The top-seeded Dane defeated Vesnina 6-2, 6-3 to add the title to those she won at Dubai and Indian Wells, California, and admitted the triumph on Charleston's green clay had her looking ahead to the red clay of Roland Garros.
She had a match point against Li Na but eventually fell to the Chinese player in the semi-finals of this year's Australian Open.
She showed her toughness this week. She dropped just one set in five matches, to Yanina Wickmayer in the quarter-finals, and defeated former number one Jelena Jankovic in straight sets to reach the final here for the second time.
Wozniacki saved all four break points she faced against 56th-ranked Vesnina, including two in the seventh game of the second set to douse the Russian's best chance to mount a challenge.
Vesnina Russian managed to hold on under pressure through much of the second frame, fending off five break points before Wozniacki finally broke for a 5-3 lead.
Wozniacki then served out the match, taking the title on her first match point.
Vesnina had toppled four seeded opponents to reach the championship match. But she sounded like all of Wozniacki's opponents this week as she marveled at the way the Dane finds ways to win.
Wozniacki fell to Sabine Lisicki in the 2009 Charleston final, then made a disappointing injury exit last year after hurting her ankle in the semi-finals.
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