Emma Raducanu completed a half-century of matches in a season for the first time in her career.
They included a semi-final showing in Washington, plus a quarter-final in Miami and a last-16 appearance on the Rome clay at WTA 1000 level.
There were also chastening defeats by the world's elite on the Grand Slam stage and a frustrating conclusion in Asia with illness, a bad back and missed match points.
But the British number one's decision to curtail her season two weeks early, and miss events in Tokyo and Hong Kong because of lingering sickness, is a sound one.