What Wim Fissette said he wanted to achieve when he first started coaching Iga Swiatek was achieved at Wimbledon

Iga Swiatek was a class above at the All England Club as she clinched her maiden Wimbledon title.

Travelling to London, Swiatek hadn’t won a WTA title in over a year, entering the tournament as the number eight seed.

As her seeded rivals fell, Swiatek rose to the occasion, reaching the final, dropping just one set along the way.

The Pole was dominant in the final, as Swiatek defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0, lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish high on Centre Court.

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Winning her first Grand Slam title with coach Wim Fissette, the Belgian accomplished what he set out to achieve when he joined Swiatek’s team last October.

Wim Fissette once said his ‘goal’ was to improve Iga Swiatek’s game on faster surfaces

During an interview with Sky Sports at last year’s WTA Finals, Fissette stated that he aimed to enhance Swiatek’s game on faster surfaces and outlined his approach to achieving that goal.

“For sure, our goal is to do better on the faster surfaces,” he said.

“If we can improve the serve a bit…

“I think on the fast surfaces sometimes she is trying to play the game of the fast players instead of keeping to her own game and going a bit further back.

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“A bit more behind the baseline and still trying to play her heavy spin balls because that’s where she is so difficult to play because she plays with so much spin, and the ball bounces off your racket.

“I feel sometimes when it goes fast, she tries to play faster than her opponent, which is not really her game, so she should stay true to herself on the faster surfaces.”

Fissette was keen to reiterate his belief that improving the serve would be integral to changing her fortunes on faster surfaces such as grass.

“Her serve, it’s clear there is room for improvement, but I also think the forehand can be heavier and faster, and we can add elements of variation to her game,” he said.

Swiatek’s serve was excellent at SW19 in 2025, and was particularly impressive in the final, as all three key metrics were above 70%.

RoundAcesDouble faults1st Serve %Win % on 1st ServeWin % on 2nd ServeF v Amanda Anisimova3278%72%83%SF v Belinda Bencic2268%83%50%QF v Liudmila Samsonova3354%70%57%4R v Clara Tauson4563%92%60%3R v Danielle Collins2160%83%61%2R v Caty McNally5263%72%56%1R v Polina Kudermetova5267%78%81%Iga Swiatek’s serving stats at Wimbledon in 2025

Fissette accomplished his ‘goal’ less than a year after taking up his position as Swiatek’s head coach.

Having come under fire for the Pole’s results during the clay-court season, Fissette’s hard work paid off as his player lifted the title on Saturday.

Fissette won his first major as a coach, working alongside his fellow Belgian, Kim Clijsters, at the 2009 US Open.

Defending the title in 2010, Clijsters proceeded to win the Australian Open in 2011, taking Fissette’s Grand Slam tally to three.

The 45-year-old then suffered two heartbreaking defeats, as Sabine Lisicki lost the Wimbledon final in 2013 before Simona Halep lost the 2014 French Open final, with Fissette coaching them both.

Returning to winning ways, Fissette coached Angelique Kerber to the Wimbledon title in 2018, as she defeated Serena Williams in the final.

Moving on to work with Japanese star Naomi Osaka, Fissette guided her to titles at the 2020 US Open and 2021 Australian Open, taking his total to six.

Winning his seventh with Swiatek at Wimbledon, Fissette continued to prove himself as a world-class coach.

A French Open title is all he needs to complete the Career Grand Slam as a coach, an event Swiatek will no doubt be a favorite to win in 2026.