The 2o23 season, as it brought amazing feats for the tennis legend Novak Djokovic on ATP’s side, acted similarly for Iga Swiatek on WTA’s end. While the young Polish star recently lifted her WTA Player of the Year title, the win added another medal of achievement to her glorious portfolio. However, besides the excitement of this win, the tennis world envisions another legend in the making.
With an amazing performance that thrilled the audience throughout the season of 2023, Iga Swiatek’s spot for the Player of the Year award became quite obvious. While the world had just the specific feat in mind, analysts suggested a legendary win, matching the steps of Serena Williams and Martina Navratilova.
Iga Swiatek to fill in the legendary spot of Serena and Martina
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Iga Swiatek’s consistent performance over the last two years made the tennis world connect her name to legends already. With her powerful and skillful game, the 22-year-old has been drawing comparisons to tennis greats Serena Williams and Martina Navratilova, who have had unforgettable impacts on the tennis world. Reminding fans of her excellent potential once again, Swiatek was recently crowned as the WTA Player of the Year 2023.
Looking at the achievement with a pinch-out perspective, this happened to be the second consecutive year of her winning the title. As soon as this happened, the analysts turned their calendars to match her feat with none other than tennis legend Serena Williams, who did the same in 2008-2009, and Martina Navratilova who did it back in 1978-1979.
Winners of the WTA Player of the Year in consecutive years:
– Navratilova (1978-1979; 1982-1986)
– Graf (1987-1990; 1993-1996)
– Seles (1991-1992)
– Davenport (1998-1999)
– S. Williams (2008-2009; 2012-2015)
– SWIATEK (2022-2023)Elite. pic.twitter.com/PysQnXjSjc
— Relevant Tennis (@RelevantTennis) December 11, 2023
With this amazing comparison with the tennis legends, Swiatek’s win appears to be even bigger than how the world has envisioned it so far. However, this wasn’t the first time she gained a word of connection with the legendary WTA players.
Swiatek matches multiple wins in a season feat with Serena Williams
Along with the consecutive two-year WTA Player of the Year feat, Iga Swiatek also matched Serena Williams in terms of winning one of all major titles in the same year. Serena, who won a Grand Slam, a WTA 250 event along with one of 500 and 1000 as well, marked the year 2013 as a milestone that no other tennis star could hit.
Iga Swiatek is the first woman in a decade to win a:
Grand Slam 🏆
WTA 250 🏆
WTA 500 🏆
WTA 1000 🏆
WTA Finals 🏆
in the same season since Serena Williams in 2013 😳🔥 pic.twitter.com/wjkZL51WMR— Eurosport (@eurosport) December 5, 2023
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Looking up to Iga Swiatek’s performance in the present year, she became the first woman in almost a decade to match Serena Williams’ win trail. With this, the 25-year-old not only added an achievement to her portfolio but also proved her strong potential to the world.
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With Serena Williams away from her professional career now, Iga Swiatek appears to hold the top spot as she keeps on laying examples of her carrying the same intensity as the American star.
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