Records tumble as 23-year-old Iga Swiatek becomes Roland Garros champion for the record 4th time

Iga Swiatek steamrolled Jasmine Paolini in the French Open 2024 final.

Records tumble as 23-year-old Iga Swiatek becomes Roland Garros champion for the record 4th time

Iga Swiatek (Via Imago)

Queen of Clay Iga Swiatek won her fifth Grand Slam title at the 2024 French Open. The Pole bested Jasmine Paolini in straight sets to win her fourth title here. Throughout the clay season, no one has been more dominating than Swiatek. Other than the loss in the finals of Stuttgart, the Pole has been unbeatable.

Things could have been very different for the WTA No.1 as she was almost tasting defeat at the hands of Naomi Osaka. In the second round, it seemed that Osaka had the chance to beat Swiatek, but could not. With that match-point save, she became only the fourth woman to do so. The rest is history and Swiatek did not drop a single set after that and went on to win the tournament for the fourth time.

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Just before the French Open, she had also won the Madrid and Rome Masters to become only the second woman after Serena Williams to win all three titles in a single calendar year and complete the triple crown. She also became only the third woman to win three consecutive French Open titles after Monica Sales and Justine Henin.

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Swiatek just leveled up from her hard-court gameplay and went the whole clay season without dropping many sets. She finished all her matches in straight sets, and the finals were not any different for her. Tonight she beat the Italian 6-2,6-1 to clinch the title in front of an energetic Paris crown.

Feats achieved by Iga Swiatek after winning her fourth Roland Garros title

Iga Swiatek became a four-time Roland Garros champion by beating Jasmine Paolini in the finals. With Paolini unable to win a game in the second, Swiatek had zoomed to five sets and could have finished it 6-2,6-0, but the Italian managed to win a game in the nick of time. With the win. Swiatek reached many milestones. Here are some of the records she broke after tonight’s win.

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  • 21 – Swiatek has the fourth longest winning streak (21 matches) in women’s singles at French Open, only behind Chris Evert (29), Monica Seles (25) and Justine Henin (24).
  • 23 – At 23 years 9 days, Swiatek is the youngest player in the Open Era to secure her fourth Women’s Singles title at Roland Garros.
  • 23 – At 23 years 9 days, Swiatek is the youngest player in the Open Era to win three straight titles at French Open since Monica Seles (1990-92) completed the hat-trick at the age of 18.
  • Iga Swiatek beat Jasmine Paolini in the women’s singles final at French Open on Saturday to win her third straight and fourth overall title at Roland Garros.
  • 2 – Swiatek is only the second player to claim tournament victory at Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros in a calendar year after Serena Williams (2013).
  • 3 – Swiatek is only the third woman to win three consecutive titles at Roland Garros after Justine Henin (2005 – 2007) and Monica Seles (1990-92).
  • 3 – Swiatek is only the fourth woman to save a match point (against Naomi Osaka in second round) en route to a French Open title after Anastasia Myskina (2004 – fourth round against Svetlana Kuznetsova), Justine Henin (2005 – 4th round against Svetlana Kuznetsova) and Barbora Krejcikova (2021 – semifinal against Maria Sakkari).
  • 6 – Swiatek is the sixth youngest player in the Open Era to secure her fifth Women’s Singles Grand Slam title.
  • 10 – Swiatek is the first player in 10 years to complete a hattrick of titles at a single Grand Slam event. The last woman who achieved this was Serena Williams when the American won three straight US Open titles from 2012 to 2014.
  • 13 – Swiatek is only the 13th woman to save a match point (against Osaka in second round) en route to a Major title.

The Pole will now be looking forward to stamping her authority at the upcoming Olympic Games and Wimbledon. It is surely set to be a busy July for Swiatek.

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