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Agnieszka Radwanska missed chance to become world No. 1 at Wimbledon
Polish tennis player Agnieszka Radwanska reached the 2012 Wimbledon final with a chance to become the world’s top-ranked player.
Before her rise, no Polish woman had reached the top 30 of the WTA rankings, and Radwanska later reached No.
2.
A Wimbledon title would have made her world No.
1, as the ranking race was unsettled after Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka lost.
Her opponent was Serena Williams, a four-time Wimbledon champion at the time.
Williams beat Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, ending her bid for both the title and the top ranking.
Radwanska never reached another Grand Slam final and retired without winning a major, but she won 20 career titles, including the 2015 WTA Finals and five WTA 1000 events.
A chronic foot injury disrupted the latter part of her career.
Agnieszka Radwanska could have become world No. 1 by winning the 2012 Wimbledon final.
She lost to Serena Williams 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 after taking the match to a deciding set.
Radwanska reached her first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon in 2012.
She finished her career with a best ranking of world No. 2 and no Grand Slam titles.
- Who
- Agnieszka Radwanska and Serena Williams.
- What
- Radwanska lost the Wimbledon final and missed the chance to become world No. 1.
- When
- 2012.
- Where
- Wimbledon.
- Why
- Radwanska needed to win the final to become world No. 1, but Williams beat her in three sets.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Radwanska won three WTA titles and entered the clay-court season ranked world No. 3.
Radwanska reached her first Grand Slam final, while Serena Williams was a four-time Wimbledon champion.
Williams beat Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, denying her the title and the chance to become world No. 1.
- Wimbledon final
- 2012
- Final score
- Serena Williams beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
- Ranking opportunity
- Radwanska would have become world No. 1 if she had won the final
- Career-high ranking
- World No. 2
- Grand Slam titles
- None