Christmas is the first Polish woman awarded by FIT. Before her, he was recognized as the world champion in doubles Lukasz Kubot in 2017. He was then the leader ATP Ranking and won Wimbledon with the Brazilian Marcelo Melo.

The Pole triumphed in a total of eight tournaments, winning the Grand Slam Roland Garros and U.S. Openin large-scale events WTA1000 in Doha, indian goodsMiami, Rome and WTA 500 in Stuttgart and San Diego. She also reached the final in the fall WTA 500 in Ostrava, and ended the year with the semi-final in WTA Finals in american Fourth value. Christmas On April 4, she was the first Polish woman in history to top the charts. IN THIS and is still world number one with a huge points advantage over his rivals.

It’s been a great year for me and this award proves how far I’ve come and how much I’ve accomplished. I am proud and would like to thank the ITF for this distinction. None of this would be possible without my team, my family and my fans Poland and around the world, so take this as our collective reward for an incredible journey around the pitch in 2022 – said Świątek, who from February to May recorded a series of 37 consecutive games without defeat.

In April, she made her debut as a leader in a national team game Polish with Romania in Radom Sports Centercontributing to a 4-0 win and historic first promotion to Billie Jean King Cup Final in Glasgow.

FIT announced the winners of the other categories on Thursday. The best doubles of the season were awarded to: Czechs for the third time Barbara Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova and for the first time an American-British duo Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.