Iga Swiatek annihilates Jessica Pegula 6-1 6-0 in the final in Cancun on Monday after playing a great match to win her 18th career title, the 7th of this season. The match lasted just 59 minutes. This is the first time that Swiatek conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this event so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when her history at this event.
With this win, Iga is back to be the new world no.1
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Jessica Pegula WTA Finals – Cancun
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
0h:59
At the end of the match, Iga scored 51 points vs. Pegula’s 21.
Swiatek
Iga served extremely well to win 82% of the points (18/22) behind her first serve, and she won 69% points (11/16) on her second serve. Swiatek was pretty effective at converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Pegula
On the other side, Pegula wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Swiatek and Pegula is 6-3 for Iga.
This was the 17th career title for Iga. (see list of titles and finals). Pegula remains with 5th titles after she conquered the tournament in Washington 2019, in Guadalajara 2022, in Australia 2023, in Montreal 2023 and in Seoul 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek was too good to concede barely 1 game before breaking Pegula 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
The American was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Pole converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Pole didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. Swiatek was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than Jessica (30-14). Iga was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Jessica conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).
The American didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and the Pole won the set 6-0.
Swiatek converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jessica wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (0-5 30-40).
They contested 28 points. The Pole was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Pegula (21-7). Iga conceded 5 points on serve (13-5). On the losing side, Pegula conceded 8 points on serve (2-8).
