Inga Swiatek and Rafael Nadal were on Thursday honored by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) as its 2022 ITF World Champions. Both have won two Grand Slam titles this season. The ITF includes all tournaments to decide its awards, with particular attention given to the four major championships and the two team events, the Billie Jean King Cup and the Davis Cup. Nadal managed to win it despite being ranked second in the ATP rankings behind Carlos Alcaraz, while Swiatek topped the year-end WTA rankings.
This is the fifth time that Nadal has won the ITF honour, having done so in 2008, 2010, 2017 and 2019. He won a record 22 Grand Slam titles by winning the Australian Open in January and the French Open in June. Swiatek became the ITF World Champion for the first time by winning the French Open and the US Open, her second and third career Major trophies respectively.
