A new Wimbledon ladies’ singles champion will be crowned on Saturday when Polish No. 8 seed Iga Swiatek faces American No. 13 seed Amanda Anisimova in the showpiece match.
Expect the unexpected
The last seven years have produced seen different ladies champions at Wimbledon, and we’ll have an eighth new name on the bounce in 2025. Serena Williams was the last woman to defend the Venus Rosewater dish back in 2016.
Swiatek has a considerable edge on the grand stage
Iga Swiatek is a five-time Grand Slam winner, while this will be Anisimova’s first appearance in a major final. Her best previous performance at the majors was a semi-final at Roland Garros in 2019 when she was only 17. Swiatek has beaten three Top 35 players in a row without losing a set, culminating in a 6-2, 6-0 thrashing of Belinda Bencic in the semis.
Riding the rollercoaster
Anisimova lost in Wimbledon qualifying last year after coming back from an eight-month tennis hiatus. In the 12 months since, she reached her first WTA 1000 final in Canada in August 2024, then won her first WTA 1000 title in Doha this February. This year, she reached the Top 20 for the first time. Now she’s in he top 10 and could be ranked inside the WTA top five if she wins the title on Sunday.
Anisimova’s game is built for grass
The 23-year-old American’s road to the final hasn’t been straightforward, with battles in each of her encounters since the third round. The big-hitting American starts matches well; she’s won the first set in every encounter at Wimbledon this year. Her return speeds have also been the highest, on average, out of any player (men or women) at the Championships. She can be erratic on the forehand side but the backhand is rock-solid and a massive weapon from the back of the court. She’s dispatched huge hitters in the shape of Linda Noskova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and World Number 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semis, now she faces a slightly different challenge in the match that matters most.
Key stats
Amazingly, this will be the first professional meeting between these players both born in 2001. Swiatek could claim her 100th Grand Slam singles match-win (out of 120 Grand Slam singles matches). She would be the fastest woman to 100 Grand Slam wins since Serena Williams in 2004 (100 wins from 116 matches).
Iga can claim Wimbledon glory in her maiden SW19 final appearance
Currently 5-0 in Slam finals, Swiatek could become the third woman in the Open Era to win all of their first six Grand Slam singles finals, joining Margaret Court and Monica Seles. Swiatek won Roland Garros in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, and the US Open in 2022.
Verdict: Swiatek to win in 3 sets
The ladies Wimbledon final starts at 17:00 CAT on Saturday, 12 July.
