Relentless Swiatek whitewashes Anisimova to lift a maiden Wimbledon title
The Pole demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to lift her first Wimbledon title in a shockingly one-sided final
Iga Swiatek wins Wimbledon 2025 © Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/SIPA
Iga Swiatek put on an utterly ruthless display to lift her first Wimbledon crown, crushing Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in a desperately disappointing final that lasted all of just 57 minutes.
The only other Grand Slam final in the Open Era to end in the same scoreline was 1988’s double-bagel thrashing of Natasha Zvereva by Steffi Graf at Roland-Garros. It has only happened once before at SW19 – back in the heady days of 1911.
It was a traumatising experience for Anisimova, who was never able to drag herself into the contest and left a stunned Centre Court crowd somewhat short-changed by today’s encounter.
For Swiatek, the scoreline will be completely secondary to a magnificent milestone moment for her. Having grappled to get to grips with grass-court tennis across the course of her career thus far, the former world No 1 has this year emphatically solved this conundrum.
She becomes only the eighth player in the Open Era to win Women’s Singles Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces as she clinches her sixth major overall.
Paradoxically, exiting earlier than usual on her beloved clay courts of Roland-Garros – going out in the semi-finals to Aryna Sabalenka as the three-time defending champion – may well have aided her efforts on grass this year, giving her more time to practise and compete on the surface as well as avoiding the emotionally and physically draining spectacle of playing a final in Paris.
But few could have predicted just how dominant Swiatek’s charge to the Wimbledon title would be this year. She dropped just one set over the course of the fortnight, and won her final three sets of the tournament without dropping a single game.
And she saved her very best for last.
ruthless swiatek dismantles anisimova
The Pole came sprinting out of the blocks from the first point and simply never relented. Breaking in the first, third and fifth games without reply saw the opening set evaporate with barely 20 minutes on the clock.
For as ruthless and aggressive as the Pole was, Anisimova was equally tight and tense, notching a damaging 14 unforced errors to only three winners across that opening stanza.
The gulf between the two was stark. While Swiatek’s win percentage behind her second serve was supreme at 83%, the American’s languished at 44%.
First-serve percentage and the win-rate behind that first serve both sat impressively in the mid-70 range for Swiatek, while Anisimova stood at 45% and 26% respectively.
A second set that perfectly mirrored the first raced away in a desperate blur for the American, as again breaks in the first, third and fifth games moved Swiatek into a 6-0, 5-0 lead and an opportunity to serve for her maiden Wimbledon title.
Any hopes of one last show of resistance from Anisimova – more to avoid the ignominy of a double-bagel loss than anything else – were rapidly extinguished as the world No 8 eased to victory on her second championship point.
Anisimova was understandably devastated by the nature of this result, struggling to contain the agony of this defeat in her runner-up speech.
But it should noted that reaching a first Grand Slam final here at Wimbledon is a superb achievement for the American, whose excellent form across the course of 2025 – having only just returned last year from a seven-month hiatus to look after her mental health – is a statement that reads louder and clearer than the result of this single tennis match.
To her great credit, Anisimova was able to find a moment of humour as she addressed the Centre Court crowd.
“Thank you Iga,” she laughed, in a moment of much-needed brevity as the 23-year-old fought back the tears.
“You’re such an incredible player and it obviously showed today. You’ve been such an inspiration to me. You’ve had such an incredible two weeks here. Getting to your first Wimbledon final here and winning is so special. Well done to you and your team.
“Thank you to everyone that’s supported me since my first round match here. You guys have carried me through this entire Championships. Even tough I ran out of gas a bit today and I wish I could have put in a better performance for you, you guys have been there for me and lifted me up so thank you so much.”
swiatek conquers grass to lift the most coveted title
Contrasting emotions are typical in any final, but the disparity between Anisimova’s shell-shocked agony and Swiatek’s unbridled joy were particularly stark today.
“I didn’t even dream about this because it felt too far away,” a stunned Swiatek said in her winner’s speech.
“I feel like I am an experienced player but I never expected this win. My team believed in me more than I did and I want to thank my coach who joined me this year. We have showed everyone that this is working.
“This is the best thing that a player can have.”
Despite being a five-time Grand Slam titlist, the Pole is still a surprise champion given her struggles on grass over the years, having never been past the quarter-finals at SW19.
What makes this title run even more remarkable are the wider difficulties Swiatek has been experiencing over the past year, having failed to reach a final in 12 months before losing in the showpiece at Bad Homburg to Jessica Pegula in the run-up to Wimbledon.
Her semi-final loss at this year’s Roland-Garros proved not only to be the nadir of Swiatek’s struggles, it also formed the catalyst that triggered the most successful grass-court season she has ever produced.
The former world No 1 has drawn the curtain on the most difficult period of her career in the manner of a true champion – by completing her greatest achievement to date.
Iga Swiatek is not just back to her best. She returns to Grand Slam glory as a finer, more rounded player than ever before.
