Wimbledon 2025: How Iga Swiatek surprised herself to reach first SW19 final

Few would have predicted Iga Swiatek's best Grand Slam result so far this season would come at Wimbledon.

Even the eighth seed is "surprised" she has reached the final.

Swiatek, 24, became known as the 'Queen of Clay' after winning four French Open titles in five years, while her two-year reign as the world number one - ended by Aryna Sabalenka last year - was underpinned by consistent success on the hard courts.

Grass was the outlier. But the narrative that Swiatek cannot play on the surface - despite having won a junior Wimbledon title in 2018 - has now been smashed after she reached the SW19 final.

"I'm not going to say I wouldn't believe [I could reach the Wimbledon final] because I kind of believe and I know in tennis a lot can happen," Swiatek said.

"But I guess I would have thought I would need to do a lot to be in this place and learn a lot."

So how has Poland's Swiatek discovered herself on the Wimbledon grass?

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