Caroline Wozniacki has completed an amazing 2017 by winning the WTA Finals in Singapore.
Her win over Venus Williams was her first in their head to head competition and completed a 60th match win for the year, the most by any woman on tour.
8 finals for two titles and a rise in rankings from 19 in January to 3 at years end, her highest since 2012.
Wins over three reigning world number ones showed just how significant Caroline’s comeback to the elite stage has been. Only a major title continues to elude her.
The Singapore triumph was not without its hurdles, the round robin stage interrupted by an unexpected loss to Caroline Garcia who ended up topping the Red Group.
Although Wozniacki dominated the group apart from that three set match, the rules dictated that she play a semi final against top of the White Group Karolina Pliskova.
Wozniacki cleaned up Pliskova, just as she eventually would four of the five top seeds she played throughout the tournament.
Venus Williams was far from disgraced in the final and indeed the whole shebang.
From a thrashing in her first match against Pliskova she edged Jelena Ostapenko in a three hour thriller before denying Garbine Muguruza the year end number one ranking with a straight sets triumph.
A semi final win over Caroline Garcia brought back many memories and the first set of the final was willing and full of winners.
Wozniacki twice drew a break ahead, only for Williams to in each case immediately break back and even the score.
Wozniacki had another service break up her sleeve though and the vital opener was hers 6-4.
Set two was similar with 3 breaks to two and the match won 6-4 6-4.
The year ended with rankings:
1 Simona Halep 6175 points
2 Garbine Muguruza 6135 points
3 Caroline Wozniacki 6015 points
Australia has a new number one female player - Ash Barty at career high 20.
While the elite WTA players were doing battle in Singapore, the ATP players were on show in Europe,
In Vienna:
Semi Finals
Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (8) d Philipp Kohlschreiber
Lucas Pouille d Kyle Edmund
Lucas Pouille won the title 6-1 6-4
In Basel:
Semi Finals
Roger Federer (1) d David Goffin (3)
Juan Martin del Potro (4) d Marin Cilic (2)
Roger Federer won the title (his 9th in Basel)
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