Won 37 consecutive matches over the span of 135 days, the longest win streak on the Hologic WTA Tour since 1997.First Polish player to be ranked No.1 on the WTA or ATP.The numbers behind Swiatek's 135-day unbeaten run "I spent some time proving that I can be at that place, so it was a whole process, but I would say it started in Miami. "I'm pretty happy that during this tournament I found out that I can play the same kind of tennis even if I became No.1. "When Ash retired, I had two days of not knowing what my place is," Swiatek told WTA Insider. Swiatek, 21, parlayed that newfound confidence to back-to-back WTA 1000 titles at the Qatar Total Open and Indian Wells, but she says the real shift came at the Miami Open, where she would end up winning her third straight 1000-level championship. While her 135-day unbeaten run and eight-title haul surpassed even her expectations, Swiatek showed signs of leveling-up as early as January, when she broke through at the Australian Open to make her first hard-court Slam semifinal. Iga Swiatek engineered one of the best seasons of the century to cement herself as the top-ranked player on the Hologic WTA Tour. Thursday: No.7 Haddad Maia and Danilina | No.8 Schuurs and Krawczyk Wednesday: No.5 Kichenok and Ostapenko | No.6 Yang and Xu Tuesday: No.3 Pegula and Gauff | No.4 Mertens and Kudermetova Monday: No.1 Krejcikova and Siniakova | No.2 Dabrowski and Olmos Thursday: No.7 Sabalenka | No.8 Kasatkina Editor's note: From Monday to Thursday this week, we will look at the road each of the eight singles players and eight doubles took to qualify for this year's WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas.
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