List of records broken by Iga Swiatek after winning the 2023 French Open
Iga Swiatek found herself in the record books once again after securing the fourth Grand Slam title of her career
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Iga Swiatek has proven to the world just why she is the highest-ranked female tennis player at the moment. The Polish sensation defeated Karolina Muchova in a thrilling three-setter at the Philippe Chatrier Stadium to lift the French Open title again. The win was a brilliant display of resilience and mental toughness by the 22-year-old.
Swiatek adds this victory to her 2020 and 2022 French Open titles. She has now won all four of the Grand Slam finals she has played. The Poland player also has the 2022 US Open title to her name. Swiatek has come a long way since participating in her first Grand Slam tournament in 2019. She has grown exponentially and established a dominance reminiscent of legends like Serena Williams in the WTA circuit.
The final started with Swiatek dominating. She won the first three games of the first set and seemed to be sailing. She was not fazed by Muchova winning two games and closed the set 6-2. The tennis world expected her to close the championship game out in straight sets as she had done all three times before. But Muchova proved a demanding customer. After Swiatek again went 3-0 up in the second set, the Czech player played brilliantly to bring it to 3-3.
At 4-4, Muchova played a brilliant game and was on the cusp of taking the game to a third set. But Swiatek forced a seven-game set, which Muchova secured in the end. The final game was equally close. But Swiatek used her experience of previous finals and remained steady to win the deciding set 6-4 and bring it home. As a result, she widened an already massive gap to World Number 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the WTA rankings.
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Feats achieved by Iga Swiatek after winning the French Open 2023
Every time Iga Swiatek enters the court, she breaks a record. Still young at 22 years and 11 days, the Polish star already has the look of someone who will end her career as a legend. Her dominance on the circuit is reflected in the record books. The following are the records Swiatek broke tonight.
- Iga Swiatek is the youngest player to win consecutive French Open titles since Monica Seles won in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
- Swiatek is the first woman to defend her Roland Garros title since Justine Henin defended her 2006 title.
- Iga joins the exclusive club of women who won their careers’ first 4 Grand Slam finals. The only others to do so are Monica Seles and Naomi Osaka.
- Swiatek is the youngest player to win 4 Grand Slams since Serena Williams (US Open 1999, Roland Garros 2002, Wimbledon 2002 and US Open 2002).
- Swiatek (60%, 3/5). is second only to Margaret Court(75%, 3/4) in title wins in main draws entered.
- Iga Swiatek won her 7th final in the 16 tournaments on clay she has participated in (43.8%). Only Evert (68.6%), Court (52.5%) and Graf (50%) have a higher ratio on this surface (min. 5 titles won).
- Only Margaret Court at the Australian Open (95.5%) and Court at Roland-Garros (95.2%) have a higher winning ratio than Iga Swiatek at Roland-Garros (93.3%) in a single Grand Slam in the Open Era.
- Iga Swiatek is the fourth youngest female player in the Open Era to reach her third final at Roland-Garros, older only than Monica Seles, Steffi Graf and Chris Evert.
- Iga Swiatek has a 26-2 record in Grand Slam matches since becoming World Number 1.
- Swiatek equals Margaret Court, Monica Seles, Serena Williams and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario with 3 French Open titles. She is only behind Chris Evert (7), Steffi Graf (6) and Justine Henin (4) in the Open Era.
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