The world’s tennis number one Iga Swiatek is already more than a year at the top of the WTA rankings. The 21-year-old Polish tennis player set at the WTA No 1 on April 3, 2022, after the resignation of Ashleigh Barty (Australia), who was on the top for a total of 121 weeks.
The top ranking of Iga Swiatek also came after the incredible 35-winning streak in the beginning of 2022 and capturing the titles of the French Open / Roland Garros, WTA 1000 Rome Open, WTA 500 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, WTA 1000 Miami Open, WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open, WTA 1000 Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha.
In 2022, Iga Swiatek also won the US Open and WTA 500 San Diego Open. She reached the semi-finals of the Year End Championships WTA Finals Fort Worth.
These results put her on the world’s top position with a big advantage against main followers Ons Jabeur (Tunisia), Jessica Pegula (USA), and Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus).
Although Iga Swiatek had only one trophy since the beginning of the year, defending her title at the WTA 500 Qatar TotalEnergies Open, which was lowered in a category in 2023, she was the runner-up at the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and reached the semi-finals of the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open. Her advance on the top is more than 2000 points, but she should recover and concentrate in defending her titles in Stuttgart, Rome, and Roland Garros.
