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Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek is a professional Polish tennis player, who has already won 12 tournaments, including the 3 Grand Slam tournaments. Numerous victories at tournaments have helped her rise to No. 1 in the WTA rankings, in April 2022.
Born | 31 May 2001 Warsaw, Poland |
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Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2016 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Titles | 12 |
Iga Swiatek was born on May 31, 2001 in Warsaw, Poland. Her father Tomasz Swiatek was a professional cyclist and competed in the 1988 Olympics.
The Polish woman began her professional career in 2016, when she played her first ITF competition in Sweden. In 2018 and 2019 she was part of the Polish national team in the Fed Cup.
In the 2019 season, Iga had a real breakthrough, reaching the final of the WTA tournament in Lugano, reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros and making her debut in the Top 50 world ranking.