Iga Swiatek’s beat Amanda Anisimova captures her her first Wimbledon title 2025, 6th overall major title.
Iga Świątek, who was seeded eighth and has spent a total of 125 weeks ranked at No. 1, won her sixth Grand Slam title and first at the grass courts of Wimbledon, dominating American Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the women’s singles final at the All-England Club on Saturday.
The complete destruction took all of 57 minutes, and Swiatek ended her run at Wimbledon by winning the last 21 games of the tournament after her semifinal 6-2, 6-0 win over Belinda Bencic.
The 24-year-old Swiatek is now 6-0 in Grand Slam finals, after her four triumphs at the French Open and the U.S. Open in 2022. She is the eighth straight first-time women’s champion at Wimbledon.
Anisimova was also part of some dubious history, as the last double bagel in a Grand Slam women's singles final before Saturday was at the 1988 French Open when Steffi Graf beat Natasha Zvereva in just 32 minutes.
Just one year ago, Anisimova, who took a break from tennis between May 2023 and January 2024, arrived at Wimbledon ranked No. 189, looking to qualify, but was quickly dismissed in the preliminaries. After making it through to the finals this year and beating No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, she will earn a career-high No. 7 in the next WTA rankings.
Swiatek, who will vault to No. 3 in the rankings, was impressive from the start, winning the first set 6-0 in 25 minutes.
Anisimova, the No. 13 seed in her first Grand Slam final, had three double faults and 12 unforced errors in the first set, as Anisimova, the No. 13 seed in her first Grand Slam final, had three double faults and 12 unforced errors in the first set. She won only 30% of her first serves and 29% of her second serves.
The second set was more of the same as Swiatek kept the pressure on, limiting her mistakes even though she had only 10 winners, but scored efficiently thanks to Anisimova’s 27 unforced errors in the match.
Wimbledon women's final prize money
The winner of the 2025 Wimbledon women's singles championship will take home $4.07 million (£3,000,000) in prize money. The runner-up earns $2,060,989 (£1,520,000).
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