About Iga Świątek - Polish Tennis Player
Iga Natalia Świątek, professionally known as Iga Świątek is a professional tennis player from Poland. Likewise, she is the daughter of Tomasz Świątek, a retired Olympic rower. She won the French Open in 2020 and 2022 as well as the US Open in 2022 to become a three-time major singles champion. As a result, she is the first Polish athlete to win a major singles title. To date, she has won a total of 11 WTA Tour-level titles.
Similarly, she was ranked as the world no. 1 player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on April 4, 2022.
Moreover, Świątek won the WTA Fan Favorite Shot of the Year in 2019 with a drop shot from the baseline and was named the WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year in 2020. She is also the winner of the L'Equipe Champion of Champions as well as named the Polish Sports Personality of the Year in 2023.
Early Life, Siblings & Parents
Iga Świątek wasborn on May 31, 2000 in Warsaw, Poland. Her birth name is Iga Natalia Świątek. She is the youngest daughter of Tomasz Świątek (father), and Dorota Świątek(mother). Her father is a retired Olympic rower who previously competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Her mother is an Orthodontist. She has an elder sister, Agata Świątek who is also a tennis player.
Moreover, Świątek holds Polish nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. Her zodiac sign is Gemini.
In addition, Iga Świątek has always been interested in sports as she was born into a sports background family. Her father also wanted his daughters to be competitive athletes. He encouraged them to join an individual sport as opposed to a team sport. She followed her sister, Agata who initially was into swimming but later switched to tennis. Later on, Iga moved to Legia Warsaw to begin a new chapter in her life after completing her training at Mera Warsaw.
Iga Świątek Tennis Career
Junior Career
- Iga Świątek began competing in ITF Junior Circuit events in 2015 at age of 13.
- At the 2016 French Open, Świątek made her Junior Grand Slam debut by making it to the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles. She ended up winning the best junior title at the Grade 1 Canadian Open Junior Championships.
Professional Career
- Świątek began her professional career after she competed on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2016. She won all seven ITF singles finals she reached: her first three titles came at 15 years old.
- She entered the top 200 for the first time at the age of 17, rising from No. 298 to No. 180 in those two weeks in 2018.
- Świątek won her first WTA draw at the 2019 Australian Open and made her first WTA breakthrough at the Ladies Open Lugano in April 2019.
- Likewise, she entered the top 100 at age of 17.
- At the Australian Open 2020, she returned to the WTA Tour. Where, she matched her best result at a Grand Slam tournament with another fourth-round appearance, this time highlighted by a victory over No. 20, Donna Vekić.
- In her final match before the WTA Tour was suspended for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she defeated Vekić again at the 2020 Qatar Open.
- At the 2020 US Open, she reached the third round losing to eventual runner-up Victoria Azarenka.
- Świątek won the singles event for her maiden WTA title after the rescheduled French Open in September 2020.
- She defeated world No. 6 Sofia Kenin in the French Open 2020 finals to become the first Polish player to ever win a Grand Slam singles title and the lowest-ranked French Open champion in the history of the WTA rankings.
- Similarly, she also became the tournament's youngest champion since Rafael Nadal in 2005 and the tournament's youngest women's singles champion since Monica Seles in 1992.
- Moreover, She won the title without dropping a set or more than five games to any opponent.
- With the title, she rose to No. 17 in the world. She also played in the doubles event, partnering with Nicole Melichar for the first time.
- At the 2021 Australian Open, she defeated Arantxa Rus, Camila Giorgi, and Fiona Ferro while seeded fifteenth. But, she was defeated by Simona Halep in the fourth round.
- Świątek won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 Adelaide International without losing a set in the entire tournament.
- As a result, she made her first career-highest entry into the top 15 in March 2021.
- At the 2021 Italian Open, she won her first career WTA 1000-title defeating former champion Karolina Pliskova in just 46 minutes without the loss of a single game.
- She won 22 straight sets at the 2021 French Open before losing to Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals.
- At the 2022 Adelaide International, she defeated Daria Saville, Leylah Fernandez, and Victoria Azarenka, but lost to Ashleigh Barty in the semifinals.
- Świątek entered the 2022 Australian Open as the seventh seed. Where, she defeated Harried DArt in the first round, Rebecca Peterson in the second round, Daria Kasatkina in the third round, and Sorana Cirstea in the fourth round. In the quarterfinal, she defeated Kaia Kanepi but lost to Danielle Collins in the semifinal.
- At the 2022 Qatar Open, she defeated Anett Kontaveit in the final and grabbed her second WTA 1000 championship title.
- Świątek defeated Maria Sakkari in the final at the 2022 Indian Wells and became the first Pole to win the title.
- On 20 March 2022, she reached a career-high ranking of world no. 2, with consecutive Masters wins.
- On 23 March 2022, she clinched the world no. 1 singles ranking due to the retirement of reigning world no. 1 Ashleigh Barty. However, the new ranking was applied on 4th April, after Barty was officially removed from the rankings.
- Świątek defeated Naomi Osaka in the final, 6-4, 6-0 to win the women's singles title at the 2022 Miami Open. As a result, she became the fourth as well as a youngest woman (11th player overall) to complete the Sunshine Double and also the 1st woman to win the first three WTA 1000 events of the year.
- At the 2022 Women's Stuttgart Open, she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, and won her fourth consecutive WTA title.
- She defeated Ons Jabeur in straight sets to claim her fifth consecutive WTA Tour title at the 2022 Italian Open.
- At the 2022 French Open final, she defeated Coco Gauff and clinched her second French Open Title.
- At the 2022 US Open, she defeated Ons Jabeur in the final and became the first Polish woman to win the US Open bringing her to a total of three major titles.
- Subsequently, she defeated the qualifier Donna Vekic in the final at the 2022 San Diego Open.
- She became the first payer since Serena Williams in 2013 to claim the most titles (8), to win the most matches (67), and to achieve the most 'bagels' in a year (22).
- Further, she also became the first player to collect over 11,000 ranking points in a single season since Serena Williams in 2013.
- Additionally, Świątek played in her first tournament of the year 2023 at the United Cup in Brisbane, representing Poland. She advanced to the semifinals before falling to Jessica Pegula in straight sets after beating Yulia Putintseva, Belinda Bencic, and Martina Trevisan.
National Representation
- Świątek represented Poland at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals for 14-and-under girls twice in 2014 and 2015. And even won all of her matches in 2014 leading Poland to ninth place.
- In 2016, she won the Junior Fed Cup title defeating the United States 2-1 in the final.
- The 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games was the last event of her junior career.
- In 2018, she made her senior Billie Jean King Cup debut when Poland was in Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
- However, Świątek won her only singles match in 2018 and 2019 won both of her doubles matches while partnering with Alicja Rosolska.
- Similarly, She won all three of her singles matches in the 2020 Europe/Africa Zone Group I round.
- At the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup, she wins two games to help the team to move on the finals. However, she didn't attend the finals because they were immediately followed by the decisive round after the 2022 WTA Finals.
Iga Świątek Awards
- 2019- WTA Fan Favorite Shot of the Year
- 2020- WTA Most Improved Player
- 2020- WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player
- 2020- Gold Cross of Merit
- 2020- European Sportswoman of the Year-EVgen Bergant Trophy
- 2022- Chris EVert WTA World No. 1 Trophy
- 2022- WTA Player of the Year
- 2022- ITF World Champion
- 2022- WTA Fan FAvorite Shot of the Year
- 2023- Polish Sports Personality of the Year
- 2023- L'Equipe Champion of Champions
Iga Świątek Net worth
Having a career started at 14, the WTA no. 1, Iga Świątek has amassed a great fortune from her professional tennis playing career. She has an estimated net worth of $10 million as of January 2023. She has managed such fortune through her matches, prize money, and wins. However, she also has extra earnings through her endorsement deals with well-known brands like Nike, Reb Bull, Lexus, and Asics.
Iga Świątek Height & Weight
Iga Świątek is a beautiful lady with a well-maintained athletic body physique. She stands at a tall height of 1.76m (5 feet 9 inches) with a balanced weight of 64kg (141 lbs.). Similarly, she has a pair of dark brown eyes and light brown hair in color, which perfectly suits her fair complexion. Her sexual orientation is straight.
