The Story of the Season
“Obviously looking at the math, I lost many points right now, but I know that it doesn’t really matter. Any of us can win these tournaments,“ Swiatek reflected after seeing her hopes for a Roland Garros four-peat dashed by rival Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals.
At that point, much was being made about the Pole’s title drought reaching the one-year mark. But it’s not as if her 2025 campaign had been disastrous. Swiatek held a match point on eventual Australian Open champ Madison Keys in a gripping final-four encounter and had 32 wins on the board after departing Paris. For whatever reason, she couldn’t clear her first five semifinal hurdles until flipping the script on the surface least expected.
For the first time in June, Swiatek found herself competing for a grass-court title. Thought she would lose out on the Bad Homburg championship to Jessica Pegula, what followed was one incredibly satisfying rewrite. Having gone 13-5 in her first five trips to the All England Club, all the pieces came together this time around for the former junior champion. Remarkably, Swiatek achieved a feat not seen since 1911 by earning a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the Wimbledon final over Amanda Anisimova—and became the first woman since Monica Seles to win her first six major finals.
Swiatek added a WTA 1000 title at Cincinnati and WTA 500 crown at Seoul in securing a fourth consecutive Top 2 year-end finish. A Career Grand Slam bid come January now lies ahead Down Under. —Matt Fitzgerald