Iga Swiatek won her 31st consecutive match by beating Danka Kovinic

Iga Swiatek has won her 31st consecutive match and progressed through to the fourth round of the French Open after overcoming Danka Kovinic… making this her longest unbeaten run in nine years!

  • Top-ranked Iga Swiatek won her 31st consecutive match on Saturday afternoon
  • She’s into the fourth round of the event for the fourth time in four appearances
  • Swiatek, who is the 2020 French Open champion, beat Danka Kovinic 6-3, 7-5 
  • She’s also improved her career record at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament 

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has won her 31st consecutive match and is into the fourth round at Roland Garros for the fourth time in four appearances with a sometimes-shaky 6-3, 7-5 victory over Danka Kovinic.

Swiatek, the 2020 French Open champion, has now collected 48 of the past 49 sets she has played. Her winning streak is the longest in women’s tennis since Serena Williams won 34 in a row in 2013.

Swiatek improved her career record at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament to 17-2, a winning percentage of .895.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek won her 31st consecutive match and is into the fourth round

Swiatek, who is the 2020 French Open champion, beat Danka Kovinic 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday

This one was not entirely smooth sailing for Swiatek against the 95th-ranked Kovinic, however.

Swiatek’s forehand was a particular trouble spot: That stroke was responsible for 17 of her 23 unforced errors.

The 20-year-old from Poland dropped four straight games to trail 5-4 in the second set before righting herself and claiming the last three to wrap up the win in 90 minutes.

Kovinic was playing in the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the second time. The other was at the Australian Open in January, when she lost to eventual champion Ash Barty.

Barty retired in March and was replaced at No. 1 in the WTA rankings by Swiatek.

When Ash Barty (above) retired in March, Swiatek replaced her at No. 1 in the WTA rankings




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