Iga Swiatek consolidated her position as number one in the world by winning 6-2 and 6-1 in the final of Roland Garros on the Philippe Chatrier court against the Italian Jasmine Paolini. The victory gave her her fourth title in the French Open.
Swiatek, 23, had previously won in Roland Garros in 2020, 2022 and 2023. In addition, the Polish tennis player was crowned in the US Open in 2022, standing out for its consistency and dominance in Grand Slam tournaments.
With this result, which proclaimed her three-time champion of the French Open, the best on the planet has accumulated 21 consecutive wins in Paris, since her last fall was in the quarterfinals of 2021. In addition, during this season she has not lost since the Stuttgart tournament and, in the meantime, they have added those of Madrid and Rome, so they have already won 19 in a row. The only previous precedent between Swiatek and Paolini was when the Pole beat the Italian in the first round of the 2022 US Open.
During her journey, the biggest upset was in the second round against the former number 1, the Japanese Naomi Osaka (7-6, 1-6 and 7-5), where she lost her only set during the entire competition. In the other commitments she imposed herself with authority. She beat the French Leolia Jeanjean (6-1 and 6-2), the Czech Marie Bouzkova (6-4 and 6-2), the Russian Anastasiya Potápova (6-0 and 6-0), the Czech Marketa Vondrousova (6 -0 and 6-2), the American Coco Gauff (6-2 and 6-2) and this Saturday against the Italian Jasmine Paolini. This victory made Swiatek the youngest player to win five Grand Slam titles in the modern era of tennis.
Once the victory was consummated, the Warsaw native could not contain her emotion in her speech: “I hope to return here every year. Thank you very much, I love you. Thank you for supporting me, for helping me believe that this could be possible. To everyone at home, to my sister, my family and the sponsors for their constant support. Thanks for the support”.
Swiatek also took the opportunity to congratulate her opponent: “Congratulations on an incredible tournament, I was impressed by how you played these two weeks, especially on this surface. I hope we have several games like this in the final rounds.” I also wish her luck in the doubles final alongside Sara Errani against the American Coco Gauff and the Czech Katerina Siniaková.
It is worth noting that of the 22 crowns in his career, five were achieved this year. In addition, she climbed to the top of Roland Garros, placing herself among the group of top winners in France in the Open Era along with the Belgian Justin Henin, behind the German Steffi Graf (6) and the North American Chris Evert (7 ).
The Italian Jasmine Paolini, 28 years old, reached the final demonstrating important progress in his career. Throughout his career he had participated mostly in smaller tournaments. From Castelnuovo di Garfagnanain TuscanyPaolini will still have another chance to play in a final of grand slam when competing in the doubles final with his compatriot Sara Errani the next day.
She had never previously made it past the second round of a Grand Slam, reaching the round of 16 at the last Australian Open, before signing up for her first WTA 1,000 tournament in Dubai. Her great time in Paris will allow her to get into the top 10 of the WTA ranking.
“I enjoyed playing on this court today. I have to congratulate Iga. Playing against her on this court was a difficult challenge. I also congratulate your entire team. You are number 1, Grand Slam winner… Just congratulations. I also want to thank my team, my family, who believed in me,” the Italian woman began her story. And then, she added: “They were 15 days that have been some of the best days of my life. This doesn’t end today, tomorrow I have the doubles final, and I’m really enjoying it.”
Paolini closed his speech by stating that “they were 15 very intense days. I am very proud of myself and my team. “I’m very proud of myself, even though I lost.”
