Here is Iga Świątek's opponent in the quarterfinal game. Hit clash in Paris

Iga Świątek defeated Jaqueline Cristian in straight sets on Friday afternoon (May 30). The Romanian, although she is only 60th in the WTA ranking, put up a strong fight against the Pole in the second set of the duel. Ultimately, after a game lasting over an hour, the defending champion won 7:5, and adding the first set, won 6:2, ended up with a final 2:0 in the match.

Roland Garros: Hit clash between Iga Świątek and Jelena Rybakina for the quarterfinals

The question that remained unanswered was who the Pole would face in the next round. Right after the Cristian-Światek match, the match between Jelena Ostapenko and Jelena Rybakina began. The Latvian is the worst possible outcome, looking at the history of the two players' matches so far. Świątek has played Ostapenko six times and has not won a single match.

It took just one hour and 16 minutes to make it clear that the Pole would not play against the Latvian. This was mainly due to Rybakina's high form. The Kazakhstan player did not really give any room for arguments for Ostapenko. The tennis player playing with number 12 won very confidently 6:2, 6:2. This made it clear that the fourth round would see a really blockbuster clash between Rybakina and Świątek.

Interestingly, the two women faced each other in 2025. First, as part of their national team duties in the United Cup, and then in Doha, in the quarterfinals of the tournament. In both cases, Świątek emerged victorious from the matches, winning each of the clashes in two sets.

The total match record of the Kazakh and the Polish player is four wins for one and four for the other.

Iga Świątek and all her championship titles

In her career so far, the Polish player has won a total of 22 championship titles on courts almost all over the world.

Świątek has won five Grand Slam titles, four times at Roland Garros (2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024) and once at the US Open (2022). In addition, she won the prestigious WTA Finals (2023).

In addition, wins in WTA 1000 tournaments, respectively in: Rome (2021, 2022, 2024), Doha (2022 and 2024), Indian Wells (2022 and 2024), Miami (2022), Beijing (2023) and Madrid (2024).

The list also includes WTA 500 competitions, in Adelaide (2021), Stuttgart (2022 and 2023), San Diego (2022) and the aforementioned Doha (2023). Plus a Polish accent, WTA 250 in Warsaw (2023).

After the Olympic tournament in Paris (2024), the bronze medal of the games should be added to this list. The first medal in the history of Polish Olympism drawn from competition on tennis courts.

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