Caroline Wozniacki will become the new World #1 tennis player in the world on Monday, dethroning Serena Williams, who has had the top spot for the last 49 weeks. Wozniacki has won 5 titles this year and reached the final of the US Open in 2009 and has never won a major title, while Serena won the 2010 Australian Open and 2010 Wimbledon titles and did not play the US Open this year.
Wozniacki, like Jelena Jankovic and Dinara Safina are just two recent top-ranked players who have yet to win a major title. It should be noted that Kim Clijsters became ranked World #1 without winning a major title, but has since won 3 US Open crowns. The question for the 20-year-old Dane is will she be like Jankovic and Safina, or like Clijsters? Or possibly, like Ivanovic, who won her sole major title in 2008 at the French Open and was ranked #1, only to see her rating plummet precipitously afterwards.
Serena, by the way, is returning to the tour on Monday, at the tournament in Linz, Austria. Venus Williams says she will not compete again in 2010.
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