Iga Świątek (5. WTA) is no longer the dominator of female tennis, and this is evidenced by, among others Lack of victory in any tournament in 2025 and a decrease in fifth place of the world ranking. The Polish representative is in the hole, and in a moment she will proceed to defend the championship title Roland Garros. She has won this tournament four times, but for the first time in years she is not a favorite.
Iga Świątek is no longer a favorite? Brutal words before Roland Garros
“Can we really delete Iga Świątek in Paris?” – asks the Tennis.com portal and begins agonizing about the defender of the title in the French capital. Her ranking position, as well as the form, she calls the “new experience” and a big change before this year's struggle. “Świątek is not a favorite, she is not in the top four placed players, there is no title of champion on earth courts and he doesn't play well” – the tennis player was described.
There is also a memory that in 2025 the matters of Świątek “changed from bad to worse”, and in the last defeats from Coco Gauff in Madrid and Danielle Collins in Rome caused “the fall of confidence”. However, there is hope for a Polish woman, because her idol Rafael continued to show in the past that you can be in worse shape and win your favorite great gram in Paris.
This happened in 2015 and 2022. “If you love Roland Garros, you can win him without even winning any of the preparatory tournaments. If Iga manages to win two or three wins, her muscle memory on the CHATERIER courts can join, and with her confidence will appear” – we read.
The source indicates that muscle memory may not be enough when Jelena Ostapenko, Jelena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenek appear on the path of a Polish woman. Reaching the finals will probably be associated with defeating one of them.
Tennis.com indicated Sabalena and Coco Gauff as the main favorites, and as another Jasmine Paolini and Mirra Andrejew. Perhaps, however, the lack of the best status of this time will help Christmas. We will find out about it next week.