On a sunny but temperate afternoon at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, Poland’s Iga Swiatek breezed to her fourth career French Open title in 68 minutes, defeating 12th seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-2, 6-1.
She had never been past the second round at one of the four most important tennis tournaments until getting to the fourth round at the Australian Open in January. Paolini will play in the French Open women's doubles final on Sunday with partner Sara Errani against 2023 U.S. Open singles c...
Open crown, Swiatek also became the first woman to win a fifth total Grand Slam singles title since Maria Sharapova won her last at the 2014 French Open. Swiatek is the second active woman with five Slams after seven-time major champion Venus Williams. “I already achieved much more than ...
and then I was able to get my game better and better every match. I’m really proud of myself, because the expectations obviously have been pretty high from the outside. Pressure, as well,” said Swiatek, who is 35-2 overall at the French Open, including a current...
had never been past the second round at one of the four most important tennis tournaments until getting to the fourth round at the Australian Open in January. She will play in the French Open women's doubles final on Sunday with partner Sara Errani against 2023 U.S. O...
“This tournament has been pretty surreal with its beginning and with second round, and then I was able to get my game better and better every match,” said Swiatek, who is 35-2 overall at the French Open, including a current streak of 21 straight victories. I’m really proud of mysel...
Iga Swiatek began her bid for a third consecutive French Open title with a straightforward 6-1, 6-2 victory over Leolia Jeanjean on Monday, stretching her winning streak to 13 matches.
The contrasts between the French Open women's finalists are obvious. Iga Swiatek already owns four Grand Slam titles, including three in Paris.
Iga Swiatek's breakthrough at the 2020 French Open With her breakthrough moment at the2020 French Open, Swiatek became aGrand Slam championfor the first time. She stunned the tennis world by defeating top seed Simona Halep in the fourth round. And her victory over Sofia Kenin in the final...
Swiatek is the youngest women's French Open winner since Monica Seles lifted the trophy as an 18-year-old in 1992. She is the first teenage champion since Iva Majoli in 1997. "It's crazy for me because I watched Rafael Nadal lift the trophy every year and now I'm in the...