Iga Swiatek has claimed her first Wimbledon title, smashing Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the most one-sided grand slam final in 114 years.
Swiatek was virtually flawless, needing just 57 minutes to claim victory over the 13th seed.
The Polish former world number one earned her sixth grand slam title in just her sixth grand slam final — just the third player in the open era to do so after Margaret Court and Monica Seles.
Swiatek now has 100 wins from 120 matches at the majors and is the quickest to reach the century since Serena Williams did it in 2004.
She had never previously been past the quarterfinals at the All England Club.
"It seems super surreal," she said.
"I didn't even dream because for me it was just like way too far, you know?
"I feel like I'm already an experienced player, after winning the slams before, but I never really expected this one."
In finally winning on grass — it was the 24-year-old's second ever final on the surface following her runners-up result at Bad Homburg last month — Swiatek is the first player since Ash Barty win complete a grand slam of wins on all three surfaces.
She is also the youngest player to win grand slam titles on all the sport's three surfaces since Williams in 2002.
"I want to congratulate Amanda for an amazing two weeks," Swiatek said.
"No matter what happened today, you should be proud of the work you're doing."
It's impossible not to feel sorry for Anisimova, who burst into tears after the most lop-sided final in living memory and fled the court before the presentations, as Swiatek climbed into the stands to celebrate with her team.
Not since 1911 has a Wimbledon final resulted in a double bagel, when Dorothea Lambert Chambers beat Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0.
More recently, Steffi Graf beat Natasha Zvereva 6-0, 6-0 in the 1988 French Open final in a match that lasted just 34 minutes.
At no stage did the world number 12 look comfortable, the occasion of her dream first grand slam final paralysing her in fear.
Such is the cruelty of top-level sport, where dreams can be made and dashed in the space of 48 hours.
The American simply froze on the big occasion, her first serve abandoning her and her groundstrokes flying erratically wide of the lines.
On more than one occasion she looked resigned to her fate, praying that she was in fact still asleep and this was just some awful nightmare.
Her tears flowed as she left the court, continued flowing as she returned and poured anew as she spoke after the match, her body wracked by heaving sobs as she thanked her mother for flying in to see her play.
"I know I didn't have enough today, but I'm going to keep putting in the work," she said.
"I always believe in myself, so I hope to be back here again one day."
Swiatek was just too powerful. Too clinical. But after landing the first few crushing blows, she didn't even need to be.
The Polish world number four hit just 10 winners, while Anisimova made 28 unforced errors.
"It's been an incredible fortnight for me," Anisimova said.
"And even though I ran out of gas a bit today, and I wish that I could put on a better performance for all of you, you guys have still been there for me and lifted me up today, so thank you so much.
"It's been such a privilege playing here and making it to the Championship match.
"I'm never going to forget this, this experience and all of these memories."
Look back on how all the action unfolded in our live blog.
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