The four-time Roland Garros winner hasn’t lost a match on these courts since June 9th, 2021—or 1,143 days ago.
We’re just a day away from the kick-off of the Paris Olympic Tennis Event, and if the numbers are anything to go by, Iga Swiatek has to be a big favorite for the women’s gold medal.
First of all, the event is being held at Stade Roland Garros, the home of the Roland Garros tournament—which she’s completely dominated this decade, going 32-1 in her last five appearances and winning the title four times in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
She’s on a 21-match winning streak on these courts, the fourth-longest winning streak for a woman in the Open Era.
LONGEST ROLAND GARROS WIN STREAKS (women, Open Era):
29: Chris Evert [1974-1981]
25: Monica Seles [1990-1996]
24: Justine Henin [2005-2010]
21: Iga Swiatek [2022-2024]
20: Steffi Graf [1987-1989]
The world No. 1’s last loss on the terre battue was a quarterfinal defeat to Maria Sakkari on June 9th, 2021—all of 1,143 days ago.
Additionally, she’s on a 19-match winning streak on clay, period, having won the last three tournaments she’s played on the surface at Madrid (6-0), Rome (6-0) and Roland Garros (7-0).
And she’s a tour-leading 21-1 on clay this year, her only loss coming to Elena Rybakina in the semifinals of Stuttgart in April.
WTA CLAY-COURT WIN LEADERS FOR 2024 (tour-level):
21: Iga Swiatek [21-1]
16: Danielle Collins [16-4]
15: Aryna Sabalenka [15-4]
15: Mirra Andreeva [15-4] (playing Iasi final on Friday)
14: Magda Linette [14-6] (playing Prague final on Friday)
Swiatek has won a tour-leading five titles this year—one Grand Slam title at Roland Garros and four WTA 1000s at Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid and Rome.
While Swiatek is the only player on the women’s side with 20 or more wins on clay this year, there are four on the men’s side with that many—Sebastian Baez, Casper Ruud, Alexander Zverev and Luciano Darderi, all of whom will be competing at the Olympics.
But unlike Swiatek, this year’s men’s champion at Roland Garros, Carlos Alcaraz, isn’t in that group—he’s not even in the Top 10 clay-court win leaders for the year. But that’s largely due to injuries, not only an arm injury that kept him out of most of the spring lead-up season to Roland Garros, but also an ankle injury that hampered him during the February clay-court season.
The 21-year-old Spaniard has a 12-3 record on clay this year.
ATP CLAY-COURT WIN LEADERS FOR 2024 (tour-level):
24: Sebastian Baez [24-10]
21: Casper Ruud [21-6]
20: Alexander Zverev [20-5]
20: Luciano Darderi [20-10]
19: Stefanos Tsitsipas [19-5]
