Swiatek in invincible mode: Five titles in a row and seven matches of being the tennis player with the most consecutive victories

Nobody in the world of tennis has had a year 2022 like that of Iga Swiatek. The Pole in five months achieved climb to world number one, sign the Sunshine Double in the United States and conquer another Masters 1000 on clay . Milestones which, at only 20 years old, already transform her into an icon of the WTA. The legendary moniker only time separates it.

And it is that at Roland Garros, she could equal a unique mark on the women’s circuit in the Open era. Lifting the title in Paris for the second time in his career (he already got it in 2020) would mean reaching 35 consecutive victories on the circuit something that only Venus Williams has achieved.

The eldest of the American sisters reached this number of victories during her participation in the final of Linz in 2000. A sequence which ended with the decisive match, when she fell in three sets against Lindsay Davenport.

Behind Venus, there is no one but her sister. Serena has won 34 consecutive victories once her defeat in the round of 16 at Wimbledon 2013 was consummated, in a year when everyone imagined that the North American would win her seventh British Open.

Currently the podium is closed by the Belgian Justine Henin, who achieved a record 32 wins streak, which ended in the Australian Open quarter-finals, when she was beaten 6-4, 6-0 by a Maria Sharapova, who would eventually lift the trophy.

Iga watches them, with a spirit of victory and another success in the world of tennis. With his victory in Rome, he has won 28 games . Seven from Venus and only four from Hénin. A journey that began on February 22 when she beat Viktorija Golubic in the first round of the WTA 1000 in Doha and added her last bout, so far, in the final of the Roman tournament this Sunday.

Asked about this record, the Pole gave a sample of her class and mentality. “It just means that before games it makes no sense to think about how long the streak will be or when I’m going to lose. I do not think so. I sincerely believe that the sky is the limit and that I can go even further. This is the attitude I have today: not thinking about what has already happened has helped me because, in addition, I don’t waste energy. I am very proud of myself “, launched Iga.

Only time will tell if the number one on the planet continues her abysmal domination at Roland Garros. His consecutive titles in Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart and Rome supreme proof that no one is better than her today. At 20, he already rubs shoulders with the best, but he does not intend to stop there. He wants to fly higher than them, even higher than the sky.