Iga Świątek ends the year with a significant deficit. Just look

Let us remind you that the Pole officially became the leader of the WTA ranking for the first time in April 2022. Since then, Iga Świątek has only been overtaken twice at the top of the tennis world. In both cases, Aryna Sabalenka became the leader.

Iga Świątek is number 2 in the WTA Christmas rankings

History tends to repeat itself, which is why the girl from Minsk, the Polish champion’s biggest rival, took the leader’s seat for good. It is worth adding that the last few months were particularly demanding for Świątek, mainly due to the doping mishap, and the Pole, after a failed US Open, appeared on the court only at the end of the year – during the WTA Finals in Riyadh.

Only after some time did it become clear what was the reason for Świątek’s long absence. The lack of ranking points had an impact on the WTA rankings. At the end of the year, Sabalenka is over 1,000 points ahead of the Pole. The deficit is large, but in the case of the Australian Open 2025, Świątek will have an opportunity to “catch up”. Sabalenka, however, is the defending Grand Slam champion in Melbourne, so you will certainly have to be careful when pursuing the Belarusian.

WTA singles rankings (December 23, 2024):

• 1. Aryna Sabalenka – 9,416 points

• 2. Iga Świątek (Poland) – 8,295

• 3. Coco Gauff (USA) – 6,530
• 4. Jasmine Paolini (Italy) – 5,344
• 5. Qinwen Zheng (China) – 5,340
• 6. Yelena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) – 5,171
• 7. Jessica Pegula (USA) – 4,705

• 8. Emma Navarro (USA) – 3,589

• 9. Daria Kasatkina – 3368
• 10. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) – 3,214

• …

• 25. Magdalena Fręch (Poland) – 1928

• 38. Magda Linette (Poland) – 1376
• 128. Maja Chwalińska (Poland) – 576

• 229. Katarzyna Kawa (Poland) – 313

Iga Świątek and all her championship titles

In her career so far, the Pole has won a total of 22 championship titles on courts almost all over the world.

Świątek won five Grand Slam titles, four times at Roland Garros (2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024) and once at the US Open (2022). To this should be added the prestigious triumph in the WTA Finals (2023).

In addition, wins in WTA 1000 tournaments in: Rome (2021, 2022, 2024), Doha (2022 and 2024), Indian Wells (2022 and 2024), Miami (2022), Beijing (2023) and Madrid (2024) ).

The list also includes WTA 500 competitions: Adelaide (2021), Stuttgart (2022 and 2023), San Diego (2022) and the aforementioned Doha (2023). Plus a Polish accent, WTA 250 in Warsaw (2023).

After the Olympic tournament in Paris (2024), a bronze medal of the Games should be added to this list. The first disc in the history of Polish Olympics taken from competition on tennis courts.