Iga Swiatek – curriculum vitae

Iga Swiatek – she was born 31 house 2001 r. She is a Polish professional tennis player. Ma 48 ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in the world and is the third highest ranked teen behind Amanda Anisimova and Coco Gauff. She is the current French Open champion and the first ever Polish Grand Slam singles champion. With her French Open title, she also became the youngest singles champion since Rafael Nadal in 2005 year and the youngest women's Grand Slam champion overall since 2004 year.

Father of Iga Świątek – Thomas was an Olympic rower. As a junior, Świątek was the champion of girls' doubles in 2018 French Open alongside Caty McNally and Wimbledon Girls Champion 2018 in a single game. She also led Poland to the Junior Fed Cup crown in 2016 year and together with Slovenian Kaja Juvan won the gold medal for Poland at the Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018. Świątek began playing regularly on the WTA Tour in 2019 year. At the age of 17 broke into the top 50 after her first WTA final appearance and fourth round appearance at the French Open, where she defeated Simona Halep. During his round for the French Open title in 2020 Świątek defeated the best-seeded Halep in the same round and did not lose a set, she has not lost a set to any opponent in a singles match.

Swiatek plays all over the pitch. Zdobyła WTA Fan Favorite Shot of the Year (Fan award for the best play) 2019 r. With a drop shot from the baseline, and also placed second behind Halep in the WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player award (A fan award for your favorite tennis player) of the Year in the same year.

Early life and origins

Iga Świątek was born 31 house 2001 year in Warsaw. Her father is Tomasz Świątek, rower, who competed in the men's four-man competition at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988 year. He has an older sister, Agata, who is about three years older. Father Christmas wanted, for his daughters to become competitive athletes, and he preferred individual sports rather than team sports, to have better control over your chances of success. Agata initially started swimming, but after having problems with swimming, she switched to tennis. Iga followed Agata to tennis, because she wanted to beat her sister, and also because, that she wanted to be more like her. Agata briefly competed in the ITF Junior Circuit in 2013 year at the age of approx 15 lat, but has since largely stopped playing due to injury issues. Świątek trained at the Mera Warszawa club as a 14-year-old, before later moving to Legia Warsaw.

Junior career

Świątek as a junior was promoted to 5 career place. After losing his first Grand Slam doubles final at the Australian Open 2017 with Kaja Juvan, she won her first and only Grand Slam doubles title with Caty McNally at the French Open 2018. A month later, she won her only junior Grand Slam singles final at Wimbledon. Świątek also regularly represented Poland in team competitions, notably winning the Junior Fed Cup in 2016 year over the United States and won a gold medal in doubles at the Youth Olympics 2018 from Juvan.

2014-16: Korona Junior Fed Cup

The first event of ITF Świątek was the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals 2014 for girls aged 14 years and younger, in which she won all matches and led Poland to the ninth place at 16 teams. She started competing in ITF Junior Circuit events in 2015 year and won class titles 4 low in April and May, having yet 13 lat. In his second ITF World Junior Tennis finals, helped Poland go undefeated in the round against everyone, to advance to the semi-finals. Before the end of the year, she moved on to Grade competition 2 and placed second in both singles, and doubles at the Czech Junior Open.

Świątek made her debut in the junior Grand Slam in 2016 roku at the French Open, reaching the quarterfinals in both singles, as well as doubles. She followed this up with her best junior title to date at the Canadian Championships 1 ears of corn Junior, defeating Olga Danilović in the final. At the end of the year, she again represented Poland at the Junior Federation Cup 2016 next to Majia Chwalińska and Stefania Rogozińska-Dzik. Poland won the title, defeating the United States in the final 2:1. Świątek won both victories in the final, defeating Amanda Anisimova in singles, and then teamed with Chwalińska to defeat Caty McNally and Claire Liu in the deciding rubber doubles.

2017–18: Wimbledon champion, gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games.

Świątek had a very good first half 2017 year. She won singles and doubles titles at Grade 1 Traralgon Junior International. Although she lost her Australian Open opening round match, together with Chwalińska she reached her first Grand Slam final, finishing second in doubles with the North American team of Bianca Andreescu and Carson Branstine. She then reached her first Class A singles final at the Trofeo Bonfiglio, losing to Elena Rybakina. Her season came to an end after another quarterfinal at the French Open, after which she had surgery on her right ankle, which prevented her from playing for seven months.

Mimo, that in 2018 Only competed in three junior competitions, Świątek ended her junior career with the best season. She returned to the junior tour at the French Open and reached the semifinals in singles, losing to Caty McNally. She was better in doubles, working with Caty McNally, who won her first junior Grand Slam title. In the final, they defeated the Japanese team of Yuki Naito and Naho Sato. Świątek only played junior singles at Wimbledon. As an unseeded player due to her absence, she was drawn with best player Whitney Osuigwe in the first round. After winning that match in three sets, she did not lose a set until the end of the tournament and won the title. She defeated Leonie Küng in the final. The last junior event of Świątek was the Summer Youth Olympic Games. Although she lost in the quarterfinals in singles to Clara Burel, it was together with Slovenian Kaja Juvan that she won the gold medal in doubles. In the gold medal match, they defeated Naito and Sato, who were also Świątek's opponents in the French Open doubles final earlier in the year.

Professional career

2016–18: undefeated in the ITF final.

Świątek started competing in the ITF Womens Circuit in 2016 and played it until the end 2018 year. She won all seven ITF singles finals, which she has reached, from the first four on the level 10 000/15 000 $ to one at 25 000 $. level, then two per level 60 000 $. Her first three titles came in a century 15 lat. The fourth was in February 2018 year in his first tournament, returning from a seven-month hiatus due to injury. After getting 25 000 $ in April, Świątek advanced to a higher level of ITF tournaments this spring. After that, as she won the junior Wimbledon title in July, missed the US Junior Open, to stay in Europe. During the two weeks of the US Open, she won the titles 60 000 $ back-to-back at the NEK Ladies Open in Hungary and the Montreux Ladies Open in Switzerland. In the second event, she beat the top one
in spacing and number 120 Marian Duque-Marino in the world. These were the last two ITF Świątek tournaments of the year. With these two titles, Świątek entered the top one for the first time 200 age ranking 17 lat, advancing from 298 on 180 during these two weeks.

2019: First WTA Final, first debut 50

Despite, that before 2019 Świątek did not play on the WTA Tour last year, throughout the year, she was only able to compete in tour-level events. Because she couldn't qualify for the Auckland Open, she qualified for her first WTA main draw at the Australian Open. She then beat No 82 Ane Bogdan in three sets in her debut match, to go to the second round. In her next three tournaments, she was also able to qualify for the Hungarian Ladies Open, but not to any of the Premier Mandatory tournaments in March.

Świątek made her first WTA breakthrough at the Ladies Open Lugano in April. After her first direct entry into the main draw, she reached her first WTA final. During the event, she eliminated Viktoria Kužmova with the number one 3 in the second round for her first top-50 victory. She eventually placed second behind Polona Hercog in three sets. What's more, amazing forehand, which she hit in the semi-finals with Kristýna Plíšková, it was named the WTA hit of the year 2019. Together with the runner-up, she made her debut in the top 100, having yet 17 lat. Świątek ended her clay court season with a fourth-round appearance at the French Open in her second round. Eliminated no 16 Wange Qiang in the second round for his first top 20 win, before losing to defending champion Simona Halep.

Świątek could not repeat her success at the French Open at the other Grand Slam tournaments this year, losing his first match at Wimbledon and his second match at the US Open. Her best result in the second half of the season was in the third round of the Canadian Open. During the event, she eliminated No 18 Caroline Wozniacki, before losing to No 2 Naomi Osaka. With this result, she entered the top 50 for the first time a week later. She missed the rest of the season after the US Open, to undergo foot surgery and completed a year on 61 place in the world.

2020: French Open Champion

Świątek returned to the WTA Tour at the Australian Open. She achieved her best result in a Grand Slam tournament with another appearance in the fourth round, this time highlighted by the victory over Donna Vekić no 20. She defeated Vekic again at the Qatar Open, her last match before the WTA Tour was shut down for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Świątek continued her success at Grand Slam tournaments after the tournament resumed. She reached the third round at the US Open, losing to runner-up Victoria Azarenka.

Na French Open 2020 Iga Świątek started her game by defeating the finalist 2019 Markéta Vondroušová in the opening round. She made it to the fourth round, where she met and defeated no 2 in the world and first seed Simona Halep, who was the favorite for the title. Świątek lost only three matches against Halep, making up for her loss last year. She entered the final without dropping a set and defeated Sofia Kenin in straight sets, to win the championship.

Game style

Swiatek plays on all courts. He plays aggressively, which can lead to a large number of wins and unforced errors. She described her own style of playing on the courts as "a good serve, topspin and backhand down the line". He has good volley skills. She also uses the drop shot regularly and won WTA Shot of the Year 2019 with a shot from the baseline, which landed on the sideline in the service box. Her favorite surface is a brick surface.

Świątek has been sponsored by Asics from the beginning 2020 year. It was previously sponsored by Nike. It is also sponsored by Lexus, providing her with vehicles for personal use; they previously sponsored Polish tennis player Agnieszka Radwańska.

Coaching team

The primary coach of Świątek in the early junior years was Michał Kaznowski, with whom she worked until the French Open 2016. Jolanta Rusin-Krzepota was her physical preparation coach for about four years until the end 2019 US Open. Iga Świątek has been with coach Piotr Sierzputowski since 2016 year. At that time, Sierzputowski was her coach, former British professional tennis player and former Polish Davis Cup coach, Nick Brown, also served at times as chief consultant. Świątek also works with sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz.