French Open champion Polish tennis player Iga Świątek holding her trophy after winning the French Open women's singles title in Paris, June 8, 2024. (more) Iga Świątek Polish tennis player Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Iga-Swiatek Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Iga-Swiatek Also known as: Iga Natalia Świątek Written by Laura Payne Laura Payne is a freelance writer whose work covers many topics. She is a former Wayne State University linguistics instructor. Laura Payne Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Sep 20, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Quick Facts In full: Iga Natalia Świątek (Show more) Born: May 31, 2001, Warsaw, Poland (Show more) Iga Świątek (born May 31, 2001, Warsaw, Poland) is a professional tennis player from Poland who first came to the attention of the tennis world in 2020 when, at the age of 19, she won the women’s singles title at the French Open, becoming the first Polish player, male or female, to do so. She has since won the French Open three more times (2022–24) and the U.S. Open once (2022). Świątek is considered to be the best female tennis player in the first generation to compete largely after Serena Williams’s dominating reign at the top of tennis. She is ...(100 of 1139 words)

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