Key Points
- Andreeva beat qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 in the Roland Garros final on June 6.
- At 19, she is the youngest French Open women's singles champion in 34 years.
- Chwalinska was the second qualifier in the Open Era to reach a major final.
- It is the world No. 8's first Grand Slam singles title.
Mirra Andreeva won the 2026 French Open on Saturday, beating Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 to take her first Grand Slam title at 19. The Russian eighth seed broke serve three times in the first set and raced to a 5-0 lead in the second before closing out a final she controlled from the baseline.
The youngest at Roland Garros in 34 years
Andreeva, who turned 19 in April, is the youngest woman to win the French Open singles title in 34 years. She is also the third-youngest first-time major champion this century, behind Maria Sharapova and Emma Raducanu. The result moves her into the conversation she has been circling for two seasons: not a teenager with upside, but a Slam winner ranked inside the world's top ten with the game to stay there.
A qualifier's run ends one win short
Chwalinska arrived in Paris ranked outside the top 100 and had to win three qualifying matches just to make the main draw. Two weeks later she was the second women's qualifier in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam final, after Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. The run ends without the title, but it rewrites her season and her ranking.
A draw that kept producing firsts
The women's final lands in a fortnight defined by them. With Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz both out earlier in the tournament, the 2026 French Open had already guaranteed a first-time men's Grand Slam champion before the women's draw delivered its own. The players who grew up watching the Big Three are now winning the majors the Big Three used to own.
Source: Bleacher Report, Olympics.com
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