Iga Swiatek won her sixth Grand Slam title recently and is now preparing to make her return to action.
After struggling for form during the early months of the season, the Polish star bounced back at SW19 as Swiatek won her first Wimbledon title.
Defeating America’s Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the final, Swiatek clinched her sixth major, returning to world number three in the process.
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Swiatek proved many fans and pundits wrong at Wimbledon, as some had called for her to fire coach Wim Fissette before the tournament.
The Belgian coach had been partially blamed for Swiatek’s poor form earlier in the year, but reminded everyone why he’s one of the top coaches in the world when she lifted the title at SW19.
As Swiatek prepares to return to action at the Canadian Open, she has told Fissette’s critics what they should do in the future.
Iga Swiatek says people need to give more ‘trust and time’ for coaching relationships to ‘click’
Appearing as a guest on the ‘Served with Andy Roddick podcast,’ Swiatek reflected on the first few months of her and Fissette’s coaching relationship.
“People should give a little bit more trust and a bit more time for things to click. It’s not like we are just going to repeat what we did before, and I am stubborn,” she said.
“There is a reason it took me a few months to try new things out.
“I wish I was not that stubborn. I think it’s a good thing and a bad thing. It’s hard to get rid of it if it’s bringing you some positives, but I am super stubborn.
“Most of the challenges that occurred were basically me being stubborn or us not understanding each other because it’s the first time that I have a coach who does not speak Polish.
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“These are things you solve pretty quickly.”
Before hiring Fissette, Swiatek had worked with Polish coach Tomasz Wiktorowski, with whom she won four Grand Slam titles.
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Swiatek was coached by another Pole, Piotr Sierzputowski, before Wiktorowski, who guided her to her first major title at the 2020 French Open.
After her split with Wiktorowski at the end of 2024, Swiatek outlined her intentions to hire a ‘non-Polish’ coach in a post on Instagram.
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“Due to this important change on my team, I [will] give myself a couple of weeks to start a cooperation with a new coach,” said Swiatek.
“I’m in the middle of first talks with coaches from abroad (non-Polish), because I’m ready to take the next step in my career.”
Choosing to hire Belgium’s Fissette, Swiatek quickly took the ‘next step’ in her career, winning her first Wimbledon title in 2025.
Wim Fissette’s coaching record
Fissette was widely criticized earlier this year as Swiatek failed to deliver results under his leadership, but just how successful has he been as a coach?
Making his first step into coaching alongside Kim Clijsters in 2009, Fissette soon began picking up titles on the WTA Tour.
Player coachedYears coachedNotable Grand Slam resultsKim Clijsters2009-2011W – 2009 US Open, 2010 US OpenSabine Lisicki2013F – 2013 WimbledonSimona Halep2014F – 2014 French OpenVictoria Azarenka2015-2016–Petra Kvitova2016–Sara Errani2016–Johanna Konta2016-2017–Angelique Kerber2017-2018W – 2018 WimbledonVictoria Azarenka2018-2020–Naomi Osaka2020-2022W – 2020 US Open, 2021 Australian OpenQinwen Zheng2023–Naomi Osaka2023-2024–Iga Swiatek2024-presentW – 2025 WimbledonWim Fissette’s coaching record
Six times a Grand Slam winner as a coach, Fissette has established himself as one of the best in the business.
If the pair have now ‘clicked’ as Swiatek has suggested, there’s truly no limit to what they can achieve together.
Swiatek and Fissette will look to win their first WTA 1000 title of the year when the Pole makes her Montreal bow on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old will begin her Canadian Open campaign against China’s Guo Hanyu.