Elina Svitolina Cruises Into Wimbledon 2025 Second Round With Dominant Win Over Bondar
Ukrainian star Elina Svitolina, seeded No. 14, made a strong start to her Wimbledon 2025 campaign by defeating Hungary’s Anna Bondar 6-3, 6-1 in the first round on Monday at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Svitolina, currently ranked No. 13 in the world, needed just 63 minutes to seal the win. She fired two aces, tallied 18 winners, and broke Bondar’s serve four times, becoming the first player to officially advance at this year’s Championships.
With this result, Svitolina remains undefeated in her last 21 Grand Slam first-round matches—a streak stretching back seven years.
She will next face the winner of the matchup between France’s Varvara Gracheva and Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Other Notable Wimbledon 2025 Women’s First-Round Results (Monday):
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Coco Gauff
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Ella Seidel
- Sofia Kenin vs. Taylor Townsend
- Maya Joint vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Francesca Jones
- Iga Swiatek vs. Polina Kudermetova
- Naomi Osaka vs. Talia Gibson
- Emma Raducanu vs. Mingge Xu
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Carson Branstine
- Petra Kvitova vs. Emma Navarro
- Elena Rybakina vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. McCartney Kessler
- Madison Keys vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Hannah Klugman
- Paula Badosa vs. Katie Boulter
- Ons Jabeur vs. Viktoriya Tomova
Stay tuned for more updates as Day 1 of Wimbledon 2025 unfolds on the iconic grass courts of SW19.
