Iga Swiatek and Katerina Siniakova are on top of the world. They're the WTA's year-end No. 1 singles and doubles, rankings, respectively, for 2022, and were officially christened as such on Tuesday.
After first ascending to the No. 1 ranking in February, Swiatek is the 15th player to be crowned year-end singles No. 1 in WTA history. It's Siniakova's third career year-end honor, having jointly finished No. 1 with longtime doubles partner Barbora Krejcikova in 2018 and solo last year. She's the first player to finish year-end No. 1 in doubles in consecutive seasons since India's Sania Mirza in 2015 and 2016.
“Iga and Katerina have enjoyed memorable seasons, and I am delighted to see them earn the WTA year-end No.1 rankings,” Steve Simon, WTA Chairman and CEO, said in a statement. "The Hologic WTA Tour this year has been more competitive than ever, featuring more than 50 tournaments across six continents, and Iga and Katerina deserve huge credit and recognition as they continue to redefine excellence in our sport.”
The US Open was one of eight singles titles and six doubles titles won this year by Swiatek and Siniakova, respectively. Six of Swiatek's titles came across a 37-match winning streak that began at the QatarTotalEnergies Open in Doha in February and ran through Wimbledon in July, the longest unbeaten run for a WTA player this century. She also won Roland Garros, and WTA 1000 tournaments at the BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells), Miami Open presented by Itaú and Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Rome), and WTA 500 events at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart) and the San Diego Open.
Overall, Swiatek won 67 matches and accumulated 11,085 ranking points in 2022, the second-most total in the history of the WTA computer rankings. Serena Williams earned 13,260 in 2013.
This year, Siniakova won three of her six titles at Grand Slams alongside Krejcikova. Their title runs at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open brough their caree major total to six. Their triumph in New York also saw them complete the career Grand Slam, an accomplishment recorded by only six other women's doubles teams in history.
The Czech also won the Melbourne Summer Set 2 with American Bernarda Pera in January, the bett1open in Berlin with Storm Sanders in June, and the Jasmin Open in Monastir, Tunisia with Kristina Mladenovic in October.
Both players qualified for the season-ending WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas in their respective disciplines, and won their round-robin groups. Swiatek bowed out to Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, while Siniakova and Krejcikova finished as runners-up to Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens.
