In the final, World No. 8 Mila Andreeva won 6-3, 6-2, ending the losing streak of Maja Czwalinska, No. 114, who had won the Polish qualifying round.
Published June 6, 2026
Russian teenager Mila Andreeva was already a tennis prodigy at the age of 15.
She is 19 years old and is a Grand Slam champion.
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World No. 8 Andreeva ended the losing streak of 114th-ranked Maja Czwalinska, who won the Polish qualifier, 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final on Saturday.
Andreeva became the youngest player to win the women’s singles title since Monica Seles, who was 18 when she won her third consecutive French Open title in 1992.
“You are so young and talented. It’s so annoying,” Chwalinska told Andreeva during the award ceremony.
When Andreeva hit a backhand crosscourt winner on her first match point, she threw her racket in the air and celebrated on her knees on the clay.
When presenting the trophy, Andreeva took the unusual step of thanking herself. “He believed in me, he always gave 100 percent even when times were tough, he worked hard every day to get better as a person and player, he believed he could do it, and he fought against a lot of demons inside of me.”
“Only I know how difficult it was for me,” Andreeva added. “You must have been nervous the last two weeks.”
Chwalinska was trying to become the first qualifier to win the Roland Garros title.
Andreeva was born in Siberia and moved to Sochi and eventually France to build her tennis career.
When she spoke a few words of French during the trophy presentation, the audience at Philippe Chatrier’s court erupted in applause.
“Thank you for your support today and during these two wonderful weeks here in Paris,” Andreeva said. “That was very important to me.”
Alexander Zverev faced Flavio Cobolli in the men’s final on Sunday, capping off the wildest Grand Slam in recent memory.
Andreeva has been considered a Grand Slam favorite since she emerged as a 15-year-old at the 2023 Madrid Open, becoming the third-youngest player in history to win a main draw match at a WTA 1000 tournament and reach the quarterfinals.
Recently, Andreeva had to struggle to play on a neutral ground and without her country’s flag because of the war with Ukraine.
When she defeated Marta Kostyuk in the semifinals, Kostyuk refused to shake her hand. This has been the norm for Ukrainian athletes competing against Russia since the war began in 2022.
Andreeva is a step ahead of her coach, Conchita Martinez, who lost to Mary Pearce in the 2000 French Open final.
Pearce presented Andreeva with the championship trophy.
The final was held under mostly sunny skies, but the first Grand Slam final for both players was affected by the wind.
Chwalinska double-faulted on the first point of the match, but became the first player to hold serve in the fifth game and take a 3-2 lead.
But then Andreeva found a way to cut through the wind and respond to Chwalinska’s series of spins and drop shots, winning nine games in a row and taking control.
Andreeva produced 25 winners compared to Czwalinska’s 10, and made fewer unforced errors (26 to 29).
There was a strong presence of Polish people in the audience.
When Czwalinska was introduced, fans held up red and white Polish flags and chanted her name, “Maja, Maja.”
Andreeva received little support from the audience, although there were cries of “Davai Mila!” (“Go Mila”) in Russian during the second half of the game. In men’s doubles, top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos defended their titles with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Hari Heliovaara and Henry Patten.
