Iga Swiatek begins her milestone 250th career week in the Top 10 of the WTA rankings

Iga Swiatek faces Maria Sakkari in the third round of Indian Wells today, but before she even takes the court, she reaches a milestone.

Today she begins her 250th career week in the Top 10 of the WTA rankings, an incredible achievement given she’s still just 24 years old.

Having already captured her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in 2020, Swiatek broke into the Top 10 for the first time as a 19-year-old on May 17th, 2021, rising from No. 15 to No. 9 after winning her first WTA 1000 title in Rome. And other than slipping to No. 11 for two weeks in October that year, she’s been ranked in the Top 10 ever since.

IGA SWIATEK'S TOP 10 STINTS:

• May 17th to October 17th, 2021 [22 weeks]
• November 1st, 2021 to present [228 weeks and counting]

Incredibly, Swiatek has spent 195 of her 250 career weeks in the Top 10 inside the Top 2. She spent 125 weeks at No. 1 between 2022 and 2024, and this week will be her 70th career week at the No. 2 spot.

IGA SWIATEK'S 250 TOP 10 WEEKS BY RANKING:

• No. 1: 125 weeks
• No. 2: 70 weeks [including this week]
• No. 3: 5 weeks
• No. 4: 9 weeks
• No. 5: 3 weeks
• No. 6: 1 week
• No. 7: 2 weeks
• No. 8: 14 weeks
• No. 9: 20 weeks
• No. 10: 1 week

There’s no chance of her falling out of the Top 10—or even the Top 5—no matter what happens the rest of the way at Indian Wells this week.

Speaking of Indian Wells, Swiatek’s match-up against Sakkari today will actually be a revenge match, as she fell to the Greek in a nail-biter in the quarterfinals in Doha a few weeks ago, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

The two are now tied 4-4 in their career head-to-head, with Sakkari winning their first three meetings, then Swiatek winning their next four, and—as mentioned above—Sakkari winning their last one.