Iga Swiatek was unable to add to her Roland Garros title collection this year.
Swiatek won her first Roland Garros title in 2020 at just 19 years old, and she has now collected four titles at the Paris major in total.
The 24-year-old was unable to add to her tally this year, with Swiatek losing to Marta Kostyuk in the fourth round of Roland Garros this year.
This is Swiatek’s worst result at Roland Garros since her debut in 2019, but former top 10 player Andrea Petkovic is expecting her to bounce back.
Andrea Petkovic backs Iga Swiatek to win at least four more Roland Garros titles
After Mirra Andreeva won the Roland Garros title, the current landscape of Grand Slam champions was discussed on The Big T Podcast.
This was where Petkovic brought up Swiatek, who she claimed only lost to Kostyuk after getting tight in the match.
Petkovic then predicted that Swiatek would win at least four more titles at Roland Garros, but suggested that she could win as many as eight more.
“I saw glimpses of her best tennis on clay here in the first three rounds and she just got tight against Marta Kostyuk,” said Petkovic. “Not just, that’s part of tennis, but she talked about that she has this problem right now.
“I think when she overcomes it, if she overcomes it, obviously nobody knows it’s written in the stars. I think she will still win five to seven to eight more Roland Garros’ alone…She should have won this Roland Garros, she knows it.
“She was up three times a break on Marta Kostyuk, the best clay court player of the season, and Marta was already getting tired from having won so much, and then she just got tight and couldn’t play the game. When she was playing just average, normal clay court tennis, she was so much better than Marta Kostyuk, who has dominated the clay court season.
“If she can tap into that a little more consistently, I guarantee you that she wins at least four more on this and then she’s at 10 and she’s double digit.”
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Swiatek has already won four Roland Garros titles, and Petkovic has predicted her to make history at the Paris major.
With four titles to her name, Swiatek is already ahead of Serena Williams and Monica Seles in terms of Roland Garros victories.
Swiatek is three behind Chris Evert, who holds the record of winning the most Roland Garros titles after collecting seven in her decorated career.
By Petkovic’s prediction, Swiatek could be on as many as 12 Roland Garros titles, which would mean she would only be two behind Rafael Nadal’s record of 14.
| WTA players with the most Roland Garros titles | Roland Garros titles |
| Chris Evert | 7 |
| Steffi Graf & Suzanne Lenglen | 6 |
| Margaret Court & Adine Masson | 5 |
| Iga Swiatek, Justine Henin, Helen Wills, Jeanne Matthey & Kate Gillou | 4 |
As well as winning four Roland Garros titles, Swiatek has also won both Wimbledon and the US Open in her career.
Swiatek will now turn her attention to her Wimbledon title defence, as she begins her grass court season at the Bad Homburg Open.
