Iga Swiatek becomes first active women's singles player to reach finals on all three surfaces at Grand Slams

With her heroics Wimbledon 2025, Iga Swiatek is just one win away from conquering the only major surface that has eluded her.

At the start of 2025, Iga Swiatek was called a one-court player, for her dominance on clay and underwhelming outings elsewhere. She had reached the semi-finals of Australian Open 2025, and messed up a match point, before going down to eventual winner Madison Keys.

During the clay season, Swiatek had a mountain of points to defend following her stellar 2024 campaign at the Masters 1000 events and Roland Garros. Although she avoided early exits, the Pole couldn’t make it to any final, leading to significant drop in rankings, from World No. 2 down to No. 8.

Many questioned Swiatek’s form and future, with some claiming that this was the beginning of her fall. But she has replied in stunning fashion, conquering grass, a surface where prior to 2025, her records were extremely ordinary.

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Competing at just a solitary pre-Wimbledon grass court event, Swiatek finished as a finalist at Bad Homburg, giving her the confidence and momentum she needed. No points to defend and being not considered as a contender for SW19 paid off, as she played without any pressure, and expressed herself on court.

With seeds falling elsewhere, Swiatek seemed to be the next when she dropped her opening set against Caty McNally in the second round. However, she fought back to win the next two sets, losing just a total of three games en route.

The 24-year-old then went on to dominate big guns including Danielle Collins, Clara Tauson, Liudmila Samsonova and finally Belinda Bencic in semis, to march into her first-ever title match at the grass court major.

What makes it even more special is that she is now the first and only active women’s singles player to reach the finals of all three surfaces at Grand Slam events. The list starts and ends with her.

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Having won the US Open 2022 title, in addition to her four Roland Garros triumphs, her maiden Wimbledon final appearance makes her the only women to have featured in a Grand Slam major final across all three surfaces.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and World No. 2 Coco Gauff have never reached a Wimbledon final, making the 24-year-old from Poland, the only active singles player in WTA to achieve this milestone and hold that distinction.

For a first ever SW19 title, Swiatek prepares to take on Amanda Anisimova. This will be their first-ever meeting on the WTA tour, despite having contested before in juniors. The American is riding high on confidence after taking down the top seed in the semis, and will be bidding for a maiden major title.

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