Iga Swiatek ended her 13-month title drought in stunning fashion, winning the most one-sided Wimbledon final in the Open Era. The No. 8 seed thrashed first-time Grand Slam finalist Amanda Anisimova 6-0 6-0 to lift her sixth Major trophy and first here in under an hour.
It’s been a tough year for the former world No. 1, who came to this tournament as the eighth seed and had not lifted a title since the 2024 French Open. But a champion always finds their way back, and Swiatek enjoyed her crowning moment on Centre Court, seven years after she won the junior girls’ title at SW19.
There were early nerves for Anisimova, who made a statement when she took out world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on the same court just two days ago. But the American was clearly feeling the heat in her first Grand Slam final, and found herself trailing 0-4 in under 20 minutes.
The Centre Court crowd tried to spur the 23-year-old on, but it was no use. Anisimova continued to spray errors across the court and, within 25 minutes, Swiatek had taken the first set 6-0 – the first bagel set seen in a ladies’ singles final here since 2017.
No. 13 seed Anisimova won only nine points, hitting 14 unforced errors. The fans, who had paid upwards of £240 for a ticket to Centre Court, continued to rally behind the American.
But Anisimova screamed as she sent a forehand outside of the lines to get broken again, losing her seventh game on the trot.
Swiatek silenced the crowd, who started to chant Anisimova’s name when she had a small opening at 30-30 in the next game. The Pole shut the door and continued her demolition job.
The former world No. 1, who had never been beyond the quarter-final here before this year and never previously looked at ease on the grass, moved around the court effortlessly and stayed solid.
Swiatek started mixing it up, coming to the net on some points and ripping winners. She has earned herself a reputation as the Queen of Clay in recent years, but the 24-year-old proved that her grass-court game is as good as any, as a backhand passing shot gave her the sixth and final break of the match, to serve for it.
The eighth seed stepped up to serve for her first Wimbledon title and took it on on her second championship point with one final winner, her 10th of the match, and then dropped to the ground in disbelief.
Not since Billie Jean King beat Evonne Goolagong 6-0 6-1 here in 1975 has there been such a one-sided final. Eugenie Bouchard managed to win three games against Petra Kvitova 11 years ago.
Until now, only Steffi Graf had won a Grand Slam final 6-0 6-0 in the Open Era, blitzing Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final, and nobody had done it here.
After shaking hands with her opponent, Swiatek leapt into the air and then went to celebrate with her team, while Anisimova briefly left the court before returning for the trophy presentation.
It might have been a rough day for the 13th seed, but she received a standing ovation as she walked to the centre of the court to collect her runner-up plate, befor Swiatek finally got her hands on the Venus Rosewater Dish.
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