Bad weather throughout the week wreaked havoc with the schedule in New Zealand's largest city and both had been required to play their quarter-finals and semi-finals Saturday. Both players had made the final at the Auckland Tennis Centre before, with the German losing to Sloane Stephens in 2016, while Wozniacki lost to Venus Williams in 2015. Goerges however, stamped her intention on the opening point when she smashed a forehand service return back at Wozniacki's feet and broke to take a 1-0 lead that she never relinquished.Julia Goerges is on a 14-match winning streak, beating Wozniacki 6-4, 7-6(4) to win Auckland. Her third consecutive title following Moscow, Zhuhai.
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) January 7, 2018
She sealed the first set after 35 minutes with her seventh ace and then broke Wozniacki again in the first game of the second set and continued to just overpower the Dane. Wozniacki had an opportunity to get back on serve in the fourth game when she had a break point but Goerges simply pulled out another ace and consolidated her lead. The Dane, however, was finally getting into the match and while she blew her second break point two games later she finally broke in the eighth to get back on serve and then took a 5-4 lead. That was the only chance she had, however, as Goerges forced a tiebreak and then raced through it to seal the title after 91 minutes with another forehand winner.3rd consecutive title ✅ 14 consecutive matches ✅ 1st @ASB_Classic title ✅@juliagoerges is on fire! HIGHLIGHTS --> https://t.co/K56T7I7tPB pic.twitter.com/lJgd7ihnqV
— WTA (@WTA) January 7, 2018