Iga Swiatek is on top of the world after holding a title she did not think was possible for her to win.
The Pole entered the Wimbledon Championships seeded number eight, but she took the confidence from reaching her first grass court final at the Bad Homburg Open a week prior.
The Pole had not won a title since the 2024 French Open, but she played with a level of freedom and clarity at SW19 that fans had not previously seen.
She stormed through the field and dropped just one set on the way to the Wimbledon title, which is the sixth Grand Slam win of her career.
Iga Swiatek kept trying her clay-court game on grass which was not working
Throughout Iga Swiatek’s career, she has been most successful on the clay. She has four French Open titles and many players have been left overwhelmed by her brilliance on the dirt.
As a result, Swiatek has since admitted she tried to implement her game style on the slow and huge bouncing clay courts to the slow-bouncing and fast and low bounce of the grass courts in previous years.
However, during an interview with the WTA website after Swiatek won Wimbledon, she explained how this was ineffective and how her approach on grass in 2025 proved to be successful.
“I think the years before I tried to play more of my clay-court game. I’d still spin the ball as much as possible, which didn’t really do a lot because the effect was it just bounced higher, and opponents were playing from the top,” the former world number one said.
“So, yeah, this year I decided that I’m just going to use my intuition more, just react to what the grass brings me.
“I played more flat, and I think this was the best decision. I was more aggressive in the first points of the rally and that puts a lot of pressure on my opponents.”
Iga Swiatek says how she worked with coach Wim Fissette to adapt her game to grass
Swiatek joined up with coach Wim Fissette in October 2024 after ending a three-year partnership with Tomasz Wiktorowski.
Swiatek took some time to find her feet working under the Belgian, but it came together on grass. Swiatek has ended this portion of the season with just one defeat, as well as the Wimbledon title.
Explaining how she adjusted her game with Fissette to succeed on grass, Swiatek said: “We worked a lot on my forehand and the serve. I think the serve, from the beginning when we started working together, was the main key.
“We already did that a little bit and it worked at the Australian Open. On grass, we knew it was going to be crucial. These two things, obviously, and the movement, not sliding as much as on other surfaces.”
