Iga Swiatek hits incredible top-10 win milestone after latest French Open thrashing

It was business as usual for Iga Swiatek at the French Open, with the Pole cruising into her third straight semi-final at Roland Garros.

Following on from a double-bagel victory over Anastasia Potapova in round four, many thought the world No 1 would have a tougher time against fifth seed and Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova .

Czech star Vondrousova reached the French Open final in 2019, though she won just three games when the two met in round one the following year – when Swiatek claimed her first title in Paris.

And it was even more emphatic for the three-time champion this year, dropping just two games as she dispatched her fellow reigning Slam champion 6-0, 6-2 in just 62 minutes.

Swiatek has dropped just eight games since her epic second-round clash against Naomi Osaka – where she saved a match point – and is an overwhelming favourite to win her fifth major.

The Pole will face third seed Coco Gauff next in a rematch of the 2022 final and 2023 quarter-final and will be looking for an 11th win over the American – having lost to Gauff just once.

And victory would be the 41st top-10 win of her career, having picked up a 40th win against world No 6 Vondrousova on Tuesday – aged only 23.

Astonishing record

There are plenty of incredible stats around Swiatek’s career, and her top-10 record has to be up there as among the most impressive.

She has played 55 matches against top-10 players and has won 40 of them, holding a staggering 72.7% win rate against players in that bracket.

Her first top-10 wins came on her way to the first of her four Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros in 2020, beating world No 2 Simona Halep in the fourth round before downing world No 6 Sofia Kenin in the final.

Three more top-10 wins came in 2021 – most famously a 6-0, 6-0 victory over No 9 Karolina Pliskova in the Italian Open final – but her success well and truly kicked off in her dominant 2022 season.

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That season, she won 15 of her 17 matches against top-10 ranked players, including three on her way to the 2022 US Open title – beating Jessica Pegula , Aryna Sabalenka , and Ons Jabeur in her final three matches.

She also won 13 matches over top-10 players in 2023 and has a staggering 7-1 record against fellow top-10 players so far in 2024.

Her Stuttgart semi-final loss to Elena Rybakina is the one blemish on her record this season, with wins over Rybakina, Gauff, and Sabalenka already on her CV in 2024.

Swiatek will be a heavy favourite in her semi-final clash against Gauff, and could then face world No 2 Sabalenka or world No 4 Rybakina in the final.