The Austrian world No 37 was on court for three hours and 12 minutes against the Dane - hardly a brisk first-round workout - as she came back from a set down to spring a minor surprise.
Wozniacki became the second-highest seed to be dumped out of the women's draw - but despite her lofty ranking and former standing as world number one, her game is not considered to be one of the most solid on tour and so it proved as Paszek emerged a 5-7 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 winner.
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Wozniacki, girlfriend of golf superstar Rory McIlroy, let two match points and 15 break points slip away in a match which was largely played under the stadium's roof due to outside drizzle.
It was not to be for Wozniacki and the big-hitting Paszek, who impressed with a fearless string of winners, went through at the expense of her fellow 21-year-old.
She did so with a break of serve in the 10th game of the third set - a third break in a row and the fifth of the set.
'It's not a nice feeling,' Wozniacki said. 'Especially after having two match points and not taking them.
'It wasn't that I played badly. She just went for them and that's it.'
She added: 'Maybe I should have played the match points differently, I don't know.'
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