Coco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka to win the 2025 French Open, becoming the first American women’s champion in a decade.
Three years ago, Coco Gauff stood under the gray sky in Paris, with tears in his eyes and the trophy out of reach. On Saturday, under those dark clouds, she stood up again. This time, victory.
The 2025 French Open final starts with its own storm – the first set of dynamics, nerves and resistance. Aryna Sabalenka came out to sway, her fanatical forehand carved in the wind, leading 4-1. Gauff, once a counterattacker, absorbed the pressure and slowly grabbed backwards, forcing a tiebreaker. Although Sabalenka ended up with the first set, Gauff took away something more valuable – Faith.
This belief turns the game into a game. The first set was Sabalenka’s storm, and the next two games belonged to Goff’s calm. On the same clay she once was overwhelmed, she now showed balance, rhythm and determination.
Painting Paris with her image
The second set is more than just a change in momentum. This is a statement. Coco Gauff is like a woman stop chasing a legacy, but creating one.
Her movements were so smooth and fast, frustrated Sabalenka. Her forehand once criticized and found the angle. Her backhand was as sharp as ever, carving the open rally. Sabalenka begins to untie. Non-compulsive errors piled up – seventy in total – but it wasn’t just her mistakes that gave Gauff the advantage. This is the existence of Goff. Her consistency. Her orders.
She won the second set 6-2, not because Sabalenka disappeared, but because of Gauff Rose. Every step of the clay she took seemed to be away from her former players – talented, young, hungry – toward her becoming a champion.
Artistic. Rhythm. It seemed as if she had finally found her own pace in the once sad court.
Finally climb to the top of the mountain
The third group is not without nerves. The champion will never be. But Gauff, 21, already has her second Grand Slam final, managed every moment with the weight of experience.
She leads. The former fighter Sabalenka remains within reach. The rally grew longer. The swing is more bold. Tensions split in court. But Goff’s breath never seemed to be captured. Until the last game.
Coco Goff has done it 🏆#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/wuzfacwxyk
— Roland-Garros (@RolandGarros) June 7, 2025
She once held a championship point. miss. Then steadily. Gauff fell on the clay as Sabalenka’s last shot went wide – joy, relief and history rushed in.
At that moment, she wasn’t a child at Delray Beach, and was once a teenager who was a dazzled. She’s more things – the first American woman to win the French Open in a decade.
Rewrite competition
The path of cocoa govt is symmetrical. Her first Grand Slam title at the 2023 U.S. Open vs. Sabalenka. Two years later, she defeated her again – on different surfaces in another country, the pressure was different.
But both women are developing. Sabalenka, 27, remains the world’s No. 1 and U.S. Open champion. Her power is unparalleled. Her existence is undeniable. She was excited at the trophy ceremony – from as much as disappointment and pride as pride. It was her first French Open final, and clay, while not the best surface, showed she could compete anywhere.
When it comes to high cocoa, you deserve it👏🏆#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/6qxavvigky
— Roland-Garros (@RolandGarros) June 7, 2025
Meanwhile, Gauff has become a complete player. Not only a star, but also a terminator. Closer. Winner. Her speed is still dazzling. Her creativity remains a weapon. But now, she has important perspectives.
Two years. Two majors. Now, there is a signature moment on the clay. In Paris, Goff not only won the championship. She recycles the city she once fell into shortages and once again carved her name into tennis history.
