Wimbledon 2025 women’s singles final: Amanda Anisimova v Iga Swiatek – live

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Road to the final. When Anisimova whitewashed Yulia Putintseva 6-0, 6-0 in the first round, perhaps we should have known she was going to do something special this fortnight. She dealt well with the pressure of being the favourite in every round until the semi-finals, where she dealt even better with the world No 1 Sabalenka. Swiatek, meanwhile, hasn’t dropped a set since the second round, gaining confidence and momentum as the rounds have gone by on a surface that had previously befuddled her.

Anisimova
First round def Yulia Putintseva 6-0, 6-0
Second round def Renata Zarazua 6-4, 6-3
Third round def Dalma Galfi 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Fourth round def Linda Noskova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Quarter-final def Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 7-6
Semi-final def Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Swiatek
First round def Polina Kudermetova 7-5, 6-1
Second round def Caty McNally 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Third round def Danielle Collins 6-2, 6-3
Fourth round def Clara Tauson 6-4, 6-1
Quarter-final def Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 7-5
Semi-final def Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-0

Tale of the tape

Swiatek - Anisimova
24 Age 23
4 Seeding 13
4 World ranking 12
5 Grand slam titles 0
5 Grand slam finals (before today) 0
22 Singles titles 3
0 Wimbledon finals 0
0 Head-to-head 0

And here’s our match report on the history makers Cash and Glasspool:

Here’s our tennis correspondent Tumaini’s preview of the women’s final:

And his superb interview with Anisimova on her tennis timeout:

There was defeat earlier, however, for Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid in the men’s wheelchair doubles final. The six-times champions were beaten 7-6, 7-5 by Spain’s Martin de la Puente and the Netherlands’ Ruben Spaargaren. Another Brit, Gregory Slade, lost in straight sets in the quad wheelchair doubles final, while the 18-year-old Oliver Bonding is partnering Jagger Leach, the son of the 1999 women’s champion Lindsay Davenport, in the boys’ doubles final. They’re a set up, 7-5, against Finland’s Oskari Paldanius and Poland’s Alan Wazny.

The moment of victory.

And here come the champions. “There was a lot of pressure on our shoulders going into this event, the fact we could do it was so surreal,” says Cash. “We had two goals this year – one was to make it [to the season-ending event in] Turin, another was to win a slam. A lot of people probably wouldn’t have believed us. Our team backed us the whole way. To do it here – it couldn’t mean more. Playing doubles you’re not always on the biggest court, so to play on the biggest and most special court in the world, to do it here? Incredible.”

As for Glasspool, he says: “We’ve given you one British champion [Henry Patten won the Wimbledon men’s doubles title last year with Finland’s Harri Heliovaara], but now we’ve given you two.”

The runners-up speak. “It was our first time speaking on the first day of the tournament,” says Pel. “It’s amazing actually.” Hijikata adds: “It’s been a crazy ride. It’s been so much fun playing with David. It’s a dream come true to be playing out here on Centre Court.”

GB's Cash and Glasspool win men's doubles title

Currently on Centre Court: wonderful scenes as Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool celebrate adding their names to the annals of Wimbledon, becoming the first British pair to win the men’s doubles title in 89 years. So it’s been an even longer wait than from Fred Perry in 1936 to Andy Murray in 2013 in the men’s singles. Glasspool and Cash defeated David Pel and Rinky Hijikata, 6-2, 7-6 (3), the Dutch-Australian pairing who hadn’t even met each other before this year’s tournament. What a way for finals weekend to begin.

Lloyd Glasspool (left) looks on as Julian Cash flings a forehand to Rinky Hijikata (second right) and David Pel. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Cash celebrates his and Lloyd Glasspool’s victory. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Preamble

What a difference five weeks can make. Last month Iga Swiatek, overwhelmed by her own doubts, relinquished the French Open crown she’d held since 2022. Her aura of invincibility was shot to pieces. She’d already lost her world No 1 ranking to Aryna Sabalenka towards the end of last season after testing positive for a substance she’d inadvertently taken in a contaminated medicine; while she was banned for only one month, the mental toll had lasted for much longer. And as she left Paris, having failed to reach a final in 12 months, let alone win a title, it’s fair to say she was at a career low.

Some questioned (me included) if the Pole would ever win another slam; parallels were even drawn with Bjorn Borg’s sudden demise after his period of Wimbledon domination ended in 1981. He retired 18 months later aged 26, burnt out and disillusioned, having lost his relentless will to win. Was Swiatek, at the age of 24, in danger of going the same way? Certainly in the short-term no one expected her to do much at Wimbledon, given that the former Queen of Clay had always been among the mere ranks on grass, having never been beyond the quarter-finals, despite her status as a junior champion in 2018.

But thanks to a grass-court training camp in Mallorca and a confidence-building run to the Bad Homburg final, and fuelled by a Wimbledon diet of strawberries and cream pasta, she has grabbed every opportunity (and towel) that has come her way this fortnight as the players in her half of the draw – most notably Coco Gauff and the former champ Elena Rybakina – departed. At last, Swiatek says, the balls are listening to her on the grass. She looks happy and relaxed. She’s shown more of her personality in the on-court interviews. And she goes into this final as the favourite.

But Amanda Anisimova is enjoying an empowering revival of her own. Having come within a few games of reaching the French Open final as a 17-year-old prodigy in 2019, the American took an eight-month break from the game in 2023 because of burnout. She didn’t even get through Wimbledon qualifying last year. But she held her nerve brilliantly against Aryna Sabalenka in Friday’s semi-final, displaying courage every bit as big as her shots.

She wants this just as much as Swiatek does; victory would be so self-affirming for either. I wish they could split it, but I’m not sure the All England Club would countenance the beautiful Venus Rosewater Dish being cut in half. Add into the mix they’ve never played each other before on tour, and that makes this unexpected final even more intriguing.

Play begins: in a departure from tradition at 4pm BST. And remember you can get in touch in the usual way. It would be great to hear from you.