Iga Swiatek defeated American tennis star Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals of the French Open 2024 to setup a finale date with 12th seeded Italian Jasmine Paolini for the Roland Garros title.
The Polish tennis star has played four out of the last five Roland Garros finals. It’s evident that Iga Swiatek enjoys playing on the red dirt, and Paris is her favourite destination.
Swiatek is currently on a 20-match unbeaten streak at Roland Garros. Only Chris Evert (29), Monica Seles (25), and Justine Henin (24) have managed to stay unbeaten in 20 consecutive matches at Stade Roland Garros. In addition to that, she’s the second youngest female tennis player in the Open Era, after Steffi Graf in 1990, to reach four Roland-Garros finals.
In her 20-match unbeaten streak, she defeated the likes of Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, Jesica Pegula, Qinwen Zheng, and more. However, when did the Polish tennis star last lose a match at the French Open?
When did Iga Swiatek last lose a match at French Open 2024?
Iga Swiatek lost her last match at Stade Roland Garros against Greek tennis star Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals of the 2021 French Open. Sakkari handed Swiatek a straight set (6-4, 6-4) defeat on the red dirt. Nevertheless, since then, the WTA World No. 1 has been unbeaten on the clay court of Stade Roland Garros.
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She’ll face Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in the final of the 2024 French Open on Saturday. Paolini has defeated WTA World No. #4 Elena Rybakina and Russian prodigy Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. The two tennis stars have faced each other twice on the WTA tour before, with both meetings ending in Swiatek’s favour.
Moreover, the 23-year-old is also on an 18-match unbeaten streak on the WTA tour. She lost her last match at the Stuttgart Open against Elena Rybakina in the semifinals on April 20. Afterwards, she won the WTA 1000 Madrid Open and the Italian Open.