Iga Swiatek, Ostapenko and Qatar Open

Iga Swiatek falls to Ostapenko, bid ends for another Qatar title
Jelena Ostapenko ended Iga Swiatek's three-year reign at the Qatar Open in the semifinals Friday. No. 37-ranked Ostapenko won 6-3, 6-1 and improved her record against No. 2 Swiatek to 5-0. The Latvian is the only active player to have faced Swiatek at least twice and kept a winning record.
Why does Iga Swiatek have a Jelena Ostapenko problem? Learning from duo's one-sided head-to-head record
Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko brushed aside three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek 6-3, 6-1 in the semifinals of the Qatar Open 2025 on Friday, February 14.
Iga Swiatek smashes racquet in Qatar Open semifinals loss
Iga Swiatek's historic run in Doha has officially ended. Entering Friday's match against Jelena Ostapenko, Swiatek had won 15 straight matches and three consecutive titles at the Qatar Open (called the Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2025 or Doha Open).
Iga Swiatek falls to Jelena Ostapenko in Qatar Open semifinals
Jelena Ostapenko ended Iga Swiatek’s three-year reign at the Qatar Open in the semifinals. No. 37-ranked Ostapenko won 6-3, 6-1 and improved her record against No. 2 Swiatek to 5-0. The Latvian is the only active player to have faced Swiatek at least twice and kept a winning record.
Iga Swiatek reaches Qatar Open semifinals in bid for 4-peat
Three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek beat Elena Rybakina in straight sets to advance to the semifinals of the Qatar Open.
Swiatek beats Rybakina, sets up Ostapenko Qatar semi
Three-times defending champion Iga Swiatek will face Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in the Qatar Open semi-finals on Friday after the Pole overcame Elena Rybakina 6-2 7-5.
Tennis: Defending champion Iga Swiatek cruises into Qatar Open semis
Three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA Qatar Open on Thursday with a straight sets win over last year's runner-up Elena Rybakina. Second-seed Swiatek staved off a fightback from the fifth-seeded Kazakh in the second set to win through 6-2,
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Iga Swiatek: WADA will not appeal against world No 2’s doping ban
WADA, world sport’s anti-doping body, will not appeal against the one-month doping sanction levied against tennis world No 2 Iga Swiatek. The Pole recorded a positive test for the banned ...
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Iga Swiatek wins 15th straight match in Doha, levels record against Elena Rybakina
Iga Swiatek faced two potentially formidable foes in her Doha quarterfinal on Thursday. (1) A Top 5 opponent, in Elena Rybakina, who had a 4-3 record against her; and (2) Her own ability to recover, ...
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Ostapenko stays perfect vs. Swiatek, makes first WTA 1000 final since 2018
Jelena Ostapenko improved to 5-0 against Iga Swiatek after ending the No. 2 seed and three-time defending champion's 15-match Qatar TotalEnergies Open winning streak in the 2025 semifinals. Ostapenko ...
Iga Swiatek’s tennis time machine and finding joy off court: ‘I always have to remember’
Iga Swiatek was fresh from a confounding loss. Unseeded Czech teenager Linda Noskova had ended Swiatek’s bid for a first Australian Open title in the third round, with the big-hitting 19-year-old ...
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek chooses the greatest player of all time
Four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek is one of the most dominant players in the women's circuit. She also has a clear ...
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Look of the Week: How the pros layer up for chilly tennis weather in Doha
Learn from Iga Swiatek, Marta Kostyuk and Ekaterina Alexandrova on how to stay warm during tennis matches without sacrificing performance.
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Iga Swiatek's Doping Case Will Not Be Appealed by WADA
The world sport's anti-doping body said, "WADA's scientific ... whole process because I just want to play tennis and focus on the tournament." Swiatek served 22 days of the backdated ban from ...
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Australian Open briefing: Iga Swiatek’s hard truths, Novak Djokovic’s endurance and a media circus
of high-quality but largely inconsequential tennis. After Keys outlasted Swiatek in the deciding 10-point tiebreak, she was able to have her body in reasonable shape for the final against ...
Three-time defending Doha champ Swiatek falls to Ostapenko in semifinals
DOHA, Qatar — Jelena Ostapenko ended Iga Swiatek’s three-year reign of the Qatar Open in the semifinals on Friday. No. 37-ranked Ostapenko won 6-3, 6-1 and improved her record against No. 2 Swiatek to ...