Stat of the Day: Iga Swiatek strikes 30 in her monster 2022 winning streak

Iga Swiatek stormed past Alison Riske in the second round of Roland Garros today, 6-0, 6-2, extending her monster of a winning streak to 30 matches in a row.

She already held the fourth-longest women’s winning streak since 2000, and she’s now joined Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Justine Henin as the only four women to win 30 or more matches in a row since the turn of the century.

She went 5-0 to win Doha, 6-0 to win Indian Wells, 6-0 to win Miami, 2-0 in Billie Jean King Cup, 4-0 to win Stuttgart and 5-0 to win Rome, and is now 2-0 so far in Paris.

She’s also served up a tour-leading 15 6-0 sets this year now.

LONGEST WOMEN’S WINNING STREAKS SINCE 2000:
35: Venus Williams in 2000 (snapped by Lindsay Davenport in Linz)
34: Serena Williams in 2013 (snapped by Sabine Lisicki at Wimbledon)
32: Justine Henin in 2007-2008 (snapped by Maria Sharapova at Australian Open)
30: Iga Swiatek in 2022 (still active)

Swiatek’s win on Thursday was also the 100th WTA win of her career.

The world No. 1 has now won 46 of the last 47 sets she’s played, too, a stretch that started during her 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 fourth-round win over Angelique Kerber at Indian Wells—since then the only set she’s dropped came during her 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5 victory against Liudmila Samsonova in the semifinals of Stuttgart.