Iga Swiatek Vs Amanda Anisimova, Wimbledon Final: Pole Makes History With 6-0, 6-0 Win

Iga Swiatek became the first woman to win a Wimbledon final 6-0 6-0 in the Open Era, as she ruthlessly dismantled Amanda Anisimova on Centre Court.

Swiatek needed just 57 minutes to claim victory over Anisimova, who had earned a stunning success over world number one Aryna Sabalenka a mere 48 hours earlier.

The Pole had previously won Roland-Garros four times as well as the US Open in 2022, and she had a focused look on her face as she stepped onto the court for her first final at the All England Club.

Anisimova opted to serve first but looked nervous from the off, and four unforced errors in the opening game set the tone for a one-sided showpiece.

Anisimova had used her powerful backhand brilliantly when upsetting Sabalenka, but she failed to find her range with her trademark shot, with Swiatek content to control the baseline exchanges and await mistakes from her opponent.

The first set was in the books in just 25 minutes, with Swiatek's third break of the match coming via a scorching cross-court backhand, which Anisimova did not even attempt to reach.

Only three women had previously won the first set of a Wimbledon final 6-0 in the Open Era – Billie Jean King (1973, 1975), Chris Evert (1974) and Martina Navratilova (1983).

But Swiatek was keen to go one better than that trio. Another break kickstarted the second set, with Anisimova letting out a squeal of frustration after miscuing another backhand up the line.

And the writing was on the wall when further errors from Anisimova gifted Swiatek two more breaks, with the American close to tears after going 5-0 down. 

Anisimova managed to fend off Swiatek's first championship point, but on the second, she capped a drawn-out rally with a thunderous forehand winner to the left sideline.

Swiatek makes Wimbledon history

Swiatek is the first woman to win a Wimbledon final by a 6-0 6-0 scoreline in the Open Era, and only the second to double bagel an opponent in any grand slam final.

Only Staffi Graf – against Natalia Zvereva in the 1988 Roland-Garros showpiece – had previously achieved that feat.

This result – coupled with a 6-2 6-0 triumph over Belinda Bencic in the semi-finals – helped Swiatek record one of the most dominant Wimbledon runs ever.

She only dropped 35 games en route to the title, surpassing Venus Williams (39 in 2001) for the fewest by any women's singles champion this century.

And Swiatek's two games dropped across her semi-final and final matches are a record for the Open Era, surpassing Martina Navratilova's mark of five from the 1983 edition of Wimbledon.

Swiatek is now the third woman in the Open Era to win her first six grand slam finals, after Margaret Court and Monica Seles, with this triumph making her the only active player on the WTA Tour to claim major titles on all three surfaces (grass, clay, hard court).

At the age of 24 years and 30 days, she is the fifth-youngest woman to win grand slam titles on all three surfaces in the Open Era, and the youngest since Serena Williams in 2002.

Humbling experience for Anisimova 

Anisimova's run to the final represented an incredible comeback, after she spent time away from tennis in 2023, citing mental health issues.

The American became just the second woman in the Open Era to make the final of a grand slam, having lost in qualifying at the previous year's event, after Bianca Andreescu won the 2019 US Open from such a position.

Anisimova also became just the fourth player to defeat the WTA's top-ranked player at Wimbledon en route to a maiden grand slam final, after Zina Garrison (1990), Marion Bartoli (2007) and Sabine Lisicki (2013).

However, she was unable to live with Swiatek, committing 28 unforced errors to her opponent's 11 and struggling badly with her service game. 

Anisimova only made 19 first serves from 42 attempts (42.4%), only winning five of those points. Swiatek, on the other hand, won 21 of 29 first-serve points.

The 23-year-old showed enormous promise en route to the final but was unable to make it three different American grand slam champions in women's singles for 2025. 

That last occurred between 2001 and 2002, when the Williams sisters won the US Open and Roland-Garros either side of Jennifer Capriati's triumph at the 2002 Australian Open.