US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki has added an extra event to the remainder of her 2009 calendar.
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced on Monday that Wozniacki, along with Elena Dementieva, has qualified for the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar.
The world’s top eight singles players and top four doubles teams from the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season will compete for the coveted Sony Ericsson Championships title and a share of the record Championships prize money of $4.45 million.
Denmark’s Wozniacki and Russia’s Dementieva will join World No.1 Dinara Safina, World No.2 Serena Williams, and the World No.1 doubles team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber who have already qualified and will be headed to Doha.
The Championships were first played in 1972 and since then the event has been held in such notable venues as Madison Square Garden, New York City; the Olympiahalle in Munich; Staples Center in Los Angeles; and the Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo in Madrid. Former singles champions include Tracy Austin, Kim Clijsters, Chris Evert, Evonne Goolagong, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Martina Navratilova, Gabriela Sabatini, Serena Williams, Justine Henin and Venus Williams.
