Iga Swiatek Creates History; Passes Ashleigh Barty For Total Weeks Spent As WTA World Number One

She has now spent a total of 122 weeks at the top of the rankings, moving clear of Barty, who spent 121 weeks as the world's top-ranked female player

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Updated on: 23 September 2024 5:17 pm

Iga Swiatek has spent a total of 122 weeks as the world number one

Iga Swiatek has passed Ashleigh Barty to go seventh in the all-time charts for most weeks spent as the WTA's world number one. (More Tennis News)

Swiatek won her fifth career grand slam title at the French Open in June, though she did suffer third-round exits from the Australian Open and Wimbledon before going out in the last eight at the US Open earlier this month.

However, Swiatek still sits over 2,000 points clear of her closest rival, Flushing Meadows champion Aryna Sabalenka, at the top of the women's world rankings.

She has now spent a total of 122 weeks at the top of the rankings, moving clear of Barty, who spent 121 weeks as the world's top-ranked female player.

122 - Iga Swiatek (122 weeks) has moved past Ashleigh Barty (121) for the player who has spent the seventh most weeks as World No.1 since the WTA rankings were first published in in 1975. Leap.#WTA | @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/n64tDmGFMU
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) September 23, 2024

Only Steffi Graf (377 weeks), Martina Navratilova (332), Serena Williams (319), Chris Evert (260), Martina Hingis (209) and Monica Seles (178) have now spent more time as world number one than Swiatek since the rankings were introduced in 1975.