Overview

• Gauff recovered from a first-set tiebreak loss to prevail 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 over Sabalenka and capture her first Roland Garros singles title.
• She became the youngest American champion at the French Open since Serena Williams in 2002 and the first U.S. woman to lift the trophy since 2015.
• Windy conditions on Court Philippe-Chatrier led to more than 100 unforced errors and 15 service breaks in a match lasting two hours and 38 minutes.
• The victory builds on Gauff’s 2023 US Open triumph and delivers her first clay-court title of the season after runner-up finishes in Rome and Madrid.
• It was the first Roland Garros women’s final contested by the top two seeds since 2013, when Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova.