Not just Iga Świątek. Here are all the Polish Grand Slam finals
The 24-year-old Świątek has so far won the French Open in Paris four times – in 2020 and 2022-24, and her collection of Grand Slam victories is complemented by the 2022 US Open in New York.
Compared to these achievements, her 2021 doubles final, which she reached in the French capital alongside American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, is lost.
With five Grand Slam titles to her name, the player under Belgian coach Wim Fissette is already the most successful in Polish tennis. Łukasz Kubot has won the doubles twice, and Jan Zieliński has two mixed doubles titles.
However, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska reached the most finals before World War II—seven, including three in singles. She won only one—in doubles in Paris in 1939, pairing with Frenchwoman Simone Mathieu.
Apart from her and Świątek, Kubot, Zieliński and Marcin Matkowski also appeared in the Grand Slam final three times, but never in singles.
The 28-year-old Zieliński, specializing in doubles, made his debut in the decisive stage of a Grand Slam in Melbourne in 2023 as the 10th Pole in history, when he and Hugo Nyse from Monaco lost the title match to the hosts Jason Kubler and Rinky Hijikata 4-6, 6-7 (4-7).
Last year, he fared better, but in mixed doubles. Paired with Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan, they defeated American Desirae Krawczyk and Briton Neal Skupski 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 11-9 in the Australian Open final. Less than six months later, in London, they repeated their success, defeating Mexicans Giuliana Olmos and Santiago Gonzalez 6-4, 6-2 in the Wimbledon decider.
These were also Poland's first two mixed doubles victories. The Polish team had lost the previous five finals—three in Paris and two in New York—and the title was contested by Jędrzejowska, Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Matkowski twice, and Alicja Rosolska.
Last season, Zieliński became the second Polish winner of the competition on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. The first was Kubot, who in 2017, in a duo with Brazilian Marcelo Melo, defeated Austrian Oliver Marach and Croatian Mate Pavic in the final 5:7, 7:5, 7:6 (7-2), 3:6, 13:11.
Kubot won his first title in 2014 in Melbourne, paired with Swede Robert Lindstedt, while Wojciech Fibak, together with Australian Kim Warwick, were the best in this event in 1978.
Grand Slam event finals with Polish participation to date:Australian Open — 4
1978, doubles: Wojciech Fibak, Kim Warwick (Poland, Australia) — Paul Kronk, Cliff Letcher (Australia) 7:6, 7:5
2014, doubles: Łukasz Kubot, Robert Lindstedt (Poland, Sweden) — Eric Butorac, Raven Klaasen (USA, South Africa) 6:3, 6:3
2023, doubles: Jason Kubler, Rinky Hijikata (Australia) — Jan Zieliński, Hugo Nys (Poland, Monaco) 6:4, 7:6 (7-4)
2024, mixed: Hsieh Su-wei, Jan Zielinski (Taiwan, Poland) — Desirae Krawczyk Neal Skupski (USA, Great Britain) 6:7 (5-7), 6:4, 11-9
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French Open (French Championship until 1967) — 12
1936, doubles: Simone Mathieu, Billie Yorke (France, Great Britain) — Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Susan Noel (Poland, Great Britain) 2:6, 6:4, 6:4
1939, single: Simone Mathieu (France) — Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (Poland) 6:3, 8:6
doubles: Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Simone Mathieu (Poland, France) — Alice Florian, Hella Kovac (Yugoslavia) 7:5, 7:5
1947, mixed: Sheila Piercey Summers, Eric Sturgess (South Africa) — Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Christian Caralulis (Poland, Romania) 6:0, 6:0
1977, doubles: Brian Gottfried (USA), Raul Ramirez (Mexico) — Wojciech Fibak, Jan Kodes (Poland, Czechoslovakia) 7:6, 4:6, 6:3, 6:4
2012, mixed: Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupathi (India) — Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Santiago Gonzalez (Poland, Mexico) 7:6 (7-3), 6:1
2015, mixed: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Mike Bryan (USA) — Lucie Hradecka, Marcin Matkowski (Czech Republic, Poland) 7:6 (7-3), 6:1
2020, singles: Iga Świątek (Poland) — Sofia Kenin (USA) 6:4, 6:1
2021, doubles: Barbora Krejcikova, Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) — Iga Świątek, Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Poland, USA) 6:4, 6:2
2022, singles: Iga Świątek (Poland) — Cori "CoCo" Gauff (USA) 6:1, 6:3
2023, singles: Iga Świątek (Poland) — Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) 1:6, 4:6, 6:4
2024, singles: Iga Świątek (Poland) — Jasmine Paolini (Italy) 6:2, 6:1
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Wimbledon — 4
1937, single: Dorothy Round (Great Britain) — Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (Poland) 6:2, 2:6, 7:5
2012, singles: Serena Williams (USA) — Agnieszka Radwańska (Poland) 6:1, 5:7, 6:2
2017, doubles: Łukasz Kubot, Marcelo Melo (Poland, Brazil) — Oliver Marach, Mate Pavic (Austria, Croatia) 5:7, 7:5, 7:6 (7-2), 3:6, 13:11
2024, mixed: Jan Zieliński, Hu-Wei Hsieh (Poland, Taiwan) — Giuliana Olmos, Santiago Gonzaleza (Mexico) 6:4, 6:2
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US Open (US Championship until 1967) — 7
1937, single: Anita Lizana (Chile) — Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (Poland) 6:4, 6:2
1938, doubles: Sarah Palfrey Cooke, Alice Marble (USA) — Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Rene Mathieu (Poland, France) 6:8, 6:4, 6:3
2011, doubles: Juergen Melzer, Philipp Petzschner (Austria, Germany) — Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Marcin Matkowski (Poland) 6:2, 6:2
2012, mixed: Ekaterina Makarova, Bruno Soares (Russia, Brazil) — Kveta Peschke, Marcin Matkowski (Czech Republic, Poland) 6:7, 6:1, 12–10
2018, doubles: Mike Bryan, Jack Sock (USA) — Łukasz Kubot, Marcelo Melo (Poland, Brazil) 6:3, 6:1
2018, mixed: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Jamie Murray (USA, Great Britain) — Alicja Rosolska, Nikola Mektic (Poland, Croatia) 2:6, 6:3, 11-9
2022, singles: Iga Świątek (Poland) — Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 6:2, 7:6 (7-5).
Source of information: Polish Press Agency
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