Iga Swiatek Calls 2026 Her Toughest Season as WTA Finals Race Tightens

Former world number one Iga Swiatek says the 2026 season has been the toughest of her career as she fights to qualify for the WTA Finals for a sixth straight year. The six-time Grand Slam champion has reached 40 wins for the fifth consecutive season and won the Canadian Open in Toronto. However, she remains outside the automatic qualification places for the season-ending tournament. With tournaments in Wuhan, Ningbo and Tokyo still to come, Swiatek said the difficult campaign has taught her to keep working through setbacks and value progress beyond results.

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