Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player

Caroline Wozniacki ( born 11 July 1990) is a Danish professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles. She was also the first woman from a Scandinavian country to hold the top ranking position and 20th in the Open Era. She finished on top of the rankings in both 2010 and 2011. Wozniacki won her first Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open and returned to the No. 1 ranking on 29 January 2018.

She has won 29 WTA singles titles, including six in 2010 and 2011, the most in a year by a WTA player from 2008–2011. She was runner-up at the 2009 US Open and the 2010 WTA Tour Championships to Kim Clijsters, and at the 2014 US Open to Serena Williams. She won the 2006 Wimbledon Girls' Singles title and also holds two WTA titles in doubles. In 2008, Wozniacki won the title of WTA Newcomer of the Year. In 2017, Wozniacki won the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore for the first time in her career. In 2018, she lifted her first Grand Slam title by winning the Australian Open.

Wozniacki was scheduled to start her 2018 US Open Series in Washington, but withdrew due to a right leg injury Instead, she played in the Canadian Open, where she received a bye in the first round. However, she lost to Aryna Sabalenka in three sets despite having three match points. One week later, in Cincinnati, she retired against Kiki Bertens in her first match of the tournment after losing the opening set because of a left knee injury. In the US Open, Wozniacki defeated former champion Samantha Stosur in straight sets before she lost to Lesia Tsurenko in the second round.

Wozniacki's best friend is her fellow Danish tennis player Malou Ejdesgaard, who has been her doubles partner in five tournaments.Wozniacki is also close friends with Serena Williams,Agnieszka Radwańska and Angelique Kerber. In fact, Wozniacki was one of the few tennis stars to attend Serena Williams's wedding.She speaks Danish, English and Polish fluently and knows Russian.

Wozniacki was in a relationship with Northern Irish professional golfer Rory McIlroy from 2011 until 2014. She announced their engagement via Twitter on 1 January 2014. On 21 May 2014, it was announced that McIlroy had ended the engagement: "The problem is mine.