Iga Swiatek aims for French Open-Wimbledon double to emulate Serena Williams - but what holds the key?

Over the last four months Iga Swiatek has appeared to have the world at her feet. Three tournaments won on hard courts, followed by three on clay, including the French Open, and a dazzling 35-match winning streak that equals Venus Williams’ mark for the best on the WTA Tour this century. «She has something, not a superpower, but something special,” said world No.

5 Maria Sakkari in April. “She has special hands. She has magic,” added world No.

4 Paula Badosa. Ad/> The aura around Swiatek has continued to grow as she has stacked up win after win. WimbledonIs Serena playing Wimbledon? Will it be her farewell?10 HOURS AGO Such an aura has been rare in women’s tennis over the last few years.

Swiatek’s predecessor as world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty looked to be establishing herself as a potential ‘unbeatable’ force before she retired in April; before her the last player to have such a stranglehold was Serena Williams, who could face Swiatek in the first round at Wimbledon after being given a wildcard, and who is the last woman to win the two European Grand Slams in the same season. Only six other women — Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf and five men – Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic – have achieved the French Open-Wimbledon double in the Open Era.

In recent years the transition to grass has not been too kind to French Open champions either. Murray says injury is improving ahead of Wimbledon Pliskova: Super difficult for Williams to contend at SW19 Since Williams won both, along with the Australian Open, in 2015, Simona Halep lost in the third round at Wimbledon in 2018 after winning the French Open. The following year Barty