THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

July 10, 2025

Iga Swiatek

Press Conference

I. SWIATEK/B. Bencic

6-2, 6-0

THE MODERATOR: Iga, into the Wimbledon final. Give us your thoughts on the match.

IGA SWIATEK: Well, for sure I played great. I felt like I could put pressure on Belinda from the beginning. I felt just good and in the zone. I was focused from the beginning till the end. So it was a really solid performance.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. If someone said to you at the start of the season that your best slam performance so far would be here at Wimbledon, what would you have said?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, I'm not going to say I wouldn't believe because I kind of believe, and I know in tennis a lot can happen, but I don't know. I guess I would think that I would need to do a lot to be in this place and learn a lot before.

Yeah, I don't know. Too hypothetical.

Q. It was a very hot day today. Do you think that had an impact on your ability to maximize your game style?

IGA SWIATEK: That's a good question. Hard to say because I also felt good in, like, 20, 22 degrees. For sure the ball bounces a bit higher. That's what I always kind of said. It should be easier for me when it's a bit hotter, but on the other hand, this year I felt good in both conditions.

I guess I was just playing really well today. I think I would go for it the same way, go for my shots, even if the conditions would be different. But for sure I felt comfortable.

Q. It felt like right from the start of this tournament the mood was maybe slightly different. Normally you've come from winning Roland Garros, a really tight turnaround. Did you find it different, if you felt liberated by not having the same expectations or whether this was going to be the year you'd win Wimbledon?

IGA SWIATEK: Yeah, honestly, I don't know. I think I'm not going to have seasons where the pressure is not going to be kind of forced on me from the expectations from the outside anymore.

Every year I guess it's kind of the same, but I feel sometimes I can handle it better or ignore it. Sometime as bit worse.

I don't know. Like, honestly, I think it's easier if you haven't won Roland Garros and also if you had more time to practice. If I win Roland Garros and then I come here and everybody ask me already about... They put, like, super high expectations. It's not kind of logical for me. So I have no influence on that.

Q. Have you surprised yourself with what you've done here so far?

IGA SWIATEK: Yeah, I did. Yeah, for sure (smiling).

Q. In terms of if you were to win on Saturday, you'd join a very small list of players who have won a Grand Slam on each of the three surfaces. Was that ever a goal in your head? Is that a goal you'd ever set yourself, wanting to be that 'complete player' to have achieved that success?

IGA SWIATEK: Not really, because I never thought it's going to be possible. Yeah, as I said after my last match, I'm not this kind of person that sets these kind of goals. I kind of live tournament by tournament. It's not like I wake up and I'm like, Okay, I'm going to win three slams this year because that's not how I work.

I have more, like, down-to-earth goals, practicing day by day. This is what has always been working. I never had goals like that, I would say.

Q. Compared to your five first slam finals, how different does this one feel? Do you enjoy it perhaps a bit more because it was a bit more unexpected at the beginning of the fortnight?

IGA SWIATEK: Honestly, every slam was the totally different. It's hard to compare these journeys. But for sure, like, for now I've been enjoying just this new feeling of being a bit more comfortable on grass. I'm kind of maybe thinking about it a bit more.

Yeah, for sure I'm enjoying it. But obviously there have been slams where I enjoyed my game, as well.

Q. You are an inspiration to millions of young people around the world. Kids who are watching you reach the Wimbledon final are dreaming they could be standing on that same court. What is one piece of advice you would give them to help make that dream come true?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, one piece of advice that I would recommend, you know, finding good people around you 'cause even though it's an individual sport, you're not going to do it on your own. For sure you need some experience around you to guide you and to help you in the toughest moments.

But obviously, like, just work hard. Yeah, when I was at school, I wasn't even thinking about being here. I just kind of worked. Year by year it became more and more possible.

Q. Having a sort of vintage bakery set of yours in the semifinal of Wimbledon, do you feel like you're at full comfort on this surface now? The grass is no longer sort of a hill that you have to climb; you're already atop of it?

IGA SWIATEK: I don't know what's ahead of me, so I have no idea what's going to happen. I feel like I could play my game, and I could just be proactive and lead in these matches.

But obviously, like, I'm going to have different matches in my career. It's hard right now for me to predict if I already got everything covered or not.

Q. What are your thoughts about what Amanda has done to get here, and what the final will be like?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, I haven't followed her previous matches. Today I followed because I was playing after. I didn't watch, though.

For sure, she must be playing great. She also had great tournament before Wimbledon. She knows how to play on grass. With her game style, the surface fits her. So it's going to be a challenge.

Yeah, I haven't watched a lot, so I'm going to just prepare tactically tomorrow, and that's it.

Q. What have you made from her break and getting back to this point?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, anybody who struggles and gets back at better level deserves a lot of respect. For sure Amanda is one of these players that kept going forwards in tough situations. I always wished her the best. We know each other since juniors.

Yeah, good job for her.

Q. A question about the weather. We saw a few fans today struggling with the heat. There was a stoppage while someone was taken out. We hope that person is okay. Do you think in those circumstances where it is so hot in this country that people do start passing out and it does affect the players, that maybe on Centre Court and Court 1 the roof should be closed and the air-conditioning turned on?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, for sure I wish this person the best. I don't know exactly what happened.

Well, I think it's not possible for the tournament 'cause I think the tournament is supposed to be, like, outdoors tournament. From what I saw and heard on different tournaments, they're usually not willing to close the roof when it's not raining, when it's not a necessity. I'm not sure why. Maybe there are some rules or something.

I don't know. On some courts when you close the roof, there is no air-conditioning anyway. So here, I think they need air-conditioning to make the grass less humid.

If it would help, yeah, I think so. But it's not my job kind of to predict how it's going to affect the people. Like, hopefully there are not going to be many more incidents like that, but I don't know how to prevent that.

Q. You mentioned that you're enjoying the grass more, grass court tennis more. Other than the winning, what are the things about playing tennis on grass that you have begun to like?

IGA SWIATEK: Well, I think there's no place to overthink here. You kind of have to follow your instincts. If that is going well and you can rely on them for sure if you feel comfortable, so this is kind of fun in some way and different than on other surfaces where you have more time to build the rally or something.

Yeah, as you said, when you're playing well, it's easy to enjoy. But I would say this is the main, like, difference.