Few predicted the American would return to a major final so soon after her crushing 6-0 6-0 defeat by Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek embodied the day's theme of triumph through adversity, clawing her way back from 5-1 down in the opening set.
Iga Swiatek crushed Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title, becoming the first Polish champion and youngest woman since Serena to win Slams on all three surfaces.
Iga Swiatek had displayed clinical form throughout the campaign and dropped just one set en route to the final.
The ITF also named Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Mate Pavic of Croatia, and the Italian pair of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini as doubles world champions.
The world number two tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine in August and was provisionally banned the following month.
U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka is officially No. 1 in the WTA rankings again after ending Iga Swiatek's 11-month reign.
Magdalena Frech defeated qualifier Olivia Gadecki 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday to capture her first WTA title at the Guadalajara Open.
Poland's Swiatek, who clocked up her fifth Grand Slam title at last month's French Open, was beaten 3-6 6-1 6-2 by Yulia Putintseva in the third round as she again struggled on grass.
World number one Swiatek dominated Italian 12th seed Paolini, a first-time Grand Slam finalist, needed just 68 minutes to capture a fourth crown in five years in Paris.
From Djokovic’s much-awaited return to Iga Swiatek’s chances of winning another title, we take a look at the top talking points ahead of the US Open.
The announcement comes just a day after Rafael Nadal was announced as Infosys' brand ambassador.
The 22-year-old Swiatek is just the third woman in the Open era to win each of her first four Grand Slam finals, the Pole adding to her 2020 and 2022 titles in Paris and last year's US Open triumph.
Iga Swiatek, Elena Sabalenka and Aryna Rybakina have the highest winning percentage in 2023, with Sabalenka on 29 wins to 4 losses, Swiatek on 25-5 and Rybakina on 24-7.
Kazakhstan's Rybakina advanced to the quarter-finals of the season's opening Grand Slam for the first time with an impressive display against the misfiring Pole.
That package of skills, both innate and acquired, has created a genuine champion, and what should be genuinely scary to the opposition is that she can still improve her serve, transition game and volleys by big margins.
French Open champion Iga Swiatek was left a bit baffled by a reporter’s question on her beauty routine after claiming her second title triumph at Roland Garros.
Iga Swiatek cruised to her second French Open title by dominating teenager Coco Gauff in the final on Saturday, as the world number one claimed her 35th successive victory.