Iga Świątek

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]

Iga with Kaja Juvan, Olympic gold medal champions in girls' doubles at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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]

Iga Świątek interviewed in 2018

Iga Świątek in 2019

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]

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.

Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.

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
Caroline Wozniacki	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (1–6, 6–3, 6–4) at 2019 Toronto
Simona Halep	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (0–6, 1–6) at 2019 French Open
Naomi Osaka	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (6–7(4–7), 4–6) at 2019 Toronto
No. 4 ranked players
Caroline Garcia	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (7–6(7–1), 6–1) at 2019 Cincinnati
Samantha Stosur	0–1	0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2019 Eastbourne
No. 5 ranked players
Jeļena Ostapenko	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%)