How Iga Swiatek broke another record held by Serena Williams and qualified for WTA Finals in June
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The WTA Finals are played by the eight best players in a given season, and every time, it's a big fight for the spots in the tournament, but not for Iga Swiatek.
When a player qualifies for the WTA Finals in August, it's quite early. Some fight for the spots in September, and even in late October, we see players joining tournaments that they wouldn't normally play to get enough points to qualify for the WTA Finals.
Serena Williams held the record for the fastest qualification for the tournament, but Iga Swiatek smashed it. First, Swiatek managed to win 35 matches in a row to beat Serena Williams' 34-match winning streak and equal Venus Williams' record.
Now, the young Pole broke another record held by the legendary American. In 2015, Serena Williams had an incredible season when she got close to winning a Calendar Slam.
Yet, she was stopped by Roberta Vinci in the semifinals of the 2022 US Open and couldn't do it, but she still won the previous three Grand Slam tournaments and was dominant throughout the season.
That also contributed to her easy qualification for the WTA Finals when she had enough points to play in the tournament already on July 6th. Yet, this incredible number was broken by a month by Iga Swiatek, who qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals already on June 6th, 2022.
In the WTA Race this year, Swiatek has already earned 7,290 points, while her closest three competitors combined, Ons Jabeur, Jessica Pegula, and Coco Gauff, have fewer points than the young Pole.
That guaranteed the World No. 1 player qualification for the 2022 WTA Finals already after the 2022 Roland Garros where she lifted her second Grand Slam trophy after defeating Coco Gauff in the final.
