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    Home / News / Sports News / Iga Swiatek smashes these records with maiden Madrid Open title
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    Iga Swiatek smashes these records with maiden Madrid Open title
    Iga Swiatek claimed her maiden Madrid Open title (Photo credit: X/@MutuaMadridOpen)

    Iga Swiatek smashes these records with maiden Madrid Open title

    By Rajdeep Saha
    May 05, 2024
    02:34 am

    What's the story

    Polish world number one Iga Swiatek claimed her maiden Madrid Open title by beating defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in a battle that lasted 3 hours and 11 minutes.

    Swiatek won the final 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(7). With this win, Swiatek claimed her 20th career victory and a third title this season.

    The Pole won her ninth WTA 1000 title. Here are the stats.

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    Champion!

    🏆 1GA GOES ALL THE WAY IN MADRID 🏆

    🇵🇱 @iga_swiatek dethrones Sabalenka after winning 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(7) in the longest women's singles final in #MMOPEN history.

    The World No. 1 saved 3 match points on her way to the 🏆. pic.twitter.com/nkryJ4rljj

    — #MMOPEN (@MutuaMadridOpen) May 4, 2024

    Numbers

    Match stats and H2H record

    Sabalenka doled out four aces compared to Swiatek's two. Both players committed four double faults each.

    Swiatek won 67% on the first serve and a 57% win on the second.

    Both players converted five break points each.

    With this win, Swiatek has raced to a 7-3 win-loss record over Sabalenka in their head-to-head meetings on the WTA Tour.

    Information

    Three titles and 30 match-wins in 2024

    Swiatek claimed her third title this season. She won the Qatar Open and Indian Wells Open before this. She is tied with Elena Rybakina in terms of titles this season (3) and match-wins (30).

    Journey

    Swiatek's journey in the tourney

    Swiatek beat Wang Xiyu in the round of 64 (6-1, 6-2). In the round of 32, the women's singles world number one overcame Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 6-1.

    Sara Sorribes Tormo was her next scalp in R16.

    Swiatek fought back from a set down to beat Beatriz Haddad Maia 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 in the quarters.

    She downed Madison Keys 6-1, 6-3 in the semis.

    Opta stats

    Swiatek attains these feats with Madrid Open win

    Swiatek is the first player to win seven-plus successive WTA level finals since Swiatek herself (10, between Roland Garros 2020 and the US Open 2022).

    By winning her ninth WTA 1000 honor, Swiatek equaled the likes of Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova. Only Serena Williams (13) and Victoria Azarenka (10) have won more since the format's introduction in 2009.

    Information

    Unique record for Swiatek

    At 22 years and 338 days old, Swiatek has become the youngest player to secure eight WTA clay court titles since Arantxa Sanchez Vicario when she won Amelia Island in 1994 at 22 years and 114 days.

    Records

    Youngest to reach 20 titles since Caroline Wozniacki in 2012

    As per WTA, Swiatek is the youngest player to reach 20 titles since Caroline Wozniacki in 2012.

    Swiatek, who has won the Roland Garros on three occasions, has claimed an European clay-court tournament at the WTA 500 level or above at least once.

    Along with Madrid Open, she has also won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and the Internazionali BNL d'Italia twice.

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    Madrid Open: Sabalenka suffers maiden defeat in final

    Sabalenka suffered her maiden defeat in the final of the Madrid Open. She is a two-time winner here (2021 and 2023). She beat Swiatek 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to win last season's Madrid Open.

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