Jessica Pegula beats Iga Swiatek to clinch Bad Homburg title

Bad Homburg: 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 third title this season after Austin (hard court) and Charleston (clay). It was her second triumph on grass after the win in Berlin last year and overall, ninth singles trophy of her career 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.

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. Agencies

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