Wimbledon: Iga Swiatek dishes out first 6-0 6-0 in women's singles final in over a century – Sky Sports

Tennis
Iga Swiatek crushes Amanda Anisimova 6-0 6-0 in Wimbledon women’s singles final; Follow scores, reports and our live blog from the men’s final on Sunday; The US Open is live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+, streaming service NOW and the Sky Sports app from August 24
Saturday 12 July 2025 17:33, UK
Iga Swiatek dished out the first 6-0 6-0 in a Wimbledon women’s singles final history since 1911 as the Pole clinched her maiden title at the All England Club.
Swiatek ended a year-long trophy drought in incredible fashion, beating American Amanda Anisimova with a ‘double bagel’ [a 6-0 6-0 scoreline] to become a Wimbledon champion.
It is only the second time in Wimbledon’s history that a women’s final has ended with the same scoreline when Dorothea Lambert Chambers beat Dora Boothby in 1911, while the only other instance at a Grand Slam came in the French Open in 1988 when Steffi Graf beat Natasha Zvereva.
Anisimova, playing in her first Grand Slam showpiece, failed to win a single game, with Swiatek racing to victory on a stunned Centre Court in only 57 minutes.
A first Grand Slam final is always a nerve-racking occasion, though, and it was obvious from the start that Anisimova was struggling to get her legs moving and her arms swinging freely.
She could not find her first serve and was making error after error, while Swiatek, who had won all five of her previous Slam finals, looked right at home.
The Pole is one of the best front runners the sport has seen and she did not allow Anisimova any chance to settle as the groans of the crowd grew ever more audible.
Latest scores from the All England Club 🎾🍓
Wimbledon Order of Play ▶ ▶ ▶
Wimbledon: Men’s singles draw and results🔽🔼
Wimbledon: Women’s singles draw and results🔽🔼
The breezy conditions did not help, and it took Swiatek just 25 minutes to wrap up the first set, with Anisimova winning only nine points.
The American, who stepped away from tennis for eight months in 2023 for mental health reasons, twice screamed in frustration, and probably rising panic, after errors in the opening game of the second set.
The eight former champions sat in the Royal Box would have empathised with Anisimova’s predicament but she could find no way of getting any kind of foothold in the match.
Every half chance was either snuffed out by Swiatek or crushed by another wild mistake – she made 28 unforced errors in the 12 games – and a final Swiatek winner put her out of her misery.
Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool have become the first all-British pair to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles title since 1936.
Queen’s Club and Eastbourne champions Cash and Glasspool became the first all-British pairing to win the All England Club trophy since 1936, when Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey defeated their compatriots Charles Hare and Frank Wilde in the final.
“When you say that it sounds incredible,” said Glasspool. “It’s been one Brit (winner) the last couple of years, now we’ve given you two Brits.”
The pair downed Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2 7-6 (7-3).
In the men’s wheelchair doubles final, Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid lost their title.
The six-time winners and top seeds were upset 7-6 (7-1) 7-5 on Court One by Martin De La Puente from Spain and Dutchman Ruben Spaargaren.
Watch the ATP and WTA Tours, as well as the US Open in New York, live on Sky Sports in 2025 or stream with NOW and the Sky Sports app, giving Sky Sports customers access to over 50 per cent more live sport this year at no extra cost. Find out more here.
© 2025 Sky UK

source