The woman who has remained at the top of the women’s ranking since April 2022 is going for everything and more. For this reason, in the last publication of the world rankings, Iga Swiatek managed to match a multi-time champion like Ash Barty at her young age. Week 121 for the 23-year-old Pole as No. 1 in the world, which places her among the seven longest stayers there. Getting closer to Monica Seles.
In fact, there are only six in all of history who stayed at the top longer. Namely:
1) Steffi Graf: 377 weeks.
2) Martina Navratilova: 332 weeks.
3) Serena Williams: 319 weeks.
4) Chris Evert: 260 weeks.
5) Martina Hingis: 209 weeks.
6) Monica Seles: 178 weeks.
7) Iga Swiatek and Ash Barty: 121 weeks.
