Iga Świątek outclassed Aryna Sabalenka. A clear change is visible
For the fourth season in a row, Iga Świątek achieved 60 or more victories in one campaign. This is a result also achieved by Aryna Sabalenka, but for the first time.
Iga Świątek is the runner-up in the WTA rankings. The 24-year-old tennis player has just completed another year in which she recorded 60 or more victories in official matches of the WTA season. Moreover, this is the fourth such year in a row (2022-25).
WTA: Iga Świątek better than Aryna Sabalenka. Outclassing the leader of the ranking!
The last tennis players to achieve this feat were the Swiss Martina Hingis (1997-2001) and the American Lindsay Davenport (1998-2001), who played at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Pole has therefore joined the list of the greatest players in the history of tennis, and what’s more, there are many indications that this state of affairs may last for some time.
Thanks to her victory over Madison Keys during the WTA Finals 2025, the Pole has just added win number 61 this season.
Aryna Sabalenka exceeded the mark of 60 wins for the first time in her career. The tennis player from Minsk is the leader of the WTA ranking. Thanks to her victory during the tournament in the capital of Saudi Arabia – Sabalenka defeated Jasmine Paolini – Świątek’s biggest opponent can boast of a similar achievement to the Pole.
It was the first time in over a decade that two tennis players exceeded the barrier of 60 match wins in one season. The last time, in 2013, this feat was achieved by the American Serena Williams and… Agnieszka Radwańska.
Świątek, in comparison to Sabalenka’s achievements, seems to be playing in his own, higher league. The Pole’s incredible regularity is exceptionally impressive.
Iga Świątek and all her championship titles
In her career so far, the Pole has won a total of 25 championship titles on courts almost all over the world.
Świątek won six Grand Slam titles, four times at Roland Garros (2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024), once at the US Open (2022) and Wimbledon (2025). 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), Madrid (2024) and the most recent one in Cincinnati (2025).
The list also includes WTA 500 competitions: Adelaide (2021), Stuttgart (2022 and 2023), San Diego (2022), Doha (2023) and Seoul (2025). 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. Although, as the tennis player herself mentioned, after winning Wimbledon, if she could, she would exchange one of her Grand Slam wins – for Olympic gold.
