Mirra Andreeva is a Grand Slam champion. The 19-year-old Russian defeated Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 at Court Philippe Chatrier on Saturday to win the 2026 Roland Garros Women’s Singles title. It is her first Grand Slam title, and she is the youngest women’s champion at this tournament since Monica Seles in 1992, a 34-year gap.
The match followed an unusual shape. Chwalinska — the World No. 114 qualifier from Poland, the first qualifier in the Open era to reach a Roland Garros Women’s Final — held early to lead 3-2 in the first set despite double-faulting on the opening point of the match. She showed she belonged on the court. Then Andreeva found another gear.
Nine consecutive games followed. Andreeva broke at 3-2 to take the first set 6-3, then raced to 5-0 in the second. Chwalinska pulled one back to make it 5-2, but Andreeva served out the match cleanly. The final statistics: 25 winners to 10 in Andreeva’s favour, with Chwalinska’s 29 unforced errors against Andreeva’s 26 telling its own story.
The conditions on Chatrier were gusty. In the wind, Andreeva adapted better, moving forward, taking the ball on the rise, not letting Chwalinska settle into her groundstroke rhythm. Chwalinska had the crowd’s sympathy but could not find the foothold she needed once Andreeva locked in.
The scope of the result matters beyond the scoreline. At 19, Andreeva becomes the youngest Roland Garros Women’s champion since Seles — the third-youngest first-time major winner this century on the WTA, behind Maria Sharapova and Emma Raducanu. She was coached throughout by Conchita Martinez, former World No. 2 and herself a 2000 Roland Garros finalist.
Andreeva’s post-match: “I would like to thank myself.” She added that overcoming “so many demons inside” had been her hardest battle en route to Paris.
For Chwalinska, the defeat does not diminish what she achieved. She was only the second women’s qualifier ever to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the Open era, the first ever at Roland Garros. Her run through the draw as World No. 114 was one of the tournament’s defining stories and she left Paris having made history, regardless of Saturday’s result.
Andreeva does not stop here. At 19 with a Grand Slam title, Wimbledon in five weeks is the next test. The game may have just watched its newest major force claim its first trophy.
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