Iga Swiatek is about to play against Maria Sakkari on Sunday the 20th of March in Indian Wells. Here is an update about her live rankings.
Iga Swiatek is now ranked no.4 occupying the position of Pole no.1 with 4776 points before Magda Linette who has 994 points and is ranked no.62.
On the other side, Maria Sakkari is right now ranked no.6 occupying the position of Greek no.1 with 4436 points ahead of Despina Papamichail who has 382 points and is ranked no.167.
Live Rankings
| 1 CH | 1 | | 10000 |
| 2 | 1 | | 8368 |
| 3 | 2 | | 6574 |
| 4 CH | 4 | | 5964 |
| 5 | 3 | | 5183 |
| 6 | 5 | | 4450 |
| 7 | 5 | | 4350 |
| 8 | 4 | | 4325 |
| 9 | 3 | | 4295 |
| 10 CH | 10 | | 3581 |
| 11 | 4 | | 3201 |
| 12 CH | 12 | | 2770 |
Swiatek is 2 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.2 which is also her career high.
Iga Swiatek will not improve her live rankings if she defeats Sakkari in the final. In fact, as of now the next player in line is Ashleigh Barty who has 7980 points. If Swiatek wins, she will have 5776 points.
Year-to-date live rankings
In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Swiatek is 1 place up to be ranked no.1 with 2570 points and be the Pole no.1.
H2H Iga Swiatek vs. Maria Sakkari
Swiatek and Sakkari played each other 4 times. The head to head is 1-3 for Sakkari.
The last time that they played each other it was in Doha (Qatar TotalEnergies Open) when Swiatek won 6-4 6-3. The prediction is Swiatek to win in 3 sets.
Swiatek in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2022
Now the world no.4 (career-high), Iga has achieved an overall 19-3 win-loss record in 2022. Swiatek is currently having a run in Indian Wells where she ousted Anhelina Kalinina 5-7 6-0 6-1
, Clara Tauson 6-73 6-2 6-1, Angelique Kerber 4-6 6-2 6-3, Madison Keys 6-1 6-0 and Simona Halep 7-66 6-4.Iga Swiatek will square off with the world no.6 Maria Sakkari in the final on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Stadium 1. Their head to head is 3-1
for Sakkari.The Pole conquered 1 title in 2022 in Doha.
Swiatek won 4 titles in her career: 2 on hard courts and 2 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)
Sakkari in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2022
Currently ranked no.6 (career-high), Sakkari has managed to achieve a compiled 16-4 record in 2022. The Greek is currently having a run in Indian Wells where she bested Katerina Siniakova 6-3 7-5, Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-0, Daria Saville 4-1 ret., Elena Rybakina 7-5 6-4 and Paula Badosa Gibert 6-2 4-6 6-1.
Maria Sakkari will face the world no.4 Iga Swiatek in the final on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Stadium 1. Their record is 3-1 for Sakkari.
The Greek reached the final in St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy).