Dubai: Caroline Wozniacki won more titles than any other player on the WTA tour during the 2010 season, but the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships was not among them.
Now the world number one will launch a bid to put that right when she heads the field at the Dubai Tennis Stadium next month.
The most successful player to emerge from Denmark, the 20-year-old claimed six titles in 2010, winning in her native Copenhagen as well Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida, Montreal, New Haven, Tokyo and Beijing.
It was after taking the Beijing title in October that she ascended to world number one, but that success has brought challenge.
"Of course, now I'm the player to beat," she said.
"You know, it's just a nice feeling. It's nice to know that I've done such good results that I'm the number one player in the world. That's a fantastic feeling.
"And I don't think there's any pressure, because I think the pressure is when you're put on the spot and you don't feel like you belong there, don't think you deserve to be there. I think I deserve to be where I am and I think that I'm feeling comfortable there."
"It is a great pleasure to have the world number one with us and we welcome her back," Colm McLoughlin, Managing Director of tournament owners and organisers Dubai Duty Free, said.
"Since she was beaten here last year her career has gone from strength to strength, and it will be fascinating to see if she can overcome such a strong field of players that includes five Grand Slam champions to win the title at her second attempt."
