It’s a big 24 hours for Polish tennis.
On Sunday night, Magdalena Frech won the first WTA title of her career—and at a WTA 500 event, no less—in Guadalajara.
And now, on Monday morning, Iga Swiatek kicks off her 121st career week at No. 1, tying Ashleigh Barty for seventh-most weeks at No. 1 in the history of the WTA rankings, which began in November 1975.
MOST CAREER WEEKS AS WTA NO. 1 (since 1975):
377: Steffi Graf
332: Martina Navratilova
319: Serena Williams
260: Chris Evert
209: Martina Hingis
178: Monica Seles
121: Ashleigh Barty
121: Iga Swiatek
117: Justine Henin
98: Lindsay Davenport
Swiatek is guaranteed to pass Barty for standalone seventh place on next week’s rankings, and then there’s a while to go until she catches up with the next player on the list, Monica Seles, at 178.
The 23-year-old Pole currently has a 2,169-point gap between herself and No. 2-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at the top of the WTA rankings (10,885 to 8,716). Her lead over Sabalenka in the year-to-date standings is only 409 points, though (8,285 to 7,876).
