Iga Swiatek and Lindsay Davenport have spent 98 weeks at No 1
Iga Swiatek has drawn level with WTA legend Lindsay Davenport in the all-time No 1 Rankings standings, with both women having spent 98 weeks at the very top.
Both are hugely admired and respected figures within the game, but how exactly do they compare outside of their reigns at the top of the game?
Here, we look at some key statistics to compare their careers.
Weeks at No 1
Swiatek will overtake Davenport next week and will become just the ninth woman to reach 100 weeks as No 1 the week after that, with her reign not likely to end soon.
Age is on the 22-year-old’s side and since becoming No 1 in April 2022, only Aryna Sabalenka – for eight weeks at the end of last season – has knocked her off.
Currently holding a significant cushion points-wise, overtaking Justine Henin (117 weeks) and Ashleigh Barty (121 weeks) this season looks probable.
Davenport’s time was spread across eight periods – a total only beaten by Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert – with the first coming in October 1998, when she displaced Martina Hingis.
She and Hingis traded the top spot for three years, and she later battled the likes of Venus and Serena Williams, and Justine Henin for the No 1 position.
Her eighth and final spell came from October 2005 to January 2006, where she held the top spot for a final 14 weeks.
Grand Slam Titles
Swiatek already holds a slight lead over Davenport, with four Grand Slam titles compared to the American’s three.
Swiatek claimed her first Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 2020 and then claimed the title again in 2022 and 2023, while winning the US Open in 2022.
But while Swiatek has won two of the four Slams, Davenport won three: the US Open in 1998, Wimbledon in 1999, and the Australian Open in 2000.
She also reached more Grand Slam finals than Swiatek currently has, twice finishing runner-up at Wimbledon, with further runner-up finishes at the Australian and US Opens.
Davenport is also a doubles Grand Slam winner, winning titles at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open, and finishing runner-up at the Australian Open six times.
Overall Career Titles
Alongside her four Grand Slam victories, Swiatek has already won 19 WTA titles, alongside reaching a further four finals.
She already has eight WTA 1000 titles, with two victories in Indian Wells, Doha and Rome, alongside Miami and China Open victories across the past four seasons.
But she has some way to match Davenport, who won 55 WTA singles titles during her career – putting her joint-eighth in the WTA all-time list.
Davenport’s titles spanned from May 1993 to March 2008 and she won the equivalent of 11 WTA 1000 titles during her playing career
The American also won 38 doubles titles and was WTA Finals singles champion in 1999, matching Swiatek’s triumph in 2023, though she also holds an Olympic gold medal from Atlanta 1996; an achievement the Pole will be desperate to match.
Top 10 Wins
Swiatek has a phenomenal record against top 10 opponents, winning 36 matches against opponents ranked 1-10 during her career; she holds an impressive win rate of 72% in such matches.
However, it will take some effort to match Davenport’s overall career total, with American amassing 130 wins over top 10 opponents; approximately 17% of wins across her entire career.
Longest Winning Streak
Swiatek already holds the upper hand regarding the longest winning streak between the two, with her run in 2022 the longest unbeaten run of any woman this century.
The Pole won a staggering 37 straight matches throughout the spring and summer, a run that saw her claim six titles – including her second Roland Garros.
Davenport’s top winning streak was a still-impressive 22 matches, coming in 2004.
After losing in the semi-finals of Wimbledon, she won four straight titles on home soil before losing in the last four of the US Open.
