Iga Swiatek wins 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medal: Key stats
Iga Swiatek has won the bronze medal in women's singles tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday. Poland's number one seed Swiatek beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia in straight sets. Swiatek won the contest 6-2, 6-1 in the bronze medal match held on Court Philippe-Chatrier at Roland Garros. Four-time French Open champion Swiatek made sure she didn't leave empty handed in Paris.
52-6 on the WTA Tour this season
Swiatek has won three successive French Open honors here at Roland Garros and four overall. She holds a 35-2 win-loss record. This made her the favorite to bag the gold in Paris. However, with a semi-final defeat against Qinwen Zheng, the Pole had to then fight for the bronze. Swiatek is now 52-6 on the WTA Tour this season, having won five titles.
26-2 win-loss record on clay this season
Versus Zheng, Swiatek saw her 23-match unbeaten run on clay come to an end this season. She had won titles in Madrid, Rome and Paris respectively alongside claiming 19 match wins. Thereafter, she won four matches at the 2024 Paris Olympics before the semi-final defeat. Swiatek is 26-2 on clay this season. She won two matches before a semi-final defeat at the Stuttgart Open.
Here are the match stats
Swiatek doled out three aces while her opponent didn't manage a single ace. Schmiedlova committed three double faults to Swiatek's one. The latter converted 5/7 break points and clocked nine winners. Swiatek also made 15 unforced errors.
Records made by Swiatek
As per Opta, Swiatek has become the first player from Poland to win an Olympic medal in tennis history. She also became the 4th player to win an Olympic medal as World No. 1 since the WTA Rankings were published in 1975. Stefi Graff won gold in Seoul 1988, Justin Henin won gold in Athens 2004 and Victoria Azarenka bagged bronze in London 2012.
