French Open final
Title within reach: Is Zverev making history?
Updated June 7, 2026 – 3:19 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Germany’s best tennis player has a great chance of winning his first major title in the final of the French Open. But to do that he has to beat a strong opponent. Does it work?
One victory is still missing from his big dream: Alexander Zverev wants to win the long-awaited first Grand Slam title in the final of the French Open. The 29-year-old is competing against the Italian Flavio Cobolli and is the favorite in the final duel.
Zverev would be the first male tennis professional from Germany to win the clay court classic in Paris since the professional era began in 1968. The last Grand Slam success by a German man was 30 years ago, when Boris Becker won his sixth and last victory in one of the world’s four most important tournaments at the Australian Open.
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Flavio Cobolli – Alexander Zverev 0-0
Before the match – Now both of them get used to it a little more, then the final of the French Open 2026 begins.
Before the match – Now Zverev enters the pitch. Of course, there will also be a standing ovation for the favorite in the Court Philippe-Chatrier. He seems highly concentrated and waves cautiously to the audience.
Before the match – The start of the match is getting closer. Cobolli first makes his way out of the locker room onto the court and is greeted with great applause and a standing ovation.
Before the match – Zverev has lost all of his three previous Grand Slam finals: in 2020 at the US Open, he was two points short of victory in the match against his Austrian friend Dominic Thiem. In 2024 in Paris he had to admit defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in the five-set thriller. And last year he had no chance against Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open.
An even bigger setback was the semifinals in Roland Garros 2022, when Zverev presented himself on equal terms with the Spanish clay court king Rafael Nadal, but then twisted his ankle and seriously injured his foot. The images of the German being driven off the pitch in a wheelchair remain in the memory. But now Zverev can reward himself for enduring all the pain, setbacks and doubts.