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Caroline Wozniacki

  • Wozniacki was Born

    Caroline Wozniacki was born
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    Caroline Wozniacki

  • Swimming

    Caroline first learned how to swim
  • Osaka Mayor's Cup

    She won the Osaka Mayor's Cup when she was 14
  • Orange Bowl Junior Tennis Championships

    This was one of the first competitions Caroline competed and won in,in 2005
  • Cincinnati's Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open

    She made her first public appearnace in the WTA Tour, although she lost in the first round to Martina Sucha, top seed and eventual champion.
  • Junior Australian Open

    Caroline was seeded number one at the Australian Open (junior girls’ singles) but lost in the final to eighth-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from Russia. In doubles, she was seeded second with her partner, Anna Tatishvili, but they were knocked out from the tournament by the French-Italian, eighth-seeded pair, Alizé Cornet and Corinna Dentoni in the semifinals.
  • Memphis WTA Tour

    Caroline reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, knocking out Kristina Brandi and Ashley Harkleroad, before bowing to Swedish, third-seeded Sofia Arvidsson.
  • Junior Wimbledon

    She was given a wild card to the qualifying draw in the Wimbledon, where sadly, she was beaten in the first round by Miho Saeki from Japan. However, she went on and Slovak Magdaléna Rybáriková in the finals.
  • Osaka Mayor's Cup (last junior tournament)

    This was her last junior tournament and she won both girls’ singles and doubles.
  • Istanbul

    This was the first senior tournament Caroline competed in and it was a $25000-ITF tournament and she beat Tatjana Melek in the finals.
  • Ambassador of Danish Junior Tennis

    Caroline Wozniacki was named ambassador for Danish Junior Tennis by the Culture Minister of Denmark (at the time, Brian Mikkelsen).
  • Ortisei, Italy

    Caroline won the $75000-ITF tournament in Ortisei, Italy, beating the Italian Alberta Brianti in the finals.
  • AIG Open, Tokyo

    This was her first semifinals in a WTA Tour; as a result, she was the first Danish woman to reach the semifinals in a WTA semifinal since 1986, achieved by Tine Scheuer-Larsen.
  • Australian Open

    Caroline Wozniacki beat Gisela Dulko and 21st seed Alona Bondarenko on her way to the Round of 16, where she lost to the eventual finalist and fourth seeded Ana Ivanovic.
  • French Open

    She was seeded 30th; making this the first Grand Slam she was seeded. Wozniacki, once again, lost to number 2 seed, Ana Ivanovic, the eventual champion.
  • Wimbledon

    She reached the third round but lost to second seeded Jelena Jankovic.
  • Summer Olympics Beijing

    Wozniacki went up to the third round, beating number 12 seed, Daniela Hantuchova in the previous round but was beaten by number two seed Elena Dementieva and eventual gold-medalist.
  • US Open

    Caroline was seeded 21st. She defeated number 14 seed Victoria Azarenka in the third round but lost to second seeded and eventual runner-up, Jelena Jankovic.
  • WTA Newcomer of the Year

    She ended the year ranked 12th in singles and also won the WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2008.
  • Indian Wells

    Caroline took part in the Indian Wells tournament where she lost in the quarterfinals to Vera Zvonareva, the eventual champion of the tournament.
  • French Open

    At the French Open, she was seeded tenth but was beaten by Sorana Cîrstea in the third round. The two partnered in doubles but lost in the first round.
  • Swedish Open

    On Wozniacki's 19th birthday, she lost the final of the Swedish Open to Maria Jose Martinez.
  • Wimbledon

    She was seeded ninth but lost in the fourth round to Sabine Lisicki.
  • US Open

    Caroline was seeded ninth at the US Open where she became the first Danish woman to reach a Grand Slam final but she lost to Kim Clijsters there who had just come back from retiring in 2007, due to being a future mother.
  • Australian Open

    Caroline Wozniacki was seeded fourth at the Australian Open but lost to Li Na in the fourth round.
  • French Open

    She was seeded third in the French Open and made her best result by going on until the fourth round without dropping a set. She defeated Flavia Pennetta in the Round of 16 before bowing to Francesca Schiavone, the eventual champion in the quarterfinals. Then in doubles, she partnered Daniela Hantuchova who were set to face the Williams' sisters in the second round. Unfortunately, the pair were forced to withdraw before the match, due to Hantuchova's right shoulder injury.
  • US Open

    Wozniacki was the top seed in the 2010 US Open, due to the withdrawal of world number one, Serena Williams. As to this, Caroline reached her semifinal appearance, but was beaten by Vera Zvonareva. According to this, Caroline was the one out of two women, the other being Venus Williams, to have reached at least the fourth round of every Grand Slam in 2010.