How much money Iga Swiatek spent to prove her innocence?

In an interview with Polish television, Iga Swiatek acknowledged that her financial resources allowed her to employ the top experts to handle her unsuccessful doping case. During the August Cincinnati Open, the five-time Grand Slam champion's sample tested positive for trimetazidine. The following month, she was notified of the test's failure.

In early October, Swaitek was able to present her case to the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), but she was given a provisional suspension that forced her to miss three tournaments in Asia. On November 28, the ITIA declared that she had "no significant fault or negligence" and imposed a one-month suspension; however, since she had already completed the majority of her October time, the 23-year-old was permitted to play again for the WTA Finals.

Swiatek was asked about her feelings upon hearing the news in an interview with Anita Werner on Fakty po Faktach on TVN24.

“My reaction was very violent. It was a mixture of incomprehension and panic. There was a lot of crying,” she said. “We get a notification by email and by text message when there is a problem or when we need to complete something in the documents. I opened the email and thought it was a notification that players automatically get when they have to do something."

Iga Swiatek accepted the one month ban

However, Iga Swiatek quickly hired the best in the business to solve her of any wrongdoing, and she was made to "pay for the entire process." How much money, then, did she spend to establish her innocence? She admitted that she didn't remember the precise sums, but that she spent roughly $70,000 on a lawyer and €15,000 on expert views and testing.

She began discussing the procedure and the events that followed her positive trimetazidine (TMZ) test after accepting a one-month ban, which has already ended. Given her privileged status, Swiatek was not shy about admitting that being a multimillionaire helped make the process easier and less traumatic.

She finished in the top eight of all-time WTA Tour earners with $33,141,991 in prize money across her tennis career. She was the third-highest paid female athlete in 2024, with an estimated salary of $21.4 million, and she also received tens of millions of dollars from sponsorships.