In the grand final of the tournament, the eighth-ranked player in the world, Mirra Andreeva (WTA-8), ended the fairy tale of Polish tennis player Maja Chwalinska (WTA-114) with a score of 6:2, 6:3 in 1 hour and 22 minutes.
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For the 19-year-old Russian, this is her first career Grand Slam trophy – she became the youngest champion in Paris since the triumph of the legendary Monica Seles back in 1992.
The representative of the occupying country lost only one set throughout the tournament, which she gave up to the Spaniard Marina Bassols Ribera in the second round.
The tournament champion, who earned 2.8 million euros and 2000 WTA ranking points, will climb two places in the rankings to sixth. The highest position achieved by the tennis player remains fifth.
However, in the WTA race, based on WTA ranking points earned this year alone, the youngster will jump to first place.
Nevertheless, our neighbor from Poland will make much more impressive jumps in the rankings – the 24-year-old tennis player, who won 1.4 million euros and 1300 WTA ranking points, will overtake as many as 93 competitors and rise to 21st place.
However, even this currently does not guarantee a place in the main Wimbledon tournament – since the lists were compiled earlier, the Pole needs a wild card invitation.
We remind you that M. Chwalinska became the first tennis player in French Open history to reach the final after starting from the qualifiers.
Moreover, the petite 164 cm tall tennis player became only the third woman to reach the Roland Garros final in her debut appearance in the main tournament. Until now, Evonne Goolagong (1971) and Chris Evert (1973) had managed to do so.
So far, only British tennis star Emma Raducanu has managed to win a Grand Slam title after starting her journey from the qualifiers. This happened in 2021 at the US Open tournament.
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