the new number 1 female tennis player in the world.
Who is Iga Swiatek?
Where is she from?
Make sure to watch this video to the end as we will be spilling everything you need to
know about the new world’s number 1 and her family.
Let’s get to it!
PARENTS Iga Swiatek is a Polish professional tennis
player born on May 31st 2001 in Warsaw to Dorota Świątek and Tomasz Swiatek.
Her mother graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry, Warsaw Medical University, and works as an
Orthodontist.
She is a member of different scientific societies and the author of many scientific Publications.
Dorota generally likes to stay away from the media, but she greatly supports her daughter.
After Iva’s French Open triumph, she explained in an interview that her approach to her daughter’s
sport has always been “no matter what result you achieve, the most important thing is the
style.”
She also said she wasn’t afraid of the media's interest in her daughter.
She recalled in the same interview that “there is absolutely nothing wrong with egoism itself.
Sport is democratic because it shows how much you can achieve without wildcards and with
your own work and determination.”
Iga’s Father, on the other hand, used to be a rower; he competed in the men’s quadruple
sculls event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where he and his team came 7th.
A year prior to the Olympic Games, he and his team won gold at the Universiade.
He has participated in the world championships several times.
Iga’s father explained in an interview with “Super Express” why he wanted his daughters
in an individual sport.
He said he had always adhered to the principle that practicing sports does not have to interfere
in life but can help instead.
He claims he wanted Iga and her sister to practice an individual sport so that they
could be responsible for their successes and failures and learn to cope with them.
Iga inherited her athleticism from her old man; after she won the French Open in 2020.
SISTER As for Iga's sister, Agatha Siwatek, she is
an ex-tennis player, having earlier started her career as a swimmer.
She was born on July 6th 1998 in Warsaw, Poland.
Iga is really connected to her sister.
The athlete once admitted that she had never been able to defeat her sister, which became
a sole motivator for her to take up tennis professionally.
Agatha had to stop playing tennis due to multiple injuries and is now following in the footsteps
of her mother.
She now studies at the Faculty of Dentistry of the Medical University in Lublin
After watching the French Open final live, she congratulated her sister with the caption,
“Unbelievable!!!
No words can describe it.
Iga, you are amazing!”
Iga Swiatek has worked with a vast number of coaches and consultants over the past few
years.
Now let's switch a little bit and talk about her coaching team.
COACHING TEAM In 2020, after Iga won her first French Open
title, she had an amicable split with her coach, Piotr Sierzputowski, who also won the
2020’s coach of the year award, ending a 5 years partnership.
Swiatek and Sierzputowski’s partnership started in 2016 when she was just 14 years
old.
During the 5 years of work, she went on to win junior Wimbledon in 2018 before securing
her major title in 2020.
She claimed that her decision to part ways with Sierzputowski was because she felt it
was time to move on to the next phase of her life.
Before Sierzputowski was Michael Kaznowski, whom she parted ways with in 2016 after a
5 years partnership.
Over the years, Iga has worked with several coaches and personal trainers.
During the time Iga trained with Sierzputowski, former British tennis player and former Polish
Davis Cup coach, Nick brown occasionally worked as her consultant.
Due to her struggles with emotions on the court, the young athlete hired sports psychologist
Daria Abramowicz.
Swiatek once recalled in an interview that Daria helps her a lot.
She started, “Before the match against Simona Halep in Paris, she made sure I had a positive
attitude towards the duel.
Thanks to that, I was able to take the initiative”.
Daria once gave her a ukulele, a musical instrument used to help her control her emotions better.
Daria is a specialist in sports and performance psychology and also clinical psychology.
She has major experience in sports and has been working for 12 years and coaching for
over 10 years.
In an interview with “Tennis Majors,” Daria spoke about what makes Iga Swiatek different
and the impact of her influence on Iga’s game or during Iga’s media interviews.
Daria revealed that Iga understood the importance of psychology, mental training, and sports
psychology in general which has helped her to succeed at a top level in tennis.
The specialist explained that even on Iga’s worst day, she was always open-minded and
able to process things, always ready to learn, and they have found some ways to work well
together.
Daria claims that we can hear a lot of her thoughts and knowledge she is passing unto
Iga when we listen to Iga’s interviews.
According to the sports specialist, winning in Paris has been an important and crucial
experience for Iga.
She said Iga has become more mature than before, steadier, and more thoughtful about some things.
Moving on from Sierzputowski, Świątek went on to hire Tomasz Wiktorowski who’s a fellow
compatriot.
The sportswoman feels happy about the decision and claims they’ve been getting to know
each other and have practiced in their home country together for weeks.
Tomasz Wiktorowski was once the coach of previous world number 2 Agnieszka Radwanska.
His experience is what Igna Swiatek finds particularly useful.
We've talked about Iga’s parents, her sister, and coaches.
Now let's take a look at who Iga Swiatek really is.
NATIONALITY AND ETHNICITY Iga Swiatek is of Polish nationality; she
hails from Warsaw, Poland.
She resides in Poland and is 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Iga has represented Poland at the ITF world junior Tennis finals for under 14 girls twice
in 2014 and 2015.
She helped Poland to a ninth-place finish out of 16 teams by winning all her matches
in 2014.
The following year, she helped Poland to a semifinal finish.
In 2016, Swiatek helped win the under 16 Junior Fed Cup, defeating the United States in the
final.
However, in the last event of her junior career at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, she
lost out in the quarterfinals but partnered with Kaia Juvan to win gold in doubles.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM IGA SWIATEK NEXT?
At just 20, the world number 1 is taking the world by storm, but she has shed some light
on the pressure that comes with being a champion, a young one especially.
In her column for BBC Sport, she said, “After Roland Garros, I felt my whole world had turned
upside down.
The first few months were really hard in balancing my tennis work and off-court responsibilities.
After winning a Grand Slam, you might think I can now be happy for the rest of my life,
but it is totally the opposite of that.
I wasn’t aware it would be like that.”
Iga Swiatek has, however, been flawless so far in 2022, winning back-to-back WTA 1000
events.
The world number 1 won her first title of 2022 at the Qatar Open in Doha.
She also went on to win in Indian Wells and the Miami Open.
Swiatek easily defeated Naomi Osaka in straight sets to clinch her fourth Masters 1000 title
of her career.
By winning the Indian Wells and Miami Open, she has written her name in the history books
by becoming the 4th woman to ever win the Sunshine Doubles.
This also makes her the first woman to win the first three Masters 1000 events of the
year.
Swiatek, who was supposed to start her clay season at the Charleston Open, announced that
she had made a decision to withdraw despite her successful performance at the North-American
hard court Swing.
The decision came in following an arm injury she sustained.
In her announcement, she said, “I’m very sorry to withdraw from Charleston, but after
a marathon of three tournaments where I played in the finals, I’ve got a harmless injury
on my arm that I need to rest,” in the same announcement She said “I hoped to start
the clay season in Charleston, but unfortunately, I need to wait to play this great tournament
with big traditions.
So hopefully, see you there in the future.”
Following a run of back-to-back WTA 1000 events victories, we expect Swiatek to be high on
confidence and will start as one of the favorite contenders to win the French Open at the end
of the clay-court swing.
Considering the harmless nature of her arm injury, Swiatek can be expected to return
to action soon on clay.
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