SHE came, she saw, she Konta-ed. At Crandon Park on Saturday, Johanna Konta landed what surely counts as the biggest title by any British woman for 40years, as she blitzed Caroline Wozniacki in the final of the Miami Open.

Johanna Konta of Great Britain celebrates with the trophy after defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the final at Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 1, 2017 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Julian Finney/Getty Images/AFP

It was a stellar performance from Konta, who now rises to a career-best position of No 7 in the world. In a match where both women’s serves came under heavy attack, she broke Wozniacki to love in the opening game and maintained her superiority throughout the next 95 minutes.

British tennis has not been without its successes on the women’s tour since 1977, the year Virginia Wade won Wimbledon. Jo Durie claimed a title in Sydney, Sara Gomer in Aptos and Annabel Croft in San Diego. But with a prize fund of around £950,000 for the winner, the Miami Open is one of the richest and most prestigious events on the WTA calendar, while also enjoying a long and vivid history as the former Lipton Championships.

No British woman had even made the quarter-finals here until Konta did it last year, and now she has run off with the title. It is quite some feat, especially when you consider that she is only visiting Crandon Park for the second time, having spent most of her professional career ranked too low to  make the qualifying tournament.

“Everybody’s journey is different,” said Konta, who is only 10 months  younger than Wozniacki, in an on-court interview with commentator Brad  Gilbert. “I needed a little bit more time and a few more experiences to accumulate the knowledge I have. Now I think I play smarter tennis and calmer tennis and that just took time. On paper it looks like a quick  turnaround, but it’s definitely been a lot of years, a long time coming.”

Wozniacki was an ideal opponent to draw in the final, as their previous meeting in Australia in January had delivered a one-sided victory for Konta. Even more helpfully, the Dane was struggling with a foot injury that required treatment early in the second set. But really this was just a  contrast of styles in which Konta had all the power and the initiative.

Wozniacki’s best hope was to filibuster her way through the rallies until she could draw an error. By the close of Konta’s 6-4, 6-3 victory, she had racked up 32 clean winners to her opponent’s meagre tally of eight.

A perfect sliced lob finished the contest and delivered the most significant prize of Konta’s career. Andy Murray is no longer the only British player to see Miami as a home from home.