Swiatek is the youngest tennis player to win her fourth women’s singles title at Roland Garros
Swiatek is only 23 years old and her latest victory at Roland Garros made her the youngest tennis player to win four trophies in Paris.
Swiatek defeated Chris Evert, Justine Henin and Steffi Graf. Before her, Henin was the youngest tennis player to win Roland-Garros four times at the age of 25 years and eight days. Evert did it at the age of 25 years and 168 days, and Graf at the age of 25 years and 361 days.
Swiatek is the second tennis player to win her first five Grand Slam finals in the Open era.
Swiatek has an impressive win-loss record in finals – 22-4.
An even more impressive record during the Grand Slam tournaments: Iga won the five finals in which she participated. Her first victory came at the 2020 French Open when she defeated Sofia Kenin. Since then, Swiatek has won titles at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 French Open, as well as the 2022 US Open. Another tennis player who has won her first five Grand Slam finals is the former world number one Monica Seles.
Swiatek is the fourth tennis player with the status of the first racket in the world to win a Grand Slam tournament after recovering a match point.
Iga Swiatek was on the verge of exiting the French Open in the second round against Naomi Osaka.
As a result, Szwiatek managed to recover a match point and win 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5. After that, she didn’t lose a single set en route to the title. Iga became the fourth tennis player with the status of the first racket in the world to win a Grand Slam tournament, by collecting a match point. Martina Navratilova first did it at the 1986 US Open, Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams followed suit at the 2002 and 2003 Australian Open respectively.
Swiatek is the second tennis player to win titles in Madrid, Rome and Paris in one year
Swiatek has already won five trophies in 2024. Two of those victories came at WTA 1000 clay court tournaments on her favorite clays, the Madrid Open and the Italian Open. By capping a near-perfect clay-court season with a title at Roland Garros, she became the second player to win all three major clay-court titles in a single season. She was preceded by Serena Williams, who won titles in Spanish capitals. , Italy and France in 2013.
Vyacheslav Gorbachev, Athletistic
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