By winning her fourth title in five years at Roland Garros, Swiatek is one of just three women – the other being Henin and Helen Wills – to do so in the last 100 years.
Swiatek’s win over Paolini was the most lopsided French final since Henin’s 6-1 6-2 dissection of Ana Ivanovic in 2007.
Paolini was in awe of what she confronted at Court Philippe Chatrier in her first major final.
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“I never played a player that has this intensity before in my life,” said the Italian, who led by an early break in the first set before losing 10 straight games.
“She’s taking the balls early, taking time to you, but also using rotation. She can defend really, really well.
“I think to play her here, it’s something different. She won already four titles, and she’s still 22 years old. These numbers are not, let’s say, normal, (they) are something unbelievable.”
Paolini was perhaps unfortunate to encounter Swiatek at this stage of the tournament, given finals are where the world No.1 is at her ruthless best.
Swiatek has won her past nine finals – dropping just two sets – and improved her record in tournament deciders to a staggering 22-4.
With her 2022 US Open triumph plus four French victories, Swiatek matches Monica Seles as the only other woman in the Open era to go a perfect 5-0 in their first five major finals.
But it was not only the final in which Swiatek was dropping few games.
In the second week of the tournament, beginning with her crushing 6-0 6-0 defeat of Anastasia Potapova, Swiatek lost a total of just 11 games in her final four matches. Among her victims were reigning Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova, and reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff.