Coco Gauff is a French Open winner after an impressive final performance. Opponent Aryna Sabalenka also failed.
In duel number two against number one in the world rankings, the American Gauff prevailed on Saturday (07.06.2025) in Paris with 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 2, 6: 4 against Belarus Sabalenka. Gauff won her second Grand Slam title and for the first time in Roland Garros, after she had lost in 2022 as a 18-year-old in the final against Iga Swiatek.
Sabalenka (27) already has three Grand Slam titles on the account, but she still lacks a victory in Paris.
Gauff fights back
Sabalenka had caught the much better start with a 4: 1, 40: 0 lead. But then Gauff fought his way into play, also because Sabalenka apparently had to struggle with the strong wind. She broke off several times on the serve and missed very good chances.
In an otherwise high -class duel, Gauff fought back to 4: 4, then it went into the tiebreak. Here, too, it was a duel at eye level with spectacular ball changes. After 80 intensive minutes, Sabalenka ultimately got the sentence with two brave and powerfully played points.
Aryna Sabalenka in the first set of the final of Roland Garros
Sabalenka in the second set of the role
Gauff put the setback away confidently, continued to play steadfast, while Sabalenka often struggled loudly. Gauff started with a break and a sovereign service game, took a 4-1 lead shortly afterwards.
The game lost slightly at level, especially Sabalenka seemed unsettled and made an unusually large number of mistakes. With a service to zero, Gauff got the second set.
Showdown in the third set
In Sabalenka, anger had thawed, in the first game of the third set she was unloaded. With a powerful game, she brought her serve confidently and broke up briskly.
Gauff remained the contrast program: completely calm and undeterred, she played down her style, always showed strong returns and impressively hardworking. At 3: 1 she had two break balls, but Sabalenka fought them out strongly and even equalized to 3: 3 – she seemed fully in the game again.
But then she made more mistakes again, repeatedly scolded her box, while Gauff showed hardly any weaknesses. So Gauff 5: 3 in the lead was ultimately deserved because of the much more constant performance, after 2:38 hours she transformed her second match ball.