Latest Update: Agnieszka Radwanska tops Julia Goerges in straight sets to win her first title of the season at the DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Radwanska will now rise to the world #5 ranking when the new rankings will be revealed on Monday. This is Radwanska's highest ever ranking. She also takes home her biggest prize money earnings to date of $446,778 for winning the Dubai title.
02/24: World #6 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland has only lost to one player this year - in all of her previous 3 tournaments. That player happens to be world #1 Victoria Azarenka. Agnieszka has been victorious over all other players expect Azarenka who she lost to in Sydney, at the Australian Open, and last week at Doha. This week however, Azarenka has withdrawn from Dubai and Radwanska is in the finals against Julia Goerges of Germany, a player she dominated last month in straight sets in their only meeting at the 4th round of the Australian Open.
Radwanska is very in Poland, where she was born and where currently resides. She started playing tennis at the age of four. Her sister Ursula also plays in the WTA. Radwanska speaks Polish and English and considers Paris as her favorite city. She admires American tennis legend Pete Sampras and would like to become #1 and win a Grand Slam someday.
Radwanska had a career breakthrough in 2011 where she won three tournaments – Carlsbad, Tokyo Pan Pacific, and Beijing. She has now won a total of 7 WTA titles and would like to add the 2012 Dubai Championships to her collection. She has reached two other WTA finals and is a member of the Polish Fed Cup team. She also won two doubles titles – one of them with her sister Ursula. Radwanksa is also the first ever Polish player to beat a reigning number one when she defeated Caroline Wozniacki in Sydney last month.
Agnieszka Radwanska Ranking & Prize Money Breakdown - 2012
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Ranking Pts: 200 Prize Money: $30,510
AUSTRALIAN OPEN, AUSTRALIA, Ranking Pts: 500 Prize Money: $230,845
DOHA, QATAR, Ranking Pts: 395 Prize Money: $96,100
Agnieszka Radwanska Ranking & Prize Money Breakdown - 2012
AUSTRALIAN OPEN, AUSTRALIA, Ranking Pts: 500 Prize Money: $204,525
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Ranking Pts: 225 Prize Money: $41,450
DOHA, QATAR, Ranking Pts: 1 Prize Money: $5,200
INDIAN WELLS, USA, Ranking Pts: 140 Prize Money: $32,000
MIAMI, USA, Ranking Pts: 250 Prize Money: $64,700
STUTTGART, GERMANY, Ranking Pts: 200 Prize Money: $32,500
MADRID, SPAIN, Ranking Pts: 80 Prize Money: $21,219
ROME, ITALY, Ranking Pts: 1 Prize Money: $10,575
FRENCH OPEN, FRANCE, Ranking Pts: 280 Prize Money: $102,923
EASTBOURNE, GREAT BRITAIN, Ranking Pts: 120 Prize Money: $15,300
WIMBLEDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Ranking Pts: 100 Prize Money: $32,200
STANFORD, USA, Ranking Pts: 120 Prize Money: $17,300
CARLSBAD,USA, Ranking Pts: 470 Prize Money: $111,000
TORONTO, CANADA, Ranking Pts: 395 Prize Money: $90,000
NEW HAVEN, USA, Ranking Pts: 60 Prize Money: $8,500
US OPEN, USA, Ranking Pts: 100 Prize Money: $42,780
TOKYO - PAN PACIFIC, JAPAN, Ranking Pts: 900 Prize Money: $360,000
BEIJING, CHINA, Ranking Pts: 1000 Prize Money: $775,500
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Ranking Pts: 1 Prize Money: $10,050
WTA CHAMPIONSHIPS, TURKEY, Ranking Pts: 370 Prize Money: $225,000
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February 2012 is over and possibly the most boring month in the tennis calendar is done. Still, it was a month where we witnessed world #1 Victoria Azarenka won her third title of the season and remain unbeaten for the year. It was also in this month where Roger Federer won his 71st ATP tournament title pushing his career money earnings to more than $68million, a record that would most likely stand in the next 3 to 5 years. This month also saw Juan Martin del Potro continue his climb back after an absence forced by injury – the Argentine reached back-to-back finals in Rotterdam and Marseilles. He lost to Federer in the former, while he won his first title in the latter. On the women’s side, there’s no doubting that this month belonged to Agnieszka Radwanska. Poland’s #1 won in her first visit to Dubai and has now reached a career high #5 in the world rankings. But then, February is done and we move to an interesting month in the tennis calendar. 
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