PARIS — Iga Swiatek continued her relentless dominance on clay as she won her fourth French Open title and fifth Grand Slam by trouncing Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 at Roland Garros on Saturday.
It took Swiatek just 68 minutes to close this final out in an utterly ruthless display against Paolini, who was in her first Grand Slam final.
Swiatek becomes the third woman to win three French Open titles in a row in the Open era — joining Monica Seles (1990-92) and Justine Henin (2005-07).
And it was Swiatek’s fourth French Open title in five years, having triumphed in 2020, 2022, 2023 and now 2024. At just 23 years old, she’s now three off equaling Chris Evert’s record of seven women’s singles titles at Roland Garros. Fittingly, it was Evert and Martina Navratilova who handed over the Suzanne Lenglen trophy to the new master of clay.
“I think looking at the whole situation and the fact that during the finals there is sometimes a lot of pressure, I think it was a really good match,” Swiatek said. “Obviously, I mean, I got broken at the…
