Iga Świątek

Iga Natalia Świątek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈiɡa naˈtalja ˈɕfjɔntɛk] ⓘ;[2] born 31 May 2001) is a Polish professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA, having held the position for a total of 125 weeks and placing her 7th on the all-time list for number of weeks spent as No. 1. Świątek has won five major singles titles and is the only player representing Poland to win a major singles title. She has won the French Open four times and the US Open once. Świątek has won 22 singles titles, including the 2023 WTA Finals and ten WTA 1000 titles. In 2024, she became the first Polish tennis player to win an Olympic medal, earning bronze in singles at the Paris Summer Olympics.[3] As a junior, Świątek was the 2018 French Open girls' doubles champion alongside Caty McNally and the 2018 Wimbledon girls' singles champion. Świątek began playing regularly on the WTA Tour in 2019, and entered the top 50 at 18 years old after her first Tour final and a fourth-round appearance at the 2019 French Open. During her French Open title run in 2020, Świątek lost no more than five games in any singles match. She entered the top ten of the WTA rankings for the first time in May 2021 after winning the Italian Open.