Iga Swiatek extends Italian Open record as she serves up incredible stats with 52-minute win

Iga Swiatek destroyed Elisabetta Cocciaretto at the 2025 Italian Open to begin her title defence at the Foro Italico in style.

The five-time Grand Slam champion crushed Cocciaretto, who is ranked 82nd, 6-1, 6-0 in just 52 minutes on Centre Court in Rome.

Swiatek won 51 of the 71 total points played, including 28 of 35 on her own serve, and she did not face a single break point.

The world No 2 has now won 18 consecutive completed matches at the Italian Open in straight sets — a record at the tournament.

The Pole has won triumphed in Rome in three of the last four years, with her only defeat a retirement at 2-2 in the third set against Elena Rybakina in the 2023 quarter-finals.

Swiatek’s victory was her 27th win in a row in opening matches at WTA 1000 tournaments — a run that started at the 2022 Qatar Open.

Only Martina Hingis (40), Monica Seles (29) and Lindsay Davenport (28) have amassed more opening match 1000 level wins in succession.

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Swiatek’s second set whitewash against the 24-year-old Italian was the 33rd set she has won 6-0 at WTA 1000 tournaments.

This has seen her tie former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka for the most ‘bagel’ sets won at WTA 1000 events since the format was introduced in 2009.

Nine of Swiatek’s 6-0 sets at this level of tournament have come in Rome, which moves her to joint-fifth for the most bagels in the Italian capital with Nathalie Tauziat.

Most 6-0 sets won at the Italian Open (WTA)

=1. Chris Evert – 16

=1. Gabriela Sabatini – 16

=3. Monica Seles – 11

=3. Serena Williams – 11

=5. Nathalie Tauziat – 9

=5. Iga Swiatek – 9

Swiatek’s staggering record after winning the first set

Perhaps the most telling stats to highlight after Swiatek’s victory are those that prove she is virtually unstoppable as a front runner.

After winning the opening set in matches at WTA 1000 tournaments, Swiatek is now a stratospheric 98-0.

The 23-year-old holds an equally mind-blowing 82-1 record after going up a set in clay-court matches, with the only defeat the aforementioned retirement against Rybakina in Rome two years ago.

Swiatek will face either Danielle Collins or Elena Gabriela Ruse in the third round in Rome as she continues her quest for a first title in almost a year.

The former world No 1 has not reached a final since collecting her fourth French Open crown in June 2024.

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