The 22-year-old has been voted as the WTA Player of the Year for the second year in a row, becoming the first player to earn the accolade in back-to-back seasons since Serena Williams from 2012 to 2016, the WTA said.
Świątek "won a tour-leading six titles, defending her Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, winning the WTA 1000 China Open (Beijing), WTA 500 events at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open (Doha) and Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart), on home soil at the WTA 250 BNP Paribas Warsaw Open before closing out the season going unbeaten at the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun," it added.
"Her first WTA Finals crown also secured her the year-end No. 1 singles ranking for the second consecutive season," the WTA noted.
Świątek last month regained her spot at the top of the WTA world rankings after winning the season-ending WTA Finals tournament in Mexico.
The Polish star, coached by countryman Tomasz Wiktorowski, now leads the WTA rankings with 9,295 points, ahead of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, with 9,050 points, and American Coco Gauff, with 6,580 points.
Wiktorowski has been recognized as the 2023 WTA Coach of the Year "for his prominent role in making the Polish star a dominant force in their two years together," according to the wtatennis.com website.
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Source: IAR, PAP, wtatennis.com