"Swiatek even gave me her dirty clothes asking what I was going to do with them"

The world of tennis continues to surprise with controversial news, and this latest one involves a former world number one and six-time Grand Slam champion such as Iga Swiatek. The Polish player has been caught up in a harsh accusation made by Daniela Hantuchova, the former world number five who has been part of the management team representing players and media for the Mutua Madrid Open since 2024.

The Czech player did not hold back in recalling an incident she experienced with Iga Swiatek and her psychologist during the tournament at the Caja Mágica in 2025, a year marked by an exceptional day of total blackout that affected Spain and the tournament, which had to suspend the day's events.

“It was a serious situation; it was a real apocalypse. But the tennis players believe that the world revolves around them. Iga Swiatek's psychologist asked me for hot chicken at 11:00 in the morning. What did she want me to do, heat it up by making a bonfire?” she stated in comments made on the Kanar+ podcast of the Czech channel Canal+ Sport.

Hantuchova accused Swiatek of inappropriate behavior

In addition to this incident with the Polish psychologist, she also had to deal with the player herself at another moment, which indeed does not reflect well on Swiatek: “Once she gave me her dirty laundry and asked what I should do with it. I can’t imagine doing that to someone from an earlier generation,” Hantuchova admitted.

The former tennis player not only lamented Swiatek’s attitude and that of her team but also criticized the behavior of other top players on the women's tour, although she did not want to name names, during the celebration of the Mutua Madrid Open and the events surrounding it: “No Top 5 accepted to collaborate with a sponsor for 10 minutes, while Carlos  Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner did so without problem. And she concluded her harsh reply towards Swiatek and the circuit with a strong statement: “They want to earn more and think they don’t have to do anything for tennis”.

Daniela Hantuchova, ex-jugadora y actual contacto entre tenistas y torneo en el Madrid Open, ha revelado auténticas BARBARIDADES sobre Swiatek y la WTA. 🧥 Iga llegó a darle su ropa sucia y llegó a preguntarle qué hacía con ella. 🗣️ “Piensan que todo el mundo gira a su alrededor” 💡 Durante el famoso apagón, su psicóloga, Daria Abramowicz, llegó a pedirle pollo caliente. 🗣️ “¿Qué quería que lo calentara haciendo una hoguera?” 👩 Ninguna Top 5 aceptó colaborar con un sponsor durante 10 minutos. Alcaraz y Sinner sí lo hicieron. 🗣️ “Quieren cobrar más y piensan que no tienen que hacer nada por el tenis” 🎙️ https://t.co/MSg0gxefu1

— José Morón (@jmgmoron) October 14, 2026

This is not the first controversy related to Swiatek, nor is it the first time in that Mutua Madrid Open in which the Polish arrived during a total crisis. In fact, she had a confrontation in that edition with a journalist whose question she did not understand and dismissed with a “I’m too stupid to answer that”.

Now it remains to be seen if there will be a response from Iga Swiatek to the harsh accusations from Daniela Hantuchova, who has not hesitated to reveal some very unprofessional attitudes from a former world number one.
 

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, “Swiatek me llegó a dar su ropa sucia preguntando qué hacía con ella”