The Australian Open was Wozniacki's first major as world no. 1.[32] She lost to Li Na, who had defeated her the previous year, in the semifinals, 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, after failing to convert a match point when trying to serve out the match at 5–4 in the second set.
Wozniacki dropped to no. 2 behind Kim Clijsters during the week of 14 February, but regained the top spot the following week. She received a bye to the second round in Dubai where, in the quarterfinals, she beat Shahar Pe'er, 6–2, 6–4, to ensure her no. 1 position in the next rankings update. She went on to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final 6–1, 6–3 to take her 13th career singles title and first of the year.
In Doha, she received a bye to the second round and reached the final, after defeating Nadia Petrova, Flavia Pennetta, and Marion Bartoli in straight sets. She lost to Vera Zvonareva in the final, 4–6, 4–6.
In the first Premier Mandatory event of the year in Indian Wells, Wozniacki made it to the final, where she met Marion Bartoli and won, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, for her 14th singles title.
After a first-round bye at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida, Wozniacki lost in the fourth round to 21st seed Andrea Petkovic, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6. Wozniacki made an uncharacteristic 52 unforced errors and later cited exhaustion as a factor in the loss.
In the Family Circle Cup, Wozniacki made it to the final, where she defeated unseeded Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–3, to take her third title of the year, 15th of her career.
In Stuttgart, Wozniacki made it to her fifth final of the year, where she lost to Julia Görges in straight sets.
In Madrid, Wozniacki lost to Görges again, this time in the third round. In Rome, she lost to eventual champion Maria Sharapova in the semifinal round, 5–7, 3–6.
At the Brussels Open, Wozniacki reached the semifinals, where she defeated third seed and reigning French Open champion, Francesca Schiavone, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3.[34] In the final, Wozniacki's sixth of the year, she defeated eighth seed Peng Shuai, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, to win her first red clay title, after having won three on the faster green clay.[35]
Wozniacki was the top seed at the French Open, but was defeated in the third round by 28th seed Daniela Hantuchová, 1–6, 3–6.[36]
Wozniacki's next tournament was the e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open in her native Denmark. In the final, she defeated fourth seed Lucie Šafářová, 6–1, 6–4, taking her fifth title of the year. At Wimbledon, she had straight-set wins until the fourth round, but then lost, 6–1, 6–7, 5–7, to 24th seed Dominika Cibulková.
Caroline Wozniacki accepting the winners trophy at the New Haven Open
At the Rogers Cup, Wozniacki was not able to defend her title and made an early second-round exit. She was defeated by Roberta Vinci, 4–6, 5–7, despite holding a 5–1 lead in the second set. Wozniacki was the top seed at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, but lost in the second round to world no. 76 Christina McHale, 4–6, 5–7. Next playing at the New Haven Open at Yale, Wozniacki won the title for the fourth year in a row, defeating Francesca Schiavone in the semifinals and qualifier Petra Cetkovská in the final, 6–4, 6–1.
At the US Open, Wozniacki was the first seed. In the first round, she defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives, 6–3, 6–1. In the second round, Wozniacki defeated Arantxa Rus, 6–2, 6–0,[40] and in the third round, defeated American Vania King, 6–2, 6–4. In the fourth round, Wozniacki fought back from a 7–6, 4–1 deficit, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6–7, 7–5, 6–1. Wozniacki then progressed to the semifinals by defeating Andrea Petkovic in the quarterfinals, 6–1, 7–6.[43] In the semifinals she lost to Serena Williams, 2–6, 4–6.
In Tokyo Wozniacki lost to Kaia Kanepi in the third round. In Beijing she lost to Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinals. This was Wozniacki's only loss in the 12 quarterfinals she reached in 2011.
Wozniacki is the top seed at the WTA Championships. In the group stage she beat Agnieszka Radwańska 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 before falling to Vera Zvonareva 6–2, 4–6, 6–3. She lost also 4-6, 2-6 to Petra Kvitová in her final round-robin match and so she failed to advance to semifinals for the first time in three appearances. After the withdrawal of Maria Sharapova, Wozniacki is certain to finish the year as world no. 1 for the second consecutive year.
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