Tennis fans held their breath not in amazement at the grandeur of SW19 but in empathy for Iga Swiatek when the Wimbledon 2025 draw was announced. Having surgically precise domination on clay and hard courts,

It’s Iga Świątek, the five-time Grand Slam champion who spent 125 weeks as the world No. 1 between early 2022 and late 2024. She’s the No. 8 seed at Wimbledon, but she’s actually the world No. 4. Only four players are left in the draw now, and she is one of them — for the first time.

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