Iga Świątek has already played her first Grand Slam tournament of the season. Shortly after the end of the competition on the courts in Melbourne, an announcement came, also about the player from Raszyn. What was announced will surprise many fans, especially Poles. However, not necessarily in a positive sense.
Iga Świątek’s great achievement at the Australian Open
The Australian Open for women ended 5 days ago, with the final match between Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys. The duel between the two tennis players lasted a little over 2 hours. Ultimately, the American proved to be better, defeating the Belarusian in three sets (6:3, 2:6, 7:5). This is her first Grand Slam title in her career.
Iga Świątek can also boast a good result on the courts in Melbourne, although not as good as Sabalenka or Madison Keys. However, the player from Raszyn stormed to the semi-final. In total, in the clashes with Katerina Siniakova, Rebecca Sramkova, Emma Raducanu, Eva Lys and Emma Navarro, she spent a total of about 6 hours on the court. Unfortunately, after a little over 2.5 hours of competition in the semi-final with Madison Keys, she lost, equaling her record in the history of her appearances at the Australian Open .
The recently concluded Grand Slam was also an opportunity to get rich. The organizers increased the prize pool this year and it amounted to 96.5 million Australian dollars . Converted to our currency, it is approximately 242,861,550 złoty . Madison Keys, who won, took home almost 2 million Australian dollars. Sabalenka, on the other hand, hugged almost 1.2 million American dollars for reaching the final.
Iga Świątek also has no complaints about money. Thanks to five victories and advancing to the semi-finals, the Raszyn native raked in around 1 million Australian dollars (approx. 2.8 million zlotys) . That’s more than she got for the same result in 2022. At that time, the Pole earned 895 thousand Australian dollars.
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After the final results of the Australian Open, we know what the situation is in the WTA ranking. Since October 21, Aryna Sabalenka has been at the top, having benefited from the longer absence of the player from Raszyn in September and October. Now, however, thanks to Świątek’s better result compared to last year, as well as the worse result achieved by the player from Minsk, the situation at the top of the ranking has changed slightly.
Let’s recall that Aryna Sabalenka defended 2000 points for last year’s victory on the courts in Melbourne. So it was a great chance for Iga Świątek to reduce the gap to the Belarusian in the ranking. In 2024, the Raszynianka was eliminated in the 3rd round, so now she had an easier task. So it ended in the semifinals, as well as a significant reduction in the gap to the player from Minsk. Now Świątek is “only” 186 points behind Sabalenka!
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TOP 10 WTA ranking (as of 31.01.2025). Photo: screen www.wtatennis.com.
We know what the next steps of Iga Świątek will be in the near future. The PR manager of the Raszyn player, Daria Sulgostowska, told us all about it on Radio ZET. We learned that the Polish tennis player will not be present at the next WTA competitions . She will not be present during both the WTA 500 in Linz (January 27 – February 2) and in Abu Dhabi (February 3-8). It follows that Iga Świątek should return to the court during the WTA in Doha . The tournament will start on February 9. Let us recall that the Raszyn player will defend the title for last year’s victory.
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Such news days after the Australian Open
Now, more news has come about Iga Świątek. However, it is not good. It turns out that she has been demoted in the prestigious list. However, her place at the top of the list is surprising.
It still concerns the previous season, which was really successful for the Polish player. The tennis player started her struggles in 2024 with the Grand Slam Australian Open, in which the player from Raszyn was eliminated in the 1/16 finals after a duel with Linda Noskova. However, the first triumph came a moment later. First, there was a victory in Doha, where the Polish player defeated Jelena Rybakina in the final. Then there was a small drought, because in Dubai she was eliminated in the semi-finals by Anna Kalinska. However, the player from Raszyn immediately made up for the loss and won the tournament played in Indian Wells. In the next two tournaments, she was eliminated in the 1/8 finals from WTA Miami, and then in the semi-finals of the competition in Stuttgart she had to admit the superiority of Rybakina.
After the failure in Germany, the best moment of this season for Iga Świątek came. Winning the French Open, for the fourth time in her career, as well as triumphing in the WTA Madrid, and finally winning in Rome. Thus, the Raszyn player won three trophies in a row. What’s more, she was able to defeat Aryna Sabalenka twice in both the capital of Spain and Italy.
Next up was Wimbledon, the biggest pain point for our player. And unfortunately, this time too the Pole didn’t manage to go far. She was eliminated in the 1/16 finals, losing to Yulia Putintseva. A moment later came the time to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris. There our leader won the bronze medal.
After the most important event of the four-year period, she moved to Cincinnati, which marked the beginning of the weakest period of the season. There, she lost to Sabalenka in the semifinals, and in the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, the US Open, she lost to Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals. After these competitions, there was an almost two-month break from playing. During this time, Świątek was recovering and also changed her coach. He was replaced by Belgian Wim Fissette. As it turned out later, the Raszyn player was fighting to prove her innocence after a prohibited substance was detected in her body .
