Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek is a Polish professional tennis player who is well known as the first Polish Grand Slam singles champion in the history of winning the 2020 French Open. She is the youngest women’s singles champion at the tournament of French Open since Monica Seles in 1992. With her career-high Women’s Tennis Association(WTA) ranking of No. 48 in the world, she is ranked to be the third-highest ranked teenager in the tennis profession.

Born as the daughter of Olympic rower, Tomasz Swiatek, Iga got her first grand win as a junior while she led Poland to the Junior Fed Cup crown in 2016 and won a doubles gold medal for Poland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Within her 4 years long career as a professional tennis player, Swiatek has garnered a total of 7 titles on the ITF Tour, double gold medals at the Summer Youth Olympics, a Fed Cup Titled, and French Open. With the titles, she is currently set to be on no. 17 in the world.

Besides, Iga is quite active in social media sites with over 254k followers on verified Instagram account: @iga.swiatek.

What is Iga Swiatek’s claim to fame?

As a multi-award-winning professional tennis player from Poland, he is well-known.

Iga Swiatek was born in the Czech Republic.

Iga Swiatek was born in Warsaw, Poland, on May 31, 2001. Iga Swiatek is her given name. Her motherland is Poland, and she is a Polish resident. Swiatek is of White descent, and her zodiac sign is Gemini.

Iga Swiatek is the youngest daughter of Tomasz Swiatek (father) and Dorota Swiatek (mother) (mother). Tomasz, her father, is a Polish rower who competed in the men’s quadruple sculls event at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

Iga grew up with her older sister Agata, who is just three years her senior. Iga has always been interested in sports since she was a teenager, as her father wanted his daughters to be competitive athletes as well. He wanted them to participate in a single-sport activity rather than a team sport.

Iga wanted to match up to and be more like her sister, Agata, who started out swimming and then switched to tennis. As a 14-year-old, Iga received training at Mera Warsaw before transferring to Legia Warsaw to begin a new chapter in her life.

She also started playing in ITF Junior Circuit competitions at the age of 13 in 2015. She won the best junior title at the Grade 1 Canadian Open Junior Championships since making her junior Grand Slam debut at the French Open in 2016.

Career Highlights and Achievements of Iga Swiatek

After competing on the ITF Women’s Circuit in 2016, Iga Swiatek started her professional career.

She won all seven ITF singles finals she competed in, with her first three titles coming at the age of fifteen.

Swiatek made his first appearance in the top 200 at the age of 17, rising from No. 298 to No. 180 in just two weeks in 2018.

She then moved on to the WTA Tour, where she made her WTA debut at the Australian Open.

In April of this year, she made her WTA debut at the Ladies Open Lugano.

She was the runner-up and made her first appearance in the top 100 when still just 17 years old.

She broke into the top 50 for the first time in 2019 after losing to no. 1 Naomi Osaka in the US Open final.
Swiatek returned to the WTA Tour in 2020 at the Australian Open. Her best result was a win over no. 20 Donna Vekic at a Grand Slam tournament.

The victory over Vekic was her last match win until the WTA Tour was shut down for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

She also advanced to the third round of the US Open, where she was defeated by eventual runner-up Victoria Azarenka.

After the rescheduled French Open in September, she won the singles event for her first WTA title.

She beat world No. 6 Sofia Kenin in the finals of the French Open 2020 to become the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title and the lowest-ranked French Open champion in WTA history.

She didn’t lose a set or more than five games to any of her opponents on her way to the championship.

She was ranked No. 17 in the world after winning the title. She also competed in the doubles event, partnering for the first time with Nicole Melichar.

Competitions and Names at the International Level

In 2014 and 2015, Swiatek represented Poland at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals for 14-and-under girls. In 2014, she also won all of her matches, leading Poland to a ninth-place finish.

In 2016, she won the Junior Fed Cup, beating the United States in the final 2–1.

Her junior career came to an end with the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

In 2018, she also competed in her first Billie Jean King Cup as a senior.

In 2018, she won her only singles match, and in 2019, she won both of her doubles matches with Alicja Rosolska.

In the 2020 Europe/Africa Zone Group I round, she won all three of her singles matches.

Personal Life of Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek is still single and has never been in a relationship. She seems to be more concerned with her work than with being in a late-teens relationship. She and her black fluffy family cat live in her hometown.

Iga Swiatek’s Salary

Iga Swiatek has quite good earnings from her professional career as a tennis player. Having her career started at an early age of 14, Switaek has managed to earn quite a good fortune from her several matches and wins.

Within her just 5 years long career, Swiatek has managed to amass a net worth estimated to be around $1.5 million. She also makes money from her several endorsement deals including Nike, Red Bull, Lexus, and Asics.

Also, with her latest win at the 2020 French Open, she won a handful of prize money of $1.1 million.

Iga Swiatek’s Height

Iga Swiatek is a gorgeous lady with a well-maintained athletic body physique in her 20s. Being an athlete, Swiatek maintains her body doing daily workouts and has got a well-maintained healthy body physique. She stands tall with a height of 5ft. 9inch.(1.75m) while her body weighs around 64kg(141 lbs).

She has a fair complexion with light brown hair and dark brown eyes.