Last week she tied seventh place, and this week it’s all hers.
Iga Swiatek has passed Ashleigh Barty for seventh-most weeks at No. 1 in WTA rankings history, this being her 122nd at the top spot.
Official WTA rankings began on November 3rd, 1975.
MOST CAREER WEEKS AS WTA NO. 1 (100+ weeks):
377: Steffi Graf
332: Martina Navratilova
319: Serena Williams
260: Chris Evert
209: Martina Hingis
178: Monica Seles
122: Iga Swiatek
121: Ashleigh Barty
117: Justine Henin
Swiatek’s stranglehold on No. 1 could come under threat this fall, especially after her withdrawal from this week’s WTA 1000 event in Beijing—where she’s the defending champion—due to personal matters. World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka can’t pass her in Beijing, but she can almost catch her, and then while she’s only defending semifinal points at the WTA Finals, Swiatek is defending the title.
