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Two years after winning her first Grand Slam title, Coco Gauff has taken home her second. The 21-year-old American, the No. 2 player in the world, won the 2025 French Open with a strong 6(5)-7(7), 6-2, 6-4 win over world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday.
The victory at Roland-Garros came three years after Gauff last made the final, where she fell to Iga Światek in a disappointing loss. This time, she got to lift the trophy.
On a windy day in Paris, with the rain threatening to fall, Sabalenka showed her power early in the match, taking a 4-1 lead in the first set. But Gauff rallied to tie Sabalenka, and later force a tiebreaker. Sabalenka, who grew visibly frustrated, was able to win the tiebreak after a comeback of her own.
But the second set was all Gauff's: The young American controlled the pace, forcing the increasingly unhappy Sabalenka to make several crucial mistakes. In the third set, Gauff took an early lead, but Sabalenka stayed right behind her, finally getting some momentum of her own.
Sabalenka had a stunningly high number of errors throughout the match, finishing with 70 unforced errors. Gauff was able to take advantage of those in order to get the victory.
The final game was intense: Gauff dropped one championship point, but came back to secure the game, and the title. Sabalenka hit the ball just out of bounds, and Gauff immediately dropped to the floor, overwhelmed with emotion.
Gauff's win makes her the first American woman to take the French Open title in a decade, after Serena Williams won the Slam in 2015.
Notably, Gauff's second major title came in much the same way as her first. Gauff defeated Sabalenka to win the 2023 U.S. Open, beating the Belarusian in three sets after dropping the first set.
But both players are better than they were three years ago, even when playing with very different styles. Sabalenka's strength tends to come from her power, whereas Gauff's typically comes from her quickness and creativity on the court.
Sabalenka will have to settle for second place after making her first French Open final, and was emotional in the ceremony after the game. But the 27-year-old, who is the reigning U.S. Open winner, is much stronger on the hard court as opposed to the clay, and will have another chance at a title this summer.
