Iga Świątek
Iga Świątek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈiɡa ˈɕfjɔntɛk]; born 31 May 2001) is a tennis player from Poland. She has won seven ITF singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 49 on August 19th 2019.
Świątek at the 2019 French Open | ||||||||||||||
Country (sports) | ||||||||||||||
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Residence | Raszyn, Poland | |||||||||||||
Born | Warsaw, Poland | 31 May 2001|||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||
Coach | Piotr Sierzputowski Jolanta Rusin-Krzepota | |||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 909,148 | |||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 101–28 (78.3%) | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 7 ITF | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 48 (3 February 2020) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 49 (16 March 2020) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 4R (2020) | |||||||||||||
French Open | 4R (2019) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2019) | |||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2019) | |||||||||||||
Australian Open Junior | 1R (2017) | |||||||||||||
French Open Junior | SF (2018) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon Junior | W (2018) | |||||||||||||
US Open Junior | 2R (2016) | |||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 8–7 (53.3%) | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 442 (14 October 2019) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 460 (16 March 2020) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2019) | |||||||||||||
Australian Open Junior | F (2017) | |||||||||||||
French Open Junior | W (2018) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon Junior | SF (2016) | |||||||||||||
US Open Junior | SF (2016) | |||||||||||||
Mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | QF (2020) | |||||||||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 7–3 (singles 5-2, doubles 2-1) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 3 May 2020. |
As a junior, she was part of the Polish team which won the Junior Fed Cup in 2016.[1] She was also the 2018 French Open girls' doubles champion with Caty McNally, having lost to her partner in the singles' semi-final, but the highlight of her junior career was her victory in the girls' singles final at Wimbledon a few weeks later, defeating Leonie Küng of Switzerland in straight sets. She completed her junior career at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, where she won the gold medal in the girls' doubles with Kaja Juvan of Slovenia, who also won gold in the girls' singles.[2]
Early life and background
Iga Świątek was born to 1988 Olympic rower Tomasz Świątek who competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[3] She resides in Raszyn, a small town near Warsaw.
Career
2016 to 2017: Junior career and early years
In summer 2016, Świątek defeated Olga Danilović in the final of the Canadian Open Junior Championships, and followed that with her first win in a senior ITF tournament in Stockholm at age 15. She then beat Marta Kostyuk in the title match at the AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International in January 2017, and then claimed her first clay-court singles title on the ITF pro circuit a month later with a victory over Martina Di Giuseppe in Bergamo. Świątek came through the qualifying rounds to reach the final.[4]
2018: Wimbledon Championships junior singles title
Świątek missed seven months after right ankle surgery in 2017, but made a return in both ITF and junior Grand Slam tournaments.[5]
At age 17, Świątek and her partner Caty McNally beat Yuki Naito and Naho Sato in the French Open junior doubles final. She also reached the junior singles semifinals, losing to McNally in three sets.
On 14 July 2018, Świątek reached her first Grand Slam junior singles final, in which she defeated Switzerland's Leonie Küng in straight sets. Świątek became the fourth Polish junior champion at Wimbledon after Aleksandra Olsza and Agnieszka and Urszula Radwańska.[6]
Świątek won back-to-back $60,000 titles in Budapest and Montreux to enter the top 200.[7]
In October, Świątek competed at the third Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.[8] She qualified based on her ITF world junior rankings, and played singles, doubles and mixed doubles. She won the gold medal in doubles with Kaja Juvan, defeating Yuki Naito and Naho Sato of Japan in the final.
Świątek had a strong 2018 season, raising her ranking from No. 727 to a career high of No. 174 and winning four ITF titles.[9] Her year-end ranking was 186.[10]
2019: First WTA final, and top 50
Świątek started the season with her first WTA event at the Auckland Open, where she lost in the final round of qualifying. She made it through the qualifying rounds of the Australian Open, and in the first round, Świątek defeated Ana Bogdan in three sets. Following the Australian Open, Świątek achieved a new career-high singles ranking of No. 140 and participated in the 2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, which was played in Zielona Gora, Poland.
In February, Świątek made it to the second round at the Hungarian Ladies Open. At the Ladies Open Lugano in Switzerland, Świątek upset No. 3 seed Viktória Kužmová in three sets to reach her first WTA quarterfinal. The win over the world No. 46 was the first top-50 victory in Świątek's career.[11]. She then defeated the No. 8 seed Vera Lapko and Kristýna Plíšková to reach her first WTA final. An incredible cross-court forehand drop shot against Plíšková in the semi-final became the 2019 WTA Shot of the Year.[12] She lost the final to Polona Hercog in three sets.[13] Reaching the Lugano final boosted her into the Top 100 for the very first time.[14]
Iga Świątek bounced back from a first-set bagel to defeat Monica Puig and reach the second week in her first French Open.[15] Making her French Open main draw debut, Świątek became the second player born in the 2000s to reach week two of a major - following Amanda Anisimova's efforts at the Australian Open. Świątek lost to defending champion Simona Halep in the fourth round.[16]
At the Citi Open, Świątek recovered from a set and a double break deficit for a win over Ons Jabeur and then lost in the second round to the eventual champion Jessica Pegula.[17] Świątek continued at the Rogers Cup, where she defeated Shelby Rogers and Heather Watson in the qualifying rounds to make the main draw. She defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the second round[18] before falling to Naomi Osaka in the third round. After a great campaign in Toronto, Świątek played the Cincinnati Masters where she defeated Caroline Garcia in an hour and 31 minutes. [19]
2020
At the Australian Open Świątek was playing her first tournament since she underwent foot surgery following the 2019 US Open. She defeated Tímea Babos, Carla Suárez Navarro and Donna Vekić, all in straight sets, to advance to the fourth round at a Grand Slam championship for the second time in her career, where she lost to Anett Kontaveit in three sets. [20]
She followed that with three wins from three matches at the Fed Cup Group I tournament in Luxembourg before travelling to Qatar, where she beat Vekić in the first round and lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second. That was her last match before international play was suspended due to the Covid-19 coronavirus.
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.
Singles
Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments[21] | |||||
Australian Open | 2R | 4R | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
French Open | 4R | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% | |
Wimbledon | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
US Open | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Win–Loss | 5–4 | 3–1 | 0 / 5 | 8–5 | 62% |
Premier Mandatory tournaments | |||||
Indian Wells Open | Q2 | P | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | Q2 | P | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Premier 5 tournaments | |||||
Dubai / Qatar Open | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Canadian Open | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |
Cincinnati Open | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Career statistics[22] | |||||
Tournaments | 11 | 2 | Career total: 13 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
Finals | 1 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
Hard Win–Loss | 7–7 | 5–2 | 0 / 8 | 12–9 | 57% |
Clay Win–Loss | 7–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 7–3 | 70% |
Grass Win–Loss | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
Overall Win–Loss | 14–12 | 5–2 | 0 / 13 | 19–14 | 58% |
Year-end ranking | 61 | $909,147 |
Doubles
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Australian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
French Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wimbledon | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
US Open | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Win–Loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Mixed doubles
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
Australian Open | 2R | QF | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | – |
French Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wimbledon | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
US Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Win–Loss | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2019 | Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland | International | Clay | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (7 titles)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2016 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | 10,000 | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–3 | |
Win | 2–0 | Feb 2017 | ITF Bergamo, Italy | 15,000 | Clay (i) | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | |
Win | 3–0 | May 2017 | ITF Győr, Hungary | 15,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 4–0 | Feb 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | 6–3, 6–1 | |
Win | 5–0 | Apr 2018 | ITF Pelham, United States | 25,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–0 | |
Win | 6–0 | Sep 2018 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | 60,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 7–0 | Sep 2018 | ITF Montreux, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | 4–6, 2–6 |
Fed Cup participation
Singles
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Surface | Against | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I |
P/O | 10 February 2018 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard (i) | W | 6–0, 6–4 | ||
2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I |
R/R | 6 February 2019 | Zielona Góra, Poland | L | 0–6, 2–6 | |||
8 February 2019 | W | 6–3, 7–6(9–7) | ||||||
P/O | 9 February 2019 | L | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | |||||
2020 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I |
R/R | 6 February 2020 | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
W | 6–2, 6–1 | |||
7 February 2020 | W | 6–3, 6–0 | ||||||
P/O | 8 February 2020 | W | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
Doubles
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Against | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I |
R/R | 9 February 2018 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard (i) | Alicja Rosolska | L | 3–6, 6–2, 1–6 | ||
2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I |
R/R | 6 February 2019 | Zielona Góra, Poland | W | 6–0, 3–6, 6–3 | ||||
P/O | 9 February 2019 | W | 6–1, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles: 1 (1 title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2018 | Wimbledon | Grass | 6–4, 6–2 |
Girls' doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | 1–6, 6–7(4–7) | ||
Win | 2018 | French Open | Clay | 6–2, 7–5 |
ITF junior results
Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend (W–L) |
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Junior Grand Slam (1–0) |
Category GA (0–1) |
Category G1 (2–0) |
Category G2 (0–1) |
Category G3 (0–0) |
Category G4 (3–0) |
Category G5 (0–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2015 | Nottingham, Great Britain | G4 | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | |
Win | 2–0 | May 2015 | Budapest, Hungary | G4 | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 3–0 | Jun 2015 | Riga, Latvia | G4 | Clay | 6–3, 6–0 | |
Loss | 3–1 | Sep 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic | G2 | Clay | 5–7, 1–6 | |
Win | 4–1 | Sep 2016 | Repentigny, Canada | G1 | Hard | 3–6, 2–0 ret. | |
Win | 5–1 | Jan 2017 | Traralgon, Australia | G1 | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Loss | 5–2 | May 2017 | Milan, Italy | GA | Clay | 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | |
Win | 6–2 | Jul 2018 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | JGS | Grass | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
Legend (W–L) |
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Junior Grand Slam (1–1) |
Category GA (0–0) |
Category G1 (1–0) |
Category G2 (0–1) |
Category G3 (0–0) |
Category G4 (1–0) |
Category G5 (0–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 2015 | Riga, Latvia | G4 | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic | G2 | Clay | 6–7(4–7), 1–6 | ||
Win | 2–1 | Jan 2017 | Traralgon, Australia | G1 | Hard | 3–6, 6–4, 10–7 | ||
Loss | 2–2 | Jan 2017 | Australian Open, Australia | JGS | Hard | 1–6, 6–7(4–7) | ||
Win | 3–2 | Jun 2018 | French Open, France | JGS | Clay | 6–2, 7–5 |
Team competition: 1 title
Result | W–L | Date | Team competition | Surface | Partner/Team | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2016 | Junior Fed Cup, Budapest, Hungary |
Clay | 2–1 |
Record against other players
Record against top 10 players
Świątek's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (as of August 13, 2019):
Player | Record | Win% | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
Number 1 ranked players | ||||||
1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Won (1–6, 6–3, 6–4) at 2019 Toronto | |
0–1 | 0% | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | Lost (0–6, 1–6) at 2019 French Open | |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Lost (6–7(4–7), 4–6) at 2019 Toronto | |
No. 4 ranked players | ||||||
1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | Won (7–6(7–1), 6–1) at 2019 Cincinnati | |
0–1 | 0% | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2019 Eastbourne | |
No. 5 ranked players | ||||||
0–1 | 0% | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | Lost (0–6, 2–6) at 2019 Birmingham | |
Total | 2–4 | 33.33% | 2–1 (66.67%) |
0–1 (0%) |
0–2 (0%) |
Record against top 50 ranked players
Donna Vekic 2–0 Mona Barthel 1–0 Zarina Diyas 1–0 Viktória Kužmová 1–0 Kristýna Plíšková 1–0 Monica Puig 1–0 Wang Qiang 1–0 Zheng Saisai 1–0 Wang Yafan 1–0 Jana Čepelová 1–1 Madison Brengle 0–1 Camila Giorgi 0–1 Polona Hercog 0–1 Anastasija Sevastova 0–1 Dayana Yastremska 0–1 Anett Kontaveit 0–2
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