Wimbledon 2025 - women's final: What to expect?

Amanda Anisimova (n°13) – Iga Swiatek (n°8)

💪 The context / The current form

For a player with such sustained success, it's pretty astonishing that Iga Swiatek hasn't won a title since ruling Roland-Garros 2024. Semi-finals at Australian Open and Roland-Garros this season would better most careers, but Swiatek's isn't like most careers.

Playing in her 120th Grand Slam match, Swiatek is currently poised on a 99-20 record. To put that into context, the world No.4 could be the fastest woman to a century of Grand Slam wins since Serena Williams in 2004 (116 matches).

The 24-year-old is a self-declared perfectionist and appears to have rebounded on the grass, a surface which has never yielded her finest tennis. A runner-up spot in Bad Homburg in June indicated the Pole was finding her groove (enhanced movement on the turf) before conjuring up this career-best Wimbledon campaign.

"Honestly, I think it's easier if you haven't won Roland-Garros and if you had more time to practice. If I win Roland-Garros and then I come here and everybody ask me already about... they put super high expectations. It's not kind of logical for me. I have no influence on that," stated the No.8 seed, expressing her surprise at her success this fortnight. "Yeah, I am. Yeah, for sure."

Surprises over, Swiatek is here for the top prize.

It's been well documented, Amanda Anisimova took a seven-month break from professional tennis in 2023, drained and burnt out, she wanted control back over her life and mental health. It worked wonders, with the 23-year-old fulfilling the potential displayed at Roland-Garros 2019 as a teenage sensation in the Final Four.

"I think it goes to show that it is possible. I think that's a really special message that I think I've been able to show because when I took my break, a lot of people told me that you would never make it to the top again if you take so much time away from the game. That was a little hard to digest because I did want to come back and still achieve a lot and win a Grand Slam one day," stated the career-high world No.12.

"Just me being able to prove that you can get back to the top if you prioritise yourself. It means a lot."

To rubber stamp the comeback, Anisimova is only the second player in the Open Era to reach a women’s singles final at a Grand Slam after losing in qualifying at the previous year’s event, along with US Open 2019 winner Bianca Andreescu.

What a story, what awareness, what an opportunity.

🏆 Their 2025 tournament

Everything came to a pulsating crescendo on Thursday, as Anisimova held her nerve with some slingshot tennis to fend off world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka. That's any proof needed to portray the American is in prime form for a major breakthrough.

• 1st round: victory against Yulia Putintseva 6-0, 6-0 (44mins)
• 2nd round: victory against Renata Zarazua 6-4, 6-3 (1hr31mins)
• 3rd round: victory against Dalma Galfi 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 (2hrs19mins)
• Round of 16: victory against Linda Noskova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 (2hrs02mins)
• Quarter-finals: victory against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 7-6(9) (1hr39mins)
• Semi-finals: victory against Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 (2hrs36mins)

Just like Anisimova, former world No.1 Swiatek went up several levels in the semi-finals in a ruthless dismissal of the resurgent Belinda Bencic.

• 1st round: victory against Polina Kudermetova  7-5, 6-1 (1hr09mins)
• 2nd round: victory against Caty McNally 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 (2hrs25mins)
• 3rd round: victory against Danielle Collins 6-2, 6-3 (1hr15mins)
• Round of 16: victory against Clara Tauson 6-4, 6-1 (1hr05mins)
• Quarter-finals: victory against Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 7-5 (1hr49mins)
• Semi-finals: victory against Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0 (1hr11mins)

🆚 Face-to-face

There have been no official meetings between the finalists, however, back in the junior days, Swiatek defeated Anisimova 6-4, 6-2 in 2016, wearing national colours on Fed Cup duty.

"She was a great junior," recalled Anisimova. "I remember a lot of coaches were saying that she's going to be a big deal one day. Obviously they were right."

🎤 Heard in media

Amanda Anisimova: "When I came here, I said that it was a super special feeling to be seeded here after losing in the quallies last year. However I was going to do here, just being able to be in the top again at a career high just meant a lot to me. The rest I just told myself I'm going to compete and enjoy every moment out there.

"Iga is such an unbelievable player. She's also been an inspiration to me. Her work ethic and all of her achievements have been really inspiring. I'm sure it will be an amazing match again."

Iga Swiatek: "I haven't followed her previous matches. Today I followed because I was playing after. I didn't watch, though.

"For sure, she must be playing great. She also had great tournament before Wimbledon. She knows how to play on grass. With her game style, the surface fits her. So it's going to be a challenge. I'm going to just prepare tactically tomorrow (Friday), and that's it.

"Anybody who struggles and gets back at better level deserves a lot of respect. For sure Amanda is one of these players that kept going forwards in tough situations. I always wished her the best. We know each other since juniors. Yeah, good job for her."