TENNIS
American tennis star CocoGauff claimed her second career Grand Slam singles title and her first at Roland Garros after defeating top-ranked women’s tennis pro Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open final.

- Coco Gauff celebrates after winning her women’s singles final match against Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Saturday.
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Coco Gauff celebrates after winning her women’s singles final match against Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Saturday.
Updated June 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM MST
Coco Gauff, the 21-year-old American tennis star, has defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open women’s singles final to claim the second Grand Slam title of her young career.
Saturday’s final between Sabalenka and Gauff, who are respectively ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the world, was the first Grand Slam women’s final to feature the world’s top two players since 2018. Gauff is the first American champion at the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015.
The two players battled over three sets. After Sabalenka won the first set 7-6, Gauff stormed back to dominate the second set, 6-2, before outlasting the Belarusian player 6-4 in a gutsy final set. After Sabalenka’s final volley landed just wide of the line, Gauff collapsed to the red clay of Roland-Garros, her hands high in the air.