Celebrating her birthday on 31st May 2001, Iga Świątek is a professional Polish tennis player. She is born to Olympic Rower father, Tomasz Świątek and Dorota Świątek and has a sister Agata Świątek. Iga was born in Warsaw, Poland, however she resides in Raszyn, Poland.
Women’s tennis has a new name atop its rankings. Iga Świątek has taken over Ashleigh Barty who has retired from the game. She became the first Polish player and the youngest player since Caroline Wozniacki to hold the position.
Świątek’s clinched the ranking with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland in the second round of the Miami Open.
With Ash Barty vacating the spot as world no.1, Świątek becomes the 28th different woman to hold the no.1 ranking since the computerized system debuted in November 1975.
Iga’s rise in the rankings has been steady and constant. She ended 2016 ranked no.903, cracked the top 500 for the first time in 2018, ended 2020 ranked no.17, then gained no.9 at the end of last year.
The 20-year-old is very proud of her achievement as world no.1. She said, “I’m really satisfied and really proud of myself.”
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