35 Match winning streak by Iga Swiatek, equalling Venus Williams’ WTA record (set in 2000) for the longest win streak this century.
6 Swiatek is now the 6th player to win her first two finals at Roland Garros in the Open Era after Margaret Court, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Justine Henin, and Serena Williams. Swiatek also triumphed at Roland Garros in 2020.
6 Swiatek is the 2nd player in the 2000s to win 6 titles in the first 6 months of the year (Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome, and Roland Garros) after Serena Williams in 2013 (Brisbane, Miami, Charleston, Madrid, Rome, and Roland Garros).
4 At 21, Swiatek is the fourth-youngest player to win her second title at Roland Garros, older only than Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, and Chris Evert.
Paris: The thunder clouds, dark and imperiling, threatened, but Iga Swiatek did one better. The 21-year-old went right ahead and rained a storm of winners to claim her second French Open crown.
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