Jessica Pegula beat Iga Swiatek 6-4, 7-5 to win the WTA 500 tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany, ahead of Wimbledon 2025.
Pegula, the top-seeded American, clinched her ninth career title and second on grass after her triumph in Berlin last year as she took down the fourth-seeded Pole, who was playing her maiden grasscourt final, in an hour and 46 minutes.
The 31-year-old Pegula broke Swiatek in the seventh game of the opener and 11th game of the second set while saving the only breaking point she faced on her own serve. It was the fourth win for the American in her last six meetings with Swiatek, who now leads the head-to-head 6-5.
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World No. 3 Pegula, who finished runner-up at US Open 2024, begins her campaign at Wimbledon next week with a first-round clash against World No. 122 Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy.
Former World No. 1 Swiatek, who has slipped to eighth in the WTA Rankings, is a five-time Major winner but yet to win a tournament since clinching her fourth French Open title in 2024. She takes on Russian World No. 63 Polina Kudermetova in her campaign opener at The Championships.
Both Pegula and Swiatek have never been past the quarterfinals at the grass Major, which takes place from June 30 to July 13 this year.
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