“I never even dreamt that it’s going to be possible for me to play in the final,” said Swiatek, who has won five Grand Slam titles elsewhere and spent most of 2022, 2023 and 2024 at No. 1 in the WTA rankings.

Iga Swiatek bulldozed her way to a maiden Wimbledon title on Saturday to take her Grand Slam tally to six and although the Pole preferred not to rank her wins, she said her latest one felt a little more special than the others.

Iga Swiatek doesn't want to rank her Grand Slam glories by which one is her favorite but admits that the Wimbledon and US Open titles "feel better" because they came on surfaces which are way more tricky for her to play on than clay.