While in one of the biggest shocks of the opening round, Pegula lost to Elisabetta Cocciaretto<\/a> in the first round.<\/p>\n Before Wimbledon<\/a> even happened this year, Pegula told Swiatek something<\/a> when they played in the final of the grass court tournament in Bad Homburg.<\/p>\n The only grass court tournament that Swiatek<\/a> played before Wimbledon this year was in Bad Homburg.<\/p>\n Swiatek would reach her first grass court final at the WTA<\/a> 500 tournament, before losing to Pegula<\/a> in straight sets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Pegula was full of praise for Swiatek<\/a> after that final, and she has now pointed out how much the Pole\u2019s serve had noticeably improved when they played.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought she was serving a lot bigger,\u201d Pegula said in her pre-tournament press conference at the Washington Open<\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t really watch her much during Wimbledon. I\u2019m not sure if that was better.<\/p>\n \u201cBut she was serving really big in Bad Homburg and playing good tennis and beat good grass court players. I thought our final was a really high level. It was super close. <\/p>\n \u201cYou know she is always kind of down on herself about grass, and I was like, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re playing really good on grass, \u2018I\u2019m not really sure why you think you\u2019re bad on grass or what it is\u2019. <\/p>\n \u201cSo it was kind of funny she ended up winning Wimbledon. I was like, of course I said that and we had that moment when we played in the final and then she wins Wimbledon, but that\u2019s just tennis for you.<\/p>\n \u201cYou never kind of know. She\u2019s a great player anyway, so she\u2019s going to be good on any surface. But yeah, it is interesting for\u2026tennis is weird. You have a lot of weird things that happen over the course of two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n Question to No. 1 seed Jess Pegula from @vanshv2k<\/a><\/p>\n Given that you beat Iga in the final of Bad \u2014 TennisONE App (@TennisONEApp) July 20, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n View Tweet<\/p>\n The serve is not the only change that was noticed about the Wimbledon champion on grass this year, with a different American pinpointing another improvemnt in Swiatek<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iga Swiatek\u2019s serve in the Bad Homburg final vs Wimbledon<\/p>\n Despite losing the Bad Homburg final in straight sets, Swiatek\u2019s improved serve was certainly effective after hitting nine aces past Pegula.<\/p>\n Number of aces and second serve win percentage were the only two things that Swiatek did better in the Bad Homburg final compared to her average at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n At Wimbledon, Swiatek won significantly more points on first serve and on average was broken less than a game per match.<\/p>\n Iga Swiatek\u2019s Service Stats on grass 2025Bad Homburg FinalWimbledon AverageAces93.4Double Faults32.4First Serve %58%64.1%First Serve Win %68%79%Second Serve Win %59%53.4%Games Broken20.9<\/p>\n While grass courts are supposed to help serving, Swiatek will be hoping that she can continue her improved numbers on the North American hard court swing.<\/p>\n Another goal of the world number three will be to gain ranking points, as Swiatek looks to close the gap on Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ![\"Iga](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2224797826-1024x664.jpg\")
Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty ImagesWhat Jessica Pegula noticed was different about Iga Swiatek before Wimbledon this year<\/p>\n
Homburg, what was your level of surprise at her winning Wimbledon in the manner that she did? What did you notice about her specifically on the grass that was maybe different this year? pic.twitter.com\/uzdoq2bqH0<\/a><\/p>\n