Factbox on Iga Swiatek, who beat Karolina Muchova 6-2 5-7 6-4 on Saturday to win the French Open, her fourth Grand Slam title.
Second round: Claire Liu 6-4 6-0Quarter-final: 6-Coco Gauff 6-4 6-2* Born in Warsaw. Her father Tomasz is a former Olympic rower, who competed in the men's quadruple sculls at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
* Swiatek helped Poland lift the Junior Fed Cup title in 2016 before winning Junior Wimbledon in 2018, the same year she secured the gold medal with Kaja Juvan in doubles at the Youth Olympics.* Began her professional career on the ITF Circuit in 2016 and won all seven singles finals she contested over the next two years.
* Had her breakthrough that year, reaching her first WTA final at the Ladies Open in Lugano. Despite losing to Polona Hercog, Swiatek entered the top 100 for the first time. * Defeated Sofia Kenin in the 2020 French Open final to become the youngest women's Roland Garros champion since Monica Seles in 1992. She did not drop a set throughout the claycourt major.
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