Paris, Oct 31: Caroline Wozniacki was confirmed on Monday as the end-of-year number one in women's tennis for the second consecutive season.
The Dane, who has yet to win a Grand Slam, amassed 7485 points to leave Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic down in second place.
Kvitova's victory over Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in the final of Sunday's WTA championships in Istanbul allowed her to move up one place and finish on 7370 pts.
Azarenka also moved up a place after the final event of the WTA season, to third, to finish on 6520.
Russia's Maria Sharapova meanwhile dropped two places to fourth after her retirement from the Championships through injury.
WTA rankings
1. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 7485 pts
2. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 7370 (Ư)
3. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 6520 (Ư)
4. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 6510 (-2)
5. Li Na (CHN) 5720
6. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 5585 (Ư)
7. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 5435 (-1)
8. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 5250
9. Marion Bartoli (FRA) 4710
10. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 4580
11. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 3900
12. Serena Williams (USA) 3180
13. Kim Clijsters (BEL) 3161
14. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 3115
15. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 2865
16. Shuai Peng (CHN) 2825
17. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 2755
18. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2724
19. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2606
20. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 2490
