Iga Świątek poses with the Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Trophy. Credit :
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- Iga Świątek is the 2025 Wimbledon champion
- The Polish tennis star beat American opponent Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to clinch her sixth Grand Slam title and first at Wimbledon
- Her Wimbledon victory makes her the first-ever Polish player to win the singles title in the Open Era
Iga Świątek is a Wimbledon champion!
Świątek, 24, handily defeated American opponent Amanda Anisimova in just 57 minutes at the tournament’s women’s singles final in London on Saturday, July 12. The win gives the tennis star her first-ever Wimbledon title, as well as her sixth Grand Slam victory.
Świątek beat Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 — making this the first women’s final game at Wimbledon in 114 years in which one player failed to claim a single game, according to ESPN.
The Polish athlete has also won four French Open trophies and one US Open title. Her victory at Wimbledon makes her the eighth woman to win a major title on all three tennis surfaces.
Iga Świątek during the Wimbledon ladies’ singles match on July 12, 2025. Rob Newell – CameraSport via Getty
Świątek, currently ranked No. 4 in the world, reached the final in a series of emphatic victories. In her semifinal match against Swiss national Belinda Bencic, she only lost two games. Her win also marks the end of a drought for her, as her last win was more than a year ago at Roland Garros in June 2024.
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“Honestly, I didn’t even dream [of this], because for me, it was just, like, way too far, you know?” Świątek said after the final as Kate Middleton presented her with a trophy, per ESPN. “I feel like I’m already an experienced player after winning the Slams before, but I never really expected this one.
Iga Świątek during the Wimbledon ladies’ singles final on July 12, 2025. Shi Tang/Getty
“I want to thank my team. They believed in me more than I did,” she added.
The match was a shaky one for Anisimova, who made 28 unforced errors. Świątek won 55 of Saturday’s 79 points, and only needed to produce a mere 10 winners.
“I never even dreamt that it’s going to be possible for me to play in the final,” Świątek said ahead of Saturday’s match, per the Associated Press. “I thought I experienced everything on the court. But I didn’t experience playing well on grass.”
Świątek was consistently ranked No. 1 in the WTA rankings from 2022 to 2024, but was seeded No. 8 at Wimbledon. Last year, the Warsaw native served a one-month ban for doping after she failed a drug test. An investigation determined that she was accidentally exposed to a contaminated batch of melatonin.
Iga Świątek poses with the Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Trophy on July 12, 2025. Karwai Tang/WireImage
She was a junior champion at the All England Club in 2018. Her father, Tomasz, represented Poland in rowing at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, and her sister, Agata, competed as a junior tennis player until 2013.
By 2020, Świątek had become the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title at the French Open, and her win at Wimbledon makes her the first-ever Polish player to claim the tournament’s singles title in the Open Era.
