MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON, January 16, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Women’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek was asked the other day during her Australian Open pre-tournament news conference just what would make 2024 a good season by her standards. A good question, considering […]
MELBOURNE/STARNBERG, January 12, 2024 Only two days ahead of the start of the first Grand-Slam tournament of the 2024 season, World No.1 Iga Swiatek visited her favourite Melbourne coffee shop on Flinders Lane this morning for a flat white and a […]
STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, January 8, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Looking back on last year’s 46th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, won for the second straight year by World No. 1 Iga Swiatek, there was plenty of positivity that spread throughout […]
CANCUN, November 7, 2023 (WTA Press Release) Iga Swiatek and the doubles team of Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva were crowned champions Monday at the 2023 GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun, with all three players winning the prestigious season-ending tournament for […]
SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON, October 12, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Alcaraz still has confidence, ambition to chase Djokovic for year-end No. 1 While many didn’t see it coming, Carlos Alcaraz was knocked out of the Rolex Shanghai Masters by Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in […]
STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 24, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Looking back on the 46th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, which ended Sunday in Stuttgart, Germany as World No. 1 Iga Swiatek successfully defending her title with a straight-set victory over […]
STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 23, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) While the WTA Tour has been hurt for years by a lack of consistent major rivalries at the top of the rankings – the last time the No. 1 and No. 2 players […]
STUTTGART/WASHINGTON, April 22, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Iga Swiatek has navigated her way into her second straight Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title match. The defending champion will face World No. 2 and three-time finalist Aryna Sabalenka of […]
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – November 9, 2022 (WTA Press Release) The WTA announced that Iga Swiatek and Katerina Siniakova have secured the 2022 WTA Year-End No.1 Singles and Doubles Rankings. This is the first time in her career that Swiatek […]
SAN DIEGO, October 17, 2022 (by Richard Osborne) Iga Swiatek is fast positioning herself alongside some of the greatest players this sport has ever known. The Pole, some 28 weeks into her reign at No. 1, is already the owner […]
