Iga Swiatek has secured the 25th title of her career, and the third of 2025, after defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova to win the Korea Open.
The Pole was slow out of the gates in the championship match, conceding the first set 6-1, but after saving two match points and clinching the tiebreak in the second, she went on to seal the victory.
Her triumph marks yet more success in the second half of the season, having won both the Wimbledon championship and the Cincinnati Open title in recent months.
As well as becoming the first player born in the 2000s, man or woman, to capture 25 career titles, Swiatek has broken another record held previously by world number one Aryna Sabalenka.
Iga Swiatek overtakes Aryna Sabalenka in impressive WTA statistic
The 24-year-old picked up four wins in Seoul, beating Sorana Cirstea, Barbora Krejcikova, and Maya Joint before besting Alexandrova in the final.
Her series of victories means she has now won the most matches of any player on the WTA Tour this season with 57, surpassing Sabalenka.
The top two-ranked players are the only stars to surpass the 50 mark, with world number seven Jessica Pegula trailing in third with 42.
Fourth in the list is former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, followed by Alexandrova in fifth place, totalling 42 and 41, respectively.
The story of Iga Swiatek’s 2025 WTA season so far
Swiatek began her 2025 season on the WTA by reaching the semifinals in three of the first four events she appeared at.
The former world number one made it to the final four at the Australian Open, the Qatar Open and the Indian Wells Open.
She didn’t advance to a final of a tour-level competition, however, until the grass swing, where Swiatek finished as the runner-up in Bad Homburg.
Soon after, she claimed her sixth major title at Wimbledon, and followed it up with two more crowns in Cincinnati and Seoul.
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