The big favorite of the tournament responded despite a hard-fought battle. Poland’s Iga Swiatek wins the Roland-Garros tournament, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, for the third time in her career, after winning it in 2020 and 2022.

Opposite, the Czech Karolina Muchova played at 26 the first Grand Slam final of her career. First taken by the stake in the first set, she knew how to fight in the second and the third set before bowing after nearly three hours of play. The player had however surprised by her course. Victorious over world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals, she had played two of her six matches in three sets.

Iga Swiatek, for his part, had again reached the final without having lost a single set and having inflicted a total of four 6-0 on his opponents in the first three rounds before benefiting from the abandonment of Tsurenko in the first set in eighths. In total, Muchova had spent 12:04 hours fighting, while Swiatek had taken 7:41 hours to complete the same course.

Swiatek has never been beaten in a Grand Slam final, although she was pushed to her limits by the Czech player. She will consolidate her place as world number 1 on Monday, which she will occupy for the 63rd week in a row.

Swiatek rose to the top of the women’s hierarchy on April 4, 2022 after Ashleigh Barty’s retirement.

She also becomes the youngest player since Monica Seles (1990, 1991, 1992) to retain her title at Roland-Garros. The Pole is also the third player from the Open era (1968) to win her first four Grand Slam finals, after Monica Seles and Naomi Osaka.

Only Serena Williams was younger when she won her fourth Major, at the 2002 US Open.

After a quiet tournament, Iga Swiatek found a very strong resistance in the final, against an atypical player who almost derailed her. In the first set, the Pole quickly pulled away 3-0 and won it easily 6-2.

In the second set, with the crowd lining up for Muchova, it all started just like in the first, with Swiatek coming away 3-0. But this time, the Czech managed to destabilize her opponent. After equalizing at 3-3, she missed a first opportunity to finish on her serve at 5-4 before finally succeeding, still on her face-off, at 6-5.

Momentum Muchova won the first two games of the deciding set without leaving a single point to Swiatek. But the latter stayed in the match and came back at 2-2. At 5-4, the world No. 1 forced Muchova to serve to stay in the match, the Czech then losing on a double fault.