Iga Swiatek lifts her 18th women's singles career title: Stats
Polish star Iga Swiatek has claimed the 2024 Qatar Open honor after defeating Elena Rybakina 7-6(8), 6-2. Swiatek won the season's maiden WTA 1000 title in Doha With the win, Swiatek has now lifted her 18th women's singles career title on the WTA Tour. It was a solid win for the Pole, who has now clinched three successive honors here in Doha.
Swiatek has dominated the scene at the Qatar Open
In 2022, Swiatek overcame Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-0 to win her maiden title in Doha. In 2021, she took down Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-0. And now, the world number one defeated Rybakina in straight sets. Swiatek owns a 13-1 career win-loss record at the Qatar Open; her only loss at this event was in the 2020 second round to Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Successive honors
Match stats and H2H record
Swiatek doled out two aces compared to three from Rybakina. Swiatek went on to commit four double faults to her opponent's two. Swiatek managed 57% win on the first serve and 58% win on the second. In terms of their head-to-head record, Swiatek has a 2-3 tally in their five tour-level meetings. Swiatek has a 11-1 win-loss record this year, claiming her maiden title.
Rybakina signs off from Doha with 15 match wins
Rybakina started the year by winning the Brisbane International. She also claimed the 2024 Abu Dhabi Open after failures in Adelaide and at the Australian Open. She reached her third final this year. Despite this defeat, Rybakina exits Doha as the season leader in terms of match-wins, with 15. She surpassed Jelena Ostapenko (14 wins). Both players have won two titles this year.
Swiatek joins Serena Williams at this unique club
Swiatek is the first player to win the title at the Qatar Open three times since the inception of the tournament in 2001. As per Opta, Swiatek is the first player to win a WTA event 3 years in a row since Serena Williams, who won the Miami Open on three consecutive occasions between 2013 and 2015.
Another massive record for Swiatek
Swiatek, who has now registered five consecutive wins against top-5 players for the first time in her career, is the 1st player to register 5 consecutive wins against top-5 players before the age of 23 since Belinda Bencic in 2019.
