Iga Świątek

Iga Świątek is a professional tennis player from Poland who has won one Grand Slam singles title, as well as seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. Born to former Olympic rower Tomasz Świątek and an orthodontist Dorota, Iga pursued tennis because she wanted to beat her elder sister Agata in the sport. She is a versatile player who has an aggressive, all-court style of play. She has a powerful and fast backhand and forehand and possesses impressive volleying skills because of her experience in doubles.

In 2014 and 2015, for 14-and-under girls, she represented her nation at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals. In 2019, she made her debut at the WTA Tour. Iga is the first Polish player in the history of tennis to win a Grand Slam singles title. She is currently ranked World No.16 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the highest-ranked teenage tennis player in the women’s singles category (as of April 2021). Świątek reached her career-high singles top ranking of world No. 15 on 1 March 2021.

Here are some of her major career achievements:

• Led her country to win the 2016 Junior Fed Cup crown
• Claimed a doubles gold medal for Poland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics with Slovenian Kaja Juvan
• Won 6 singles titles and 3 doubles titles between 2015 and 2018 in ITF Junior Finals tournaments
• Became girls’ singles champion at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships and girls’ doubles champion (partnering with Caty McNally) at the 2018 French Open
• Bagged a gold medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the Girls’ doubles category, partnering with Slovenian player Kaja Juvan
• She won the WTA Fan Favourite Shot of the Year in 2019 for her impressive drop shot from the baseline.
• She has clinched her maiden Grand Slam singles title at the 2020 French Open, becoming the tournament’s youngest women’s singles champion since 1992 (Monica Seles) and tournament’s youngest singles champion since 2005 (Rafael Nadal).
• She was bestowed with the WTA Most Improved Player and Fan Favourite Singles Player of the Year in 2020.
• Bagged the 2021 Adelaide International title after defeating Belinda Bencic