Iga Swiatek won her fourth crown at the French Open on Saturday after she beat Italy’s Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 in the women’s singles final at the Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris.
Swiatek took 68 minutes to claim her fifth Grand Slam title, a tally that includes the 2022 US Open crown.
The win on Saturday however, made the 23-year-old only the third player in the Open Era, after Monica Seles and Justine Henin, to win the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen – the trophy for the women’s singles title at the French Open – three times in a row.
The top seed and world No 1 from Poland had been in stellar form throughout the tournament. It was only in the second round match against Naomi Osaka – a tie that lasted just under three hours – when Swiatek had been stretched. The Pole eventually won that match 7-6(1), 1-6, 7-5. It proved to be the only match where she would drop a set en route to the title.
In the final however, Swiatek’s serve was broken early, as Paolini took a 2-1 lead in the opening set. Swiatek then won 10 games on the trot to set up a memorable win.
Here are some of the reactions to Swiatek’s win on social media:
🏆🏆 Queen of Paris 🏆🏆@iga_swiatek captures a fourth Roland-Garros title defeating Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/T0ASUptTw3
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 8, 2024
THREE-PEAT 🏆 🏆 🏆@iga_swiatek #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/mw6Sh18XL0
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) June 8, 2024
POLAND-GARROS 🏆🇵🇱#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/IGE2YROyJM
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 8, 2024
Simply amazing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Congratulations Iga! @iga_swiatek 🏆🙌🏻
— Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) June 8, 2024
Congratulations to @iga_swiatek on her 5th Grand Slam title!#rolandgarros https://t.co/aNrA8sXUex
— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) June 8, 2024
5 - Iga Swiatek is the second player in the Open Era to win all her first five Women's Singles Grand Slam finals after Monica Seles. Godly. #rolandgarros | @rolandgarros @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/RuJFFyzdSp
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) June 8, 2024
Huge congratulations @iga_swiatek on your 4th title in @rolandgarros 🙌🏻🔥
— Caroline Garcia (@CaroGarcia) June 8, 2024
Very very impressive! pic.twitter.com/tEVcJX3DlZ
Brawooo!!!🎉 https://t.co/pXGXmjML4B
— Magda Linette (@MagdaLinette) June 8, 2024
Congratulations on defending #RolandGarros, @iga_swiatek - you played incredibly well!
— Ana Ivanovic (@anaivanovic) June 8, 2024
Great tournament, @JasminePaolini - looking forward to seeing you in tomorrow’s doubles final! #WTA
2 - Since the WTA-1000 format’s introduction in 2009, Iga Swiatek is only the second player to claim tournament victory at Madrid Open, Italian Open and Roland Garros in a calendar year after Serena Williams (2013). Warrior. #rolandgarros | @rolandgarros @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/1A1u9eUq6C
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) June 8, 2024
Niesamowite 🤩
— Hubert Hurkacz (@HubertHurkacz) June 8, 2024
Brawo @iga_swiatek!! 🏆🏆🏆🏆 https://t.co/KTrwS2IUa3