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19-year-old Świątek, who was ranked 54th in the world rankings, was a big surprise in the final and
since the introduction of the WTA computer rankings in 1975, he is the lowest rated finalist in Paris.
In some cases, Mónika Szeles has been the youngest champion in the Slag Top tournament since 1992, and has not even won a professional competition before her. His best result in six previous Grand Slam tournaments was the eighth final, and this year he had not even dropped a set at Roland Garros before, losing a total of 23 booms.
Świątek was the first Polish woman in the final in Paris after 81 years.
The 21-year-old Kenin, sixth in the WTA rankings, scored an unexpected win at the Australian Open in February and also held four WTA races. This year he was 16/1 in GS tournaments, having been forced into three sets in four of his six matches in Paris so far, adding more than three hours more on the field than his rival.
Regarding the balance of the finalists against each other, they faced each other for the first time as professionals, and as a junior they faced each other in the age group race at Roland Garros 2016 and Świątek won in straight sets.
The finalists were expected by 14 degrees, sunshine and, due to the coronavirus epidemic, a few hundred spectators at the Philippe Chatrier stadium. The Warsaw tennis player started better, Kenin won just three ball sessions in the first three booms. Then, on the other hand, he pulled himself together, managed more skillfully, thus catching up with Świątek, who went bankrupt again, but was unable to outsource the game in 5: 3,
but he had already brought the first set of 48 minutes with the serve of his rival.
The games also got much worse in the jump, the second game started with two breaks, they served seven times out of the first 12 games. Moscow-born Kenin called for attention due to thigh problems, his movement slowed down a bit, taking advantage of this, Świątek took a step to 4: 1.
The Pole triumphed in 1 hour and 24 minutes, winning twenty of the last 23 rounds of ball.
In addition to the first trophy of his career, Świątek received 1.6 million euros (568 million guilders) and will occupy 17th place in the world ranking from Monday.
Iga Świątek (Polish) – Sofia Kenin (American, 4th) 6: 4, 6: 1
Women’s Finals since 2005:
2005: Henin-Hardenne (Belgian) – Pierce (France) 6: 1, 6: 1
2006: Henin-Hardenne – Kuznetsova (Russian) 6: 4, 6: 4
2007: Henin – Ivanovic (Serbian) 6: 1, 6: 2
2008: Ivanovic (Serbian) – Safina (Russian) 6: 4, 6: 3
2009: Kuznetsova – Safina 6: 4, 6: 2
2010: Schiavone (Italian) – Stosur (Australia) 6: 4, 7: 6 (7-2)
2011: Li Na (Chinese) – Schiavone 6: 4, 7: 6 (7-0)
2012: Sarapova (Russian) – Errani (Italian) 6: 3, 6: 2
2013: S. Williams (US) – Sarapova 6: 4, 6: 4
2014: Sarapova – Halep (Romanian) 6: 4, 6: 7 (5-7), 6: 4
2015: S. Williams – Safarova (Czech) 6: 3, 6: 7 (2-7), 6: 2
2016: Muguruza (Spain) – S. Williams 7: 5, 6: 4
2017: Ostapenko (Latvian) – Aleppo 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
2018: Aleppo – Stephens (US) 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
2019: Barty (Australia) – Vondrousova (Czech) 6: 1, 6: 3
2020: Christmas (Polish) – Kenin (American) 6: 4, 6: 1
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