2010 WTA Tour
Caroline Wozniacki became the 10th year-end No. 1 player.
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| Details | |
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| Duration | January 4 – November 7 |
| Edition | 40th |
| Tournaments | 57 |
| Categories |
Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (2) WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (10) WTA International tournaments (32) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |
 Caroline Wozniacki (6) |
| Most tournament finals |
Caroline Wozniacki (8) |
| Prize money leader |
 Kim Clijsters ($5,035,060) |
| Points leader |
Caroline Wozniacki (7,270) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |
Kim Clijsters
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| Doubles Team of the year |
 Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
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| Most improved player of the year |
Francesca Schiavone
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| Newcomer of the year |
 Petra Kvitová
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| Comeback player of the year |
Justine Henin
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2011 →
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The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the WTA. The 2010 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5 and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Tour Championships). Also included in the 2010 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points and is organized by the ITF.
Serena Williams began the season ranked World No. 1, having enjoyed an impressive 2009 season in which she won the Australian Open and Wimbledon (she would successfully defend both titles this year) and reclaimed the World No. 1 ranking on two occasions. Williams began her season by successfully defending her Australian Open title, defeating Justine Henin in a three-set final. She also successfully defended her Wimbledon title, defeating surprise finalist Vera Zvonareva in the final, 6–3, 6–2.
However, shortly after winning Wimbledon, Serena Williams would injure her foot at a German restaurant where she was celebrating her victory, but it didn't deter her from playing in an exhibition match against Kim Clijsters in front of a world-record tennis crowd that same week. The foot injury ended up being very serious enough to necessitate surgery, and as a result she missed the rest of the season and would not return to top-level tennis until June 2011. She was forced to miss her first US Open since 2003, and also had to withdraw from the year-end championships having qualified by virtue of winning Wimbledon. The injury worsened late in the year; despite accepting a wildcard into Linz, she had to withdraw from that tournament, with her wildcard entry later allocated to former World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic. Despite progress in her recovery from foot surgery, she lost the World No. 1 ranking to Danish youngster Caroline Wozniacki. Williams then announced her withdrawal from the 2011 Australian Open in November. Williams later revealed in 2011 that the foot injury "almost killed her".
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