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Polish tennis player (born 2001)
Iga Natalia Świątek is a Polish professional tennis player. Currently ranked world No. 9 in women's singles by the WTA, she has held the world No. 1 ranking for a total of 125 weeks, seventh-most of all-time. Świątek has won 26 WTA Tour–level singles titles, including six major titles: four at the French Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open. She has also won the 2023 WTA Finals and twelve WTA 1000 events. Świątek is the first Pole to win a major singles title.
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The WTA Finals is the season-ending championship of the WTA Tour. It is the most significant tennis event in the women's annual calendar after the four majors, as it features the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams based on their results throughout the season. The eighth spot is reserved, if needed, for a player or team who won a major in the current year and is ranked from ninth to twentieth.
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Iga Swiatek beat Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-1 to reach the Wuhan Open round of 16, but the score hides a grinding first set and her first-ever scramble for a WTA Fi
Iga Swiatek sits 10th in the WTA Finals qualifying race and hopes to finish strongly in Wuhan, Ningbo and Tokyo after a challenging season and recent coaching changes.
Iga Swiatek arrives at the Wuhan Open knowing that a strong week could be crucial to keeping her WTA Finals hopes alive. The Pole is entering the final WTA 1000 tournament of the season with two addit...