Iga Swiatek storms into milestone 10th Grand Slam quarterfinal of career at Australian Open
At 23 years old, she’s the youngest woman to reach her 10th career Grand Slam quarterfinal in 16 years.
Iga Swiatek has continued her path of destruction through the draw at this year’s Australian Open, storming past Germany’s Eva Lys in the fourth round of the first major of the year, 6-0, 6-1.
And with that victory, she hits a new milestone: Swiatek is now through to the 10th Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career.
Having reached the quarterfinals of the US Open last year, this is also the first time in her career that she’s made the quarterfinals or better at back-to-back majors outside of Roland Garros.
IGA SWIATEK’S GRAND SLAM QUARTERFINALS (10):
- Won 2020 Roland Garros
- QFs at 2021 Roland Garros
- SFs at 2022 Australian Open
- Won 2022 Roland Garros
- Won 2022 US Open
- Won 2023 Roland Garros
- QFs at 2023 Wimbledon
- Won 2024 Roland Garros
- QFs at 2024 US Open
- QFs at 2025 Australian Open (so far)
Additionally, at 23 years old, Swiatek is the youngest woman to reach her 10th Grand Slam quarterfinal in 16 years, since Svetlana Kuznetsova reached her 10th at the 2009 Australian Open.
Kuznetsova was a slightly younger 23 than Swiatek at the time.
