83 weeks as WTA No 1 by the age of 22 is one of the most impressive records by Iga Swiatek. If women tennis players were compared at the same age, not even Serena Williams, who many consider to be the GOAT of women's tennis would rank higher than Iga here. But at what age did Serena collect her 319 weeks at the top of the WTA Ranking? And how do the other greats of Open Era Tennis rank if we compare them by age?


Iga Swiatek from Poland is the current best female Tennis player in the world. After dominating the 2022 season she had close fight with Aryna Sabalenka in 2023 but just managed to get her second year end No 1 finish by winning the WTA Finals. At the young age of 22 Swiatek has already spent 83 weeks as the WTA No 1 (by Dec 31st 2023). The 10th most weeks in Tennis history.

As she will barely be defending any points at the Australian Open 2024 while her closest opponent of the 2023 season, Aryna Sabalenka is defending the title there, Swiatek is likely to stay No 1 for for quite a few more weeks until her 23rd birthday in May.

Let's have a look at how Iga compares to Serena Williams and other Greats of Women's Tennis history. How many weeks had they spent as No 1 at the same age as the Polish superstar?

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