The 2023 Iga Świątek tennis season officially began on 31 December 2022 as the start of the 2023 WTA Tour. Iga Świątek entered the season as the world number 1 player in singles for the first time in her career.
Season summary Early hard court season Świątek started 2023 as only the fourth woman in WTA history to be ranked world No. 1 for 40 or more consecutive weeks in their first stint as the top-ranked player. In her first tournament of the year representing Poland at the United Cup in Brisbane, Świątek defeated Yulia Putintseva, Belinda Bencic and Martina Trevisan on the way to the semifinals where she lost to Jessica Pegula in straight sets. At the 2023 Australian Open, the top seeded Świątek reached the fourth round after winning against Jule Niemeier, Camila Osorio and Cristina Bucșa. In the fourth round she was defeated by reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in straight sets.
Middle East tournament and Sunshine Double In February 2023, Świątek successfully defended her title at the WTA 500 Qatar Ladies Open when she defeated Jessica Pegula in the final in straight sets. This was her first title of the year and the twelfth of her career. She did not drop a set throughout the tournament and only lost five games. At the Dubai Championships, she defeated Leylah Fernandez, 14th seed Liudmila Samsonova, Karolína Plíšková (by walkover) and fifth seed Coco Gauff, all matches in straight sets with only nine games lost, to reach the final. She lost to Barbora Krejčíková in straight sets, ending her six match winning streak.
On 13 March she reached her 50th consecutive week at world No. 1. At the Indian Wells Open she defeated Bianca Andreescu and Emma Raducanu in rounds three and four, both in straight sets. However, she lost once again to Elena Rybakina in the semifinals, preventing Świątek from defending her Indian Wells title. Due to a rib injury suffered during the Indian Wells event, Świątek withdrew from the 2023 Miami Open, which also prevented her from defending her Miami Open title.
Mid-year clay season At the Stuttgart Open in April, Świątek entered the tournament as the defending champion. She reached her third WTA final of the season by defeating Zheng Qinwen, Karolína Plíšková and Ons Jabeur (retired). In the final, she defeated world No. 2, Aryna Sabalenka, in straight sets in claiming her 13th career singles title. At the Madrid Open she reached the quarterfinals for the first time at this tournament defeating 16th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. In the finals, she lost to Aryna Sabalenka in a rematch of the 2023 Stuttgart Open.
In May, Świątek entered the Italian Open as the defending champion. In the second round, she doubled-bageled Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before defeating Lesia Tsurenko and Donna Vekić in the following rounds. In the quarterfinals, she faced Elena Rybakina and was forced to retire in the third set after sustaining a right thigh injury. At the French Open, Świątek reached her fourth major final without dropping a set. She won her third French Open and fourth major title overall, defeating Karolína Muchová in three sets in the final. She also became the first woman to defend the title since Justine Henin in 2007.
Grass court season and home event At the Wimbledon, Świątek reached her first ever quarterfinal at the tournament after eliminating Zhu Lin, Sara Sorribes Tormo, Petra Martić and Belinda Bencic. In the quarterfinal, she lost to Elina Svitolina in three sets, which ended her 14-match win streak.
In July, Swiatek competed in the Poland Open and reached the final after achieving victories over Nigina Abduraimova, Claire Liu, Linda Nosková and Yanina Wickmayer. In the final, she defeated Laura Siegemund claiming her first WTA 250 title and 15th overall.
US Open series In preparation for the Canadian Open, Świątek was seen practicing with her mouth taped shut. She explained that this was a breathing exercise she did to improve endurance. She reached the semifinals at the event losing to Jessica Pegula, in three sets.
At the Cincinnati Open, Świątek defeated Danielle Collins, Zheng Qinwen, and the reigning Wimbledon champion, Markéta Vondroušová, before being upset for the first time by Coco Gauff in the semifinals.
At the US Open, Świątek began her title defense with convincing victories in the first three rounds. However, in the fourth round she was upset by 20th seed Jeļena Ostapenko, in three sets, and consequently ceded the world No. 1 ranking to Aryna Sabalenka, ending her 75-week streak in the top position. Świątek’s 75-week reign at No.1 is the third-longest streak among players in their first stint as the top player behind only Steffi Graf and Martina Hingis. On 25 September, Świątek began her 100th consecutive week in the top 10 of WTA ranking becoming the second Pole (after Agnieszka Radwańska) to achieve this milestone.
Closing tournaments She reached her third WTA 1000 final and seventh overall for the season at the China Open, defeating third seed Coco Gauff ending her 16-match win streak. She won her fifth title of the season and 16th overall with a straight sets win over Liudmila Samsonova.
She won the 2023 WTA Finals defeating Jessica Pegula in straight sets in under an hour and returned to year-end World No. 1 for a second consecutive year. It was her 68th match win of the season. She became the first woman since Serena Williams in 2012 to win the title without dropping a set.https://twitter.com/Tennis/status/1721659605581738364
All matches
Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score 1 RR Yulia Putintseva 51 Win 6–1, 6–3 2 RR Belinda Bencic 12 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 3 HF Martina Trevisan 27 Win 6–2, 6–4 4 SF Jessica Pegula 3 Loss 2–6, 2–6 5 1R Jule Niemeier 69 Win 6–4, 7–5 6 2R Camila Osorio 84 Win 6–2, 6–3 7 3R Cristina Bucșa 100 Win 6–0, 6–1 8 4R Elena Rybakina 25 Loss 4–6, 4–6 – 1R Bye 9 2R Danielle Collins 42 Win 6–0, 6–1 – QF Belinda Bencic 9 Walkover 10 SF Veronika Kudermetova 11 Win 6–0, 6–1 11 W Jessica Pegula 4 Win 6–3, 6–0 – 1R Bye 12 2R Leylah Fernandez 37 Win 6–1, 6–1 13 3R Liudmila Samsonova 13 Win 6–1, 6–0 – QF Karolína Plíšková 18 Walkover 14 SF Coco Gauff 6 Win 6–4, 6–2 15 F Barbora Krejčíková 30 Loss 4–6, 2–6 – 1R Bye 16 2R Claire Liu 56 Win 6–0, 6–1 17 3R Bianca Andreescu 36 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–1) 18 4R Emma Raducanu 77 Win 6–3, 6–1 19 QF Sorana Cîrstea 83 Win 6–2, 6–3 20 SF Elena Rybakina 10 Loss 2–6, 2–6 – 1R Bye 21 2R Zheng Qinwen 25 Win 6–1, 6–4 22 QF Karolína Plíšková 17 Win 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 23 SF Ons Jabeur 4 Win 3–0, ret. 24 W Aryna Sabalenka 2 Win 6–3, 6–4 – 1R Bye 25 2R Julia Grabher 92 Win 6–3, 6–2 26 3R Bernarda Pera 32 Win 6–3, 6–2 27 4R Ekaterina Alexandrova 17 Win 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 28 QF Petra Martić 33 Win 6–0, 6–3 29 SF Veronika Kudermetova 13 Win 6–1, 6–1 30 F Aryna Sabalenka 2 Loss 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 – 1R Bye 31 2R Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 506 Win 6–0, 6–0 32 3R Lesia Tsurenko 68 Win 6–2, 6–0 33 4R Donna Vekić 24 Win 6–3, 6–4 34 QF Elena Rybakina 6 Loss 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 2–2, ret. 35 1R Cristina Bucșa 69 Win 6–4, 6–0 36 2R Claire Liu 102 Win 6–4, 6–0 37 3R Wang Xinyu 80 Win 6–0, 6–0 38 4R Lesia Tsurenko 66 Win 5–1, ret. 39 QF Coco Gauff 6 Win 6–4, 6–2 40 SF Beatriz Haddad Maia 12 Win 6–2, 7–6(9–7) 41 W Karolína Muchová 43 Win 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 42 1R Tatjana Maria 66 Win 5–7, 6–2, 6–0 43 2R Jil Teichmann 129 Win 6–3, 6–1 44 QF Anna Blinkova 39 Win 6–3, 6–2 – SF Lucia Bronzetti 65 Withdrew 45 1R Zhu Lin 34 Win 6–1, 6–3 46 2R Sara Sorribes Tormo 84 Win 6–2, 6–0 47 3R Petra Martić 29 Win 6–2, 7–5 48 4R Belinda Bencic 14 Win 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–3 49 QF Elina Svitolina 76 Loss 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 2–6 50 1R Nigina Abduraimova 181 Win 6–4, 6–3 51 2R Claire Liu 78 Win 6–2, 6–2 52 QF Linda Nosková 59 Win 6–1, 6–4 53 SF Yanina Wickmayer 109 Win 6–1, 7–6(8–6) 54 W Laura Siegemund 153 Win 6–0, 6–1 – 1R Bye 55 2R Karolína Plíšková 23 Win 7–6(8–6), 6–2 56 3R Karolína Muchová 17 Win 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 57 QF Danielle Collins 48 Win 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 58 SF Jessica Pegula 3 Loss 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6 – 1R Bye 59 2R Danielle Collins 34 Win 6–1, 6–0 60 3R Zheng Qinwen 24 Win 3–6, 6–1, 6–1 61 QF Markéta Vondroušová 10 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–1 62 SF Coco Gauff 7 Loss 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 4–6 63 1R Rebecca Peterson 86 Win 6–0, 6–1 64 2R Daria Saville 322 Win 6–3, 6–4 65 3R Kaja Juvan 145 Win 6–0, 6–1 66 4R Jeļena Ostapenko 21 Loss 6–3, 3–6, 1–6 – 1R Bye 67 2R Mai Hontama 148 Win 6–4, 7–5 68 QF Veronika Kudermetova 19 Loss 2–6, 6–2, 4–6 69 1R Sara Sorribes Tormo 55 Win 6–4, 6–3 70 2R Varvara Gracheva 47 Win 6–4, 6–1 71 3R Magda Linette 25 Win 6–1, 6–1 72 QF Caroline Garcia 10 Win 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–5), 6–1 73 SF Coco Gauff 3 Win 6–2, 6–3 74 W Liudmila Samsonova 22 Win 6–2, 6–2 75 RR Markéta Vondroušová 6 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–0 76 RR Coco Gauff 3 Win 6–0, 7–5 77 RR Ons Jabeur 7 Win 6–1, 6–2 78 SF Aryna Sabalenka 1 Win 6–3, 6–2 79 W Jessica Pegula 5 Win 6–1, 6–0
Mixed doubles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Combined Rank Result Score 1 RR Zhibek Kulambayeva / Grigoriy Lomakin 496 Win 6–3, 6–4 – RR Belinda Bencic / Stan Wawrinka 162 Withdrew 2 HF Lorenzo Musetti / Camilla Rosatello 197 Win 6–1, 6–2 – SF Taylor Fritz / Jessica Pegula 12 Withdrew
Tournament schedule Singles schedule Date Tournament Location Tier Surface Prev.result Prev.points Newpoints Result 29 December 2022 –8 January 2023 United Cup Australia United Cup Hard N/A 0 125 Semifinals lost to Jessica Pegula2–6, 2–6 16 January 2023 –29 January 2023 Australian Open Australia Grand Slam Hard SF 780 240 Fourth round lost to Elena Rybakina4–6, 4–6 13 February 2023 –19 February 2023 Qatar Open Qatar WTA 500 Hard W 900 470 Champion defeated Jessica Pegula6–3, 6–0 20 February 2023 –26 February 2023 Dubai Championships United Arab Emirates WTA 1000 Hard 2R 55 585 Final lost to Barbora Krejčíková4–6, 2–6 6 March 2023 –19 March 2023 Indian Wells Open United States WTA 1000 Hard W 1000 390 Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina2–6, 2–6 17 April 2023 –23 April 2023 Stuttgart Open Germany WTA 500 Clay (i) W 470 470 Champion defeated Aryna Sabalenka6–3, 6–4 24 April 2023 –7 May 2023 Madrid Open Spain WTA 1000 Clay N/A 0 650 Final lost to Aryna Sabalenka3–6, 6–3, 3–6 9 May 2023 –21 May 2023 Italian Open Italy WTA 1000 Clay W 900 215 Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina6–2, 6–7(3–7), 2–2, ret. 28 May 2023 –11 June 2023 French Open France Grand Slam Clay W 2000 2000 Champion defeated Karolína Muchová6–2, 5–7, 6–4 25 June 2023 –1 July 2023 Bad Homburg Open Germany WTA 250 Grass N/A 0 (110) Semifinals withdrew against Lucia BronzettiN/A 3 July 2023 –16 July 2023 Wimbledon Championships United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass 3R 430 Quarterfinals lost to Elina Svitolina5–7, 7–6(7–5), 2–6 24 July 2023 –30 July 2023 Poland Open Poland WTA 250 Hard QF 60 280 Champion defeated Laura Siegemund6–0, 6–1 7 August 2023 –13 August 2023 Canadian Open Canada WTA 1000 Hard 3R 105 350 Semifinals lost to Jessica Pegula2–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6 13 August 2023 –20 August 2023 Cincinnati Open United States WTA 1000 Hard 3R 105 350 Semifinals lost to Coco Gauff6–7(2–7), 6–3, 4–6 28 August 2023 –10 September 2023 US Open United States Grand Slam Hard W 2000 240 Fourth round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko6–3, 3–6, 1–6 25 September 2023 –1 October 2023 Pan Pacific Open Japan WTA 500 Hard N/A 0 (100) Quarterfinals lost to Veronika Kudermetova2–6, 6–2, 4–6 30 September 2023 –8 October 2023 China Open China WTA 1000 Hard N/A 0 1000 Champion defeated Liudmila Samsonova6–2, 6–2 29 October 2023 –5 November 2023 WTA Finals Mexico WTA Finals Hard SF 750 1500 Champion defeated Jessica Pegula6–1, 6–0 Total year-end points 9295
Mixed doubles schedule Date Tournament Location Tier Surface Prev.result Result 29 December 2022 –8 January 2023 United Cup Australia United Cup Hard N/A Semifinals withdrew against Taylor Fritz / Jessica PegulaN/A
Yearly records Head-to-head match-ups Ordered by percentage of wins
Danielle Collins 3–0 Claire Liu 3–0 Belinda Bencic 2–0 Cristina Bucșa 2–0 Petra Martić 2–0 Karolína Muchová 2–0