It’s Iga Świątek, the five-time Grand Slam champion who spent 125 weeks as the world No. 1 between early 2022 and late 2024. She’s the No. 8 seed at Wimbledon, but she’s actually the world No. 4. Only four players are left in the draw now, and she is one of them — for the first time.

Few would have predicted Iga Swiatek's best Grand Slam result so far this season would come at Wimbledon - including herself.

No. 8 seed Iga Swiatek and unseeded Belinda Bencic are both in uncharted territory, as they are in the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time in their respective careers. Swiatek is a five-time Grand Slam champion,