🎾 Wimbledon Crowns New Champions

July 15, 2025

Happy Tuesday! Jannik Sinner and Iga ĹšwiÄ…tek etched their names into Wimbledon history, each capturing their first titles at SW19 in dominant fashion.

In this week's newsletter:

  • 🥕 Sinner Takes Revenge at Wimbledon After Paris Heartbreak

  • 🥇 ĹšwiÄ…tek Dominates Wimbledon in Historic Fashion

  • ⏪ The Best and Worst Moments from Wimbledon CXXXVIII

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Before Iga ĹšwiÄ…tek's 2025 Wimbledon victory, which player was the only other to win a Grand Slam final 6-0, 6-0 in the Open Era?

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🥕 Sinner Takes Revenge at Wimbledon After Paris Heartbreak 🥕

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Jannik Sinner earned the biggest win of his career, defeating two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to capture his first Wimbledon title. After losing the opening set, punctuated by an outrageous backhand slice winner from Alcaraz, Sinner responded with poise and precision. The victory marked a stunning reversal of fortune just five weeks after Alcaraz's epic comeback from two sets down in Paris.

The win snapped Sinner’s five-match losing streak to Alcaraz and narrowed their head-to-head to 8–5. Together, they have now captured seven consecutive Grand Slam titles, with Sinner winning four majors in just 532 days, the second-fastest start in men's tennis history. Their rivalry is beginning to echo the Federer-Nadal era, as they became the first pair since 2008 to contest both the French Open and Wimbledon finals in the same season.

The race for year-end #1 is still wide open heading into the final stretch of the year. Alcaraz leads the race with 7,540 points to Sinner’s 6,000, although Sinner remains atop the rankings with 12,030 points compared to Alcaraz’s 8,600. However, Sinner enters a challenging fall, needing to defend titles at the US Open, Cincinnati, Shanghai, and the ATP Finals. Alcaraz, by contrast, only defends a title at the China Open (ATP 500). These contrasting schedules could reshape the year-end battle and add new layers to a rivalry that has become the sport’s defining storyline.

🥇 ĹšwiÄ…tek Dominates Wimbledon in Historic Fashion 🥇

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In a stunning display of dominance, Iga ĹšwiÄ…tek captured her first Wimbledon title on Saturday with a ruthless 6-0, 6-0 victory over Amanda Anisimova in just 57 minutes. The Polish star became the first woman since 1911 to win a Wimbledon final without dropping a game, matching Steffi Graf's 1988 French Open feat as only the second player in the Open Era to deliver a double bagel in a Grand Slam final. ĹšwiÄ…tek's clinical performance featured 19 winners to just 11 unforced errors.

The win marks ĹšwiÄ…tek's long-awaited breakthrough on grass, completing her Grand Slam collection across all three surfaces. Already a four-time French Open champion and the 2022 US Open winner, the 24-year-old had never advanced past the Wimbledon quarterfinals until this year. Her sixth major title moves her into elite company as the only active WTA player to win majors on hard, clay, and grass courts, joining legends like Serena Williams in tennis history.

For Anisimova, the final was a harsh lesson in Grand Slam pressure despite her remarkable run to the championship match. The 23-year-old American, playing her first major final after upsetting world #1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals, struggled with nerves and made 28 unforced errors. Despite the lopsided defeat, Anisimova's inspiring comeback from mental health struggles and tournament hiatus in 2023 has re-established her as a legitimate contender on the big stage.

⏪ The Best and Worst Moments from Wimbledon CXXXVIII ⏪

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This year’s Wimbledon delivered no shortage of drama, surprises, and unforgettable moments. Here are the top three that defined the 2025 Championships.

3. First Round Carnage: A record 23 seeds crashed out in Wimbledon's most brutal opening round ever. The grass courts notably claimed #3 Alexander Zverev, #7 Lorenzo Musetti, #2 Coco Gauff, #3 Jessica Pegula, and #5 Qinwen Zheng among others, opening pathways for unseeded players to make their mark on SW19.

2. Sinner’s Sweet Revenge: As mentioned above, World #1 Jannik Sinner defeated rival Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to claim his first Wimbledon title, becoming the first Italian singles champion in event history. The victory ended Sinner's five-match losing streak to Alcaraz and marked their seventh consecutive Grand Slam between them.

1. Belinda Bencic’s Emphatic Comeback: Just 14 months after giving birth to daughter Bella, unseeded Belinda Bencic reached her first Wimbledon semifinal. Unseeded and ranked outside the top 1000 earlier this year, the Swiss star stunned #7 Mirra Andreeva in back-to-back tiebreaks as baby Bella watched from the stands, capping one of the year’s most heart-warming comebacks.

Not every moment brought celebration. Here are the three most frustrating and unfortunate events from this year’s tournament:

3. Electronic Line-Calling System Failures: Wimbledon's debut of fully automated line-calling backfired when an operator accidentally deactivated several cameras with one computer click, leading to three missed out calls in Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova's crucial fourth-round match. A furious Pavlyuchenkova told the umpire, "they stole the game from me."

2. Curfew Controversies: Wimbledon's rigid 11 PM curfew sparked multiple controversies, forcing Taylor Fritz to suspend his comeback against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard with 42 minutes of playable time still remaining, despite holding the momentum. Ben Shelton was also stopped while serving for the match at 5-4 in the third set, only to return the next day and close it out… in 63 seconds.

1. Grigor Dimitrov's Heart-breaking Injury: Leading Jannik Sinner by two sets, Dimitrov suffered a torn pectoral muscle while serving and tearfully retired from Centre Court, calling it "one of the most painful moments" of his career in his fifth consecutive Grand Slam retirement.

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