Australian Open: Iga Swiatek’s impressive Grand Slam Round 1 record revealed after latest win

Pictured: Iga Swiatek mid-point at the 2025 Australian Open
Iga Swiatek in action.

Iga Swiatek extended her near-perfect record in Grand Slam opening-round matches by starting her Australian Open campaign with victory on Monday.

The second seed was not handed an easy first-round match on paper, with the five-time Grand Slam champion facing doubles No 1 and former top-30 singles player Katerina Siniakova.

Ultimately it proved to be a tough but manageable challenge for Swiatek, who fended off a stubborn Siniakova to prevail 6-3, 6-4 inside the John Cain Arena.

Swiatek hit a solid 17 winners compared to just 15 unforced errors, broke her opponent four times – losing her serve just twice – and landed 71% of her first serves in play.

While it was statistically impressive, the victory also extended her remarkable record in Grand Slam Round 1 matches.

Since making her Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2019 Australian Open, Swiatek has lost just once in a major Round 1 match, to Viktorija Golubic at Wimbledon in 2019.

Overall, Swiatek holds an impressive 23-1 record in Slam opening-round matches, and the Pole is the only woman to make the second round of every Grand Slam event this decade.

Twenty-two of her Round 1 matches have been straight-set victories, with her first ever Grand Slam match in Melbourne six years ago – against Ana Bogdan – her sole three-set win.

Up next for Swiatek is Rebecca Sramkova, who defeated Katie Volynets in three sets to win a Grand Slam main draw match for the first time.

Should Swiatek prevail, it would be the 20th straight major that she has made it as far as the third round.

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Iga Swiatek in Grand Slam Round 1 matches

2019 Australian Open: def Ana Bogdan 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2019 French Open: def Selena Janicijevic 6-3, 6-0
2019 Wimbledon: l. Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 7-6(3)
2019 US Open: def Ivana Jorovic 6-0, 6-1
2020 Australian Open: def Timea Babos 6-3, 6-2
2020 US Open: def Veronika Kudermetova 6-3, 6-3
2020 French Open: def Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 6-2
2021 Australian Open: def Arantxa Rus 6-1, 6-3
2021 French Open: def Kaja Juvan 6-0, 7-5
2021 Wimbledon: def Hsieh Su-Wei 6-4, 6-4
2021 US Open: def Jamie Loeb 6-3, 6-4
2022 Australian Open: def Harriet Dart 6-3, 6-0
2022 French Open: def Lesia Tsurenko 6-2, 6-0
2022 Wimbledon: def Jana Fett 6-0, 6-3
2022 US Open: def Jasmine Paolini 6-0, 6-3
2023 Australian Open: def Jule Niemeier 6-4, 7-5
2023 French Open: def Cristina Bucsa 6-4, 6-0
2023 Wimbledon: def Lin Zhu 6-1, 6-3
2023 US Open: def Rebecca Peterson 6-0, 6-1
2024 Australian Open: def Sofia Kenin 7-6(2), 6-2
2024 French Open: def Leolia Jeanjean 6-1, 6-2
2024 Wimbledon: def Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-4
2024 US Open: def Kamila Rakhimova 6-4, 7-6(6)
2025 Australian Open: def Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 6-4

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