Iga Świątek is a Polish professional tennis player who won the Grand Slam singles title at the 2020 French Open by defeating American professional tennis player . Her victory at the event also made her the youngest singles champion at the tournament since in 2005 as well as the youngest women’s singles champion since Monica Seles in 1992.
Born Name
Iga Świątek
Nick Name
Iga
Sun Sign
Gemini
Born Place
Warsaw, Poland
Residence
Warsaw, Poland
Nationality
Education
Iga Świątek received her training at Mera Warsaw and then at Legia Warsaw.
Occupation
Professional Tennis Player
Family
- Father – Tomasz Świątek (A rower who competed in the men’s quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics)
- Sibling – Agata Świątek (Older Sister) (Former Athlete, Dentist)
Manager
Iga Świątek is represented by the Women’s Tennis Association.
Plays
Right-handed (Two-handed Backhand)
Coach
She has been coached by Piotr Sierzputowski.
Build
Athletic
Height
5 ft 9 in or 175 cm
Weight
64 kg or 141 lbs
Race / Ethnicity
White
Hair Color
(Natural)
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- All-court playing style
- Aggressive player
Brand Endorsements
She has done endorsement work for brands like Nike, Asics, Red Bull, and Lexus.
Iga Świątek Favorite Things
- Surface – Clay
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Iga Świątek Facts
- It was her father’s dream for his daughters to excel as athletes and wanted them to take up individual sports rather than a team sport to have better control of their chances of success.
- Iga started playing tennis in order to be more like her older sister and also to beat her at the game. However, her sister eventually gave up the sport due to injury troubles.
- She won back-to-back $60K titles at the NEK Ladies Open in Hungary and the Montreux Ladies Open in Switzerland in 2018 during the 2 weeks of the US Open.
- Her first WTA breakthrough was made at the Ladies Open Lugano in April 2019 and she finished runner-up to Polona Hercog in three sets.
- In 2019, she won the WTA Fan Favorite Shot of the Year and was ranked 2nd to in the WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year award.
- Iga Świątek once described her style of play on clay as “a big serve, topspin, and backhand down the line”.
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Facts of Iga Świątek
- full nameIga Świątek
- Date of Birth May 31, 2001
- Age 23 years 5 months
- Horoscope Gemini
- Lucky Number 3
- Lucky Stone Agate
- Lucky Color Yellow
- Best Match for Marriage Leo, Aquarius, Libra
- weight64 kg
- height5 ft 9 in