Who is Iga Swiatek?
She has made her name is heard all over the Tennis World within a couple of years she has been on the Open Era courts. The 20-year-old Polish made a rocking performance at last year’s Roland Garros. She emerged victoriously and became the youngest woman to hold a Grand Slam trophy in the 21st Century.
She is a Polish professional tennis player & is the youngest player in the top ten of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, and has a career-high No. 7 in the world. With her French Open title, she also became the youngest singles champion at the tournament since Spanish professional tennis player Rafael Nadal in 2005, and the youngest women’s singles champion since Monica Seles in 1992.
Quick Facts
Titles | Description |
Real Name | Iga Natalia Świątek |
Nickname | Swiatek, Iga |
Birth Place | Warsaw, Poland |
Date of Birth | 31th May 2001. |
Nationality | Poland |
Source of Income | Professional Tennis Player & Endorsement. |
Age | 20 years. (As of 2021). |
Father’s name | Tomasz Świątek |
Mother’s name | Dorota Świątek |
Siblings | One sister Agata. |
Star sign | Gemini |
Residence | Raszyn, Poland |
Height | 5 feet 9 inches /176 Cm. |
Weight | 64 Kg / 141 Lbs. |
Hair Color | Brown |
Eye Color | Brown |
Body Measurement | 33-23-34 (Inches) |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Profession | Professional Tennis Player & Brand Endorsement. |
Become Professional | 2016 |
Playing Style | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Career Records (Singles) | 138–40 (77.5%) |
Career Titles (Singles) | 3 |
Career Highest ranking (singles) | No. 7 (9th August 2021) |
Current ranking (Singles) | No. 7 (9th August 2021) |
Grand Slam Results (Singles) | |
Australian Open | 4R (2020, 2021) |
French Open | W (2020) |
Wimbledon | 4R (2021) |
US Open | 3R (2020) |
Grand Slam Results (Doubles) | |
Career Records | 24–12 (66.7%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 42 (14th June 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 42 (9th August 2021) |
French Open | F (2021) |
US Open | 2R (2019) |
Prize Money | $ 4,211,123 (Rs 31.00 Cr) |
Favourite Tennis player | Rafael Nadal |
Coach | Piotr Sierzputowski |
Olympic debut | Summer Youth Olympics 2018 |
Endorsements | She has been sponsored by Asics for clothing since the start of 2020. She was previously sponsored by Nike. She is also endorsed by the Red Bull energy drink company, the Chinese tech giant Xiaomi and the Lexus division of the Toyota automaker company. She signed a deal with Tecnifibre & with Rolex in 2021. Since February 2021 her main partner is PZU. |
Monthly Income | $ 4,86,815.30 (Rs 3,58,40,412.58 ) |
Yearly Income | $ 58,41,783.68 (Rs 43,00,84,951.00) |
Hobby | Listening to music and playing soccer. |
Twitter/Iga Swiatek | |
Instagram/Iga Swiatek | |
FaceBook/Iga Swiatek | |
Net Worth | $ 5 million (Rs 36.83 Cr). |
Last Updated | September 2021 |
Early Life
She was born on 31st May 2001 in Warsaw to her parents Dorota and Tomasz Świątek. Her father’s name is Tomasz Świątek & mother’s name is Dorota Świątek who is an orthodontist.
Career
In 2018 She won all seven ITF singles finals she reached, ranging from the first four at the $10K (Rs 7.37 Lacs) to $15K (Rs 11.05 Lacs) level to one at the $25K (Rs 18.42 Lacs) level followed up by two at the $60K (Rs 44.22 lacs) level.
She made her first WTA breakthrough at the Ladies Open Lugano in April. During the event, she upset No. 3 seed Viktoria Kuzmova in the second round for her first top 50 victory.
She could not repeat her French Open success at the remaining Grand Slam events of the year, losing her opening match at Wimbledon and in the second round at the US Open. Her best result in the second half of the season was a third-round appearance at the Canadian Open. During the event, she upset No. 18 Danish former professional Caroline Wozniacki before losing to No. 2 Japanese professional Naomi Osaka.
She made her return to the WTA Tour at the 2020 Australian Open. She matched her best result at a Grand Slam tournament with another fourth-round appearance, this time she won over No. 20, Croatian professional Donna Vekić. She continued her Grand Slam success once the tour resumed. She reached the third round at the US Open, losing to eventual runner-up Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. At the French Open in September, she defeated American Sofia Kenin, in the final to become the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title ever.
At the 2021 Australian Open, Śhe was seeded 15th and recorded wins over Dutch Arantxa Rus, Italian professional Camila Giorgi and French professional tennis player Fiona Ferro. She reached the fourth round where she lost to Simona Halep, in three sets.
She won her first career WTA 1000-title at the Italian Open, defeating former champion Karolína Plíšková, 6–0, 6–0, in just 46 minutes. She defeated Ukrainian professional Elina Svitolina, and the second best-ranked teenager American tennis player Coco Gauff on the same day, as well as saving match points in her third-round match against Czech professional Barbora Krejčíková. She became the third player to win a title after saving match point en route in 2021, along with Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open and Australian professional tennis player Ashleigh Barty in Miami. She also became the fourth teenager to win a WTA 1000 event, alongside Victoria Azarenka, Swiss professional Belinda Bencic, and Canadian professional Bianca Andreescu.
Spanish professional tennis player Garbine Muguruza next tournament was in 2021 Dubai. she reached the quarterfinals with straight-set wins over Romanian professional tennis player Irina-Camelia Begu, an American professional tennis player. Amanda Anisimova and recent French Open champion Polish professional Iga Swiatek.
Career Statistics
Grand Slam Tournaments (Singles)
Grand Slam Tournaments (Dobles)
Mix Doubles States
Social Media Portfolio
This Polish tennis star has 178.8k followers on Twitter,449k followers on Instagram & 231K followers follow her Facebook page around the Globe as of September 2021 .
Where is IGA Swiatek from?
Warsaw, Poland.
Who is Iga Swiatek father?
Tomasz Świątek.
How old is Swiatek?
20 years. (As of 2021).
Who is Iga Swiatek mom?
Dorota Świątek.
Which Grand Slam did Swiatek?
1
How tall is IGA Swiatek feet?
5 feet 9 inches /176 Cm.
Iga świątek instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/iga.swiatek/
Iga Świątek Twitter.
https://twitter.com/iga_swiatek/
Iga Swiatek ranking.
8