French Open, Iga Swiatek dismantles Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0: Stats
Women's singles world number one Iga Swiatek booked a quarter-finals spot in the 2024 edition of the French Open. Swiatek dispatched Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0. The match was over in 40 minutes and as per WTA this was the shortest tour-level match of Swiatek's career. Swiatek won 48 of 58 points to showcase her prowess at Court Philippe-Chatrier on Sunday.
Massive records for Swiatek
As mentioned, Swiatek played the quickest match of her career. Her three quickest matches have been on clay court. At Roland Garros 2019, she needed 45 minutes to down Simona Halep. In Rome 2021, she needed 46 minutes to beat Karolina Pliskova. Swiatek clocked the quickester completed main draw match at the Roland Garros since this sort of data was available (2015).
Here are the match stats
Swiatek doled out three aces to Potapova's nil. The latter also committed one double fault. Swiatek owned a 94% win on the first serve and an 82% win on the second. She converted 6/8 break points. She also won 48 out of 58 points.
Swiatek is on a 16-match unbeaten run this season
Swiatek has been the World No. 1 since winning the WTA Finals last November. The Pole is coming off back-to-back victories at the WTA 1000 events in Madrid and Rome respectively. Swiatek has claimed 17 straight clay wins. She is also on a 16-match unbeaten run. As per WTA, she owns a 42-4 win-loss record in 2024.
32-2 win-loss record at Roland Garros
Swiatek has raced to a 74-16 win-loss record at Grand Slams, including 32-2 at Roland Garros. In addition to three titles in Paris, Swiatek has reached the quarter-finals and the fourth round before. Swiatek claimed her 18th successive win at Roland Garros. The Pole is a four-time Slam champion (also US Open 2022). Her win-loss record at Slams this year is 6-1.
Third player to clock this record
As per WTA, Swiatek is now only the third player in the Open era to claim 6-0, 6-0 victories at Roland Garros in consecutive years, after Gabriela Sabatini (1992-93) and Mary Pierce (1993-94). In 2023, Swiatek inflicted the whitewash on Wang Xinyu in the third round. This was also her 26th 6-0 set on clay at the WTA Tour level.
A breezy win for the Pole
The first set passed in a flash, taking just 19 minutes to get over with a double fault from Potapova to end matters. Swiatek won 24 of 30 points. She went on to hit seven winners and made one unforced error. The second set was in the same vein. Swiatek won 24 of 28 points to dismantle Potapova. It was the pair's maiden meeting.
