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2021 Iga Świątek tennis season

The 2021 Iga Świątek tennis season officially began on 1 February 2021 as the start of the 2021 WTA Tour.[1] Iga Świątek entered the season as world number 17 in singles. The season saw the Polish player won two WTA singles titles and reached a career-high world number 4.[2]

2021 Iga Świątek tennis season
Swiatek playing at the French Open
Full nameIga Świątek
Country Poland
Calendar prize money$1,923,151
Singles
Season record36–15 (70.6%)
Calendar titles2
Year-end rankingNo. 9
Ranking change from previous yearIncrease 8
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open4R
French OpenQF
Wimbledon4R
US Open4R
ChampionshipsRR
Olympic Games2R
Doubles
Season record12–5 (70.6%)
Calendar titles0
Year-end rankingNo. 41
Ranking change from previous yearIncrease 34
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenA
French OpenF
WimbledonA
US OpenA
WTA ChampionshipsDNQ
Olympic GamesA
Mixed doubles
Season record2–2 (50.0%)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R
French OpenA
WimbledonA
US OpenA
Olympic GamesQF
Last updated on: 1 April 2022.
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Season summary edit

Early hard court season edit

Świątek advanced to the quarterfinals at the Gippsland Trophy to start her season, where she was defeated by Ekaterina Alexandrova in straight sets.[3] At the Australian Open, her performance was marred by a significant number of unforced errors, leading to her fourth-round loss to Simona Halep in three sets.[4] In the Adelaide International, Świątek clinched her first title of the year without losing a set.[5] This achievement allowed her to ascend into the top 15 in the singles rankings.[6] However, during the Miami Open, Świątek was ousted in the third round by Ana Konjuh in a three-set encounter.[7]

Clay season edit

Świątek's next tournament was the Madrid Open, where she made her tournament debut.[8] She reached the third round and lost to the world no. 1 Ashleigh Barty in straight sets.[9] She then won her second title of the year at the Italian Open, defeating former champion Karolína Plíšková in just 46 minutes by sending a double-bagel.[10] The title also saw her move into the top 10 on 17 May 2021, as world no. 9.[11]

Świątek failed to defend her French Open singles title, but she did reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to Maria Sakkari in straight sets.[12] However, she reached the final in doubles with her partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but they lost to Czech Republican pair of Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in straight sets.[13]

Grass season edit

Świątek participated in Eastbourne as the start of her grass season, but she was upset by Daria Kasatkina in the second round despite winning the first set.[14] At Wimbledon, she reached fourth round, where she lost to Ons Jabeur in three sets.[15]

US Open series edit

Following a second-round loss against Paula Badosa at the Summer Olympics,[16] Świątek then had an early exit in Cincinnati, where she once again lost to Ons Jabeur.[17] Świątek then entered the US Open and reached the fourth round, marking her the only player to have reached the second week of all four Grand Slam championships in the 2021 season.[18]

Closing tournaments edit

Świątek entered the Ostrava Open as the top seed.[19] She reached semifinals before losing to Maria Sakkari in straight sets.[20] She subsequently lost in the fourth round match against Jeļena Ostapenko in Indian Wells.[21] Nevertheless, Świątek still qualified WTA Finals for the first time in her career.[22]

Świątek failed to advance into the semifinals at the WTA Finals, respectively losing to Maria Sakkari in two sets and Aryna Sabalenka in three sets.[23] However, she did manage to wrap up her 2021 campaign with a victory over Paula Badosa.[24] She eventually finished the season as world no. 9.

All matches edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches edit

Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score
– 1R Bye
1 2R   Kaja Juvan 104 Win 6–3, 6–3
2 3R   Ekaterina Alexandrova (9) 33 Loss 4–6, 2–6
3 1R   Arantxa Rus 77 Win 6–1, 6–3
4 2R   Camila Giorgi 79 Win 6–2, 6–4
5 3R   Fiona Ferro 46 Win 6–4, 6–3
6 4R   Simona Halep (2) 2 Loss 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
7 1R   Madison Brengle (Q) 81 Win 6–3, 6–4
8 2R   Maddison Inglis (Q) 136 Win 6–1, 6–3
9 QF   Danielle Collins 37 Win 6–2, 3–0, ret.
10 SF   Jil Teichmann 61 Win 6–3, 6–2
11 W   Belinda Bencic (5) 12 Win (1) 6–2, 6–2
– 1R Bye
12 2R   Misaki Doi (LL) 77 Win 6–2, 6–4
13 3R   Garbiñe Muguruza (9) 16 Loss 0–6, 4–6
– 1R Bye
14 2R   Barbora Krejčíková 39 Win 6–4, 6–2
15 3R   Ana Konjuh (WC) 338 Loss 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
16 1R   Alison Riske 27 Win 6–1, 6–1
17 2R   Laura Siegemund (Q) 59 Win 6–3, 6–3
18 3R   Ashleigh Barty (1) 1 Loss 5–7, 4–6
19 1R   Alison Riske 27 Win 5–4, ret.
20 2R   Madison Keys 23 Win 7–5, 6–1
21 3R   Barbora Krejčíková 40 Win 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
22 QF   Elina Svitolina (5) 6 Win 6–2, 7–5
23 SF   Coco Gauff 35 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–3
24 W   Karolína Plíšková (9) 9 Win (2) 6–0, 6–0
25 1R   Kaja Juvan 101 Win 6–0, 7–5
26 2R   Rebecca Peterson 60 Win 6–1, 6–1
27 3R   Anett Kontaveit (30) 31 Win 7–6(7–4), 6–0
28 4R   Marta Kostyuk 81 Win 6–3, 6–4
29 QF   Maria Sakkari (17) 18 Loss 4–6, 4–6
30 1R   Heather Watson (WC) 65 Win 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
31 2R   Daria Kasatkina 34 Loss 6–4, 0–6, 1–6
32 1R   Hsieh Su-wei 69 Win 6–4, 6–4
33 2R   Vera Zvonareva 96 Win 6–1, 6–3
34 3R   Irina-Camelia Begu 79 Win 6–1, 6–0
35 4R   Ons Jabeur (21) 24 Loss 7–5, 1–6, 1–6
36 1R   Mona Barthel (PR) 212 Win 6–2, 6–2
37 2R   Paula Badosa 29 Loss 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
– 1R Bye
38 2R   Ons Jabeur 20 Loss 3–6, 3–6
  • US Open
  • New York, United States
  • Grand Slam
  • Hard, outdoor
  • 30 August 2021 – 12 September 2021
 39 1R   Jamie Loeb (Q) 194 Win 6–3, 6–4
40 2R   Fiona Ferro 74 Win 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0
41 3R   Anett Kontaveit (28) 28 Win 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
42 4R   Belinda Bencic (11) 12 Loss 6–7(12–14), 3–6
– 1R Bye
43 2R   Yulia Putintseva 49 Win 6–4, 6–4
44 QF   Elena Rybakina (7) 16 Win 7–6(7–5), 6–2
45 SF   Maria Sakkari (4) 12 Loss 4–6, 5–7
– 1R Bye
46 2R   Petra Martić 45 Win 6–1, 6–3
47 3R   Veronika Kudermetova (25) 31 Win 6–1, 6–0
48 4R   Jeļena Ostapenko (24) 29 Loss 4–6, 3–6
49 RR   Maria Sakkari (4) 6 Loss 2–6, 4–6
50 RR   Aryna Sabalenka (1) 2 Loss 6–2, 2–6, 5–7
51 RR   Paula Badosa (7) 10 Win 7–5, 6–4

Doubles matches edit

Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score
1 1R   Monica Niculescu /   Anna Blinkova 52 / 53 Win 6–0, 6–1
2 2R   Xu Yifan /   Zhang Shuai 9 / 30 Win 6–3, 6–1
3 QF   Jeļena Ostapenko /   Lyudmyla Kichenok 23 / 47 Win 6–1, 6–4
4 SF   Shuko Aoyama /   Ena Shibahara (5) 14 / 16 Loss 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [2–10]
5 1R   Luisa Stefani /   Hayley Carter (8) 26 / 27 Win 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
6 2R   Vera Zvonareva /   Elena Vesnina (PR) 37 / 303 Loss 6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
7 1R   Séléna Janicijevic /   Aubane Droguet (WC) 570 / 591 Win 6–0, 6–1
8 2R   Anna-Lena Friedsam /   Wang Yafan 52 / 70 Win 7–5, 6–3
9 3R   Elise Mertens /   Hsieh Su-wei (1) 2 / 3 Win 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
10 QF   Darija Jurak Schreiber /   Andreja Klepač (11) 28 / 40 Win 6–3, 6–2
11 SF   Irina-Camelia Begu /   Nadia Podoroska 104 / 132 Win 6–3, 6–4
12 F   Barbora Krejčíková /   Kateřina Siniaková (2) 7 / 8 Loss 4–6, 2–6
13 1R   Shelby Rogers /   Petra Martić 72 / 100 Win 2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
14 2R   Darija Jurak Schreiber /   Andreja Klepač (8) 16 / 27 Win 2–6, 6–1, [10–3]
15 QF   Barbora Krejčíková /   Kateřina Siniaková (2) 4 / 6 Loss 4–6, 3–6
16 1R   Julia Lohoff /   Alexandra Panova (PR) 71 / 146 Win 6–1, 6–3
17 2R   Elise Mertens /   Hsieh Su-wei (2) 3 / 4 Loss 6–1, 4–6, [8–10]

Mixed doubles matches edit

Tournament Match Round Opponent Combined Rank Result Score
1 1R   Astra Sharma /   John-Patrick Smith (WC) 234 Win 5–7, 7–6(8–6), [10–6]
2 2R   Hayley Carter /   Sander Gillé (Alt) 118 Loss 4–6, 1–6
3 1R   Fiona Ferro /   Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Alt) 56 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
4 QF   Elena Vesnina /   Aslan Karatsev (2) 25 Loss 4–6, 4–6

Tournament schedule edit

Singles schedule edit

Date Tournament Location Category Surface Previous
result 		Previous
points 		New
points 		Outcome
1 February 2021 –
7 February 2021 		Gippsland Trophy Australia WTA 500 Hard Not held 0 55 Third round lost to   Ekaterina Alexandrova
4–6, 2–6
8 February 2021 –
21 February 2021 		Australian Open Australia Grand Slam Hard Fourth round 240 240 Fourth round lost to   Simona Halep
6–3, 1–6, 4–6
22 February 2021 –
28 February 2021 		Adelaide International Australia WTA 500 Hard Did not play 0 470 Winner defeated   Belinda Bencic
6–2, 6–2
8 March 2021 –
14 March 2021 		Dubai Tennis Championships United Arab Emirates WTA 1000 Hard Did not play 0 105 Third round lost to   Garbiñe Muguruza
0–6, 4–6
22 March 2021 –
4 April 2021 		Miami Open United States WTA 1000 Hard Qualifying round two 20 65 Third round lost to   Ana Konjuh
4–6, 6–2, 2–6
26 April 2021 –
9 May 2021 		Madrid Open Spain WTA 1000 Clay Did not play 0 120 Third round lost to   Ashleigh Barty
5–7, 4–6
10 May 2021 –
16 May 2021 		Italian Open Italy WTA 1000 Clay First round 1 900 Winner defeated   Karolína Plíšková
6–0, 6–0
31 May 2021 –
13 June 2021 		French Open France Grand Slam Clay Winner 2000 430 Quarterfinals lost to   Maria Sakkari
4–6, 4–6
21 June 2021 –
27 June 2021 		Eastbourne International Great Britain WTA 500 Grass Qualifying round one 1 55 Second round lost to   Daria Kasatkina
6–4, 0–6, 1–6
28 June 2021 –
12 July 2021 		Wimbledon Championships Great Britain Grand Slam Grass Fourth round 10 240 Fourth round lost to   Ons Jabeur
7–5, 1–6, 1–6
24 July 2021 –
31 July 2021 		Summer Olympics Japan Olympic Games Hard Did not play 0 0 Second round lost to   Paula Badosa
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
16 August 2021 –
22 August 2021 		Cincinnati Open United States WTA 1000 Hard First round 1 1 Second round lost to   Ons Jabeur
3–6, 3–6
30 August 2021 –
12 September 2021 		US Open United States Grand Slam Hard Third round 130 240 Fourth round lost to   Belinda Bencic
6–7(12–14), 3–6
20 September 2021 –
26 September 2021 		Ostrava Open Czech Republic WTA 500 Hard (i) Did not play 0 185 Semifinals lost to   Maria Sakkari
4–6, 5–7
4 October 2021 –
17 October 2021 		Indian Wells Open United States WTA 1000 Hard Qualifying round two 20 120 Fourth round lost to   Jeļena Ostapenko
4–6, 3–6
10 November 2021 –
17 November 2021 		WTA Finals Mexico WTA Finals Hard Did not qualify 0 500 Failed to advance into the semifinals
1 won & 2 losses
Total year-end points 3786

Doubles schedule edit

Date Tournament Location Category Surface Previous
result 		Previous
points 		New
points 		Outcome
22 March 2021 –
4 April 2021 		Miami Open United States WTA 1000 Hard Did not play 0 390 Semifinals lost to   Shuko Aoyama /   Ena Shibahara
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [2–10]
26 April 2021 –
9 May 2021 		Madrid Open Spain WTA 1000 Clay Did not play 0 120 Second round lost to   Vera Zvonareva /   Elena Vesnina
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
31 May 2021 –
13 June 2021 		French Open France Grand Slam Clay Semifinals 780 1300 Final lost to   Barbora Krejčíková /   Kateřina Siniaková
4–6, 2–6
16 August 2021 –
22 August 2021 		Cincinnati Open United States WTA 1000 Hard Semifinals 350 190 Quarterfinals lost to   Barbora Krejčíková /   Kateřina Siniaková
4–6, 3–6
4 October 2021 –
17 October 2021 		Indian Wells Open United States WTA 1000 Hard Did not play 0 120 Second round lost to   Elise Mertens /   Hsieh Su-wei
6–1, 4–6, [8–10]
Total year-end points 2120

Mixed doubles schedule edit

Date Tournament Location Category Surface Previous
result 		Outcome
8 February 2021 –
21 February 2021 		Australian Open Australia Grand Slam Hard Quarterfinals Second round lost to   Hayley Carter /   Sander Gillé
4–6, 1–6
28 July 2021 –
1 August 2021 		Summer Olympics Japan Olympic Games Hard Did not play Quarterfinals lost to   Elena Vesnina /   Aslan Karatsev
4–6, 4–6

Yearly records edit

Top 10 wins edit

Singles edit

# Opponent Rank Tournament Surface Round Score IŚR
1.   Elina Svitolina No. 6 Italian Open Clay Quarterfinals 6–2, 7–5 No. 15
2.   Karolína Plíšková No. 9 Italian Open Clay Final 6–0, 6–0 No. 15
3.   Paula Badosa No. 10 WTA Finals, Mexico Hard Round robin 7–5, 6–4 No. 9

Doubles edit

# Partner Oppoents Rank Tournament Surface Round Score IŚR
1.   Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  • No. 9
  • No. 30
 Miami Open, United States Hard Second round 6–3, 6–1 No. 81
2.   Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  • No. 2
  • No. 3
 French Open Clay Third round 5–7, 6–4, 7–5 No. 59

Finals edit

Singles: 2 (2 titles) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Elite Trophy (0–0)
WTA 1000 (1–0)
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 Adelaide International, Australia WTA 500 Hard   Belinda Bencic 6–2, 6–2
Win 2–0 May 2021 Italian Open WTA 1000 Clay   Karolína Plíšková 6–0, 6–0

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Elite Trophy (0–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
WTA 500 (0–0)
WTA 250 (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2021 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay   Bethanie Mattek-Sands
4–6, 2–6

Earnings edit

# Tournament Singles
Prize money 		Doubles
Prize money 		Mixed doubles
Prize money 		Year-to-date
1. Gippsland Trophy $5,500 $0 $0 $5,500
2. Australian Open $219,367 $0 $4,113 $228,980
3. Adelaide International $68,570 $0 $0 $297,550
4. Dubai Tennis Championships $21,000 $0 $0 $318,550
5. Miami Open $26,000 $19,000 $0 $363,550
6. Madrid Open $42,220 $8,562 $0 $414,332
7. Italian Open $221,500 $0 $0 $635,832
8. French Open $300,912 $85,007 $0 $1,021,751
9. Eastbourne International $7,425 $0 $0 $1,029,176
10. Wimbledon Championships $245,545 $0 $0 $1,274,721
11. Cincinnati Open $15,330 $7,950 $0 $1,298,001
12. US Open $265,000 $0 $0 $1,563,001
13. Ostrava Open $32,400 $0 $0 $1,595,401
14. Indian Wells Open $92,000 $15,750 $0 $1,703,151
15. WTA Finals $220,000 $0 $0 $1,923,151
Total prize money[25] 1,782,769 $136,269 $4,113 $1,923,151

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