Nothing in the world of tennis is ever a foregone conclusion — especially not these days with the field being so competitive.
But, man. There aren’t many safer bets than Iga Swiatek out there in the world of tennis. She’s almost as good a bet as prime Serena Williams and she has the numbers to back it up.
Coming into Saturday at Wimbledon, Swiatek had a 37-match winning streak under her belt and was the favorite to win the whole thing. What happened next was just unbelievable.
Not only did she lose her match, but she lost in straight sets to Alize Cornet. It was truly jaw-dropping.
Wow.
32yo Alizé Cornet, having the best Slam year of her long career, wins the last 6 games to beat #1 Iga Swiatek 6-4, 6-2 and reach the last 16 at Wimbledon.
The 37 matches winning streak… is OVER.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 2, 2022
Despite the result, her winning streak is still pretty incredible and should be appreciated when the time is right.
For context, only 3 players in both the men’s and women’s side of tennis have had a streak of 37 matches or longer, per ESPN. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Swiatek. That’s it.
The only Tennis players with longer win streaks than Swiatek, men or women, since 1990 are Novak Djokovic (43) & Roger Federer (41).
#1 Iga Swiatek is out in the 3rd Round at Wimbledon — she loses in straight sets to Alizé Cornet. pic.twitter.com/a23A0PU9rX
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 2, 2022
That’s certainly something to be proud of. It’s also why this was so unbelievable. Fans everywhere were shocked.