Iga Swiatek's Team Confirms Her Next Steps After Unexpected Rome Loss

Iga Swiatek was left with multiple options after her loss at the 2025 Italian Open, and she made up her mind shortly after the disappointing exit.

Swiatek wasn't usually one of the players who would need to think about changing her plans too often. If the Pole changed her plans, it usually included withdrawing from tournaments because of fatigue, not adding more tournaments.

The reason for that was simple. Swiatek used to win so much that she was often tired after multiple consecutive tournaments, such as last year when she won titles in Madrid, Rome, and Paris, back-to-back-to-back. Because of that, she withdrew from the WTA 500 event in Berlin after that run.

This year, the WTA World No. 2 player, who will fall at least to the No. 4 position because of her loss in Rome, had a completely different problem. Shortly ahead of Roland Garros, she found herself with many fewer matches on clay than in any of the previous seasons.

In fact, Swiatek has never recorded fewer clay-court wins before the French Open than she did this year, not even on her debut in 2019, when she was still an unknown player.

Because of that, the four-time Roland Garros champion had two options to get more match practice ahead of the clay-court Grand Slam. She could either play at the Strasbourg Open, which is a WTA 500 tournament, or the Morocco Open in Rabat, which is a WTA 250 event.

The tournament organizers of both of those events would likely be happy to give Swiatek a wild card, but the Pole chose not to compete at either of those events. Swiatek's PR manager, Daria Sulgostowska, spoke to the Polish publication Sport.pl, shedding light on her upcoming plans. 

This means that Swiatek won't enjoy any more competitive action ahead of the Grand Slam that she managed to win four times before. Other players, like Novak Djokovic and Jessica Pegula, chose this approach, but the Polish player likely wants to work more on the practice court instead of competing.

After her loss in Rome, Swiatek spoke about being aware what were the issues with her game, so she will try to address those before stepping onto the Parisian clay.

Regardless of her form, she will be one of the top favorites to win the title at Roland Garros. The tournament starts on May 25th, and the women's singles champion will be crowned on June 7th. Swiatek will hope to still be in the tournament on that day.