Iga Świątek is a Polish professional tennis player, she was born on 31 May 2001. She is the youngest player in the top ten of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, and has a career-high No. 9 in the world. She was the champion at the 2020 French Open and is the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title in history. With her French Open title, she also became the youngest singles champion at the tournament since Rafael Nadal in 2005, and the youngest women’s singles champion since Monica Seles in 1992. Today we will discuss about Iga Swiatek: Net Worth| WTA| Record| Mother.
Iga Swiatek: Net Worth| WTA| Record| Mother…
Świątek’s father Tomasz was an Olympic rower. As a junior, Świątek was the 2018 French Open girls’ doubles champion alongside Caty McNally, and the 2018 Wimbledon girls’ singles champion. She also led Poland to the Junior Fed Cup crown in 2016 and won a doubles gold medal for Poland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics with Slovenian Kaja Juvan. Świątek began playing regularly on the WTA Tour in 2019, the same year she made her tour debut.
Country (sports) | Poland |
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Residence | Raszyn, Poland |
Born | 31 May 2001 Warsaw, Poland |
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Piotr Sierzputowski |
Prize money | US$ 3,572,234 |
Singles | |
Career record | 129–36 (78.2%) |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 9 (17 May 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 9 (17 May 2021) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2020, 2021) |
French Open | W (2020) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2019) |
US Open | 3R (2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 19–11 (63.3%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 57 (17 May 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 57 (17 May 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
French Open | SF (2020) |
US Open | 2R (2019) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2020) |
Net Worth
The young Polish tennis player, Iga Swiatek, continues her strong performance this year. The recent winner of last year’s Roland Garros proved once again that she can play well on clay. At the WTA Premier event in Rome, Swiatek had a superb showing, defeating Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the final. It should be noted that this upsetting result brought her a huge capital gain of $221,501.
WTA
Despite never playing on the WTA Tour before 2019, Świątek was able to compete in only tour-level events throughout the year. After being unable to qualify at the Auckland Open, she qualified for her first WTA main draw at the Australian Open. She then defeated No. 82 Ana Bogdan in three sets in her debut match to reach the second round. At her next three tournaments, she was also able to qualify at the Hungarian Ladies Open, but not either of the Premier Mandatory events in March.
Świątek has an all-court style of play. She won the WTA Fan Favorite Shot of the Year in 2019 with a drop shot from the baseline, and was voted WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year in 2020.
Record
At the French Open 2020, Iga Swiatek has won her first major title. Enroute victory she has created marvelous records and brought pride to the home nation Poland.
Polish player, Iga Swiatek has earned her first major title on her first attempt at the French Open 2020. She is the first person from Poland to win a grand slam. Defeating Sofia Kenin to win her first title, Swiatek moved to tears after her phenomenal victory.
Throughout the slam, she has not dropped a single set. Swiatek has registered herself in the books of history, claiming her title at her first attempt. The Roland Garros women’s singles champion won 6-4, 6-1 in the finals in an hour and a half. She has a career-high ranking of No. 48 in the world, one of third-highest ranked teenager along Amanda Anisimova and Coco Gauff.
Mother
Iga Świątek was born on 31 May 2001 in Warsaw to Dorota and Tomasz Świątek. Her father is a former rower who competed in the men’s quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Her mother is an orthodontist. She has a sister Agata who is about three years older and is a student of dentistry at the Medical University of Lublin. Świątek’s father wanted his daughters to become competitive athletes, and preferred they take up an individual sport rather than a team sport to have better control of their chances of success.