French Open 2025: There will be a new champion in the women’s singles category at Roland Garros when Aryna Sabalenka takes on Coco Gauff
Last Updated: 10.58 PM, Jun 06, 2025
World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka is in her first-ever French Open; her previous best at Roland Garros having been a semi-final outing in 2023, where she lost to Karolina Muchova. A two-time Australian Open champ, who has also won the US Open once, Sabalenka is missing the French Open and Wimbledon in her trophy cabinet, which could change shortly.
On June 5, Sabalenka denied defending champion Iga Swiatek a shot at a fifth title in a three-set decider and is only one step away from that coveted trophy. Swiatek had defeated Sabalenka in the year opening Australian Open, denying the latter a hattrick.
In Sabalenka’s way is current world no. 2 Coco Gauff, who is in her second French Open final. Gauff had earlier lost to Swiatek in 2022 and will aim at bettering her Grand Slam track record, which currently only lists a US Open win (2023). Gauff got to her second final at Roland Garros with a win over Lois Boisson, who was in the main draw of a major tournament for the first time ever.
Sabalenka and Gauff have played each other 10 times so far and are evenly poised at 5 wins each against the other. As far as Grand Slams go, at the 2024 Australian Open, Sabalenka defeated Gauff at the semi-final stage. A year earlier, Gauff had beaten Sabalenka on the hard court of the US Open. The French Open final is their 11th encounter. Whoever wins on Saturday and becomes the new French Open women's singles champion will receive € 2,550,000 ($2.9 million USD) in prize money, with the runner-up taking home half that amount.
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