Aryna Sabalenka vs Iga Swiatek Highlights: Sabalenka halts Swiatek's title run in Paris

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Here we are, finally. Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka. Although they are not in the final, their match is still quite close. It’s the French Open 2025 semi-final, and for once, fate has decided not to mess around.

No early exits. No lopsided draws. Just the world’s two best players colliding on the biggest clay stage. You wanted a classic? You just might get it.

Swiatek hasn’t lost a match at Roland Garros in three years. Sabalenka has never even reached the final in Paris.

But that stat means less than you think. Because right now, Sabalenka is the top seed. She’s playing brutal, aggressive tennis.

Swiatek? She’s found her rhythm late, yes, but when she finds it, she dominates.

Both players are coming off a dominating win. Sabalenka defeated Qinwen Zheng in straight sets, while Swiatek did the same to Elina Svitolina.

Match details

• Tournament: French Open 2025
• Round: Semifinal
• Date: June 5
• Venue: Roland Garros, Paris, France
• Surface: Clay

Preview

Both players have shown their dominance on the red dirt of Court Philippe-Chatrier.

Aryna Sabalenka has cut through the 2025 French Open draw like a hot knife through butter — her opening match saw a 6-1, 6-0 win against Kamilla Rakhimova, and her second was a 6-3, 6-1 win over Jil Teichmann.

The no-nonsense Belarusian found another gear in the third round, dispatching Olga Danilovic, 6-2, 6-3. Amanda Anisimova was a bit of a handful for her in the Round of 16, but Aryna sealed it 7-5, 6-3. The biggest test came in the quarter-final against Qinwen Zheng, who had beaten her in Rome.

But Sabalenka made amends and defeated the reigning Olympic gold medalist 7-6(3), 6-3, ensuring she wouldn’t let the Chinese star get back-to-back wins against her.

That win also gave her 11 Grand Slam semi-finals, more than any woman since 2020, and a 70%-win rate against top-10 players at majors.

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Swiatek, meanwhile, has found her mojo where it matters most. The four-time French Open champion has been on a roll since the start of the major.

She first defeated Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 6-3 in her opener, then followed a 6-1, 6-2 win over Emma Raducanu, and a 6-2, 7-5 victory against over Jaqueline Cristian. Her biggest statement came in the Round of 16, where she turned around a bad first set to beat Elena Rybakina 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, which was also her first win over the Kazakh in four tries.  

The quarter-final saw normalcy prevail on her best surface, where she dominated Elina Svitolina early and held on late, winning 6-1, 7-5 to improve her Roland Garros record to 40-2. Only Rafael Nadal reached 40 wins faster in Paris. Iga has now won 26 straight matches at the French Open.

Form

• Aryna Sabalenka: W-W-W-W-W
• Iga Swiatek: W-W-W-W-W

Head-to-head record

• Matches: 12
• Sabalenka: 4
• Swiatek: 8

Stats

Aryna Sabalenka

• Sabalenka has a 39-6 win-loss record in the 2025 season
• Sabalenka has an 16-2 win-loss record on clay this season
• Sabalenka has not dropped a set in the 2025 Roland Garros

Iga Swiatek

• Swiatek has a 32-09 win-loss record in the 2025 season
• Swiatek has an 11-3 win-loss record on clay this season.
• Swiatek has dropped only one set in the 2025 Roland Garros

Aryna Sabalenka vs Iga Swiatek: Betting tips and odds

• Moneyline: Sabalenka -109, Swiatek +116
• Spread: Sabalenka -1.0 (-112), Swiatek +1.0 (-102)
• Total sets: Over 2.5 (+125), Under 2.5 (-142)

Prediction

Aryna Sabalenka has every reason to believe this is her time. The world No. #1 is into her second French Open semi-final, and that too in style, without dropping a set. She’s blasted 25 aces, returned inside the baseline with menace, and avenged her Rome loss to Zheng Qinwen. Her game has looked cleaner, sharper, and more complete on the red dirt.

Talking about red dirt, standing in her way is a woman built for clay: Iga Swiatek.

Her Roland Garros record? 40–2. She’s riding a 26-match win streak in Paris, just three behind Chris Evert’s all-time best. Her comeback win over Elena Rybakina, saving break point after break point, was mental steel forged on red dirt.

Talking about prediction—this match is tough to call, especially seeing Aryna Sabalenka’s form on the clay, which wasn’t the case for a while, and she is likely to throw everything at Swiatek—aces, aggression, and ambition.

However, history and current form suggest that Iga’s unmatched footwork and angles on the clay close the match in her favor. The match will likely go the distance.

Result: Iga Swiatek to win in three sets.

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