Swiatek in Women’s Wimbledon Whitewash Win

Last Saturday, Iga Swiatek hammered Amanda Anisimova in the women’s singles final of Wimbledon, 6-0, 6-0. It was the Polish tennis star’s first title at the All England Club and her sixth Grand Slam in total. Anisimova, meanwhile, cut a dejected figure after suffering the first “double bagel” defeat seen in a women’s Wimbledon final since 1911, although Billie Jean King almost achieved the feat in 1975, losing just one game.

In this article, we’ll take a look back at the one-sided final, we’ll see how the two players reached the last two, and we’ll look back to the only other occasion when a player has failed to win a single game in a women’s singles Wimbledon final. Fans of Amanda Anisimova, look away now…

The Most One-Sided Wimbledon Final in the Open Era

A new Wimbledon champion is crowned 🇵🇱

Iga Swiatek defeats Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win the 2025 Ladies’ Singles Trophy 🏆#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/ZnznTxwO5A

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Going into the final on Saturday, Swiatek was the favourite, but no one predicted she’d produce a whitewash. The Pole was the eighth seed and though she’d won five Grand Slams before, this was her first final at SW19. Four of her Slams had come at the French Open, earning her the Queen of Clay epithet, the other coming at the US Open. Grass was widely considered to be her least favourite surface, but she certainly handled it very well on Saturday.

Anisimova, meanwhile, was the 13th seed for the tournament and it was also her first final at the All England Club. Indeed, it was her first final in a Grand Slam. Whether it was a lack of fitness, poor preparation or simply that the American 23-year-old was overawed by the occasion, Anisimova simply never got going on Centre Court. Within 25 minutes, she’d lost the opening set and her game was littered with unforced errors that suggested it could all be over in double-quick time.

Despite encouragement from the crowd (who clearly wanted to get their money’s worth), Anisimova did little better in the second set. Swiatek needed no encouragement to take full advantage of her opponent’s poor play, and the Pole was ruthless in her ability to close games out. She won the mental battle within minutes of the start of the match, but she also outclassed Anisimova in terms of shot selection and power. In short, it was a complete mismatch on the day.

After the game, a visibly shellshocked Anisimova suggested fatigue had played a role in her comprehensive defeat and that she needed to work on her physicality. In winning her sixth Grand Slam, Swiatek moves up the all-time list and is now ahead of such greats of the game as Martina Hingis and Maria Sharapova and just one slam behind Venus Williams and a certain Dorothea Lambert Chambers… the only other woman to win a Wimbledon final 6-0, 6-0 (against Dora Boothby back in 1911).

Swiatek Cruises to Final with Only One Dropped Set

Swiatek got her tournament started with a relatively straightforward straight-sets victory over Russia’s Polina Kudermetova. Her second-round match against the American Caty McNally proved to be the only one to go to three sets in the whole tournament for Swiatek. But she bounced back from losing the opener 7-5 to win the next two in quick succession, 6-2, 6-1. It was straight sets all the way after that, with another American up next in the form of Danielle Collins (despatched 6-2, 6-3), followed by Clara Tauson of Denmark (6-4, 6-1).

Having found her rhythm on grass, which was playing harder than usual thanks to the unseasonably hot weather, Swiatek made short work of Liudmila Samsonova in her quarter-final match, winning 6-2, 7-5. A tricky looking semi-final against Swiss player Belinda Bencic proved a walk in the park for the in-form Pole as she won easily, 6-2, 6-0, to cruise into the final brimming with confidence.

Anisimova Showed Great Promise in Run to Final

Anisimova has long been talked about as a “future Grand Slam winner”, but she has never quite managed to fulfil the potential she showed when winning the 2017 US Open girls’ singles title. Time is still on her side, given that she’s still only 23. And despite the manner of her defeat in the final, on balance, she’ll look back at this year’s Wimbledon as a very successful tournament.

Anisimova looked strong in the opening two rounds, which she won in straight sets against Yulia Putintseva and Renata Ruckstuhl. In fact, she began the tournament as she ended it, with a double bagel… though her first round match was in her favour! It took the American three sets to win each of her next two matches, against Dalm Galfi of Hungary and Czech player Linda Noskova, before getting the better of Nastia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets in the quarters.

Her semi-final against three-time Grand Slam champion Aryna Sabalenka clearly took a lot out of Anisimova but her battling display bodes well for the future. Winning in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 6-4), she left it all out on the court… and couldn’t recover in time to make a match of it in the final, unfortunately for her.

Most One-Sided Women’s Singles Wimbledon Finals

As mentioned, the only other occasion when a player has won the women’s singles final without losing a single game was back in 1911. But here are some of the other finals that could certainly be described as one-sided. We’ve defined a one-sided match as one in which the victor loses four games or fewer, and we’ll stick to finals from the open era.