Iga Świątek has won the French Open four times — in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 — a haul that made her the defining clay-court player of her generation before she turned 24. But the crown is no longer hers: she has not lifted the Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen since 2024, falling in the 2025 semifinals to Aryna Sabalenka and then to Marta Kostyuk in the fourth round in 2026. The question that now shapes her career is whether she can reclaim Paris in 2027.
2020: The Breakthrough Nobody Saw Coming
Świątek's first title remains one of the great outlier runs in modern tennis. Aged 19 and ranked 54th in the world — the lowest ranking of any women's champion in the tournament's history — she swept through the draw without dropping a set, the first woman to do so in Paris since Justine Henin in 2007, and beat Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 in the final. She became the first Polish player, man or woman, to win a Grand Slam singles title.
2022–2024: The Three-Peat
After her 2021 title defense ended in the quarterfinals against Maria Sakkari, Świątek returned in 2022 as world No. 1 and made Court Philippe-Chatrier her fortress. She beat Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the 2022 final, survived her only truly contested final against Karolína Muchová in 2023, and dismantled Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 in 2024 for a third consecutive title. Across four finals she dropped a single set. By the end of the 2024 tournament she had built a 26-match unbeaten streak at Roland-Garros.
Świątek's Four French Open Finals
| Year | Final opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sofia Kenin | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 2022 | Coco Gauff | 6-1, 6-3 |
| 2023 | Karolína Muchová | 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 |
| 2024 | Jasmine Paolini | 6-2, 6-1 |
2025 and 2026: The Streak Ends
The 26-match run ended in the 2025 semifinals, when world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka beat Świątek 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-0 in two hours and 19 minutes — the first time the three-time defending champion had lost at Roland-Garros since 2021. Coco Gauff went on to beat Sabalenka for the 2025 title. In 2026 the exit came earlier still: on May 31, Marta Kostyuk extended her own clay-court winning streak to 16 matches by beating Świątek 7-5, 6-1 in the fourth round, knocking the last former champion out of the draw. A tight first set swung on late Świątek errors, and the second ran away quickly. The tournament ended with 19-year-old Mirra Andreeva beating Maja Chwalińska 6-3, 6-2 for a first Grand Slam title — at 19 years and 1 month, the youngest Roland-Garros women's champion since Monica Seles in 1992.
Still One of the Best Players in the World
It would be a mistake to read the Paris results as decline. Between those two exits, Świątek won the 2025 Wimbledon title with one of the most lopsided major finals ever recorded — a 6-0, 6-0 win over Amanda Anisimova in 57 minutes, only the second double-bagel women's Grand Slam final of the Open era. That victory gave her majors on all three surfaces: four French Opens, the 2022 US Open and Wimbledon 2025, six in total. She enters the second half of 2026 ranked around No. 8, still inside the group of genuine title threats at every event she plays.
The Road Back in 2027
The 2027 French Open now offers Świątek the most compelling storyline in the women's game. A fifth title would extend her lead as the most decorated Roland-Garros champion of her era and restore her to the throne she held for the better part of five years. Standing in the way is a new order: reigning champion Mirra Andreeva, a teenager with the fearlessness Świątek herself showed in 2020, plus Sabalenka, Gauff and Kostyuk — the three players responsible for her last defeats in Paris.
Świątek's clay-court method — heavy topspin forehand, early ball-striking on return, and the best defensive movement on the surface — has not gone anywhere. What 2025 and 2026 changed is the frame: she arrives in Paris next spring not as the queen defending, but as a four-time champion coming to take the crown back.
Statistics verified against official ATP/WTA and Roland-Garros records, July 2026.