Iga Swiatek has become a Wimbledon champion at perhaps the most unlikely point in her career.
Swiatek emphatically beat Amanda Anisimova to win her first Wimbledon title, winning her last 20 games at the grass court major.
Despite her dominance towards the latter stages of Wimbledon this year, it has been a relatively tough year for Swiatek.
The Pole had not won a title in 13 months before Wimbledon, with Swiatek suffering a drop down the WTA rankings.
Grass was always thought to have been Swiatek’s weakest surface, but she now appears to have figured it out.
Iga Swiatek explains what she changed on grass courts this year
Prior to the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, former world number one Swiatek had not even surpassed the quarterfinals.
However, after Swiatek reached the final in Bad Homburg something appeared to switch, with the now six-time Grand Slam champion explaining what her coach Wim Fissette helped her change on the surface.
“From the beginning he had a clear view of how he wants me to play on grass,” Swiatek told the Tennis Channel desk. “We were working on my serve from the beginning since we started, so I would not say that it was a huge thing before, but in Australia it was working well, then on hard courts as well.
“On clay not so much but here I felt like I could do everything with my serve. I felt like I had a lot of variety and a lot of precision which I don’t feel that much overall because I’m not a huge server.
“We worked on my movement, we worked a lot on my forehand but I would say that the main thing for me was just I did not try to play my clay court game here, I just adjusted and played more aggressively and sometimes flatter. I think I was creating more impact with that.”
Iga Swiatek’s service stats at Wimbledon this year
Despite already winning five major titles before Wimbledon this year, Swiatek’s serve was seen as a vulnerability and has been criticised in some of her struggles this year.
However, Swiatek and her coach Fissette have turned it into more of a strength on grass, with it improving throughout Wimbledon.
Despite Anisimova’s struggles in the Wimbledon final, Swiatek was also serving her highest first serve percentage of the entire tournament against the American.
| Iga Swiatek’s Service Stats at Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4R | QF | SF | F |
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| First Serve % | 65% | 63% | 58% | 63% | 54% | 68% | 78% |
| First Serve Win % | 78% | 72% | 86% | 92% | 70% | 83% | 72% |
| Second Serve Win % | 68% | 53% | 55% | 40% | 52% | 43% | 63% |
| Games Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Swiatek is now set to climb back up the rankings to world number three, and is second in the race to the WTA Finals.
The Wimbledon champion is scheduled to have a few weeks away from the matchcourt before returning for the North American hard court swing, beginning at the Canadian Open in Montreal.
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