French Open 2026: 4-time Champ Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka And
PARIS (AP) - Here is a look at a few of the leading ladies at the French Open, which starts at Roland-Garros on Sunday, with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook:
2025 Record: 34-6
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus responds during a quarter-final tennis match versus China's Qinwen Zheng at the Italian Open in Rome, Italy, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Last 5 French Opens: 2024-Lost in Quarterfinals, 2023-SF, 2022-3rd, 2021-3rd, 2020-3rd
Aces: Was the runner-up at the Australian Open in January. ... She's the first female since Serena Williams in 2013 to win the titles on hard courts at Miami and clay courts in Madrid in the exact same season. ... Was 6-0 against challengers ranked in the top 10 - winning every set, too - in 2025 up until losing to Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in Rome this month. ... Replaced Iga Swiatek at No. 1 late last season.
She Said It: "It's prize or nothing. Nobody keeps in mind the finalist, you know? Nobody puts next to the winner, (the) finalist's name. I imply, at this moment, I choose titles."
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2025 Record: 24-8
Grand Slam Titles: 1 - U.S. Open (2023 )
Last 5 French Opens: 2024-SF, 2023-QF, 2022-Runner-Up, 2021-QF, 2020-2nd
Aces: Produced a 6-1, 6-1 win over Swiatek en route to reaching the final at the Italian Open, demonstrating how good she can be on clay, but has actually had an up-and-down season in general. ... Closed 2024 by winning the WTA Finals for the very first time, her most significant title given that the 2023 U.S. Open. ... Has won a Grand Slam championship in doubles - in 2015 at the French Open - to go along with her significant singles triumph in New York. ... Started her own management firm, Coco Gauff Enterprises.
She Said It: "You can't miss a lot of tournaments just to practice. I mean, you can, but I didn ´ t wish to do that. ... So I simply decided to be willing to accept the losses and wins while working on things."
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2025 Record: 22-8
Grand Slam Titles: Zero - Best: Runner-Up, French Open (2024 ), Wimbledon (2024 )
Last 5 French Opens: 2024-RU, 2023-2nd, 2022-1st, 2021-2nd, 2020-2nd
Aces: First lady from Italy to win the title in Rome in 40 years. ... Was 3-5 at the French Open for her career, never making it past the second round, till last year ´ s development run to the last. Then she followed that up by getting to the Wimbledon last, too. ... Each of her preliminary 16 Grand Slam looks resulted in losses in the very first or 2nd round. ... Last season, coupled with Sara Errani to win gold for Italy in doubles at the Paris Olympics and helped the country win the Billie Cup.
She Said It: "I grew up as a gamer, but also, as a person, I think I ´ m more mature. I think more in myself than 3, 4 years ago."
Age: 23 (Turns 24 on May 31)
2025 Record: 27-9
Last 5 French Opens: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-W, 2022-W, 2021-QF, 2020-W
Aces: Not just hasn ´ t she won a title considering that in 2015 ´ s French Open, Swiatek hasn ´ t even reached another last in that span. ... Out of the leading two in the rankings for the very first time because July 2022. ... Accepted a one-month suspension in November after testing favorable for a prohibited compound she said came from a polluted supplement. ... 5-0 in Grand Slam finals.
She Said It: "On a tennis court, you sort of requirement to be callous."
Read Everything about It: Swiatek won her fifth Grand Slam title a year ago in Paris
Odds Are: +350
Country: Russia
Age: 18
2025 Record: 27-7
Grand Slam Titles: Zero - Best: Semifinals, French Open (2024 )
Last 5 French Opens: 2024-SF, 2023-3rd, 2022-Did Not Play, 2021-DNP, 2020-DNP
Aces: Announced herself as a leading gamer by winning Masters 1000 titles at Dubai and Indian Wells this year. She beat Swiatek in the semifinals and Sabalenka in the final at the latter to become the event ´ s youngest champ since Williams in 1999. ... This will be simply her ninth Grand Slam appearance; got to the semifinals in Paris a year back. ... Won a 2024 Olympic gold medal in doubles. ... Coached by 1994 Wimbledon champ Conchita Martinez.
She Said It: "I can see a little bit of similarities with me and Martina Hingis."
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2025 Record: 23-5
Last 5 French Opens: 2024-3rd, 2023-2nd, 2022-4th, 2021-3rd, 2020-1st
Aces: Captured her very first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January, upsetting No. 2 Swiatek in the semifinals and No. 1 Sabalenka in the final. ... Said some of the credit went to a new frame of mind in which she no longer felt the need to win a significant to consider her career effective. Also credited a racket change last season. ... Her finest French Open provings: semifinals in 2018, quarterfinals in 2019.
She Said It: "I finally got to the point where I was proud of myself and proud of my profession, with or without a Grand Slam. I lastly specified where I was OK if it didn ´ t happen. ... Finally releasing that kind of internal talk, that I had, just provided me the ability to actually go out and play some truly good tennis."
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Coco Gauff of the United States, returns to Jasmine Paolini of Italy during their final tennis match in the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Jasmine Paolini of Italy, responds after scoring a point versus Coco Gauff of the United States throughout their final tennis match in the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Mirra Andreeva returns the ball to United States' Coco Gauff during their tennis match at the Italian Open at the Foro Italico, in Rome, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)