Coach Wim Fissette has no doubt about whether Iga Swiatek had a successful year as the Belgian coach believes the Pole's Wimbledon triumph was "unreal" and "historic."
After splitting with her long-time coach Tomasz Wiktorowski, the world No. 2 hired Fissette in October 2024.
The first six months of the Fissette and Swiatek partnership were rough, and it didn't look good at all after the world No. 2 failed to win a single title during the clay season. Going into Wimbledon, the Polish tennis star had been on a 13-month title drought and there wasn't much belief that she could actually win the title at The Championships for the first time. But exactly that happened.
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After ending her 13-month title drought at Wimbledon, Swiatek also won the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati for the first time. Also, she enjoyed a triumphant run in Seoul.
Fissette: 2025 will be a year for Swiatek that will go into history
Well first of all, 2025 will be a year for Iga that will go into history. Winning Wimbledon, where nobody was expecting that, and the way she did it. That is something we will think about in 10, 20, 30 years. This was just like unreal. So only even just with this performance, 2025 was a fantastic year," the Belgian coach said during a conversation with Break Point.
Before this year, Swiatek had never been a Wimbledon semifinalist and grass was widely regarded as her worst surface. However, Fissette had a clear goal when he started working with the 24-year-old.
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One of the goals when I started was to play better on the faster surfaces and to be more comfortable. Thats a goal we clearly achieved," the Belgian added.
During the same conversation, Fissette revealed that this offseason,Swiatek has been working on improving her opening two shots in a point.
