Pole positions: All of Poland's Top 100 players
Iga Swiatek is guaranteed to become the second highest ranked Polish player since the inception of WTA rankings in 1975. Take a look back at all 10 Poles who have reached the WTA Top 100 here.
01
/10
Agnieszka Radwanska is the most accomplished Polish player of the Open Era, reaching the Wimbledon final and a career high of World No.2 in 2012 as well as winning 20 WTA titles, including the 2015 WTA Finals.
Getty Images
02
/10
Roland Garros champion Iga Swiatek has become the second-highest ranked Polish player in history: the 19-year-old's maiden Grand Slam title sees her rise to a new career high of World No.17.
Getty Images
03
/10
Urszula Radwanska is a two-time WTA finalist, at 's-Hertogenbosch 2012 and Istanbul 2015, owns wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova, Sloane Stephens and Simona Halep, and peaked at World No.29 in October 2012.
Getty Images
04
/10
Magdalena Grzybowska was the 1996 Australian Open girls' champion and reached the third round of the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon (defeating Venus Williams on her SW19 debut) as a pro, hitting a career high of World No.30 in August 1998.
Getty Images
05
/10
28-year-old Magda Linette hit a career high of World No.33 in February 2020 after winning her second WTA title in Hua Hin (following a first trophy at The Bronx in 2019), and has reached the third round of each Grand Slam.
Getty Images
06
/10
Former World No.37 Marta Domachowska was a three-time WTA runner-up at Seoul 2004, Strasbourg 2005 and Memphis 2006, and her finest Grand Slam run was reaching the fourth round of the 2008 Australian Open.
Getty Images
07
/10
Katarzyna Nowak reached a career high of World No.47 in September 1995, the same year she reached the Barcelona semifinals and posted her best major showing to reach the third round of Roland Garros.
FilipJ1993/CC BY-SA
08
/10
Iwona Kuczynska (right) was the first Polish player to reach the Top 100, made the third round of a major three times, won the 1988 Filderstadt doubles title with Martina Navratilova and peaked at World No.64 in October 1987.
Getty Images
09
/10
1995 Wimbledon girls' champion Aleksandra Olsza peaked at World No.72 as a pro the following year, with career highlights including a quarterfinal run at Pattaya 1995 and an upset of Magdalena Maleeva at the 1996 US Open.
Getty Images
10
/10
Katarzyna Piter has reached two WTA quarterfinals (Luxembourg 2013 and Rio de Janeiro 2014), scored wins over Kirsten Flipkens and Zhang Shuai, and set a career high ranking of World No.95 in May 2014.
Getty Images
