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Wimbledon 2025 Semifinals – Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka Unlock Special Achievement on WTA Tour This Year With This Feat at Wimbledon!

Swiatek and Sabalenka power through to yet another semifinal appearance in 2025!

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Wimbledon 2025 is reaching its closing stages of the tournament, and in the women’s section, 8th Seed Iga Swiatek and current world number 1, Aryna Sabalenka, have both reached the semifinals.

In doing so, the dynamic duo has achieved the unique feat of being the only two WTA players to reach the semifinals at all three majors that have taken place this year. An incredible feat of consistency given the nature of the tour, the high level of competition, and the different surfaces they have to contend with in order to achieve such an achievement.

3/3 – Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka are the first duo to reach the semi-finals at each of the first three Women’s Singles Majors of the season since Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters in 2006. Hand-in-hand.#Wimbledon | @Wimbledon @WTA pic.twitter.com/zY89hw7aJi
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) July 9, 2025

Why Is This Feat Unique?

The nearly year-long tennis tour brings about plenty of challenges throughout the season, and to consistently achieve excellent results, especially at the majors, is not as easy as one may believe.

First of all, the nature of the tennis tour is a tough one, with players having to grind out tournament after tournament. Fatigue and injuries are part of the game, but to remain healthy in spite of the different court conditions and surfaces is certainly a challenge.

Moreover, at the professional level of tennis, the level of competition is intense, with a plethora of players all capable of putting in the type of performance required to advance to the latter stages of tournaments. It is even more difficult to sustain this quality at the Slams, where one has to play 7 matches over a period of two weeks.

Maiden Wimbledon semi-final for Iga Swiatek 🔥#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/NoMLD7snFH
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) July 9, 2025

Challenges of the Surface

Additionally, the biggest factor in achieving such a rare feat is the different types of surfaces the players have to conquer. What Swiatek and Sabalenka have managed to do this year was last achieved in 2006 when the Belgian pair of Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters accomplished the same results.

The first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, is played on hard courts, while the second, the French Open at Roland Garros, is on clay, and Wimbledon is on grass. Each surface poses its own distinct set of challenges, such as court speed, ball bounce, and player movement.

While the grass courts are known for being faster and carrying lower bounce, the clay is much slower with higher ball bounce. The hard courts lie in between, but can take much more toll on the body.

Adapting to the nature of the court and the overall tournament conditions, and still maintaining a consistent level of play at each Slam is surely no walk in the park, and to do it in the same year is truly commendable.

Aryna Sabalenka has won 23 of the last 25 matches she’s played in Grand Slams.

That’s a winning percentage of 92%.

Queen of the jungle. 🐅 pic.twitter.com/haQJqASvUa
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) July 6, 2025

How Both Players Tailored Their Games at the Slams

Taking a look at Swiatek’s overall game, she is a strong baseliner who moves very well on the court. Both her forehand and backhand are exceptional, as well as her court coverage, but where she has struggled is in her volleying skills.

Until this year, the Polish player had dominated on the clay courts of Roland Garros, lifting the title 4 times and winning on the hard courts of the US Open in 2022. Her best result at Wimbledon was a quarterfinal appearance in 2023, but the 8th seed has improved her game on grass, and as a result of which she has made it to her first semifinal at SW19.

As for Sabalenka, the Belarusian powerhouse is one of the hardest hitters of the ball on the women’s tour. Although she reached the semifinals of all 4 majors in 2023, her game was typically best-suited for the hard courts, where her power and groundstrokes were the most effective.

However, like Swiatek, Sabalenka has also improved her overall game to suit all three surfaces and even reached the final at Roland Garros earlier this year.

In an individual sport like tennis, where everything is based on the skill and talent level of the particular individual, achieving such results in the same calendar year is remarkable. Swiatek has made three semifinals at the slams this year, and Sabalenka has reached the final at both the Australian and French Opens. But neither of them has won a major in 2025, will Wimbledon be any different?

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