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With six tour-level events taking place this past week—three men’s, three women’s—there are a number of notable movers on the new rankings today. But the biggest news might come from a player who didn’t move at all, as Iga Swiatek kicks off her milestone 70th consecutive week at No. 1 on the WTA rankings.

Swiatek made history by winning the title in Warsaw, becoming the first Polish woman in the Open Era to win a WTA title in Poland. And now she’s just the third player in WTA rankings history to amass 70 or more consecutive weeks in her first stint at No. 1.

WOMEN TO SPEND 70+ WEEKS IN FIRST STINT AT NO. 1
~ Steffi Graf [186 weeks from August 17, 1987 to March 10, 1991]
~ Martina Hingis [80 weeks from March 31, 1997 to October 11, 1998]
~ Iga Swiatek [70 weeks from April 4, 2022 to present]

She’s also just the eighth player in WTA rankings history to amass 70 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in any stint at the top spot.

WOMEN TO SPEND 70+ STRAIGHT WEEKS IN ANY STINT AT NO. 1
~ Chris Evert (113 weeks, 76 weeks)
~ Martina Navratilova (156 weeks, 90 weeks)
~ Steffi Graf (186 weeks, 87 weeks)
~ Monica Seles (91 weeks)
~ Martina Hingis (80 weeks, 73 weeks)
~ Serena Williams (186 weeks)
~ Ashleigh Barty (114 weeks)
~ Iga Swiatek (70 weeks)

Swiatek first rose to No. 1 on the WTA rankings on April 4th, 2022 and hasn't budged from the top spot since.

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The winners of the other two WTA events from last week both hit milestones, too: Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto rises from No.42 to No. 30, her simultaneous Top 40 and Top 30 debuts, after capturing her first WTA title in Lausanne, Switzerland; and Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands jumps from No. 60 to No. 42, her Top 50 debut, after claiming her first WTA title in Hamburg, Germany.

Meanwhile, Christopher Eubanks moves up from No. 32 to No. 29 on the ATP rankings, his Top 30 debut, after reaching the quarterfinals at his home event in Atlanta. The American has now reached the quarterfinals or better at his last three tournaments, having won his first ATP title in Mallorca and reaching the last eight at Wimbledon in his last two events before Atlanta.

And a little further down the ATP rankings, Arthur Fils breaks into the Top 50 for the first time, soaring from No. 71 to No. 47 after reaching his first ATP 500 semifinal in Hamburg.

Fils, who just turned 19 last month, is the first player born in 2004 or later to reach the Top 50 in ATP rankings history.