Week in Review: Swiatek on top of the world

The Week in Review is a recap of everything you need to know from the week that was. Last week, the Hologic WTA Tour season came to a dramatic end with Iga Swiatek
Performance of the Week: Iga Swiatek
Step by step, Iga Swiatek
Get through the round-robin without dropping a set? Check. Oust reigning No.1 Aryna Sabalenka
The prizes from Swiatek's romp through Mexico are her first WTA Finals title, a return to the top of the rankings, and the year-end position of World No.1 for the second straight season. Not a bad way to end a year where she won a tour-leading six titles.
"Coming back to World No.1, it's a dream come true," Swiatek said after her victory. "It seems like, you know, just working hard and focusing on the right things at the end worked. So I'm really happy."
Honor Roll
Laura Siegemund
Flash forward weeks later, and they are the doubles champions in Cancun. They won four of their five matches during the week to notch their fourth title in the last four months, capping their spectacular surge in the second half of the season.
"We were taking it easy and enjoying," Siegemund told WTA Insider. "I never thought we would come home with the trophy. It's just a big cherry on the cake."
Jessica Pegula
Consider: Pegula became the first player since the WTA rankings were first published in 1975 to face the WTA’s top four players at a single event, and she beat three of the four -- No.1 Aryna Sabalenka
Storm Hunter: A doubles semifinal run in Cancun boosted 29-year-old Australian Hunter to World No.1 in doubles for the first time. Hunter's debut at the top spot was impeccably timed, as it also guaranteed her the year-ending World No.1 ranking.
Anna Kalinskaya
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Photo of the Week
The battle for the Billie Jean King Trophy started early in Mexico.
Notable Numbers
22: At 22 years and 159 days old, Iga Swiatek
68: Swiatek finishes the season with a 68-11 win-loss record in 2023. Swiatek is the first player under age 23 to secure more than 65 tour-level match-wins in consecutive years since Martina Hingis from 1997 to 2000.
20 - Since the reintroduction of the RR format in 2003, Iga Swiatek
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) November 6, 2023View Profile (20 games) is the first player to concede fewer than 25 games en route to winning the WTA Finals, breaking Serena Williams’ record of 32 sets in 2012. Benchmark.#WTAFinals | @WTAFinals @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/UkOeQHBssY
50: The four semifinalists at this year’s WTA Finals – Swiatek, Jessica Pegula
6-0: Gauff became the first teenager to win a 6-0 set at the WTA Finals since Anna Kournikova won a bagel set against Conchita Martinez in the 2000 edition.
Shot of the Week
You can always count on a little bit of magic from the hands of Demi Schuurs.
Next Up
The Hologic WTA Tour events have come to an end for 2023, but that hardly means the end of top-notch play.
This week, 12 nations will contend for the Billie Jean King Cup, the prestigious team competition in women's tennis, in Seville, Spain. Switzerland will attempt to defend their crown from last year.
And in the five weeks to follow, seven WTA 125 tournaments will take place, ranging from the clay courts in Colina, Chile to indoor hard-court action in Limoges, France.