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 […]
SAN DIEGO, October 16, 2022 (by Richard Osborne) Iga Swiatek sure is comfortable on American soil. On a rain-interrupted Saturday afternoon at Barnes Tennis Center, the top seed and world No. 1 improved to 23-1 in the U.S. in 2022, […]
SAN DIEGO, October 15, 2022 (by Richard Osborne) Top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland, the first woman to eclipse the 60-win mark in half-a-decade, continued her winning ways on a cool Friday night at Barnes Tennis Center, asserting her dominance […]
SAN DIEGO, October 14, 2022 (by Richard Osborne) Iga Swiatek has accomplished much in 2022: 28 weeks atop the WTA rankings, a tour-leading and career-best 61 match wins and seven tournament titles, Grand Slam triumphs in Paris and Flushing Meadows, […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 11, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) A new US Open singles champion has been crowned this year. The Queen of Queens is Iga Swiatek, the World No. 1 from Poland, who lived up to her ranking Saturday before […]
