Jessica Pegula ends amazing Iga Swiatek streak as she denies the Pole to lift Bad Homburg title

Ewan West 28 Jun 2025 3:54 PM

Jessica Pegula defeated Iga Swiatek in Bad Homburg

Jessica Pegula beat Iga Swiatek in the Bad Homburg final

Jessica Pegula claimed the title at the 2025 Bad Homburg Open in impressive fashion as she defeated Iga Swiatek in straight sets in the final.

The world No 3 prevailed 6-4, 7-5 against five-time major winner Swiatek in a tight championship match at the WTA 500 grass-court tournament.

Pegula saved the only break point she faced in the match in the fourth game of the opening set before breaking Swiatek to take a 4-3 lead. She then held from 0-30 to serve the set out.

There were no break points in a fiercely contested second set until Pegula struck the decisive blow on Swiatek’s serve in the 11th game, before she held to clinch the title.

The American produced a strong serving display as she won 71% of points behind her first serve and a stellar 64% on her second delivery, while she landed 59% of her first serves and hit three aces to a single double fault.

Swiatek’s serve also performed reasonably well: she hit nine aces to three doubles faults, registered a first serve percentage of 58%, won 68% of points on her first serve and 59% behind her second.

Pegula’s victory saw her secure her ninth WTA Tour singles title in her 19th final, while it is her second title on grass after the 2024 Berlin Open, which is also a 500 level event. It is her third title of 2025 after wins in Texas and Charleston.

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The 31-year-old’s triumph in Bad Homburg is a perfect response to the blow of her title defence in Berlin last week ending with an opening match loss to Liudmila Samsonova.

By beating Swiatek, who is currently ranked eighth, Pegula registered her second victory over a top 10 player this season and 23rd in total.

The head-to-head score between Pegula and Swiatek is now 6-5 to the Pole, although the American has won three of their last four meetings.

Pegula ended Swiatek’s remarkable run of nine consecutive victories in finals — a run that started and ended with her wins in the 2023 and 2024 French Open title matches.

Swiatek was playing her first final since last year’s championship match at Roland Garros and she was aiming to collect a first grass-court trophy in her maiden final on the surface.

Pegula, who also defeated Katerina Siniakova, Emma Navarro and Linda Noskova en route, will arrive at Wimbledon on a four-match winning streak.