In the tennis world, Nadal is known as the “King of Clay Court”. As for the women’s tournament, with a record of winning three consecutive times at Roland Garros, Polish tennis player Swiatek deserves the title “Queen of Clay Court”.
Iga Swiatek experienced one of the easiest finals of her career when she crushed opponent Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 to be crowned Roland Garros 2024. This is the Polish girl’s third consecutive Grand Slam title. won on the red dust courts of Paris, and was her fourth Roland Garros title. In total, Swiatek has 5 Grand Slam titles (the other being the US Open 2022).
According to statistics, Swiatek is the 4th female tennis player in history to own at least 4 Coupe Suzanne Lenglen trophies, after legends like Justine Henin, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf. The world’s No. 1 female tennis player also has a 100% winning record in Grand Slam finals.
Besides Swiatek, there are only two legends, Justin Henin and Monica Seles, who have won Roland Garros 3 times in a row. That shows that the 23-year-old girl deserves to go down in the history of world women’s tennis. In addition, another remarkable milestone also named Swiatek. That is, she became the second player, equal to William, to win three consecutive clay court tournaments: Madrid Open, Rome Open and Roland Garros in the same year.
Speaking after the coronation, Swiatel emotionally said: “You know, I was almost eliminated from the tournament in the second round, but I survived. That’s why this title is really meaningful and brings me many emotions. I have spent 15 wonderful days here and today is the happiest day.”
After winning the Roland Garros championship, Swiatek will continue to aim for the Wimbledon grass court tournament to add another valuable Grand Slam title. The Polish tennis player’s best achievement at Wimbledon was reaching the quarterfinals last year. With his current confidence and outstanding level, Swiatek is trying to rewrite history at the All England Club.