Iga Swiatek may miss the grass-court season in favour of an extended rest period
A recent report has discussed plans being considered by Iga Swiatek and her team which would involve the world No 2 taking an extended break from tennis after Roland Garros by skipping the grass-court season, in favour of an extended US Open build-up.
Polish news site Onet reported the information, with the outlet making clear that a decision either way has not been made at this time – with the future action being dictated by the Pole’s results at her next two tournaments.
“As we hear unofficially, everything will depend on the results in Rome and Paris,” Onet stated.
“In the event of a defeat, [Iga] Swiatek may consider giving up playing on grass, there are not many points to lose here, and use this time for a longer vacation, to return to hard courts with new strength and properly prepare for the US Open.
“But Team Swiatek will wait until the very end with this decision.”
Swiatek has yet to reach the last four at Wimbledon, having never reached that stage at any grass-court event.
Her best result arrived in 2023, when she made the quarterfinals, but, overall, the Pole possesses a 68% win rate at SW19 – comparatively poor when compared to the other three Grand Slams.
Swiatek’s prospects for 2025 do not look much better, after failing to make a final at any tournament since the 2024 edition of Roland Garros and being dominated 6-1, 6-1 by Coco Gauff in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters.
After that loss, the Pole made clear that she needed a break.
“For sure, I want to have some days off, especially because I didn’t have [any] after Stuttgart,” commented the WTA world No 2.
“I’ll for sure chill, but honestly, the coaches will do the schedule, so I’ll see,” she said.
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Despite grass not being Swiatek’s favoured surface, her coach – Wim Fissette – made clear that a focus in 2025 would be improving on quicker surfaces, such as grass.
“For sure, our goal is to do better on the faster surfaces,” said Fissette, at the end of 2024.
“I think on the fast surfaces sometimes she is trying to play the game of the fast players instead of keeping to her own game and going a bit further back.
“A bit more behind the baseline and still trying to play her heavy spin balls because that’s where she is so difficult to play because she plays with so much spin, and the ball bounces off your racket.
“I feel sometimes when it goes fast, she tries to play faster than her opponent, which is not really her game, so she should stay true to herself on the faster surfaces.
