Iga Swiatek walked off the court in Toronto having done something she had not managed in almost a year: win a title. The 25-year-old Pole beat world number two Elena Rybakina 6-2 6-3 in one hour and 15 minutes to claim the Canadian Open, and the numbers behind the scoreline made the victory more one-sided than the two-set margin suggests.
Seeded seventh, Swiatek did not drop serve across the match. She won 72 percent of points behind her first delivery, compared with Rybakina’s 55 percent, and broke the Kazakh’s serve four times from five chances. Rybakina, one of the tour’s most reliable servers this season, managed one ace to Swiatek’s none but hit four double faults to her opponent’s one and won only 41 percent of her second-serve points. In the opening set, Swiatek claimed 58 percent of total points played, repeatedly pulling Rybakina into the extended baseline exchanges she has spent the season trying to avoid.
A statistical rout from the opening game
An immediate break set the tone. Swiatek consolidated for 2-0 before Rybakina, ranked second in the world, piled up 12 unforced errors in the first set alone. Rybakina created a couple of break points around the sixth game, her closest chance to shift the momentum, but Swiatek held firm and broke again for 5-2 before serving out the set.
Rybakina rallied to lead 2-1 in the second, briefly raising the prospect of another three-set battle after the three she needed to reach the final. Swiatek won five of the final six games to finish the job.
| Metric | Swiatek | Rybakina |
|---|---|---|
| Sets won | 2 | 0 |
| Service games won | 100% | Broken 4 times |
| First serve points won | 72% | 55% |
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Double faults | 1 | 4 |
| Unforced errors (set 1) | 12 | |
| Total winners/errors | 13 winners, 23 UEs |
Ending a ten month wait with a career sweep
The title was Swiatek’s first since the Korea Open in September 2025, a gap during which her ranking slipped as low as number eight after years near the top of the WTA. Toronto is her 26th career trophy and her 12th WTA 1000 crown, taking her record in 1000-level finals to 12 wins and 2 losses. It also completes a career sweep of North America’s biggest hard-court events: Indian Wells in 2022 and 2024, Miami in 2022, the US Open in 2022 and Cincinnati in 2025 now sit alongside the Canadian Open on her résumé, making her the youngest woman to complete the set.
The run to the final included one stumble. Swiatek needed three sets to beat ninth seed Elina Svitolina 6-3 1-6 6-3, but otherwise moved through the draw in straight sets: 6-2 6-1 against Diana Shnaider, 3-6 6-1 6-2 against Marta Kostyuk, 6-2 6-1 against Viktorija Golubic and 6-0 6-3 against Sara Bejlek. Rybakina’s route was a survival exercise, with four of her five matches going the distance, including a 5-7 6-2 6-2 win over fourth seed Coco Gauff.
Swiatek credited the work behind the scenes, including the arrival of Spaniard Francisco Roig, who has previously coached Rafael Nadal and Emma Raducanu, to her team in April. "I’m really happy that I kept focusing on
