)
Weight: 128 lbs. (58 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (July 18, 2005)
JANUARY - Reached QF at Auckland (as No.2 seed, l. to Vesnina in 3s); reached QF at Sydney (as No.8 seed, l. to top seed S.Williams 67(5) 63 76(3); held 3mp at 6-5 third set); reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.11 seed, l. to WC Dokic in 3s).

FEBRUARY - Reached QF at Pattaya City (as No.2 seed, l. to No.8 seed Rybarikova); runner-up at Memphis (as top seed, l. to No.2 seed Azarenka in final); won second Tour doubles title at Memphis (w/Azarenka).

MARCH - Reached QF at Indian Wells (as No.9 seed, l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Zvonareva); reached QF at Miami (as No.13 seed, d. No.4 seed Dementieva en route, falling to No.8 seed Kuznetsova in 3s; win over world No.4 Dementieva was fifth Top 10 win).

APRIL - Won fourth Tour singles title at Ponte Vedra Beach (as No.2 seed, d. No.5 seed Wozniak in final); runner-up at Charleston (as No.5 seed, d. top seed Dementieva en route to final, falling to No.16 seed Lisicki; win over world No.3 Dementieva was sixth Top 10 win); reached 2r at Stuttgart (as No.7 seed, l. to Bartoli).

MAY - Reached 3r at Rome (as No.9 seed, l. to No.6 seed Azarenka); runner-up at Madrid (as No.9 seed, l. to top seed Safina in final); made Top 10 debut afterwards on May 18 (rose from No.11 to No.10); withdrew from Warsaw w/low back strain; reached 3r at Roland Garros (as No.10 seed, l. to Cirstea).

JUNE - Won fifth Tour singles title at Eastbourne (as No.6 seed, d. Razzano in final); reached 4r at Wimbledon (as No.9 seed, l. to Lisicki).

JULY - Runner-up at Bastad (as top seed, l. to Martinez Sanchez in final).

AUGUST - Dropped opener at Los Angeles (as No.4 seed w/1r bye, l. to Cirstea 76 third set in 2r); reached QF at Cincinnati (as No.8 seed, l. to No.4 seed Dementieva); dropped opener at Toronto (as No.8 seed w/1r bye, l. to Zheng in 2r); won sixth Tour singles title at New Haven (as No.2 seed, d. Vesnina in final); reached first Grand Slam final at US Open (as No.9 seed, d. No.6 seed Kuznetsova en route; l. to WC Clijsters in final); was first Dane, male or female, to reach a Grand Slam singles final in Open Era.

SEPTEMBER - Made Top 5 debut on September 21 (rose from No.6 to No.5); dropped opener at Tokyo (as No.4 seed w/1r bye, ret. vs. Wozniak in 2r w/viral illness); fell 1r at Beijing (as No.5 seed, l. to Martinez Sanchez in 3s).

OCTOBER - Reached SF at Osaka (as top seed, l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion Stosur in 3s); fell 1r at Luxembourg (as top seed, ret. vs. LL Kremer w/left hamstring strain); reached SF at Tour Championships (as No.4 seed, went 2-1 in RR stage; ret. vs. No.2 seed and eventual champion S.Williams in SF w/left abdominal strain).
2005 - Made pro debut as unranked WC at Cincinnati eight days after 15th birthday (l. to top seed and eventual champion Schnyder in 1r); second event came at Stockholm three weeks later (as WC, l. to Sucha in 1r).

2006 - Season highlighted by first two QF, at Memphis (as WC, l. to eventual champion Arvidsson) and Stockholm (as WC, l. to eventual champion Zheng); fell 1r in other two Tour main draws, at Seoul (as qualifier) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (as WC); fell in Tour qualifying once; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - First Top 100 finish after first full season on the Tour; reached first SF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to top seed V.Williams 63 75; led 4-2 second set); QF twice, at Fès (l. to qualifier Olaru) and Stockholm (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion A.Radwanska); made debuts at three Grand Slams, falling 1r at Roland Garros (l. to Dechy in 3s) but reaching 2r at Wimbledon (as WC, l. to No.28 seed Santangelo) and US Open (l. to qualifier Cornet); reached 2r three more times and fell 1r six times; made Top 100 debut on July 9 (after Wimbledon; rose from No.103 to No.88); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Breakthrough season, highlighted by first three Tour singles titles at Stockholm (as No.4 seed, d. top seed A.Radwanska and Dushevina in SF and final), New Haven (unseeded, d. No.3 seed Bartoli, No.7 seed Cornet and top seed Chakvetadze in QF, SF and final) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (as top seed, d. No.5 seed Kanepi in final); was first Danish woman ever to win a Tour singles title (Scheuer-Larsen is the only other Danish woman ever to win a Tour title of any kind, winning seven Tour doubles titles in the 1980s and 1990s); runner-up once, at Luxembourg (as No.4 seed, d. No.7 seed Medina Garrigues in QF for 100th career singles match win; l. to top seed Dementieva 76 third set in final); SF once, at Portoroz (as No.3 seed, l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion Errani); QF three times, at Doha (d. No.8 seed Bartoli en route; l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Sharapova), Memphis (as No.6 seed, l. to No.4 seed and eventual champion Davenport) and Eastbourne (d. top seed Kuznetsova en route; l. to Stosur); reached 4r four times, at Australian Open (l. to No.4 seed Ivanovic 61 76(2); led 5-3 second set and held 2sp), Indian Wells (l. to No.2 seed Kuznetsova), Miami (d. No.9 seed Bartoli en route; l. to No.6 seed V.Williams) and US Open (as No.21 seed, d. No.14 seed Azarenka en route; l. to No.2 seed Jankovic in 3s); apart from four 4r finishes had 11 pre-QF exits, incl. 3r finishes at Roland Garros (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Ivanovic) and Wimbledon (as No.31 seed, l. to No.2 seed Jankovic in 3s); having never beaten a Top 20 player beforehand, had 10 Top 20 wins in 2008, including four Top 10 wins (No.9 Bartoli at Doha, No.10 Bartoli at Miami, No.4 Kuznetsova at Eastbourne and No.10 A.Radwanska at Stockholm); went from outside Top 50 to inside Top 20 during season, making Top 50 debut on January 28 (after Australian Open; rose from No.64 to No.45), Top 40 debut on April 7 (after Miami; rose from No.43 to No.39), Top 30 debut on June 23 (after Eastbourne; rose from No.32 to No.30) and Top 20 debut on August 25 (after New Haven; rose from No.22 to No.18) and reached career-high of No.12 on November 10 year-end rankings; won first Tour doubles title at Beijing (w/Medina Garrigues); withdrew from Charleston, Prague w/left ankle injury; after regular Tour season won one singles title on ITF Circuit (in Denmark).
SINGLES
Winner (6): 2009 - Ponte Vedra Beach, Eastbourne, New Haven; 2008 - Stockholm, New Haven, Tokyo [Japan Open], ITF/Odense-DEN; 2007 - ITF/Ortisei-ITA, ITF/Las Vegas, NV-USA; 2006 - ITF/Istanbul 2-TUR.
Finalist (6): 2009 - Memphis, Charleston, Madrid, Bastad, US Open; 2008 - Luxembourg.

DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2009 - Memphis (w/Azarenka); 2008 - Beijing (w/Medina Garrigues).
Finalist (1): 2006 - Memphis (w/Azarenka).

ADDITIONAL
Danish Olympic Team, 2008.
Coached by father, Piotr; also coached by Morten Christensen at National Tennis Center in Denmark ... Began playing tennis at age 7 ... Father played pro soccer in Poland and Denmark; mother, Anna, played volleyball for Polish National Team; brother, Patrik, plays pro soccer in Denmark ... Enjoys soccer, swimming, watching golf ... Hobbies include reading (especially Harry Potter books), shopping, listening to music; favorite actor is Johnny Depp ... Admires Martina Hingis, Steffi Graf ... Favorite food is steak and potatoes.

Official Website: www.carolinewozniacki.dk
- Awards received include Tour Newcomer of the Year (2008).
- Junior highlights include winning 2006 Wimbledon singles title (d. Rybarikova in final), singles runner-up finish at 2006 Australian Open (l. to Pavlyuchenkova) and doubles runner-up finish at 2006 Roland Garros (w/A.Radwanska; l. to Fichman/Pavlyuchenkova).