Former Grand Slam Champion Predicts What Will Happen to Iga Swiatek Following Her Wimbledon Triumph

Iga Swiatek is currently unbeaten in a Grand Slam final with an outstanding 6-0 record.

Former Grand Slam Champion Predicts What Will Happen to Iga Swiatek Following Her Wimbledon Triumph

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Iga Swiatek claimed her first Wimbledon Championship after beating Amanda Anisimova in straight sets at the All England Club. The 24-year-old became the first Polish player to win the SW19 in the Open Era. After the match, former Grand Slam champion Marion Bartoli revealed how the World No.3 will be feeling ahead of the North American hard-court swing.

Swiatek needed just 57 minutes to beat Anisimova in the final of Wimbledon to claim her sixth Grand Slam title. The Polish star began her grass-court campaign at the Bad Homburg Open, where she reached the final before losing to Jessica Pegula in straight sets. Also, her best record at Wimbledon before the 2025 edition was reaching the quarter-finals.

The former World No.1 didn’t drop a single game against Anisimova as she swept aside the 23-year-old easily on the court. It was predicted to be a tough encounter as the American star had beaten Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to reach the final. But against Swiatek, she failed to display the same fearless performance.

Swiatek’s victory against Anisimova marks her 100th Grand Slam win, having earned an outstanding 100-20 win-loss record in major tournaments following her debut draw in 2019. She is the third woman to win all six of her major finals, joining the likes of Margaret Court and Monica Seles in the elite group of champions.

During a post-match analysis of Swiatek’s triumph in Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli revealed on BBC Sports that Swiatek will surely carry the momentum of the victory to the 2025 US Open and eventually the 2026 Australian Open:

I think coming now saying that I can win across the board on any surface, I am the women’s champion winning 6-0, 6-0 in the final, you can’t tell me I am not a complete player any more. I think that will very much carry her momentum towards the hard-court season with the US Open and Australian Open. She is going to have Sabalenka, who is almost always in the final of the Australian Open and plays really well on hard courts as well, but now she has that pressure off her shoulders. She can open them up and be proud of herself.

Swiatek won the US Open in 2022 after beating Ons Jabeur in the final. The Polish star has not gone beyond the quarter-finals of the US Open since then. Also, she has never reached the final of the Australian Open. In fact, her best run at Melbourne was reaching the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Madison Keys in January.

Iga Swiatek says she now believes she can play her best tennis on grass

Iga Swiatek didn’t need to do too much to beat Amanda Anisimova as the American star was the architect of her downfall. Anisimova hit 28 unforced errors in the Wimbledon final compared to Swiatek’s 11. She also double faulted five times compared to none from the former World No.1. In fact, Anisimova hit 41 double faults at the tournament, 17 more than any women’s player at the All England Club.

Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek (Image via X/Barstool Tennis)

After the match, Swiatek revealed that her Wimbledon triumph was unexpected and special. The four-time Roland Garros champion added that she now believes she can play her best tennis on the grass court:

I think the fact that it’s on grass, for sure it makes it more special, I would say, and more unexpected. So for sure, it feels like the emotions are bigger because on Roland Garros I know I can play well, and I know I can, like, show it every year. Here, I wasn’t sure of that. I also needed to prove that to myself.

Swiatek will now hope to continue with the form at the North American hard-court swing. She’s expected to return to the court for the WTA 1000 Canadian Open, which kicks off on the July 26 in Montreal.

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