Paris - Newly-crowned Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka added the world No 1 ranking to her honours on Monday as she took the spot from Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki in the WTA rankings released on Monday.
The 22-year-old from Belarus crushed Russia's world No 3 Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 in her first Grand Slam final in Melbourne on Saturday.
Rankings: Top 20
1. Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 8585 points
2. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 7690
3. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 7560
4. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 7085
5. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 5430
6. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 5330
7. Marian Bartoli (FRA) 4770
8. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 4695
9. Li Na (CHN) 4450
10. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 4000
11. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 3640
12. Serena Williams (USA) 3580
13. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 3295
14. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 3143
15. Anastasia Pavlyunchenkova (RUS) 2735
16. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 2635
17. Shuai Peng (CHN) 2580
18. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2535
19. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2526
20. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 2450
44. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 1300