Iga Świątek
![]() Iga Świątek at the 2018 French Open | |||||||||||||||
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Residence | Raszyn | ||||||||||||||
Born | Warsaw | 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 | $163,166 | ||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 78–17 | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 7 ITF | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 88 (15 April 2019) | ||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 93 (22 April 2019) | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2019) | ||||||||||||||
French Open Junior | SF (2018) | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon Junior | W (2018) | ||||||||||||||
US Open Junior | 2R (2016) | ||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 7–5 | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 1089 (25 June 2018) | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open Junior | F (2017) | ||||||||||||||
French Open Junior | W (2018) | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon Junior | SF (2016) | ||||||||||||||
US Open Junior | SF (2016) | ||||||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 4-3 (singles 2-2, doubles 2-1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 22 April 2019. |
Iga Świątek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈiɡa ˈɕfjɔ̃tɛk]; EE-ga-SH-FYON-tek), 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. 88 in April 2019.
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 undoubtedly 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 Danilovic 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
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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 Radwanska.[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, Grand Slam debut and Top 100
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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 Viktoria Kuzmova 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 which she lost to Polona Hercog in three sets.[12] Reaching the Lugano final boosted her into the Top 100 for the very first time[13].
Career statistics
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2019 | SR | W–L | ||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||
French Open | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
US Open | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
Win–Loss | 1–1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
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 finals
Singles: 7 (7 titles)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2016 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Feb 2017 | ITF Bergamo, Italy | Clay (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Win | 3–0 | May 2017 | ITF Győr, Hungary | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 4–0 | Feb 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 5–0 | Apr 2018 | ITF Pelham, United States | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 6–0 | Sep 2018 | ITF Budapest, Hungary | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 7–0 | Sep 2018 | ITF Montreux, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2018 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | ![]() |
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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 – Play-offs |
P/O | 10 February 2018 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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W | 6–0, 6–4 |
2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A |
R/R | 6 February 2019 | Zielona Góra, Poland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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L | 0–6, 2–6 |
R/R | 8 February 2019 | Zielona Góra, Poland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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W | 6–3, 7–6(9-7) | |
Group I Play-offs | P/O | 9 February 2019 | Zielona Góra, Poland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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L | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Doubles
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Against | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2018 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool D |
R/R | 9 February 2018 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard (i) | Alicja Rosolska | ![]() |
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L | 3–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A |
R/R | 6 February 2019 | Zielona Góra, Poland | Hard (i) | Alicja Rosolska | ![]() |
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W | 6–0, 3–6, 6–3 |
Group I Play-offs | P/O | 9 February 2019 | Zielona Góra, Poland | Hard (i) | Alicja Rosolska | ![]() |
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W | 6–1, 1–6, 7–6(7-5) |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 2018 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Girls' doubles
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Winner | 2018 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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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) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 26 April 2015 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 24 May 2015 | Budapest, Hungary | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 20 June 2015 | Riga, Latvia | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 1. | 6 September 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 1–6 |
Winner | 4. | 3 September 2016 | Repentigny, Canada | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–0 ret. |
Winner | 5. | 19 January 2017 | Traralgon, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 28 May 2017 | Milan, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | 14 July 2018 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 20 June 2015 | Riga, Latvia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 6 September 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
Winner | 2. | 19 January 2017 | Traralgon, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 10–7 |
Runner-up | 2. | 27 January 2017 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Winner | 3. | 8 June 2018 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Team competition: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | No. | Date | Team competition | Surface | Partner/Team | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 2 October 2016 | Junior Fed Cup, Budapest, Hungary |
Clay | ![]() ![]() |
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2–1 |
Head-to-head vs. top 100 ranked players and players who have been in top 100
Louisa Chirico 2–0
Mariana Duque Mariño 2–1
Lara Arruabarrena 1–0
Mona Barthel 1–0
Ana Bogdan 1–0
Olga Danilović 1–0
Zarina Diyas 1–0
Irina Falconi 1–0
Viktória Kužmová 1–0
Kristýna Plíšková 1–0
Vera Lapko 1–0
Sílvia Soler Espinosa 1–0
Jana Čepelová 1–1
Madison Brengle 0–1
Camila Giorgi 0–1
Natalia Vikhlyantseva 0-1
Dayana Yastremska 0–1
References
- ^ "Poland defeats USA to take Junior Fed Cup title".
- ^ "Results". Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tomasz Świątek Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/news/articles/swiatek-impresses-in-italy-with-first-clay-title.aspx
- ^ "16-year-old Iga Swiatek means business in Charleston". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Wimbledon: Iga Swiatek, the future is now". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "17-year-old Iga Swiatek wins her second $60,000 title in Montreux". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Entry List Announced for Youth Olympic Games". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Tennis in 2019: Young players to watch during the new season". betting.betfair.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ admin (16 July 2018). "Iga Swiatek". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Swiatek sinks Kuzmova for first WTA QF in Lugano". WTA Tennis. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Hercog halts Swiatek to lift third trophy in Lugano". WTA Tennis. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/wta-rankings-2019-update-kuznetsova-back-top-100-anisimova-climbs