Gauff defeats top-ranked Sabalenka to win her 1st French Open title

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 07, 2025 1:04 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Coco Gauff has won the French Open for the archetypal clip by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 successful Saturday's final.

The second-ranked Gauff came retired connected apical of a contention that was afloat of hostility and momentum swings to assertion her 2nd large trophy aft the 2023 U.S Open, wherever she besides came from a acceptable down to bushed Sabalenka successful the final.

It was the archetypal No. 1 vs. No. 2 last successful Paris since 2013, erstwhile Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, and conscionable the 2nd successful the past 30 years.

After Sabalenka sent a backhand wide connected Gauff's 2nd lucifer point, the 21-year-old American fell onto her back, covering her look with some hands earlier resting her forehand connected the clay. After greeting Sabalenka astatine the net, she hugged movie manager Spike Lee and celebrated with her entourage, 3 years aft she mislaid successful her archetypal last astatine Roland-Garros.

Sabalenka started the deciding acceptable strongly, sticking to her high-risk attack to clasp her archetypal work game.

Gauff responded by raising her level, winning a superb rally successful the 3rd crippled that drew large cheers and applause from the crowd. After an aggravated speech of driblet shots, Gauff deed a lob that Sabalenka chased down earlier attempting a changeable betwixt her legs — lone for Gauff to intercept it astatine the nett and decorativeness with a winner.

Gauff was accordant from the baseline and earned a interruption constituent which she converted erstwhile Sabalenka double-faulted, giving her a 2-1 lead. Sabalenka turned toward her container and shouted successful vexation but past regained her composure, breaking backmost to level the lucifer astatine 3-3.

She was breached again astatine love, however, and Gauff past held service doubly to claimed the rubric aft a lucifer that lasted 2 hours, 38 minutes.