Iga Swiatek, four of whose five Grand Slam titles have come on clay at Roland Garros, advanced to her first Wimbledon semifinal Wednesday by defeating 19th seed Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 7-5 on No. 1 Court.
The 24-year-old Swiatek, who won the girls' singles title at Wimbledon in 2018, becomes the fourth active women's player to reach the semifinals at all four majors, joining Aryna Sabalenka, Victoria Azarenka and Karolina Pliskova.
"I already got goosebumps after this win," the eighth-seeded Swiatek said in her on-court interview. "I'm super proud of myself."
Swiatek won all 10 of her first serve points in the opening set, but faced more of a test in the second as both players exchanged breaks of serve before Swiatek secured the crucial one in the final game.
Since the start of 2023, Swiatek has won 17 of her last 20 matches on grass, this after going 6-5 at the tour level in grass-court play before that.
"I feel I really worked hard to progress here on this surface," Swiatek said.
Swiatek, who also won the US Open in 2022, is looking to become the eighth woman ever to win a major title on hardcourt, clay and grass -- something no active player has done.
Standing between her and the final will be either seventh-seeded Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva, or unseeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.
Along with No. 1 Sabalenka -- a potential finals opponent -- Swiatek has reached the semifinal round at this year's Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. The last time multiple women made the semifinals in each of the first three majors was 2006 (Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters).
ESPN Research contributed to this report.
