On the grandest stage in tennis, Iga Swiatek etched her name into tennis immortality in the most dominant fashion possible.
Facing Amanda Anisimova for the first time in her professional career, she took control – in true Swiatek style – from the first point to the last, winning 6-0 6-0 in just 57 minutes.
Now a six-time Grand Slam champion, Swiatek’s Wimbledon victory completes her career ‘Surface Slam’ after four prior wins on clay at Roland Garros, and on hard court at the US Open in 2022.
Swiatek is the only active women’s player to hold this distinction, joining Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz on the men’s side.
She is just the eighth woman in the Open era to achieve the ‘Surface Slam’ after Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Hana Mandlikova, Steffi Graf, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Ash Barty.
At just 24, she is the youngest to do so since Williams, with plenty of time to build on her legacy and further cement her place among the sport’s all-time greats.
“I feel like tennis keeps surprising me, and I keep surprising myself,” Swiatek said.
“I'm really happy with the whole process, how it looked like from the first day we stepped on a grass court. I feel like we did everything for it to go in that direction without expecting it, just working really hard.
“But this one and the US Open [in 2022] for sure feel better because no one expected that. It wasn't a relief. It was more of just good tennis and working to make it happen without this baggage on your shoulders.”
Swiatek also now holds the distinction of being the only woman in the Open era to win a Wimbledon final without losing a game. She’s just the second to do so in any Grand Slam final after Graf beat Natasha Zvereva by the same scoreline in the 1988 Roland Garros decider.
She closed out her campaign in unprecedented fashion; with her dominant victory over Belinda Bencic, it means Swiatek won her last three sets of the 2025 Championship 6-0.
“You need everything to win tournaments, like good tennis, good physicality, being also not tired, have good matches before so you don't spend too much time on the court, having great focus,” notes Swiatek, who surrendered the fewest games (35) en route to a Wimbledon women’s title since Martina Navratilova in 1990.
“I was surprised with the consistency. I knew I can do it before, but I don't think I ever served so well throughout the whole three weeks even.
“I know in my mind I can be focused. I'm not going to waste points and let them go for free. But for sure my level of tennis helped me to keep that on a constant level.
“Today I just wanted to enjoy the time that I had on the Centre Court and enjoy the last hours of me playing well on grass because who knows if it's going to happen again,” she said.
“I just focused on that, and I really had fun.”
After the disappointment of seeing her Roland Garros win streaks – 26 matches and three consecutive titles – come to an end earlier this summer, she bounced back with remarkable poise.
She captured a Slam that had long escaped her, on the surface that once felt most foreign.
Even she admitted it came as a surprise.
“I feel like I’m already an experienced player after winning the Slams before, but I never really expected this one,” Swiatek admitted, as she was presented with her sixth Grand Slam trophy on Centre Court.
“Walking around here, being on Centre Court for me it felt like a huge pressure and a bit too much – but this year I really enjoyed it, and I feel like improved my game enough to be comfortable here.”
Swiatek now has a chance to complete the career Grand Slam at the Australian Open – the one major still missing from her collection.